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Ups and downs of entrepreneurshipSami Benamed

Cocktail Bastard

@sonofapunch

Born in 1988Student at HAAGA-HELIA since 2009Entrepreneur since 2011Mixed cultureBackround and experience in restaurant industry

Sami Benamed

How did this all happen?

• New business model: Bar consulting Outsourching

Sami Benamed Mika Koivula

1) Learn about owning a business2) Vision ?3) We had existing business

Founded in Summer 2011

Ups & downs• Five long years with low salary • Few longterm girlfriends lost• Sleepless nights, losing hair, getting weight

and many gallons of Fernet Branca• True nature of your partners

• Pushing ourselves to the edge, project after project

– But you cant put a price for the experience

Sami Benamedsami@sonofapunch.com

+358 40 5712 469www.sonofapunch.com

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