At first, Aaltoes started bringing forth entrepreneurial role models to inspire and encourage students to become entrepreneurs, soon expanding to organizing pitching evenings, hackathons, workshops and other events, where students and researchers could experiment, look for co-founders and learn skills.

[9] Aaltoes became known to the wider audience in Finland through the organizing of Suomi Hyvinvoinnin Jälkeen, which brought together Finnish industrial leaders such as Jorma Ollila, Björn Wahlroos and Risto Siilasmaa to discuss the future prospects of the Finnish economy and the importance of growth in entrepreneurship, bringing together a live audience of over 1,700 people.

The event itself gained wide national recognition, as Nokia's issues in the mobile industry had stirred a lot of discussion on these topics.

[citation needed] Today, Aaltoes maintains a 1,500 square meter co-working space on Aalto University's campus in Otaniemi, called the Startup Sauna and is organizing over 100 events with nearly 10,000 participants (hackathons, pitching, networking, talks, panels and other events related to entrepreneurship) per year.

[10] The biggest to name are TeamUp,[11] Summer of Startups, FallUp,[12] Junction,[13] and Slush, one of the world’s largest tech conferences.