Get involved without founding a company
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You don't need your own startup to be part of health innovation: you can join events, volunteer, work at a startup or study the field, and each of these builds the knowledge and network you'd need later.
Go to events. Many are free or cheap for students. Health Design brings together health, design and technology people and hosts a startup pitching competition. Slush is one of the world's biggest startup events.
Join a hackathon. At Junction, teams build something in 48 hours. It's the fastest way to learn to work on a real problem with people you've just met.
Volunteer. Slush and many other events run on volunteers. You meet founders and investors and see how the scene works from the inside.
Join a student community. Aaltoes at Aalto and Helsinki Think Company at the University of Helsinki run programmes and events for future founders.
Work at a startup. Internships and part-time jobs at health ventures teach you more in a few months than most courses. Look at the Jobs listings in Opportunities.
Study the field. Medicine, nursing, engineering, data science, design and business all lead into health innovation. The combination is often what makes someone valuable.