Starting a Business

If you are considering starting a business, tell your personal coach about it. Becoming an entrepreneur may impact your unemployment benefit. You can get information and support for starting a business, for example through entrepreneurship training: further information on entrepreneurial education and training in Central Finland.

The International Expertise Centre for Immigrants will help you in thinking about whether having your own company would be a good option for you. The instructors at the Expertise Centre can provide you with information about entrepreneurship and help you for instance make a business plan or book an appointment with the Keski-Suomen Yritysidea advice firm. The Expertise Centre also organises groups and events that will benefit you if you want to become an entrepreneur or if you already have a business. Ask for more information or book an appointment: Tirre Hentinen tel./WhatsApp 050 576 4769

The Keski-Suomen Yritysidea can help you make a business plan:

Keski-Suomen Yritysidea
CrazyTown
Kauppakatu 39, 40100 Jyväskylä
tel. 014 248 4002 (weekdays 9 am to 12 noon)
https://www.yritysidea.fi

You can test your business idea on the Ideanappi website.
follow the link to Ideanappi.

Yritystehdas is a startup factory which organises trainings and events:
Yritystehdas Oy
Innova 1, 9th floor
Piippukatu 11, 40100 Jyväskylä
https://www.yritystehdas.fi

You can also contact the National Telephone Service of Enterprise Finland at: +358 295020500
And the My Enterprise Finland service.

Entrepreneurial trial

It is important that you contact your personal coach before becoming an entrepreneur. You can jointly assess whether an entrepreneurial trial would be a good option for you. You may have the opportunity to try out being an entrepreneur and at the same time receive unemployment benefit for the first four months.

If you want to receive unemployment benefit, you must apply and be ready to accept full-time employment.

The amount of your unemployment benefit depends on how much money you get from your company.
After four months, the City of Jyväskylä employment services and the local government trial on employment will assess whether your business activities are full-time or secondary.

If it is assessed that the business activity is secondary, you will receive unemployment benefit.
If the business is a full-time activity, you can no longer receive unemployment benefit.

You can apply for start-up money during the entrepreneurial trial if you want to become a full-time entrepreneur.

Ask your personal coach for more information!