--- title: Jaakko Wäänänen - Finalist Founder of the Year Small Size Companies description: Congratulations Jaakko Wäänänen, Founder of Hellon. You are in the finals for the Award Founder of the Year! image: https://www.foundersalliance.com/hubfs/Jaakko%20W%C3%A4%C3%A4nenen%20Finalist%20Founder%20of%20the%20Year%20Small%20Size%20Companies%20(1).png --- ** [Founder of the Year](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/tag/founder-of-the-year) [Meet the Founder](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/tag/meet-the-founder) # Jaakko Wäänänen - Finalist Founder of the Year Small Size Companies **[Founders Alliance](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/author/founders-alliance) **2022.05.09 ![](https://www.foundersalliance.com/hubfs/Jaakko%20W%C3%A4%C3%A4nenen%20Finalist%20Founder%20of%20the%20Year%20Small%20Size%20Companies%20(1).png) Congratulations [Jaakko Wäänänen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaakkowaananen/), Founder of Hellon. You are in the finals for the Award Founder of the Year! Hellon has helped forerunner companies and pioneers for over a decade in the field of customer experience innovation. At the moment Hellon is the most awarded agency in the world and the only company to win the prestigious Global Service Design Award 4 times during 2015 - 2021. Hellon has studios in London and Helsinki. Global operation, has delivered over 1000 projects in 20 countries worldwide.   [www.hellon.com.](http://www.hellon.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yntdvNtTBMgPu1c25e3RwvB35c_NNTszLrwnDA5enksRa4iUZvzv4138)   # 3 quick questions to jaakko   > **WHAT ARE YOUR DRIVING FORCES?** Entrepreneurship. Positive influencing and impact among my peers, entrepreneurs, society. Curiosity to new things and new business. > **HOW DOES YOUR COMPANY WORK WITH SUSTAINABILITY?** Hellon has been very active in the field of sustainability and creating impact. We have been creating a design approach for sustainable business transformation for several years. And especially within the pillars of human, social and environmental sustainability, Hellon has delivered many projects that utilize design to solve complex transformational challenges of different businesses. Internally, Hellon has been a trailblazer in creating a culture that is socially sustainable and shows a great example of a future workplace. During the pandemic, several ways of work and cultural inventions have been made, to proactively adapt to the new context and way of working.   > **WHAT IS YOUR MAIN GOAL?** Today, Hellon has crystallized its recipe to deliver high client value and - satisfaction and thus created a brand that is trusted all over the world . Tomorrow, Hellon aims to dramatically speed up its growth, aiming to quadruple its revenues within the next 3 years. The finalists were vetted out through Founders Index based on historic performance, future potential and societal value. Now the jury will decide the gold and silver winners of Founder of the Year Small Sized Companies 2022. To be awarded at the Founders Awards Gala at Stockholm City Hall on September 22. [**Back to all posts](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog) Written by [Founders Alliance](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/author/founders-alliance) ## Related articles DECADES OF FOUNDER EXPERTISE: MATHIAS THULIN LEADS THE JURY RECOGNIZING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MEDIUM-SIZE FOUNDERS ** Founders Group, Founder of the Year, Founders Stories, Founders Jury [Read blog post →](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/decades-of-founder-expertise-mathias-thulin-leads-the-jury-recognizing-the-next-generation-of-medium-size-founders) From Awarded Winner to Jury Chair: Elvira Eriksson Leads the Jury for Founder of the Year 2026 – Small Size Companies ** Founder of the Year, Founders Stories, Founders Jury [Read blog post →](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/the-mockberg-effect-a-brand-rooted-in-timeless-beauty) Founders Awards is presented annually by Founders Alliance to recognize outstanding founder achievement around the world in the categories Founder of the Year, Young Founder of the Year and... ** Founders Awards, Founder of the Year Honorary Award, Founder of the Year, Young Founder of the Year, FOUNDERS GALA [Read blog post →](https://www.foundersalliance.com/blog/guardians-of-excellence-the-founders-awards-jury-2025)