Re: Jukka Nevalainen Appreciation Thread

[tapanihietala]

jukka is great!

[KellieBent]

So this is old news now but I've only just found it out.

Nightwish drummer recieves the Young Enterepreneur prize

Nightwish's drummer Jukka Nevalainen is also the CO of the band's business branch Scene Nation Ltd, founded 2003 in Kitee.

According to The Finnish Enterpreneurs' Association the company is an excellent specimen of rock bands' possibilities to produce tours and fan merchandise in addition to music publications. The company's annual turnover exeeds 3 Mio Euro.

Furthermore, Nevalainen runs the Finnish branch of a German rock-items mailorder enterprise.

In his greeting from the current tour in North America Nevalainen says he appreciates the fact that this kind of unusual enterprise recieved the annual recognition prize. Turning bands' business into enterprises has only become more common in Finland during the past few years. Other 3 prize winners were...

The Finnish Enterpreneurs Association & Foundation arrange this annual competition. Each winner will receive the prize of 12 000 euros. According to the rules the competitors must be no more than 35 yrs old.

Thats so cool he got a prize for being an Enterepreneur. I know he used to handle everything in the Nightwish shop on his own but then when it got bigger he had to get help. He is a really valuable member of Nightwish. He needs more love.