Summer job as an entrepreneur

young people sitting in the park and looking into the camera smiling

A working life adventure puts some summer cash in your pocket

You can make your dream summer job a reality with a Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher worth 350 euros. Use your strengths, work independently or with a friend, and earn money in a fun way that reflects your interests and skills. At the same time, you will develop valuable working life skills and gain a wide range of experiences from the world of work during the summer.

Apply for the City of Tampere’s Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher and learn more about the coaching sessions and workshops that will help you create your own summer job based on your strengths.

What is a summer entrepreneurship voucher?

The Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher in brief

  • Value: €350
  • Who is it for: young people aged 15–21 living in Tampere
  • Purpose: to try out your own business idea over the summer
  • You do not need any previous experience of entrepreneurship to apply for the Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher
  • You can work on your own, with a friend or as part of a team
  • You’ll gain work experience from an entrepreneurial perspective and the chance to earn your summer wages through your own idea and work 

The Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher is a voucher worth 350 euros aimed at young people aged 15–21 living in Tampere. The Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher is to make it easier to try entrepreneurship over the summer. As a summer entrepreneur, young people can practise entrepreneurship and develop workplace skills through running their own business.

The Your Own Summer Job as an Entrepreneur campaign offers support for starting up and developing a business through training, events and advice. The aim of the Summer Entrepreneurship Voucher is to promote youth entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial mindset, as well as to offer every young person in Tampere the opportunity to create a summer job tailored to their own preferences, regardless of previous experience, whether on their own, with a friend or as part of a team. 

"Infographic illustrating a wide range of entrepreneurship and small business ideas, from home and care services to digital, creative, retail and wellness services.
In the picture, you can see the sort of business ideas that previous summer entrepreneurs have put into practice. You can draw inspiration from these ideas when planning your own business, or come up with something completely new!

Further information

Nea Systä
Coordinator

Summer job as an entrepreneur is a joint campaign in Tampere. The purpose is to offer young people a possibility to try entrepreneurship during the summertime. Participants in the campaign are City of Tampere Employment and Growth Services, Ohjaamo Tampere, Pirkanmaan Uusyrityskeskus ry - Ensimetri, 4H-association in Tampere, Tredu and International House Tampere. The patron of the campaign is Pirkanmaan Yrittäjät.

What Previous Summer Entrepreneurs Say About Their Experience

You can watch the videos with English subtitles.

The short address for this page is tampere.fi/en/summerentrepreneurship

Updated 20.10.2026