Host of the Evening
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Host of the Evening Ltd. · since 2007

The office of cool things

We produce events, seminars and podcasts, and run tourism. The industry changes, but one thing stays the same: we only do things that are cool

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The next cool things

New events are in the works. Register your interest and be the first to hear the date and venue.

New Seminar

Make It Your Own: Short-Term Rentals with Real Numbers

I bought a house for €83,600. After renovation it is worth about €750,000.

4properties in 10 years
€632,000in rental sales
+€1.2Mtotal result

The seminar goes through the real numbers: purchase prices, renovations, rental income and sale prices. And the times when everything went wrong: mould despite a condition survey, a neighbour dispute and decisions by the authorities.

For cottage and apartment owners, investors and tourism entrepreneurs who want to learn from other people’s mistakes without spending their own money.

Date to be announced soon

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Past events

From an idea to a sold-out venue

Every one of these started as Lauri Salovaara’s idea. Some were commercial, some for charity and some just for fun.

Charity Celebrity Flea Market In Oulu’s market square with the Kaleva newspaper, proceeds to the children’s ward of Oulu University Hospital.
Seminar series Welcome to the World USA 2015 and China 2016: speakers included Ambassador Bruce Oreck, Marc Dillon of Jolla and Annamari Lammassaari.
Podcasts

Listening for doers

Three Finnish-language series on Supla for everyone who wants more out of life. All are still available.

Cover of the EXIT! podcast

EXIT! – Tarinoita yrityskaupoista

12 stories of how a company was made ready for sale and how the deal was really done. Guests include industrial counsellor Jorma Terentjeff, serial entrepreneur Lennu Keinänen and Arto Pelander, who brought Subway to Finland.

Listen on Supla →
Cover of the Lauri Salovaara & Menestyjät podcast

Lauri Salovaara & Menestyjät

A talk show in which ten leading achievers share how you, too, can succeed.

Listen on Supla →
Cover of the 8+1 Steps to Success podcast

8+1 askelta menestykseen (8+1 Steps to Success)

A nine-episode motivational keynote, recorded in front of a live audience in Ristiina, Finland, in February 2018.

Listen on Supla →
Apps

From an idea to an app

Lauri’s ideas are now turning into apps too. The first one was born from his own need, and more are on the way.

BRDNG app icon

BRDNG

★ 4.8 on the App Store

All direct flights from the airport you choose in one view. No connections, no endless scrolling. When you find an interesting flight, one tap takes you to buy the ticket.

No account, no tracking, no personal data collected.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play
BRDNG: where can you fly from Helsinki BRDNG: list of departing flights
Tourism and short-term rentals

Places you’ll want to return to

Tourism is a growing business for Host of the Evening. Two properties of our own, and real numbers from ten years.

Haukipudas · by the sea The View - Halosenniemi Accommodation and events by the sea. See the place ↗ Syöte · in the forest The View - Metsäsyöte Hanka cottage in the snowy forests of Syöte. See the place ↗ A talk for your event Make It Your Own: Short-Term Rentals with Real Numbers I bought a house for €83,600. After renovation it is worth about €750,000. About the talk ↗
Company

Host of the Evening Ltd.

Host of the Evening is Lauri Salovaara: the company through which his ideas become events, concepts and business. Founded in 2007, it is also the parent of Lauri’s companies, working in entertainment, events and tourism and investing in growth companies.

  • EventsEvents, seminars and show concepts
  • TourismThe View - Halosenniemi and The View - Metsäsyöte
  • Former propertiesThe View - Iso-Syöte and The View - Oulujoki, sold in 2024
  • Investments7Figures Oy (92% owned), a stake in Psyon Games
  • AppsBRDNG (App Store and Google Play)
  • ExitsFilmMe Group Oy 2015 (first exit, Lauri was one of three founders) and Top Lounges 2024
  • DomicileOulu, Finland
  • Business ID2152867-2 (VAT FI21528672)
Lauri Salovaara, founder of Host of the Evening Ltd.

Looking for a host or speaker? Lauri’s own site: laurisalovaara.fi

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