About us.

Takehill is a collaborative team of B2B technology business experts. From individual business development executives to larger service providers, we right size the market entry team to fit your exact needs. 

Our Mission

With its LEAN Market entry method, Takehill has changed the way technology companies expand their business to the U.S. market. Instead of spending millions of dollars upfront in marketing, sales and local team, Takehill's 3-step program will first build the business hypothesis and then test the hypothesis in the field, before investing any significant resources in the US activities.

​At Takehill, we understand that more than half of the companies fail in their attempt to expand to the US market. This is typically due to poor preparation and underestimating the differences between US and EU markets. Takehill's mission is to make the US market entry successful and save time and money on that journey.​

Who We Are

Andy Korhonen
​CEO and Managing Partner

Andy is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Finland. He has experience both from European and American business ventures, and has successfully transferred multiple European businesses to the USA. Andy's background includes 8 years at publicly listed Vaisala, Inc. as the General Manager for its U.S. business unit, after which he has gained CEO experience from various VC-backed B2B technology firms, including Ekahau, Redpoint, and Senzolive. Andy has a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Finland, and a mini-MBA (GBEP) from MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, MA. Andy was born in Finland and currently lives in Concord, MA, 30 minutes west from Boston. Andy's close Finnish friends still call him Antti, his given Finnish name. 

​Local Business Partners

We have established several partnership contracts with local service providers and experts in the US market. Depending on you business focus and stage we will bring right expert working for your project. For successful market entry program there is always need for several local operators. From business development to marketing to sales to accounting to legal and insurance experts. We will bring you a program team with a size and talent that matches your needs. 

Here are some of our local U.S. partners that enable professional delivery of Takehlll services in all business functions: 

​Takehill Clients and References

Takehill accepts clients in various diverse business sectors, but is focusing on B2B technology firms. A client company profile for successful U.S. market entry is always carefully reviewed with the company management. To maximize the success during the program, a typical client company has the following 

• Annual revenue beyond $1 million generated before the program 
• If not $1 million dollar sales history, a patented disruptive innovation that has already generated sales in the originating country
• Willingness to refine the public company story and sales pitch to adapt to the U.S. market

​Here are some of Takehill's example clients and references from the past: