Saana Akiola: Light Entrepreneurship Brings Clarity and Freedom to Everyday Work

For Saana Akiola, light entrepreneurship has brought structure and peace of mind to her busy work life. It allows her to focus on what she does best — teaching dance — while avoiding the administrative burden that often comes with independent work. It has also opened the door to offering online dance coaching without getting caught up in bureaucracy.

A long-time dance professional, Saana has worked in the dance industry for nearly her entire career. In addition to teaching, many people know her from Finnish television shows such as Dancing with the Stars and Survivor. For several years now, she has invoiced all of her work through Eezy’s light entrepreneurship service. It has provided her with a smooth way to handle payments and practical tools for managing income — without unnecessary stress about administrative details.

“I’ve been teaching dance for practically my entire working life. At first, I worked for dance schools as an employee, but at some point I realised it made sense to start working more independently. I had heard good recommendations about Eezy Kevytyrittäjät.”

For Saana, light entrepreneurship is above all about trust — knowing that the right things are being handled by the right people. She values not having to manage every detail herself. Being able to rely on someone else to take care of taxes and invoicing properly has been a major factor.

Making everyday work simpler and more secure

For Saana, one of the biggest benefits is how smoothly everything runs. The simplicity shows especially in invoicing and payments. She works directly with her dance students — both in-person and online — and uses EezyPay to send payment links. In practice, this means she can share the same payment link easily via email or a WhatsApp group, and students can pay quickly and effortlessly.

“In addition to online coaching, I teach many in-person classes. I run group sessions, private lessons and create choreography. If I had to send a separate invoice to each person myself, it would be incredibly time-consuming.”

Light entrepreneurship is not just an invoicing tool for Saana — it’s also a source of security in a fluctuating work environment. She appreciates having flexibility in how and when she receives her income.

“Besides how easy it is to send invoices and receive payments, I can decide the due date myself. Do I want my salary transferred as soon as the payment arrives, or on a specific day, almost like in regular employment? As an entrepreneur, income often comes in small portions, and that can make things harder to predict.”

Online coaching made easy with Campwire

The benefits of light entrepreneurship became even clearer when Saana expanded her work into new areas. Through the Finnish online course platform Campwire, Eezy’s light entrepreneurs can sell online courses without having their own business ID, since payments and salary processing are handled through Eezy.

At the end of 2025, Saana launched her own online coaching programme. Thanks to the collaboration between Eezy and Campwire, getting started was exceptionally straightforward. Course sales and payments are handled through the same system as her other work.

“The cooperation between Eezy Kevytyrittäjät and Campwire made it really easy for me to start offering online coaching. I didn’t have to worry about payment traffic or sending invoices. When a client purchases the course, I get a notification immediately and can see clearly who has bought it and how many participants there are.”

The freedom to focus on what matters

Saana especially recommends light entrepreneurship to people who recognise that they need support with the administrative side of work. Not everyone is naturally systematic, and not everyone wants to spend time on invoicing, bookkeeping or monitoring taxation.

“Especially if you’re not very organised or you know you struggle to remember all the details, this is a very functional model.”

She also sees light entrepreneurship as a low-threshold way to start working independently, since it allows you to test entrepreneurship without major risks.

“I’ve been doing this long enough that people often tell me I should consider starting my own company. But I’ve come to the conclusion that the simplicity, smoothness and reliability of light entrepreneurship suit me well. It gives me peace of mind knowing that everything is handled properly.”

According to Saana, this model works especially well for people in creative industries or for those whose everyday life is already busy and fragmented. It also brings clarity, since you can monitor your income, tax rate and overall situation in one place and receive notifications if something changes.

“Through Eezy Kevytyrittäjät, I can always see where things stand and easily track my income. If my tax rate is about to increase too much or something needs adjustment, I get notified immediately. Everything important is clearly visible in one place.”