Taija found a way to do what she loves through light entrepreneurship

After moving from Ukraine to Finland, Taija Novozhylova found a way to turn her love of dance into work through light entrepreneurship. Today, she teaches Zumba in Jämsänkoski. With the help of Eezy Kevytyrittäjät, she has been able to try entrepreneurship with ease and at her own pace, without the need to set up her own business.

Taija has lived in Finland for two years. Back in Ukraine, she worked at the city hall, but after moving to Finland, she began thinking about what kind of work she could do in her new home country. As a mother of a young child, she wanted to find something that would fit around family life.

Dancing had been an important hobby for Taija for years, so she decided to start by teaching dance classes to Ukrainian women through a local Ukrainian association.

“I wanted to help other Ukrainian women. Many were in a similar situation to me, and dancing was a great way to relax and relieve stress”, Taija explains.

When Taija realised there was demand for her dance classes, she decided to develop her skills further and became a licensed Zumba instructor. Gradually, Finnish participants began joining her classes too. As interest grew, Taija started wondering whether she could turn her hobby into a job.

Light entrepreneurship made getting started easy

Taija began looking into different ways to work for herself and explored several invoicing services. That’s when she discovered Eezy Kevytyrittäjät.

Finnish was still a challenging language for her, so it was especially important to have someone who could answer her questions clearly, without having to figure everything out on her own.

Taija became an Eezy light entrepreneur in spring 2026. She has been using the service to invoice for her Zumba classes ever since. Another important benefit for her has been how easy Eezy Kevytyrittäjät makes it for customers to pay for her services.

“EezyPay has made paying really easy for my customers. It makes my work easier too.”

The freedom to work on her own terms

For Taija, one of the biggest advantages of light entrepreneurship is flexibility. She can decide when she works and how quickly she wants to grow her business.

“If I need to get paid quickly, for example, I can choose to use EezyExpress and have the money transferred to my account sooner.”

That flexibility is particularly valuable when balancing work and family life. Taija can fit her work around her family’s needs and build it up gradually. What started as a small experiment has now grown into regular Zumba classes.

Taija also recommends light entrepreneurship to others. Many of her friends have asked her for advice. She has always recommended Eezy’s light entrepreneurship service because they don’t have to figure everything out on their own. Her positive experiences have even inspired her husband to consider light entrepreneurship.

Taija’s story shows how an existing skill or a much-loved hobby can become a source of income, even when starting over in a new country. Light entrepreneurship has given her the opportunity to try something new and gradually turn her passion into work, at a pace that suits her life.