I thought I will just capture Seed Forum through my Tweets during the event, here is the flow:
Seed Forum kicked off by the head of investment banking at arion bank… we have turned the corner in… http://t.co/HA10B7gXIY
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
"I am worried that we have not seen a lot of investors participating in Iceland" – head of investment banking Arion Bank @startupiceland
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
20th anniversary of @SeedForum in Iceland @startupiceland @StartupRVK
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
8 teams presenting… interesting to hear the words "scalable", "quick exit", "multiple revenue streams", "already revenue generating" ummm
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
3 lies we tell … 1. I am a VC and I am here to help your business 2. The cheque is in the mail 3. Of… http://t.co/YitbwcyICj
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Rasing money is not a badge of success, growing markets, sales and revenue is real success @… http://t.co/PCDLdEJJi1
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Been there done that – in the list of 1. Fastest growing company in europe 2. Richest kid in… http://t.co/WSRGNpyoSX
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
"I had to redesign my life because I destroyed myself building the company" – Stephen Hoosft
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
we experimented and we thought building the product was the thing… the story of controlant… http://t.co/2UwIZA97b7
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
We won every award because we had a good idea, but we had no idea what we were going to use the… http://t.co/O6THIqujvD
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
We thought we got the hockey stick growth but 2013 was a set back… @ Arion Banki http://t.co/YbXRdjMmjE
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Team 1 sway a social way to pay @ Arion Banki http://t.co/ru4Qajtl0T
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Competitors… we are better than any other provider… ummm #sway @ Arion Banki http://t.co/jg7AeMMQ2U
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
There are secrets to making a startup succeed, I dont know why the pitches are so tailor made, I wrote about how to make yourself memorable
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Great pitch by the @MureVr team at @seedforum Iceland @startupiceland @StartupRVK
— Kris Thorleifsson (@KThorleifsson) October 24, 2014
@truegroups from Norway pitching a new social network @ Arion Banki http://t.co/ZONHuL4hAa
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
The next Mark Zuckerberg will not build a social network if you are copying them you have not learnt from him – Peter Thiel #ZeroToOne
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Physio theorapy has no innovation kine is solving this, already used by Chelsea football club & NASA… http://t.co/r0dorO2dgU
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Exciting to see so many questions from audience to founders, Iceland is changing @startupiceland
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Drone based photography Eagle by dronera @ Arion Banki http://t.co/gyaS1ezSLy
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Icelands first all terrain vehicles manufacturing company ISAR – @startupiceland @ Arion Banki http://t.co/vPFzSCSepZ
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
When you are making something for the first time like a startup does you do not outsource any of your secrets
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Sea weed is an excellent source of antioxidants – UNA a skin cream made from this unique ingredient @… http://t.co/PWbLCQFAno
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Anti aging – Should we be thinking about making our cells not age? Is that anti or pro questions questions questiins
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Why do we always try to go the same way as what is conventional – the hard i.e valuable thing to do is to rethink our thinking
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Talking about table stakes as your competitive advantage is a losing strategy
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
@KThorleifsson "when making something for the first time" …
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Brum funding equity crowd funding platform @ Arion Banki http://t.co/UDa99Vdt10
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Iceland is Querky and the Quaint and we need to demonstrate our strengths in this startup world @… http://t.co/fqLFqwbXAA
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Internet 3.0 could be about Privacy? Connectivity? vs CPU? Can Iceland compete on CPU? pic.twitter.com/sGg8tJbK6B
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
Should make you happy @AlexOsterwalder @einargunnar @einardone the Business Value Map of Iceland incomplete but very relevant
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
@BalaInIceland Iceland could with at least equally good legislation and enough niche cloud service providers for #P2P #platforms #corporates
— Einar G Gudmundsson (@einargunnar) October 24, 2014
British Ambassador & Embassy hosting cocktails for all the startups and seed forum participants http://t.co/gXOJCHnZ3q
— Bala Kamallakharan (@BalaInIceland) October 24, 2014
