Future of Software Development
It was wonderful to attend the Blue Yard Conversation: The Future of Software Development #fosd in Reykjavik. I was blown …
Startup Iceland 2018 – Done!
Startup Iceland 2018 was a blast, what an amazing experience, the speakers were authentic, inspiring and real. The founders were even better. The Best one yet!
Competition destroys Capital
Competition can make people hallucinate opportunities where none exists and more importantly it destroys capital, character and usually creates nothing new
Matt Mullenweg and Om Malik – Speaker Profile #SI2018
Matt Mullenweg and Om Malik will talk about 15 years of WordPress, Open Source and the anti-Facebook movement in Startup Iceland 2018.
Zero to One – Revisited
The most important things in life are singular. Time and decision making are singular and follow a power law, and some moments matter far more than others. However, you can’t trust a world that denies the power law to accurately frame your decisions for you, so what’s more important is rarely obvious. It might even be a secret. But in a power law world, you can’t afford not to think hard about where your actions will fall on the curve. Decision to attend Startup Iceland is one of those moments.
Aziz Gilani – SI2018 Speaker Profile
I am delighted to announce Aziz Gilani, VC and long time friend will join this year’s Startup Iceland VC Panel. …
Cloud computing is dead
Cloud computing is going to end and the era of Edge computing will begin and new version of the cloud will take shape. It is the nature of technology to transform this way, but the cycles are getting shorter every subsequent cycle.
Lisa Rich – SI2018 – Speaker Profile
Lisa Rich will participate in Startup Iceland 2018. Lisa is the co-founder of BrainyQuote and is a lifelong entrepreneur.
Startup Iceland 2018 – Update – GopherCon, Digi.me Hackathon, Stökkpallurinn
Startup Iceland will host the Digi.me Hackathon and Stokkpallurinn Competition. We are also partnering with the Go Programming community on Gophercon Iceland
Sabeen Ali – SI2018 Speaker Profile
Sabeen Ali the co-founder and CEO of AngelHack will be a speaker in Startup Iceland. Sabeen is an entrepreneur, visionary and an inspiration watch her TEDx speech and USF commencement speech. She is a great spokes person for something that I am passionate about which is bringing diversity and equality into the world of technology, startups and startup communities.
William Mougayar – SI2018 Speaker Profile
William Mougayar author of Business of Blockchain book and advisor to world’s leading blockchain organization will speak in Startup Iceland 2018
Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir – SI2018 Speaker Profile
Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir, who helmed the Star Wars Battlefront franchise for DICE games will speak in Startup Iceland 2018 about Diversity and Culture in building teams.
Skuli Mogensen – Founder and CEO of Wow Air – SI2018 Speaker Profile
Skuli Mogensen, the founder and CEO of Wow Air will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2018.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation – SI2018 Speaker Profile
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir will be a keynote speaker at Startup Iceland 2018
President of Iceland – SI2018 Speaker Profile
President of Iceland will open Startup Iceland 2018. His excellency has a unique role of being the spouse of a Founder and Entrepreneur. I am positive there are some interesting stories from that perspective.
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay understanding how this works is important. Don’t put money in things that you don’t understand
Startup Iceland 2018 – Back to Basics
After a long hiatus, I am back to blogging. It has been a good break. Why I took the break …
How do you focus on the Right Customer?
Customer centricity is about choosing the right customer. How do you focus on the right customer without understanding the customer?
Behave – the biology of humans at our best and worst
How we as humans behave is defined by a number of things. The book by Robert M. Sapolsky articulates this in plain english and also enable us to go beyond that.
Startup Reykjavik, GreenQloud, Digi.me, Viska and Ghostlamp… what a week!
The past week has been fantastic for the Startup Community in Iceland. First it was the announcement of GreenQloud being …
