Orca! The world’s best bet against climate change?
Today, the Swiss company Climeworks formally opened the air purification plant Orca in Iceland. It has only been sixteen months …
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Preventing the “Us and Them” Company Culture – with Katie Keich
Every one of us wants our project to become something great and to grow rapidly. However, the balance between healthy …
The CASSINI Hackathon: EU Space data and protecting the Arctic
Startup Iceland will host the 2nd CASSINI hackathon in Reykjavik on Nov 5-7. The theme is using Space technologies to protect the Arctic region. Submit your ideas for the challenges.
5 Icelandic Startups To Keep An Eye On
Earlier this month the annual Hringiðja conference was held in Reykjavík. The point of this conference is to help startups …
FutureCast #8: The Composting Company
In this episode of the FutureCast, Bala talks to Björk Brynjarsdóttir and Julian Brenner from the Composting Company (Icelandic: Jarðgerðarfélagið). …
Personal Health Update – all good for now
Today is 3 months since my heart attack. I have had my 6 weeks check with an Echo-Cardiogram. My cardiologist …
Circular Economy Solutions Startups in Iceland
The global economy currently follows a linear model, where raw materials are mined, processed into products, consumed and thereafter become …
Homework for Entrepreneurs – with Fredrik Grahn
Fredrik Grahn is a serial entrepreneur, now working on his third company Pyzzle it. This company was started by Fredrik’s …
Handling Toxic Work Environment – with Jennifer Takagi
Let me introduce you to Jennifer Takagi. Jennifer is an executive leadership and communication coach who works with leaders teaching …
Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease
Last week was eventful to say the least. I apparently had a heart attack. Had an angioplasty and was in the hospital for 4 days. I had no big pain but the blocks in my arteries were fixed. Looking forward to getting back to rehabilitation and getting fitter and stronger after the first metal installation on the path to being HomoDeus.
Trust Your People to Play
In today’s blogpost, I am sharing some takeaways from my conversation with Joachim Samuelsson, the CEO of Сrunchfish, a Sweden-based …
Genius Leadership in Practice at GRID
I have recently interviewed Hjalmar Gislason, the founder of Reykjavík-based GRID, about his journey as a leader. It was insightful …
Vision Casting with Your Team
It’s a new year, and many of us have set some goals for ourselves and our companies. Inspired by my …
Why Startups Should Reach Out to the Younger Generations
Hello, Startup Iceland community! My name is Paige Anderson and I graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Wellesley …
Personal Annual Audit – What Can You Learn From Your Successes
The holiday season is just around the corner, and many of you are either rushing to finish things up before …
Leadership in Crisis 101
It’s fairly easy to be seen as a good leader in the times of economic spring and summer. Yet, when …
Flights, lipstick and question marks
I picked up the wrong year to move countries.
In this long pilgrimage, full of cancelled flights, rescheduled flights, delayed flights, change of plans, change of airports, change of companies, masks, regulations, emotional roller coasters, joy and concern…I have been considering where brands are and what is branding adding to people’s lives in a moment in which we are all reviewing our priorities.
What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Starting a Business During a Pandemic
The pandemic has raged across Europe. With over 6,508,271 cases so far and no end in sight, launching a business is bound …
Building personas: from customers to tribes
We are going to build personas. And I don’t mean this on a creepy stormy background, evil laughter, rusty light …
Who is who? Brand vs Branding
We, the alchemists of brands, designers and strategists, know the meaning of the jargon we use in our concoctions, but …