A brand new feeling: the value of branding for startups
I once went to a speed dating event. I met someone there, the type of person I was looking for. …
Customer Development
Growth Hacking workshops for the first time in Iceland, organized by three founders.
Three tech startup founders from Iceland and the Netherlands, (Bart Snijders, Ellen Ragnars & Silja Thor) started Future Founder to help startups grow.
Sales and Marketing Support Groups for the Non-Salesperson
Most of us in the startup world find ourselves playing many roles, some of which do not play to our …
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?
Scaling a business
Launching a competition for the first time in Iceland on scaling a business – #Stökkpallurinn #StartupIceland #Vodafone
Accelerating Iceland
In a few short years we have changed the hearts and mind of everyone in Iceland about startups and entrepreneurship. The next phase of Startup Iceland is to ask the question how do we scale global companies from Iceland
Building Great Products
It is very easy to be different, but it is very difficult to be better -Jonathan Ive In today’s How …
Do you read the whole book or just the last chapter?
Your company and your products matter to you, but have you made it clear to your customers why your products should matter to them? Turn your readers into Rabid Loyal Zombie Tribe.
User Interviews a.k.a Product Validation
I think it is important to start with big vision, but have the courage to narrow the problem down to …
How much do you care about your customers?
When I was CEO of GreenQloud there are many things that I am proud of what and how we did, but …
Founders Institute 1st Meetup Update
It was great to see around 35 people who registered and showed up for the meetup. We had two great …
What Startups Can Learn from Iceland’s Strong Brand Identity
Strategic planning and branding are integral to establishing a company’s identity and reputation in the marketplace it is targeting. Startups …
Excellence always beats a Bargain
I got to know Brent Beshore, when he participated in Startup Iceland last year and was in the Panel discussion …
Open Source Entrepreneurship
Steve Blank has been one of the bloggers, Entrepreneurs and Gurus who has been writing about and teaching entrepreneurship in …
Re-Reading List
I have started re-reading a bunch of books. Here is the list: Crossing the Chasm – Marketing and Selling Disruptive …
Liad Agmon – Talk @GreenQloud
Liad Agmon from Bessemer Venture Partners stopped at GreenQloud and gave a talk about his entrepreneurial career, stories and lessons …
Managing the Sales Process
I heard once that Sales is not Rocket Science but Harder! I cannot agree more. The actual closing of a …
Customer Development and Running Experiments
We had our 9th meetup this year discussing customer development and running experiments
Business as a Hypothesis – Notes for 5th Lean Startup Session
Today we will be discussing the concept “Business as a Hypothesis” in our weekly Ministry of Ideas meeting. The details …
Are you Validating the right Hypothesis?
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf The above video is from the Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner. Alexander Osterwalder explaining his Business Model Canvas, with examples …