
Kerecis: Building Iceland’s First Unicorn
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In the world of medical technology and innovation, few companies have captured the essence of nature, tradition, and cutting-edge science …
Starting a new business can be a daunting task, and every entrepreneur needs support, guidance, and inspiration to succeed. One …
Starting a business is not an easy feat. There are countless challenges that entrepreneurs must overcome in order to be …
Stefan Baxter, serial entrepreneur, technologist and founder will be a speaker and mentor in Startup Iceland 2023. Stefan is an A.I. evangelist and self proclaimed data nerd.
Finnur has contributed significant advancements in several interrelated fields such as wave based acoustic simulations and virtual acoustics through his …
Startup Iceland is a way to build an international network for founders and investors. Mentoring sessions are facilitated by the Startup Iceland Organizing team to enable a first-come-first-served-one-on-one mentoring session with the speakers and mentors
Indo is the first challenger bank in Iceland to have received a banking license. The founders will be hosting a meetup in partnership with Startup Iceland on May 12th to share their experience.
Fertram Sigurjonsson, the founder and CEO of Kerecis will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2022
How often do you as a leader take time off? Not as in “watch Netflix for one night” or even …
In our newest edition of the FutureCast we talk to recovering politician Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson. Helgi is a software developer …
It’s no secret that there’s a vibrant community of startup companies in Iceland. In order for such a community to …
A new episode of FutureCat is up on the web, this time we talk to Ari Jónsson. Ari is a …
A new AI tool, dubbed IceNet, could lead to improved early-warning systems to protect Arctic wildlife and costal communities. Data …
When a person starts a company, they have to be prepared to switch out “hats” of their responsibilities all the …
Immigration is a hot topic all over the world. I have been an immigrant and I know the challenges of being an immigrant founder. My wife and I are setting up a fund to invest in immigrant founders who want to start in Iceland. We founded Startup Iceland with a vision to build a vibrant startup ecosystem and Founders are at the core of this vision. We know that only diversity of ideas and people can lead to a better world and future.
The second episode of #FutureCast – How to build the future from Iceland conversation is with Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-founder …
We are going to build personas. And I don’t mean this on a creepy stormy background, evil laughter, rusty light …
I have been getting a lot of questions about investing and startups. I think what most people are really asking me is how do I get Rich and Financial Independence. I have shared what Naval shared, I wrote it because it become real rather than link to what he wrote.
“Slow down to start up” is the philosophy of a program for entrepreneurs in the Westfjords of Iceland, where mentorship and adventure mix and ideas have a place to grow.
Entrepreneurship is a truth game and it can be a massive mental rolacoaster if the founder does not take care. Here is a 4 part series from Techstars on Entrepreneurship and Mental Health.