Experiments with Truth
Experimenting with the truth is the journey of startups and technology. Grinding day in day out and asking yourself are you fooling yourself is the job at hand.
Management
How Socrates Can Help Your Startup
Socratic method can help startups learn more about the assumption of the startup. Pushback by others should force entrepreneurs to refine the business model
Josh Allan Dykstra – Speaker Profile #SI2017
Josh Allan Dykstra the author of Igniting the invisible tribe: designing an organisation that doesn’t suck is coming to Startup Iceland
Brutal honesty delivered kindly
Giving feedback is an important leadership skill for founders. Learn to give feedback with brutal honesty but deliver it kindly and gently. You see we are all big kids.
Investor Relations
We have a guest blog by Danielle Pamela Neben. Danielle is on the Board of Directors at Landsbanki and brings …
Building endurance
Building Endurance in your company is a function of Mission, Vision, Values and Leadership. It is easier to define when you are in the Startup stage but very difficult to keep focus on. Large companies fall because they take their focus away from it.
Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the mind-killer, let it flow through you, become self aware and look inside yourself. Radical self enquiry and non-violent communication is the best way to get back on track when fear has derailed your thought process.
How to build effective Startup Boards
Having a board that supports the founder is paramount in building a startup. If your board is not with you then you need to quickly work on Sales. There is nothing that fixes board problems like sales and revenue
Seth Godin has the solution for the decision crisis in Iceland
There is a big underlying problem with Icelandic business people that no-one seems to be discussing. It needs to be discussed, so we shine a light on it in this article…
How to engage with Startups and Founders
The last couple of days I have been participating in an event Master Class – Nordic Startup Managers. Dr. Eythor Ivar Jonsson has been …
Investing in Trust
I think Jerry Colonna is awesome and of course I don’t have to say anything about Fred Wilson. I see …
Berkshire Hathaway – Owner’s Manual
I write this blog as a resource for myself and for fellow entrepreneurs and startup founders. I am a big …
Do we need to look back before we succeed forwards?
I don’t make any new year’s resolutions. Ever. Let me tell you why. As I was sitting with my family last evening, …
What comes after Product Market Fit
A lot of pain… yes, it is probably the most painful experience a startup founder/founding team goes through when transitioning …