President of Iceland – Be Definite Optimists
Last friday we had the second batch of the Startup Energy Reykjavik demo day. The President of Iceland was the …
Investing
Why Make Founders?
I have been running experiments related to Startups and investing in startups in Iceland for the past 6 years. I …
Investing in Trust
I think Jerry Colonna is awesome and of course I don’t have to say anything about Fred Wilson. I see …
When Capital is a Commodity
I have been a big fan and follower of Mark Suster with Upfront Ventures. His latest blog post is a …
Intrinsic Value of a Startup
I believe investing in Startup Founders is an exercise in calculating the intrinsic value of the founder. One has to …
Jaakko Salminen – Startup Iceland 2015 – Mentor Profile
The idea of connecting different startup communities has been at the core of Startup Iceland Conference. I am happy to …
Venture Investing is same as the Monty Hall Problem
If you are wondering what the Monty Hall Problem is all about, here is an excerpt from the movie “21”. …
It never rains but it pours – Another $40 million for growth stage Startups in Iceland
Yes, you heard me. Frumtak closed their Frumtak II fund (In Icelandic) and they will be investing in growth stage startups. …
$50 million to be invested in Icelandic startups
I am really happy to report that Eyrir Invest has closed a fund with Arion Bank to invest approximately USD …
Why is power law difficult to understand
I believe that we live in the world of Power Law, I have written about it before. I even wrote …
The Story of Buuteeq
My partners and I, were one of the early investors in Buuteeq. We invested in early 2011, I should say …
Where is the value in Bitcoins?
So I am getting obsessed with Bitcoins now! I met with an Entrepreneur in Iceland, well he is a Computer …
Investing in people and teams
I have been meeting a lot of people about my new project, the feedback has been extremely positive. What is …
Investor-Startup Ecosystem
The blog post is motivated by an article by knowledge@wharton business school with the title “The Next Generation of Investor-Startup …
Best of times to be an Entrepreneur and Venture Investor
I cannot emphasize enough the exciting opportunities that are in front of us. In case you have not noticed, Andreessen …
Two key deficits of the founder CEO…
… when compared with a professional CEO”. I had to complete the sentence because some of the founder CEO’s go …
Investor, Founders and the journey of building companies
The last 6 years, I have been breathing Entrepreneurship, Startups and Venture Investing. I have more or less confronted most of the …
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
If you have not seen the recommendation by Brad Feld and Fred Wilson to get the book “The Hard Thing …
Investing in Startups
I had no idea what to do when I first decided that I wanted to invest in Entrepreneurship and Startups. …
QuizUp
Icelandic Startup Plain Vanilla Games launched their new game Quiz Up and it has been getting a lot of attention …