3 Ideas for a better Iceland
Original post was written for the Asbru Blog. Idea #1: Invest in yourself and your local community I believe every …
Investing
Picking winners in a farm of Black Swans
I love probability and statistics, yes I am weird. The whole notion of me starting to invest in Startups and …
Startup Reykjavik – Investor Day
Today we have a guest post by Kristján Kristjánsson, one of the organizers of Startup Reykjavik and CEO of Innovit. I …
Angel and Seed Investor Awards – Guest Post
This is the first post of the “Welcome to Post on Wednesdays!” blog post in Startup Iceland. This post is …
Calling all Angels
I have been focusing a lot on writing about Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship and what does it take to succeed as a …
Duolingo.com
Union Square Ventures just announced their investment in Duolingo.com. The company founder Luis Von Ahn is so smart and has …
Why is Policy Important
Policy frameworks are extremely important because it defines the rules of engagement. It provides the incentives and drivers for participants …
Why you should be optimistic about the future
When I started on the Venture Capital education 4 years back, I started following Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and Mark …
Brad Burnham – Speaker Profile
Brad Burnham and Fred Wilson started Union Square Ventures in 2003 after the destruction of the dot com bubble. I …
Social Investment
Social investment, before you say its an oxymoron… check out Big Society Capital. According to BSC – “Social Investment is the …
How to fix any business
Fred Wilson has a post with the title “Death to the Use of Death in a Title” which is explaining …
Investors, Term Sheets and Win-Win Deals
I am going to talk to the Class of 300 students on Monday about the following items: http://embed.wistia.com/flash/embed_player_v1.1.swf// How to …
7 Things
Brad has a guest post by Jerry Colona in his Startup Communities Blog. Jerry talks about his experience in Slovenia. In …
Entrepreneurship is difficult
Actually, I wanted to have the title of the post as “Life is difficult”, I believe Entrepreneurship is Life because …
Should overnight success take 11 years?
Saw this post on Facebook about Mr.Thordur Magnusson, the Chairman of Eyrir Invest. Eyrir has been one of the private …
Senate Approves the CrowdFunding Bill
It is not law yet, but yesterday the Senate voted 73-26 in favor a bill that loosens SEC regulations in order …
Crowd Funding – Challenges and Opportunities
I have written about Crowd Funding and how I want to throw my weight behind this. I think this is …
Revolution against Finance
I saw the interview of Steve Keen on Silfur Egils and I am sure if not all many of the Icelandersdid too. …
Valuation of a startup – the holy grail?
I have been getting a lot of questions related to How does one value Startups. The best reference for valuation …
Validated Learning in Hospitality Development
I will be speaking in the “Ferðaþjónusta og fjárfestingar“ conference sponsored by Landsbanki and the Ministry of Industry, Iceland and organized by …