How to Start a Startup
We will screening the lectures of the How to Start a Startup class at Reykjavik University, the room, time and …
Mentoring
Scrum for Sales
I had an interesting conversation with Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson the founder and CEO of OZ. He asked a very good …
Time is your most valuable resource
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life …
Startup Reykjavik – Investor Day 2014
Really impressed with the teams of 2014 batch of Startup Reykjavik. There were interesting companies, from making Protein Bars from Insects …
Why do you want to do a Startup?
Bear with me it is not such an obvious answer. Building a business is a hard job, creating products and …
Inspiration is Perishable
I meet people. I enjoy meeting people, learning about them, their background and why do they do what they are …
Hubris and Learning
Hubris according to Merriam Webster is a great or foolish amount of pride or confidence. I meet and talk to …
Why I love Twitter
Started writing this post before I left Iceland for Boston to run the Boston Marathon did not get time to …
Day 1 – CEO Bootcamp
I started writing this post on the first day of the CEO Bootcamp, but the bootcamp was so intense on …
Being Humble
I read a post in Forbes titled “Arrogance of Growth“, it was written by Rajeev Peshawaria. It struck home, literally… …
Patterns and Fallacies
I read a post by Om Malik, the founder of GigaOm with the title “Patterns and Fallacies: Why they have …
Startup CEO
As most of you know I also have a day job as CEO of GreenQloud. I go to my mentor Brad …
Circle of influence and circle of concern
I was reading a blog post by Seth Levin of Foundry Group on “Handling Rejection“, where Seth blogs about an …
Mentoring, Teaching and Training
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein …
S.M.A.R.T Goals or Metrics
Do you have a ScoreBoard for your Startup? Well, if you don’t you need to get one. Once you have …
Startup Management – Masterfully Curated Resources for every startup
Fred Wilson wrote about an AVC regular William Mougayar is building an education oriented community for entrepreneurs called Startup Management (SUM). I wanted to bring …
Startup Reykjavik 2013
Startup Reykjavik the mentorship driven accelerator for Startups organized by Arion Bank and Innovit+Klak announced the new batch of companies …
Analysis Paralysis
You can really pass on a great deal based on how you think. Here is a great post by Fred …
Disruption in how we learn
I always enjoyed being a student and that is one of the main reasons why I wanted to teach… that …
Startup Reykjavik 2013
I started on this journey to build a Startup Community in Iceland right after the Financial Collapse of 2008. What …