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 …
Mentoring
Startup Reykjavik 2013
I started on this journey to build a Startup Community in Iceland right after the Financial Collapse of 2008. What …
Startup Renaissance
I was invited to give a talk on Career Day in Reykjavik University. I wanted to drive home a message …
Something Ventured – the art of venture investing
Saw the documentary “Something Ventured – The Risk, Reward and the Original Venture Capitalists“. It was great! loved it… it …
Open Source Entrepreneurship
Steve Blank has been one of the bloggers, Entrepreneurs and Gurus who has been writing about and teaching entrepreneurship in …
Culture of Failure
I had a very interesting discussion during the UnConference Event, where one of the participants was telling me how she …
UnConference, Capitalists Dilemma and Return of the Capital Intensive Startup
Here is a mashup of three ideas that prompted me to write this post. First, I was part of the …
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 …
Startup Reykjavik 2012 – Done!
I was so pleased to see the participation of the investor community in the Investor Day of Startup Reykjavik 2012. …
2 ways to get an Investor Meeting
Jan Schultink is in Iceland on holiday, he contacted me a couple of months back and asked if he could …
Startup Reykjavik
Startup Reykjavik is one of the pieces in the puzzle to transform the Icelandic economy. I was very pleased to …
7 Things
Brad has a guest post by Jerry Colona in his Startup Communities Blog. Jerry talks about his experience in Slovenia. In …
What does it take to be a great Mentor
Mentoring is by far the most rewarding and challenging role anyone can take on. It is much like parenting, but …
Vision without execution is Hallucination
Image via Wikipedia Thomas Edison said that and I just finished reading Steve Case‘s opinion piece on Washington Post, where …
StartupIceland+MinistryOfIdeas+LeanStartup #onfirenow
Had an excellent brainstorming session with Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson and Aðalsteinn “Alli” Óttarsson on how to implement a grass root movement …
Startup during a downturn – The Economist
Read the article titled “Downturn, start up – The effects of recessions on entrepreneurs and managers run deep” by the Economist. Some …
Startup Ideas – why ideas are not the problem!
Image via Wikipedia Techcruch has an article about “What startup to build?”, it is a good thought process on how …
Delighting the customer – The only bottom line
What should be the one overarching goal of company? Steve Denning, has a great article that argues “Delighting Customers” or …
Valuation, Lean Startup and Uncertainty
Image via WikipediaAlbert Wenger has an interesting post about Valuation of startup companies and the main challenge in valuation of company …
Categorizing the Sales team
Interesting post by Mark Suster, on the money on defining a sales person and categorizing one.