Culture as your competitive advantage
I got reference to this presentation from one of my colleague at GreenQloud before the Christmas break and I was …
Philosophy
Stockdale Paradox
Let me give context before I jump into why I believe this is one of the most important philosophical ideas …
Track Record, Trust and Leadership
I have more or less documented the journey since the day the Financial System in Iceland collapsed in 2008. There …
Building Startup Communities
Every city was once a startup, famous words spoken by Brad Feld when I have seen him position his book …
Being Humble
I read a post in Forbes titled “Arrogance of Growth“, it was written by Rajeev Peshawaria. It struck home, literally… …
Building Bridges from Iceland for Entrepreneurs
I am a big believer that in order to really bring strength to the Startup Community in Iceland we need …
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 …
How do you achieve your goals?
I have been blogging since 2004, not as active as I have been since 2011. I believe blogging or writing …
Mentoring, Teaching and Training
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein …
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 …
SI2013 – Speaker Profile – Angela Jackson
We are keeping with the theme of Angel investors following yesterday’s post about John Sechrest. I got connected to Angela …
SI2013 – Speaker Profile – John Sechrest
I got connected to John through Kristjan Freyr Kristjanson, CEO of Innovit+Klak and who runs Startup Weekend in Iceland. I …
Software Patents – New Zealand takes the lead
New Zealand 1 Patent Trolls …
Economics Shimeconomics
The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually …
Overestimate 3 years and Underestimate 10 years
We are not very good at estimates or forecasts, which I have consistently written about we make educated guesses… I …
Iceland Seafood Cluster
I have been writing a lot about Entrepreneurship and Startups, but I am not a big fan of the Cluster …
High Risk, Low Data Decision
I have been reading the book “Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey A. Moore again. I highly recommend the book to …