I picked up the wrong year to move countries.
In this long pilgrimage, full of cancelled flights, rescheduled flights, delayed flights, change of plans, change of airports, change of companies, masks, regulations, emotional roller coasters, joy and concern…I have been considering where brands are and what is branding adding to people’s lives in a moment in which we are all reviewing our priorities.
The Government of Iceland announced that non-EEA citizens can bring their work to Iceland. They just need to show proof of work and health insurance. This is fantastic news for the Startup Community in Iceland and for Founders.
More than $55m have been raised by startups from Iceland this year. What is interesting is that all the problems that they are solving are massive global problem.
We are going to build personas. And I don’t mean this on a creepy stormy background, evil laughter, rusty light …
“Slow down to start up” is the philosophy of a program for entrepreneurs in the Westfjords of Iceland, where mentorship and adventure mix and ideas have a place to grow.
Decentralized systems are robust and antifragile. The same is true for connectivity. We are fortunate to live in Iceland where …
The first batch of startups that will participate in Startup SuperNova have been announced. Startup SuperNova is a 10 week accelerator in Iceland.
Iceland once again has an accelerator and it is called Startup Supernova.
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the Minister of Industry, Innovation and Tourism announced yesterday the first policy proposal to come from …
Last friday was an important day for those of us who have been working on developing the startup community focused …
I spoke about lessons learnt in the journey of building the startup community in Iceland through Startup Iceland in the Accelerate Alaska Conference.
YC Startup School 2019 is in Session and all the portfolio companies of Iceland Venture Studio are participating. Are you?
Participated in Techstars Startup Week in Torino Italy. $100 million was spent in refurbishing an old train repair factory for a co-working space for entrepreneurs. It was great to talk about the vibrant startup community that is developing in Iceland
Startup Iceland will host the Digi.me Hackathon and Stokkpallurinn Competition. We are also partnering with the Go Programming community on Gophercon Iceland
The past week has been fantastic for the Startup Community in Iceland. First it was the announcement of GreenQloud being …
Jeff Slobotski, Founder of Router Ventures and co-founder of Silicon Prairie News will participate in Startup Iceland as Mentor and Speaker. Jeff lives in Omaha, Nebraska the home of Warren Buffett.
Michelle Morrison, Design Program Manager at Facebook will participate in Startup Iceland 2017 #2017 she will talk about Impact and Design culture