Value of having mentors and connecting with other founders
Starting a business is not an easy feat. There are countless challenges that entrepreneurs must overcome in order to be …
Startup Community
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson – President of Iceland – Keynote Speaker – Startup Iceland 2023
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce to you the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson as Keynote …
Brad Feld – Speaker profile – SI 2022
Brad Feld is participating in Startup Iceland 2022. The idea of building a startup community started with me reading Brad’s blog in 2012 and writing to him and as they say the rest is history.
CASSINI Hackathon Wrap Up!
Startup Iceland hosted the 2nd CASSINI Hackathon in Iceland and the Iceland winning Team went on to Win the overall Hackathon. The team’s idea was to use space imaging technology to solve land erosion globally.
FutureCast #9 Ari Jónsson – NASA, CASSINI AWAREGO and Reykjavik University
A new episode of FutureCat is up on the web, this time we talk to Ari Jónsson. Ari is a …
Flights, lipstick and question marks
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.
Bring your work to Iceland
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.
Startups from Iceland are showing they can solve hard global problems
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.
Building personas: from customers to tribes
We are going to build personas. And I don’t mean this on a creepy stormy background, evil laughter, rusty light …
A different kind of Startup accelerator
“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.
Bringing the Helium Network to Iceland
Decentralized systems are robust and antifragile. The same is true for connectivity. We are fortunate to live in Iceland where …
Startup Supernova – Teams announced
The first batch of startups that will participate in Startup SuperNova have been announced. Startup SuperNova is a 10 week accelerator in Iceland.
Startup Supernova
Iceland once again has an accelerator and it is called Startup Supernova.
Founders
Startup Iceland was started with the a vision to empower founders, in these times of chaos we need founders more …
Seed Investing is like arranged Indian Marriage
… other deep insights from investing for over a decade in Startups from Iceland and world over. I only wish …
Startup Cities – Reykjavik
Reykjavik is the place to be if you are startup founder. Innovation, Creativity and Technology comes through inspiration. Watch the video to see how cool is Iceland
Kria – the Icelandic Yozma fund announced
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the Minister of Industry, Innovation and Tourism announced yesterday the first policy proposal to come from …
Constitutional Document of Innovation Land – Iceland
Last friday was an important day for those of us who have been working on developing the startup community focused …
Accelerate Alaska
I spoke about lessons learnt in the journey of building the startup community in Iceland through Startup Iceland in the Accelerate Alaska Conference.