Internet trends
Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has been putting out a presentation titled “Internet Trends” for quite some time now. …
Strategy
Business Strategy, startup strategy and anything related to strategy as it relates to entrepreneurship, startups and business in general
Startup Summer – Exchange Program between Colorado and Iceland
Brad Feld sent me one of those cryptic notes last September, with an ask “Do you know Eythor?” It is …
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
I have been listening to the new book “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and The Art of Battling Giants” by …
Strategy is always about Action
I joined the Executive team in Glitnir in February 2006. The bank had an event in Luxembourg called “Meet the …
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 …
Marketing trumps Technology…
I have been having a very interesting discussion with my technology team, and I was made aware of this article …
QuizUp
Icelandic Startup Plain Vanilla Games launched their new game Quiz Up and it has been getting a lot of attention …
Checklist Manefesto – Book Review
I have been listening to the Checklist Manefesto book by Dr.Atul Gawande. I have to say I am really digging …
Building Startup Communities
Every city was once a startup, famous words spoken by Brad Feld when I have seen him position his book …
Cost of Research
“If we knew what we are doing, we would not call it research” – Albert Einstein I participated in the …
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 – John Sechrest
I got connected to John through Kristjan Freyr Kristjanson, CEO of Innovit+Klak and who runs Startup Weekend in Iceland. I …
Why we dont have more Women in Leadership
I have written about why this is the best and by far the most exciting time to be a women …
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 …