Startup Iceland 2015 – Reflection and Thank you Iceland
Well, I want to say after 4 years of doing this I should get tired of it, but I feel …
Brad Feld
The Importance of being Iceland
If you have not heard the story of how I met and connected with Brad Feld, you should read this …
Voted the Startup Journalist of the year in Iceland
The Startup Journalist of The Year on Iceland is @BalaInIceland from @startupiceland ! CONGRATULATIONS! — NordicStartupAwards (@NSawards) May 18, 2014 …
Getting to Yes
I was reminded yesterday of a blog post that I wrote a while back about True Grit, the persistent, relentless …
Two key deficits of the founder CEO…
… when compared with a professional CEO”. I had to complete the sentence because some of the founder CEO’s go …
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 …
Startup Boards – A Book Review – First Peek
I have been reading the new book from Brad Feld and Mahendra Ramsinghani titled “Startup Board – Getting the most …
Startup Iceland 2014 – Calling for Ideas and speakers
We have started thinking about Startup Iceland 2014. The overarching mission of Startup Iceland is to build a sustainable/antifragile startup …
On the road of building Startup Communities in Iceland
Brad Feld interviewing Jim Collins, two of my favorite business thought leaders and authors talking about a topic that I …
Building Startup Communities
Every city was once a startup, famous words spoken by Brad Feld when I have seen him position his book …
Startup CEO
As most of you know I also have a day job as CEO of GreenQloud. I go to my mentor Brad …
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 …
Back to the Future
I love Yogi Berra‘s quotes: The future ain’t what it used to be. Yogi Berra – wise man this Yogi …
Traction brings money; Money does not bring traction
I was at the Seed Forum this year, but I could not participate for the whole day but I attended …
Bootstrapping vs Raising capital
I had planned to do a meetup this week and discuss the above topic. Never got around to it, but …
Startup Life
I have been reading the new book by Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor on Startup Life -surviving and thriving in …
Depression
There has been a lot of posts in the blog sphere about depression and the recent suicide of Aaron Swartz and. …
2013 – A New Beginning
2012 was eventful. The Startup Community in Iceland is starting to thrive, we are seeing green shoots everywhere. More optimism, …
We have a big exit in Iceland – DeCode Genetics
We finally have a big exit in Iceland for a startup that started it all in the Genetics space. This …
Startup Slovenia
I was invited by Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED) Ljubljana, Slovenia as a keynote speaker for Investor Day …