Building Great Products
It is very easy to be different, but it is very difficult to be better -Jonathan Ive In today’s How …
Business model
Why the publishing industry is broken – John Biggs – Startup Iceland 2014
John is funny and says it as he sees it. Here is a story of John working on a book …
Videntifier – A Startup Profile
I heard about Videntifier in 2009, when I was asked to do a business model due diligence on the team …
Value Add to CrowdFunding
This is a follow up post to “How to fix any business“. I am a big fan of VCs – …
Internet Piracy and Business Models
Peter Singer makes a case for finding a business model that would make it fair for content creators in …
Who should attend Startup Iceland Conference
Who should attend Startup Iceland? it is founder, entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and anyone interested in innovation and startup thinking
Can World Class Companies be built from Iceland?
If you asking this question, my answer is another question… Why not? Why cannot we build world class companies out …
Should overnight success take 11 years?
Saw this post on Facebook about Mr.Thordur Magnusson, the Chairman of Eyrir Invest. Eyrir has been one of the private …
Business Model vs. Business Plan
There is a fundamental difference between a business model and business plan. A Business Model defines how you will make …
Maximus Musicus – A Startup Profile
Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir came to our Rotary Club and spoke about her journey in creating Maximus Musicus, a little mouse and …
DataMarket – A Startup Profile
DataMarket.com is a startup out of Iceland. I have met with Hjalli a couple of times, spoken to him quite …
#BMD – Value Propositions
This is the first of the posts on Business Model Design. The topic this post will cover is Value Proposition, …
Business Model Design
Alexander Osterwalder’s book Business Model Design is an excellent workbook for all businesses, especially those that are already established and …
Are you Validating the right Hypothesis?
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf The above video is from the Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner. Alexander Osterwalder explaining his Business Model Canvas, with examples …
Liveproject.me – A Startup Profile
Here is profile of another startup here in Iceland. LiveProject.me allows users to stream their experience from a live event like …
Dress Up Games – A Startup Profile
There has been coverage of a company called Dress Up Games based out of Iceland in the media as they …