Iceland is Starting up
It is exciting to see the developments in Iceland as it relates to Entrepreneurship and Startups. There has been a …
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Circle of influence and circle of concern
I was reading a blog post by Seth Levin of Foundry Group on “Handling Rejection“, where Seth blogs about an …
Startup Iceland 2013 – Done!
It has been more than a month since Startup Iceland 2013 got done! I took a sabbatical from writing and …
3 reasons why you should attend Startup Iceland
I have been debating this internally, I would really like your feedback on this. Do you feel that there is …
Lauf forks – Startup Profile
Magnus Ragnarsson was the host of Startup Iceland 2012 and we requested him if he would oblige us the same …
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 …
Its the Entrepreneur…and the Team
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the news that CLARA was acquired by Jive Software (NASDAQ:JIVE) last …
Icelandic Geothermal Cluster
Had a chance to meet with Hakon Gunnarsson, the Managing Director of Gekon and he has been leading the initiative …
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 …
Mayor of Reykjavik City, Free WiFi in Reykjavik and Bingo Bar!
Met Jon Gnarr, the Mayor of Reykjavik. I have to say he was generous, attentive and really wanted to help …
Iceland Seafood Cluster
I have been writing a lot about Entrepreneurship and Startups, but I am not a big fan of the Cluster …
Startup Reykjavik 2013
I started on this journey to build a Startup Community in Iceland right after the Financial Collapse of 2008. What …
Startup Weekend Reykjavik
Startup Weekend Reykjavik happend this last weekend. I volunteered again as a mentor and it was a lot of fun. …
Startup Risk
I usually get really worked up when I am speaking with some employees in a bank about Startups and Entrepreneurship, …
Accelerator for Investors
I have been thinking a lot about how to get new breed of investors into the fold of supporting the …
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. …
Organizing Angel Capital
As we are starting the preparation for Startup Iceland 2013 (have you signed up and marked your calendar yet?), one of the …
3 Ideas for a better Iceland
Original post was written for the Asbru Blog. Idea #1: Invest in yourself and your local community I believe every …
What does it mean to Execute?
I was very impressed with the blog post by Ben Kaufman titled “What Raising Money Means to Me“. I believe personal …