Building Unicorns
I have been thinking about building Billion $ companies in Iceland for sometime now. A Billion $ company in Iceland is …
Do things that don’t scale
The counter intuitive thing about building a scalable business is to start by doing things that do not scale. What …
Secrets in Blockchain and Mesh networks
This blog post was motivated by the article that I read over the weekend written by Gary Sharma in the …
Why is power law difficult to understand
I believe that we live in the world of Power Law, I have written about it before. I even wrote …
Are you growing at 5% – 7% every week?
Startups need to grow, it is a simple goal. Growth is life for a startup, knowing what to do to …
Monopoly… no no, not the game
I did my Masters in Economics and was very much on the way to completing my Phd. I really liked …
Founders Institute 1st Meetup Update
It was great to see around 35 people who registered and showed up for the meetup. We had two great …
Zero to One
I am looking forward to the book by Peter Thiel with the above title. Here is a brief description for …
Tulipop Founders – Signy and Helga – Speaker Profile – Startup Iceland 2014
Startup Iceland is almost here, if you have not booked your tickets please do it. We have a great line …
Net Neutrality, Startup Communities and Permissionless Innovation
If you have not noticed what is happening to Net Neutrality and the FCC’s vote on May 15th you really …
Thubten Comerford – Speaker Profile – Startup Iceland 2014
We have over 2.4 billion people online now and about 2 billion are on the way. In this hyper connected …
Internet trends
Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has been putting out a presentation titled “Internet Trends” for quite some time now. …
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 …
Economics Shimeconomics
The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually …
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 …
Startup Risk
I usually get really worked up when I am speaking with some employees in a bank about Startups and Entrepreneurship, …
Women in Technology
There is a lot of coverage and tweets about Sheryl Sandberg‘s new book “Lean In” and for the decision Marissa …
Framework to build Great Companies
A framework is more like a guide, it does not tell you how to walk the path but gives you …
3 Magic tricks to get Marketing and PR right
I have a whole category in the Startup Iceland blog about Marketing and Selling for a reason and that is …
Angel and Seed Investor Awards – Guest Post
This is the first post of the “Welcome to Post on Wednesdays!” blog post in Startup Iceland. This post is …