Investing in Trust
I think Jerry Colonna is awesome and of course I don’t have to say anything about Fred Wilson. I see …
Fred Wilson
Winter is coming
I would be remiss to not write about Profligacy and Complacency given the warning signs coming from the likes of …
Getting Lucky – It is not random, it is a skill
Fred Wilson had a great post with the title “Get Lucky”. I could not resist writing about it. Startup Iceland 2014 speaker …
Öryggisventill – An Icelandic Open Source Project that gives Power to the People
It has been a while since I posted, almost 2 weeks I took some time to think and ponder and …
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 …
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 …
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
If you have not seen the recommendation by Brad Feld and Fred Wilson to get the book “The Hard Thing …
Investing in Startups
I had no idea what to do when I first decided that I wanted to invest in Entrepreneurship and Startups. …
Are we the horse?
This is a talk given by Albert Wenger one of the partners in Union Square Ventures and Fred Wilson shared this. …
6 Biggest Mistakes Founders Make
I have written about Jerry Colona the uber founder/ceo coach and former VC and partner of Fred Wilson. Here he is talking …
Bitcoins
Brad Feld had a very interesting post about Bitcoins and Fred has been a fan of Bitcoins. Given that I …
Marketing trumps Technology…
I have been having a very interesting discussion with my technology team, and I was made aware of this article …
Analysis Paralysis
You can really pass on a great deal based on how you think. Here is a great post by Fred …
Software Patents – New Zealand takes the lead
New Zealand 1 Patent Trolls …
SI2013 – Speaker Profile – Brad Burnham
Brad Burnham has been a big supporter of Iceland. He has invested quite a bit of time, influence and effort …
Disrupting the Food Industry
I read this interesting tweet by Vinod Khosla, one of the Co-founders of Sun Microsystems and then of Klein Perkins …
Transitions in a Startup
Seth Levin of the Foundry Group has a very good post on the transition of a startup from the product …
Organic Growth vs Get Big Fast
Fred Wilson shared the talk Joel Spolsky gave to the Y Combinator Startup School session. Joel wrote about it in …
Tolerance, Inclusion and Prosperity
I had a bit of a disagreement with Fred Wilson, who is one of my virtual mentors through his blog …
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 …