Tools of the future – AI in Business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way businesses operate across the world. With advancements in technology and an increasing number …
Iceland
The Power of Networking: How Conferences Can Benefit Your Startup
Starting a new business can be a daunting task, and every entrepreneur needs support, guidance, and inspiration to succeed. One …
Survey: How tourism will boost the innovation boom in Iceland
This summer, Rannís is supporting a market survey to identify which services could be adapted for innovative companies as well …
Indó – Reinventing Banking
Indo is the first challenger bank in Iceland to have received a banking license. The founders will be hosting a meetup in partnership with Startup Iceland on May 12th to share their experience.
Björn Örvar – Speaker Profile – SI 2022
Bjorn Orvar the founder and chief scientist of ORF Genetics will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2022.
Getting Your Business “Household” in Order – with Pauline Malubay
When a person starts a company, they have to be prepared to switch out “hats” of their responsibilities all the …
FutureCast #8: The Composting Company
In this episode of the FutureCast, Bala talks to Björk Brynjarsdóttir and Julian Brenner from the Composting Company (Icelandic: Jarðgerðarfélagið). …
Startup Iceland 2016 event and 5 year anniversary
Startup Iceland celebrates 5 year anniversary with Ultrahack hackathon, Stökkpallurinn, speakers from Techstars, Oracle, EBW2020, PureColor, Digi.me, Marel, Tempo.io and …
Why CrankWheel, and Why Iceland?
Today we have a guest post by Jói Sigurdsson, the Founder of CrankWheel. I have known Jói for sometime now. …
Do you read the whole book or just the last chapter?
Your company and your products matter to you, but have you made it clear to your customers why your products should matter to them? Turn your readers into Rabid Loyal Zombie Tribe.
Building Unicorns
I have been thinking about building Billion $ companies in Iceland for sometime now. A Billion $ company in Iceland is …
It never rains but it pours – Another $40 million for growth stage Startups in Iceland
Yes, you heard me. Frumtak closed their Frumtak II fund (In Icelandic) and they will be investing in growth stage startups. …
$50 million to be invested in Icelandic startups
I am really happy to report that Eyrir Invest has closed a fund with Arion Bank to invest approximately USD …
Iceland vs Hedge Funds
Iceland has been under a currency control regime since the financial collapse in 2008. This week there is a showdown, …
OZ – A Startup Profile – Founder Spilling the Beans
I have known Gudjon since 2009, while I was trying to meet all the Entrepreneurs in Iceland to understand what …
Iceland is a Black Box
Iceland is a black box when it comes to business reporting in english. I got a reference to an article …
Energy is the next frontier
I saw the movie Interstellar over the weekend. I really liked the movie, facts and science aside, I like the …
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 …
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 …
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 …