You are not a lottery ticket
I will be teaching a course in Reykjavik University starting this fall. The title of the course is “How to …
Peter Thiel
President of Iceland – Be Definite Optimists
Last friday we had the second batch of the Startup Energy Reykjavik demo day. The President of Iceland was the …
How to build a great startup team
[Picture is of the Icelandic Olympic Handball team that won the Silver Medal] I have written quite a bit about …
Building a Monopoly
I think I have listened and read Peter Thiel‘s book Zero to One about a 100 times now. There are …
This is not checkers; this is m$%#erfu%$in chess
Now that I have your attention. Startups are hard, I have written enough about it. That being said, life is …
2015 – A New Hope
It has been rather quiet holidays for me and my family with the usual great food, over eating and crazy …
There is no Spoon
I was invited to give a lecture to the class of MBA students at Reykjavik University. The topic I am …
Sway – A Startup Profile
I met the team at SWAY about a month and half back. SWAY is a social way to pay or …
Startups are the salvation to Enterprises
…or are they? at least that is what Aaron Levie the founder of Box would want you to believe. I …
Contrarian Thinking
I was one of the first investors to invest in Iceland right after the financial collapse of 2008. That does …
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 …
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 …
Deterministic vs Probabilistic Thinking
I have written about Getting Lucky before, it is only apt that I would zero in on the talk by Peter …
To the left of Impossible
This week has been an explosion of ideas, learning and possibilities personally for me. How to Start a Startup class …
How to Start a Startup
We will screening the lectures of the How to Start a Startup class at Reykjavik University, the room, time and …
Startup Arbitrage
In case you have not been following, TechCrunch Disrupt SF has been going on in San Francisco. It has become …
Zero to One
I am looking forward to the book by Peter Thiel with the above title. Here is a brief description for …
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 …