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). …
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Founder Institute Meetup – Startup Pitch Bootcamp
Thank you everyone who attended the How to Start a Startup event. If you are reading this, please connect with …
Infrastructure for Entrepreneurs – Innovation Center in Iceland
I remember in 2009, when I decided that I wanted to learn more about entrepreneurs in Iceland and I wanted …
User Interviews a.k.a Product Validation
I think it is important to start with big vision, but have the courage to narrow the problem down to …
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 …
Winter is coming
I would be remiss to not write about Profligacy and Complacency given the warning signs coming from the likes of …
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 …
Nobody can copy your passion
I meet a lot of founders and startups, some of them work under secrecy and want me to sign NDAs …
Sustainable fishing and Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Fund
It is great to see many options for startups and entrepreneurs in Iceland to get Seed funding to get started with …
Time is your most valuable resource
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life …
Launching Founders Institute Reykjavik this September
I am happy to announce that we have had our official hand off and go ahead to launch the Exploratory …
Founders Dilemma – A Book Review
I have been listening to “Founder’s Dilemma – Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup” by Noam …
Inspiration is Perishable
I meet people. I enjoy meeting people, learning about them, their background and why do they do what they are …
Founder Institute – Reykjavik Chapter
This fall we are kicking into high gear with Startup Iceland initiatives, I applied to lead the local chapter of …
Sustaining vs Disruptive Innovation
I have been listening to Clay Christensen and Michael E. Raynor‘s book “The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth“. …
GuidetoIceland.is – A Startup Profile
Guide to Iceland is a startup from Iceland that runs on TravelShift a travel agency marketplace software
Strategy is always about Action
I joined the Executive team in Glitnir in February 2006. The bank had an event in Luxembourg called “Meet the …
On the road of building Startup Communities in Iceland
Brad Feld interviewing Jim Collins, two of my favorite business thought leaders and authors talking about a topic that I …
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 …
Mentoring, Teaching and Training
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein …