Track Record, Trust and Leadership
I have more or less documented the journey since the day the Financial System in Iceland collapsed in 2008. There …
Venture capital
Building Startup Communities
Every city was once a startup, famous words spoken by Brad Feld when I have seen him position his book …
Leadership and being CEO
Instead of writing about what it means to be a Leader, I am just going to link to a bunch …
Startup Reykjavik 2013
Startup Reykjavik the mentorship driven accelerator for Startups organized by Arion Bank and Innovit+Klak announced the new batch of companies …
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 …
SI2013 – Speaker Profile – Ryan McIntyre and Jason Mendelson
We are delighted to have Ryan McIntyre and Jason Mendelson, both Managing Directors of Foundry Group. Both are veteran investors …
Iceland Seafood Cluster
I have been writing a lot about Entrepreneurship and Startups, but I am not a big fan of the Cluster …
Bootstrapping vs Raising capital
I had planned to do a meetup this week and discuss the above topic. Never got around to it, but …
Organizing Angel Capital
As we are starting the preparation for Startup Iceland 2013 (have you signed up and marked your calendar yet?), one of the …
Something Ventured – the art of venture investing
Saw the documentary “Something Ventured – The Risk, Reward and the Original Venture Capitalists“. It was great! loved it… it …
Why Startups Create more Jobs than big companies
The malaise that we have started to notice in the world around of the protracted recovery from the 2008 financial …
Tolerance, Inclusion and Prosperity
I had a bit of a disagreement with Fred Wilson, who is one of my virtual mentors through his blog …
Why build a Startup Community?
I started on this long term view that Iceland can be a fantastic place to create a Startup Community, some of …
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 …
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 …
The Brads Show – Interview with Brad Feld and Brad Burnham
PanelDiscussion from Innovation Center Iceland on Vimeo. It was a great privilege and dream to meet with Brad Burnham and …
Why you should be optimistic about the future
When I started on the Venture Capital education 4 years back, I started following Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and Mark …
Be on the Bus With Brad
For those of you who have been following the development, organization and planning, setbacks and triumphs around organizing the Startup …
Brad Burnham – Speaker Profile
Brad Burnham and Fred Wilson started Union Square Ventures in 2003 after the destruction of the dot com bubble. I …
Brad Feld – Speaker Profile
This is a series of posts that are aimed at providing more background about the speakers who are going to …