#startup thinking

Startup Iceland joins LOOP to inspire the global economy to transition to Circular Economy

Startup Iceland joins LOOP, the Nordic circular economy ecosystem. Loop was launched in 2018 by Avanto Ventures, Sitra and Nordic Innovation to take the circular economy from strategy to action. In 2020, to accelerate transition to circularity even more in the Nordics, The consortium partnered up with like-minded companies preferring to act instead of talking. The partnership today includes…

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design – Friedrich Hayek  I have been meaning to write about this for while but never got around to it. I meet a lot of founders and I have invested in quite a few early stage companies, for someone who started with nothing. The last 7 years has been a fantastic learning experience…

1. Was ist das Problem, und wer hat es?

2. Was ist eine gute Lösung dafür?

3. Wie erreiche ich potenzielle Kunden?

4. Wie hoch sind die Ausgaben, um die Lösung zu realisieren und meinen potenziellen Kunden zu bekommen?

I took a break from writing daily. It has been a great time of self reflection and spending quality time with my 3 month old baby girl Maya Teresa. It has been rewarding to the core to be able to do this. The whole month of November, I was on Paternity leave wherein for the first time in my life I was actually being paid from the Icelandic State. I have lived in Iceland for almost 10 years now…

Startup Week – Edmonton

I will be participating in Startup Week in Edmonton this week. I am really excited to meet Ken Bautista and the Startup Community there. Ken Bautista, the Co-founder of Startup Edmonton is leading the effort in Edmonton. Ken has written some insightful articles about the challenges and what they are doing in their community. I am really inspired by the Entrepreneurial mindset that Ken has brought…