TechBBQ final count down: celebration of Danish tech startup community is less than a week away
TechBBQ will take place in less than a week and there is still some time left to get the tickets. This year’s TechBBQ will primarily serve as a confidence booster for the Danish startup community, focusing on what is special – for better or worse – about being a startup based in Denmark. The vision […]
Nordic Startup Awards: And the Nominees are…
Time to roll out the red carpet: the grand finale of the Nordic Startup Awards is fast approaching. The 22nd May is the night that startup scenes of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland will go head-to-head in a battle of innovation and investment. The finalists have been announced and we are happy to see […]
VIP over VoIP with Eric Ries and Clarity Live
The next VIP over VoIP event in the series will be with none other then Eric Ries, the author of The Lean Startup. An event that surely will draw big crowds, Eric and the Lean Startup movement being highly regarding by many both seasoned and new entrepreneurs. Great guest – but also on new ways […]
What’s on Week 20
There’s plenty happening in May across the region. This week we have a few extended events with a hackathon in Copenhagen and 4 days of activities in Lund with Social Business Week. There is also a good spread of seminars, awards ceremonies and activities on each day. Here’s a quick summary. edit: And Thursday is […]
Event series: Is Silicon Valley right for your startup?
On Thursday the 22nd of May the Silicon Vikings Copenhagen Chapter will be hosting the first event in an event series centred around succeeding in the Silicon Valley. They will be introducing it as an alternative to the Copenhagen startup environment. Attendees will be able to examine their possibilities and resolve whether venturing to the […]
What’s on Week 19
This week, on top of the regular lineup of coding/discussions/social events, we have three more speakers in the EU politicians lecture series in Helsingborg, a wearable tech hackathon in Malmö and events for students being held in Lund, just to mention a few. Here’s the full summary of the events coming up near you. In […]
Crazy about hacks – high season for hackathons!
This spring seems to be a crazy period for hacks and hackathons! As we have noted earlier, this region might definitely be the event hotspot of the Nordic startup scene – and that blog-post was only focusing on big events. The same seems to be true with hackathons! Lot’s of hacks in 2014 We don’t […]
Electronics meet clothing at the Wearable Tech Hackathon
The first Wearable Tech Hackathon, an initiative organised by Minc, CreativeLab and STPLN, takes place in Malmö on 10-11 May. The 24-hour event will be dedicated to prototyping and building the next cool thing in wearable technology. The host of the Hackathon is Fabriken at STPLN, a member-driven prototyping, building and hacking workshop in cooperation […]
Social Business Week in Lund May 12th-14th 2014
The week of May 12th to May 15th 2014 is Social Business Week in Lund. Social Innovation Lab The first portion of it (May 12th to May 14th) is dedicated to the Social Innovation Lab. A rousing three day workshop consisting of social business activities, experimentation, training and the future of social entrepreneurship. Participants will have the […]
What’s on Week 18
Another week, another 17 things to get into. Here’s our summary of the events coming up near you. In Copenhagen: Ecommerce & WordPress (in Danish) Monday April 28, 17:00 – 20:00 @ Peytz & Co Rentemestervej 80 ePay will talk about online payments and WordPress and a few members will present their own cases. Growing […]