The definitive guide to business angel investing
This is a guest post by Nicolaj Højer Nielsen who is an active business angel in the region and beyond. So you want to invest in startups without burning your money on bad investments? I have summarized my 15 years of investing experience, here are 10 insights: +44. Never accept calls from the UK. You […]
Danish and Swedish startups are concerned about the new EU regulations on tech and AI
This is an opinion piece, a respons to the EU AI white paper from the Digital Future for Europe. It does not represent this websites opinions. The Digital Future for Europe Coalition welcomes an ambitious digital strategy, but believes the EU needs to go further to encourage digital innovation and AI adoption. Leading European startups […]
Startups & corporates – a love story?
A few weeks ago at Bits&Pretzels I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop facilitated by Accenture Interactive and bringing together representatives from well-known corporations and startup founders. The objective was to discuss what it takes to build successful partnerships between corporates and startups. To make the activity more entertaining, the participants were asked […]
Foo Café: Last call before the break!
This is part of the regular updates from the event space FooCafé. Here’s the last news from Foo Café Spring 2018. At the end of June we’re taking a short break, start prepping for Autumn/Winter 18/19, and then we’ll be back in August with more exciting tech events for you. In September our first theme […]
Bylife – A startup story, part 4
In what other situation in life will you marry at first sight, where you only have had a few lunch meetings to judge if this individual share your values, speak the same language and want the same things? On top of that, you are going to have several partners at once, and make them all […]
Bylife – a startup story, part 3
What an experience. The mobile world surely delivered – experience, connections, craziness and emotions. Since returning from the fair the entire team has been trying to get back to normal, and start closing in on our goals we set up before we got this surprise distraction. The Mobile World Congress 2018 was a success. Our […]
Bylife – a startup story, part 2
A while ago an amazing goal and opportunity were decided upon, forcing the team to work even harder. The question is, have we reached it, now four weeks later, or did we promise too much? Right now, I am 10.000 m up, on an airplane heading to Barcelona and the Mobile World Congress 2018, world’s […]
Bylife – a startup story, part 1
It’s not about who your parents are, what fancy education you have or how much money you have in the bank. It is about who you are, down to the core. That is THE most important aspect of a successful entrepreneur – know yourself. The only thing you have with you, your wits, when you […]
Øresund Startups unfolds a new chapter
The last two months the team behind Øresund Startups has been working on development of the site in several ways. A lot of things have happened since the site started in how this area is covered: Trendsonline has closed down, 8till5 has been started by Bonnier, and The Nordic Web and Techsavvy been started by […]
Nordic Collaboration 2.0(17)
This is an opinion-piece from Morten Buchwald. The Nordics rank among the top in almost every possible measure, which all Nordic citizens can be proud of – but what would it take to truly evolve the Nordics? I have a few suggestions that I hope we can start having conversations about: Joint Goals EMA to […]