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This week I joined the Y Combinator Startup School programme. The first lessons have been completed, and yesterday evening we had our first group session with other early stage startup-projects. And what fun it was. It is a truly great programme that the Startup School has created. The curriculum is pretty ambitious and advanced, and… Continue reading First school experience
Yesterday marked the climax of our iQnite case competition on climate change at inQvation. 5 teams pitched their ideas for solutions in front of a very experienced and competetent panel. All the teams did a great job, and in the end Kleen Hub ran away with it. I will now get the opportunity to help… Continue reading We have the first winner
It is not that often that I recommend stuff. And in fact I have never recommended a podcast before. But lo and behold, there is a first time for everything. Today, my very first podcast recommendation goes to the brilliant 'Pivot' podcast from Vox Media Network starring Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. You should really… Continue reading Check out ‘Pivot’
Today this winters Startup School at Y Combinator kicks off with the first lessons. And I will be a part of it. The 8 week programme is for aspiring entrepreneurs or people who have already embarked on the journey. And I have enlisted to both learn, reflect and just plain see, what it is that… Continue reading Going ‘back to school’
At inQvation we have a lot of different projects in the pipeline. This includes a couple of projects that we feel strongly about in terms of potential to become new, great startups. In order get these projects to market, I am hiring a new frontend developer for the Studio team. The right candidate has a… Continue reading We’re hiring!
Eventhough I am a big proponent of starting small and experimenting your way forward when building a startup or a new product or service for that matter, there is one thing that always needs to be in place: A vision. It is so easy to get an idea and just start executing small scale. It… Continue reading Remember the vision
Even the best and brightest ideas should start small on the implementation side. Just out of respect for the fact that you could have it terribly wrong. Especially if your opportunity is huge, you need to be mindful that you don't run the risk of creating a big mess by overreaching from the 'go'. Naturally,… Continue reading Starting small
It is great that a group of the worlds biggest players within the IoT-space have come together to form Project Connected Home over IP; an initiative to develop more common standards for IoT-devices large and small. So far one of the big issues with regards to IoT has been a lack of standards. Lots ot… Continue reading Standards and solutions