Archive for the ‘General’ Category
New interns at Innovation Center Denmark
We are happy to present four new interns at Innovation Center Denmark. Through a hard selection process, these four Danish Master’s students made it through the narrow gap – welcome guys! Magnus, Henriette, Philip and Lasse Lasse, Information and Communications Technology My name is Lasse Chor, and I will be part of the ICT team, [...]
Danish Smart Grid experts coming to Silicon Valley June 20-24!!
Danish Smart Grid experts coming to Silicon Valley June 20-24!! We are pleased that our Smart Grid Applied Silicon Valley Conference is attracting such high level participation from prominent Danish and US experts in the field. With over 20 confirmed participants from Denmark we are very excited to present Danish smart grid solutions and development [...]
Sustainable conference center in Denmark is first of its kind
The future of sustainable building technologies might emerge out of the small Danish Island Bornholm. As the first hotel and conference center in the world build in full compliance with the cradle-to-cradle principles the demonstration project for sustainable building technologies on Bornholm the Green Solution House will be something to watch for the next years. [...]
Danish Minister brings University Chancellors to the Valley
In late June, Innovation Center Denmark will host the Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Charlotte Sahl-Madsen, when she brings chancellors of the Danish universities on a study trip to Silicon Valley. The objective of this trip is to gather inspiration for how to advance the conditions for entrepreneurship at Danish universities. Unique constellation [...]
Denmark continues to be a hot spot for EV companies
As the electrical vehicle infrastructure and industry are rapidly expanding, international players continue to flock to Denmark to tap into the buzzing EV ecosystem. Due to the progressive energy policies, tax exemption on electrical vehicles (EVs) and high adoption rates of new technologies by Danish consumers, many world leading EV companies are involved in the [...]
Do you want to launch your startup in Silicon Valley?
Launching a business in Silicon Valley can be a springboard for almost for any company. Investors are always on the lookout for new opportunities to invest in. One of the initiatives dedicated to help startup companies to get this head start and find investors is Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 Launch Silicon Valley is a full-day [...]
Start-up Chile: A National Entrepreneurship Experiment
These last weeks there has been a heavy debate amongst Danish entrepreneurs about the Danish conditions for entrepreneurship – Martin Thorborg’s fiery critique of the so-called entrepreneurship tax and the Gus Murray case being the most noticeable. Meanwhile, in Chile the government has taken a very different approach towards entrepreneurship – an ambitious project aiming [...]
What the internet is doing to our brains
While reading this blog post (perhaps on your new iPad or smartphone) you will probably be simultaneously checking the newest tweets, scanning through your inbox and browsing the web. This multitasking way of getting new information has become the general way of seeking information for many people today. Nicholas Carr was the keynote speaker at [...]
Obama Requests Increased R&D Investments in 2012 Budget
In these days the Obama Administration and the House Republicans are fighting over the 2012 budget. Meanwhile here in Silicon Valley we are holding our breaths and crossing our fingers hoping for the best. As one of the most knowledge intensive regions in the US, increases and cuts in the national R&D budget have great [...]
Two is better than one!
This blog post is actually not about an event happening in Silicon Valley, but in Denmark. But it touched upon something that people in Silicon Valley are excellent in– Networking! You don’t start a business alone – Period! You might thinkthat you can develop the products or services by yourself; facts are different. Building startups [...]
Stanford E-week – Highlights and Take-Aways
Stanford is truly something special when it comes to entrepreneurship. You hear the professors speak about it in the classrooms; students are showing their newest ideas in the courtyard and everybody talk about that special idea that hopefully will make them the new Mark Zuckerberg. The culmination of entrepreneurship at Stanford is effected [...]
