Posts Tagged ‘Silicon Valley’
A look in the crystal ball
As 2012 nears its end, we have reached the time of year for predictions of which trends and technologies will influence our lives in the coming year. Silicon Valley will no doubt be a place for first movers, and here is the chance to tap into what is to come. A tendency that has been [...]
What happens when Danes and Americans meet and discuss senior care?
A great delegation of Danes representing start-ups, established organisations and public organisations visited Silicon Valley to gain insights on health care in the US. Health CareVan 2.0 aimed at exploring how health technology can help patients and stakeholders support and smoothen the health journey, and provide better quality-of-life, whether this be in the formalized hospital [...]
Working across time zones
Today it is possible to work across great distances by use of modern communication technologies. This is a great advantage for us at Innovation Center Denmark as we are acting as a bridge between Denmark and Silicon Valley. Emails, calls and video conferences keep us in touch as we are not often able to be [...]
Why not SCALEit?
Are you an entrepreneur and in the process of building a company that has the potential of becoming a global company. If yes, then is Innovation Center Denmark now offering you a unique accelerator program. SCALEit gives your startup the opportunity of going on a 1-week inspiration tour in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is known [...]
From downturn to recovery – 2011 Silicon Valley venture capital stats
SVForum quarterly venture overview: 2011 year review On Feb. 7 2012 SVForum gathered a group of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and the business community to report on 2011 venture statistics. Following the presentation of stats, SVForum invited partners from Norwest Venture Partners, Venrock and Hummer Winblad to a panel debate on the broader outlook of the [...]
From Nokia to Entrepreneur with ICDK!
Four start-ups founded by former employees at Nokia arrived in Silicon Valley to explore the limitless possibilities of the valley – and Innovation Center Denmark led the way. While Nokia is for the most part leaving Denmark, they are leaving behind great buildings, excellent high-tech equipment and smart employees. They could have been like so [...]
Scaleit Alumni, Conferize, Takes on DEMO 2011
Last week the annual DEMO conference took place in Silicon Valley. Among the participants was Martin Ferro-Thomsen (@Ferrogate) founder and CEO of Conferize, a Scaleit alumni company. On his blog Martin describes the DEMO 2011 experience as following “DEMO was an awesome experience! Thanks a bunch to everyone who took their time to meet with us and [...]
Danish Startup Talents looking to learn from you!
This Fall some of the best and brightest Danish students in innovation and entrepreneurship are coming to the Bay Area looking to learn from the inspiring startup and innovative environment here. And we mean the brightest! Among Danish students enrolled in a business grad program -with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship- we choose the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In Silicon Valley we’re all Gold Diggers
Monday nights at Stanford University europhiles come together to listen to the most inspiring entrepreneurs from the old world. In late January Juha Christensen a Dane and Vassilis Nikolopoulos from Greece let the crowd walk away with some Silicon Valley principles to follow for those hoping to be part of the next gold rush. A [...]
