Posts Tagged ‘startup’
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
PODIO – the much anticipated danish startup – is in town!
Every now and then you will meet a Danish startup in Silicon Valley, that really has what it takes. Podio is one of them! Podioʼs “social work platform” is best described as a Facebook for companies – but that doesn’t really do it justice. We’re talking a full work platform with messaging, calendars, tasks and [...]
Danish Tech Talent wins Prize for Best Android App
A good idea was all Innovation Center Denmark’s current intern, Søren Therkelsen, had when he showed up in San Jose for the competition Android Development Camp last Friday. Turned out, a good idea was all he needed. After 48 hours and a little help from a few new tech-friends, Søren and his android app idea, named Coupal, was [...]
Most memorable week ever – in Silicon Valley
“What’s the next big thing?” That is one of the questions that haunts young entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other people from all over the world visiting Stanford University Entrepreneurship Week (further e-week). It will be difficult to park the car or to find a seat in the auditorium if you come late, but it will [...]
Referencer teknikker og gode råd til at få flere kunder
Man hører ofte folk sige, at et genialt produkt kan sælge sig selv! Hvorvidt det er sandt eller ej så er nutidens konkurrencesituation så hård, at det at lave et fedt produkt i sig selv ikke skaber indtjening for de fleste virksomheder. Du skal selv aktivt kunne bringe dit produkt ud til kunden og konstant være [...]
Hvilken slags kapital skal jeg søge?
Jeg deltog i torsdags i et iværksætter event som (igen!) omhandlede anskaffelse af kapital i disse svære økonomiske tider. Foredragsholder Côme Laguë, ejer af Nueva Ventures, fortalte om hvilke muligheder, man som iværksætter har, når man skal anskaffe kapital til sin virksomhed, samt hvad der gør nutidens økonomi både attraktiv og uattraktiv som iværksætter. Her [...]
Hvad tænker investorerne?
Ligsom virksomheder, der mærker den økonomiske krise på deres pengepung og omsætning, så er investorer og venture kapitalister også påvirket af den manglende pengestrøm i samfundet. Kapital er blevet en mangelvare, også blandt venture kapitalister, og kredit er ikke længere tilgængeligt på samme måde som bare for et år siden. Det betyder, at investorer skal [...]
Iværksætter – Hvad skal der til?
Hvad er opskriften til den succesfulde iværksætter? Det er svaret, som enhver iværksætter ønsker formularen til. Da jeg igår deltog i et Start-Up Event i San Francisco, blev vi præsenteret for 2 virksomhedsleder og grundlæggere af 2 succesfulde virksomheder, Adam Zbar, grundlægger af Zannel og Max Shapiro, grundlægger af PeopleConnect. Begge personer har det til [...]
Tjek TechCrunch 50 Live
Conferencen TechCrunch50 løber i disse dage af staben i San Francisco. Eventen bliver streamet live gennem UStream. Under konferencen launcher 54 Internet startups i løbet af 3 dage. Hver startup pithcher til et ekspert panel af indflydelsesrige industrieksperter, inkl. Marc Andreesen, Om Malik, Ron Conway, Robert Scoble, Tim O’reilly og mange andre. Det er spændende [...]
