The new, Copenhagen based accelerator program Thinkubator (http://thinkubator.dk/) is a new 10 week growth opportunity for ambitious, early stage startups. It is created by DARE2mansion along with high profile corporate partners. Accepted startups receive free office space at DARE2mansion (www.DARE2mansion.com), a grant of 2000 euro to kick-start their dreams, access to world class knowledge partners like Singularity University, and the …

We will at Nordic Startup Bits write about new upcoming startups located around in Europe. The first article will about the photo-sharing app, Shotnote, which is located in Munich (Germany). The company was initiated by the two founders Julian von Eckartsberg (CEO) as well as Nils Ziehn (CTO). Shotnote received funding from promenade German angel investors back in October 2014 …

On Nordic Startup Bits we try to filter the startup scene and we will give our reader the best from the week on the social media, Twitter. Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, gives advice about how Spotify got to a 50/50 male/female ratio Martin LeBlanc, CEO of Iconfinder, gives his version of why Danes are productive. It might be easier …

Do you want to learn from other entrepreneuers’ mistake? We have collected 5 books that every entrepreneur should read to improve their chances of building their billion dollar company. 1. Peter Thiel: Zero to One The co-founder of PayPal and angel investor in Facebook, Peter Thiel, has written a book about how to build the future. In the book Peter …

Few weeks ago Uber entered the Danish market and the company is now available in all the Nordic markets (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) and in that occasion we will try to analyze the main challenges Uber will have in the Nordic markets. 1. Their company culture and ethics The past months Uber has been a very hot topic in the …

The popular brain training app Brain+ receives million investment from the danish VC’s Seed Capital, North-East Venture, and some other business angels. by Jonas Munk In 2014 Brain+ was awarded as the greatest new app in 125 countries and in the previous year the app has achieved 1 million downloads on the App Store. Worldwide a lot of users have expressed …

Danish Templafy is a startup to keep your eyes on. They are currently in Rotterdam, competing in the Get in the Ring “Olympics for startups”, whose finals will be held tonight. But they already netted themselves another prize yesterday, the “Traction ward” at the event DEMO in the US. Templafy is a service for ensuring that employees stick to a company’s …