October, 2016

• 25 October

  Oslo Innovation Week – Where power couples meet

  

  “Power Couples” was the theme for the recent Oslo Innovation Week (OIW) and quite fitting that Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (pictures above, interacting with the AV1 robot) attended the opening ceremony at Skur 13, the indoor skate hall alongside the regenerated harbour in Oslo. Oslo Innovation Week is hosted by the City of Oslo and …

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• 25 October

  Best Nordic Dating Apps for 2016

  

  Apps like Tinder and OkCupid are filled with people looking for love. But are there any apps that cater to Nordic users? Fortunately there are. The Nordic region is home to apps that are a bit different from the dating apps that most people are used to. Here are some of the best dating apps making the rounds in Northern …

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• 24 October

  Nordic startups ring the bell at NASDAQ, and new Nordic fund is launched

  

  A delegation of Nordic startups rang the bell at the Nasdaq in New York on October 11th, as part of the #NordicMade showcase. #NordicMade is a community initiative that aims to build bridges between global tech regions and strengthen Nordic cooperation.  The bell-ringing also signaled the launch of a new €1.5 million Nordic fund. Helga Valfells, CEO of NSA Ventures, …

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• 24 October

  “Our drivers won’t unionize,” says CEO of MyTaxi, Uber’s European competitor

  

  A new wellspring of employee organization is emerging in the so-called ‘sharing economy’, but the CEO of Daimler-backed ridesharing business MyTaxi, Uber’s main competitor in Europe, has dismissed the trend. By Tamlin Magee As Uber drivers in London and New York organise for the right to collective bargaining, the boss of Europe’s top ride-sharing competitor – MyTaxi, set to merge …

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• 18 October

  Lemonsqueeze takes market expansion expertise global, opening new offices abroad

  

  Last week, the second ever #Nordicmade tour touched down in NYC to meet the local startup ecosystem, including Lemonsqueeze.  #Nordicmade is collaborative initiative between the five Nordic countries founded in Copenhagen in 2014, to increase cross-border collaboration and promote Nordic startups internationally. #Nordicmade’s NYC tour was whirlwind trip that took the 12 Nordic founders on a whirlwind tour of the …

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• 18 October

  Marketing with a kick-flip at the Nordic Business Forum

  

  The Messukeskus Expo and Convention Center in Helsinki came alive for 2 days in early October, as the impressive Nordic Business Forum hit town with 5,700 executives attending from over 30 countries. Added to these were up to 10,000 global viewers via live-streaming. The speaker list for previous annual Nordic Business Forum events, with themes such as Impact, Leadership and …

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• 16 October

  Danske Bank and SUP46 launch open platform TheHub for Swedish startups

  

  The open digital platform TheHub.se was launched today by Danske Bank and the Stockholm co-working space SUP46. TheHub aims to give visibility to all Swedish startups by forming a transparent database, and assist startups with recruitment of talents, finding and contacting investors, and offering best practice tools. By launching the platform TheHub.se, Danske Bank and SUP46 want to make it …

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• 13 October

  Why mobile optimization is everything

  

  Our permanent connection to social media and the internet serves a dual purpose. On the one hand, it’s a bit of escapism when we’re waiting for the bus or the train; on the other, it’s a physical tether to the things we care about, from friends and family to jobs, favourite TV shows, and music collections. And we haven’t quite …

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• 10 October

  TechBBQ reflections: In the future, recruitment will be big business

  

  At TechBBQ 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the changing labor market was a hot topic.  The company Praice, who make recruitment software, took the stage to talk about the “Future of Work”. For many years, recruitment agencies and headhunters lived well by finding the right candidates for businesses.  Now, more and more tech startups are working to digitize the recruiting process, …

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• 3 October

  A step forward for mobile app development with launch of Realm Mobile Platform

  

  Realm,  a Danish Startup making responsive applications, has announced the Realm Mobile Platform, the mobile database powering the world’s most responsive applications.  In short, they can now deliver live data synchronization to between users. This is a step forward in the world of mobile app development.  If a company wants to create an app that includes, say, real-time messaging, they …

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