October, 2016

• 3 October

  Customer relationships trumps 100 years of experience

  

  The whole model for building trust and authority within a market has changed. Decades of experience and a long-standing reputation are no longer the huge assets they once were. In this new world where we are judged by every interaction with every customer, people power rules. By Mark Dissing Bækgaard The changing landscape In reality it has always been this …

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September, 2016

• 26 September

  Help Tayyab: How anti-immigration laws hurt people and startups

  

  Startups and small businesses in Sweden and The Nordics have experienced an incredible couple of years in terms of investment and growth and these companies are contributing to the future economic and overall success of the Nordic countries more than ever. However, this has not happened overnight, a lot of people have put in a LOT of hard work to get …

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• 26 September

  Jeanne Sullivan on female entrepreneurship, from Oslo to New York

  

  When visiting Oslo Innovation Week last October, long-time business development investor Jeanne Sullivan was intrigued by the commercial potential she found in the various presenters, taking note of one company in particular. Bubbly, founded by Marianne Hindsgaul from Oslo, is a startup introducing an IoT kiosk to the market that utilizes data that is collected from customers in a retail …

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• 13 September

  Personal data in the spotlight at Ultrahack MyData hackathon

  

  Two weeks ago in the basement of Helsinki’s historic Kulttuuritalo (designed by Alvar Aalto and opened in 1958) a packed crowd took part in the Ultrahack MyData Hackathon kickoff, marking the start of the 48 hour intensive effort. Around eighty selected hackers from more than twenty teams gathered. A handful had traveled to Helsinki from Estonia, Norway, Netherlands, Austria, Germany …

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• 13 September

  Health apps sell your personal information to companies

  

  Health apps, which can log and monitor everything from moles to menstrual cycles, are asking for an increasing level of detail from their users, and the information may end up in the wrong hands. Apps that keep an eye on your health or cycle, have become popular in the Nordics. They are often free and can help users to keep …

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• 13 September

  Finland’s Sunit tackles efficiency, safety of garbage collection

  

  In terms of on-the-job danger, which professions do you think represent the greatest risk of sustaining personal injury? Interestingly, in the US, solid waste haulers rank third on the list, behind fishing and timber cutting. In fact, garbage collectors are injured around five to seven times more than the average worker. Finand’s Sunit is tackling these dangers with an innovative …

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• 5 September

  Danish underwater camera Paralenz fetches half million in record time on Kickstarter

  

  Paralenz, a new project by Danish design agency Moef, has broken a Kickstarter record, by obtaining a third of their funding in just the first 8 minutes of their crowdfunding campaign.  Paralenz is a high-performing underwater camera especially designed for divers. To be deep under the sea is like stepping into another mysterious, fantastical world.  But human ingenuity has made …

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• 5 September

  The best places for digital nomads in Stockholm

  

  Finding free WIFI in Stockholm is certainly not a hard task. This is the Capital of Scandinavia, for Christ’s sake! So finding a good place to work from in Sweden’s main city is not about the connectivity. It’s more about sitting down in a pleasant and inspiring spot. Below, BackpackMe breaks down the best places for digital nomads in Stockholm. …

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August, 2016

• 22 August

  Stockholm-based fashion startup Looklet gains H&M executive

  

  After 15 years at H&M, Jordan Nasser has joined the Stockholm-based start-up company Looklet, a fast-growing fashion and tech B2B start-up. Jordan Nasser was the Global Head of Digital at H&M, working with all the digital channels for the international fashion retailer from 2008-2014. An early digital media adopter,  he oversaw the implementation of social media platforms for the retail …

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• 22 August

  PromoRepublic aims to gain serious traction in US

  

  Eagled eyed readers may have seen news of social media marketing startup PromoRepublic  raising an impressive €500 000 investment round led by Sampo Parkkinen this last July and reported via GoodNewsFinland.  The company has one goal in mind: Replicating their success in the US. You could be forgiven if this news slipped under the radar during early summer celebrations. This …

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