September, 2015

• 16 September

  Startup Cabin’s Xue Mei talks about being an entrepreneur in the media

  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SVav54PQgY   Xue Mei is out her mom’s house chilling and working. • We hear how she helped with a stressed out team she advises • XM meets the other columnists at the magazine she’s writing for • XM gives you a travel tip for France • XM gets a big, sort of unpleasant surprise at a photoshoot.

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• 15 September

  Nordic Digital Business Summit – The Business of Technology

  

  Next week, on September 24th, in Helsinki you have the unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and generate new possibilities within Data Center, Cloud and Internet of Things/Industrial Internet sectors by joining the international conference and exhibition Nordic Digital Business Summit.   Anastasia Mc Avennie – Nordic Digital Business Summit Event Director, shares her excitement about the summit: “My inspiration for being …

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• 15 September

  5 tips for handling the media as a startup

  

  To handle the media is a difficult task. How is the best way to promote your new business and how should you make your story interesting to the readers? At Nordic Startup Bits we have asked Xue Mei Rhodin, Founder of Cedarwood and Startup Cabin (where she regularly vlogs), to share some tips she’s learned over the hears as an …

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• 15 September

  “Immigration is basically importing of brains”

  

  Finnish entrepreneurs founded a startup grant for refugees, says Finnish Broadcasting Company. This article was originally posted on Arctic Startup. Finnish entrepreneurs and TV-personalities Tunna Milonoff and Riku Rantala have started a startup grant for refugees in Finland, says FBC. The goal of the ‘Startup Refugees‘ –program is to help the refugees arriving in Finland to have a fresh start …

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• 15 September

  Norwegian startup sold to payment giant

  

  One of the biggest payment companies in Sweden, Bambora, has bought the Norwegian startup dSAFE. dSAFE was created in 2009 in Trondheim by four engineers and has now more than 5000 customers in the North, such as XXL sport & Villmark, Bunnpris, Expert, Gmax, and Euronics. “From the beginning our main focus has been to offer the best possible experience …

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• 14 September

  University Startup World Cup in Copenhagen attracts the world’s best brains

  

  Contact lenses for diabetes, which can measure your health, insect-flour that can replace cereals, or a tiles with naturally growing grass that can replace traditional tiles to make cities greener? The ideas are only some of many that will be celebrated at the University Startup World Cup , held in Copenhagen for the first time. This week’s schedule is tight, …

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• 14 September

  Graduateland expands and gets new CEO

  

  Co-founder and former COO Patrick Lund has replaced Jens Reimer Olsen as the CEO of Graduateland, Europe’s largest career network for students and graduates. “The timing is just right,” says Jens Reimer Olesen. With the launch of their new business, Ontame.io, a system that helps recruiters use analytics to gain a deeper understanding of job applicants, the two co-founders of …

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• 11 September

  Is the next instagram from Norway?

  

  Jeanette Dyhre Kvisvik, founder and CEO, merged Instagram-like sharing with online shopping, launching globally at New York Fashion Week. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine. The Vikings are back: After penetrating the Norwegian market, Sobazaar is ready for a name change and to conquer the US market. “Sobazaar is Instagram for fashion lovers – with a buy button,” says founder and …

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• 10 September

  Challenge: Planday occupies the USA – Onboarding

  

  Welcome to the first week of Planday’s adventure in the United States. This week really brought the heat in the Lemonsqueeze office, where Planday is housed.  Onboarding was on the agenda, and Lemonsqueeze had divided it into two phases:  Company Onboarding and Employee Onboarding. Company Onboarding focuses on getting Planday’s DNA into ‘Plandayers’ – new employees.  The top priority is …

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• 10 September

  Danish Startup wants to make the travel market more transparent

  

  3-offer portals are emerging on the business scene. Some of the most noticeable are Autobutler.dk and Colego.dk. Two students from Aarhus have added a travel edition to the mix: HereYouGo.dk. In a busy weekday time is everything, and any extra hours you can are priceless. In the last couple of years, 3-offer portals have emerged all over the business scene …

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