September, 2015

• 30 September

  Swedish Innovation Compass points startups towards the right funds

  

  We interviewed Swedish Innovation Compass, an innovative app aimed at connecting startups with the right funding. Stephen Batley, CEO of Swedish Innovation Compass, and Sasa Farkas, technical lead, aim to make the startup ecosystem in Nordic countries even better than it is now.  The innovative app gathers information on all available and soon-to-be available  financial resources from the government  and …

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• 29 September

  A.I. powered shop clerks are taking over

  

  In preparation for Slush x Ultrahack on the 6th through 8th of November, Mikko Järvilehto, Ultrahack Executive Producer and CEO of Futuretournaments, interviews a series developers and partners for different challenge tracks.  Today, he talks with Teemu Kinos, inventor of SOSHO. By Mikko Järvilehto & Niilo Korkiakoski AI powered shop clerks are taking over.  So thinks Teemu Kinos, the inventor …

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• 29 September

  4 Lessons from a $650,000 Kickstarter Campaign

  

  On the day he closed a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, Petteri Lahtela, co-founder of health-tracking ring Oura, shared with Hybe his key lesson from the campaign. This article was originally posted on HYBE. Story It’s really important to get the story right. We were using a lot of time and several people, to really streamline the story so that all …

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• 29 September

  StartUp Day: Think Big, Think Global with Anita Krohn Traaseth

  

  While getting ready for Oslo Innovation Week, Oslo Business Region hosted a startup day on “Thinking big, think global” last Thursday. CEO of Innovation Norway Anita Krohn Traaseth was the main speaker, and more than 300 entrepreneurs attended. The key message from Anita Krohn Traaseth, the CEO of Innovation Norway, to the 300 plus entrepreneurs and innovators joining StartUp Day …

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• 28 September

  Jakob Balslev: Let’s kickstart Rococo

  

  Salto is Rococo’s newest addition. The team  invented a unique sensor-based motion capture suit, Salto, which has just launched on Kickstarter. The Danish startup Rococo invented the concept Animotion, based on their own sensor-based motion capture technology. A technology that could potentially disrupt the existing motion capture industry, as it can be produced for less than 1/20 of what similar …

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• 28 September

  Sim “Zalr” Bim! – The future of mobile payment is here

  

  Mobile payment is going to be free. This is the hypothesis of serial entrepreneur Erik Hougaard, founder of Zalr,which he aims to make the Mobile payment. 2.0. Not a day goes by without  media coverage of a new store introducing mobile payment. Which is kind of funny, because you have been able to pay with your mobile for several years …

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• 28 September

  MusiClock – 3 Simple Steps to Turn Your Passion Into a Business

  

  The app that makes jamming fun and simple, takes over the music education in Finland. If you have ever played a musical instrument – you will love that! If you need a reminder that business can be about having fun and doing what you love, you will love it even more! Find something really annoying about a hobby you are …

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• 25 September

  Planday’s 30 day challenge: keeping up momentum

  

  Welcome to the third chapter of Planday’s establishment in the United States – a true expansion adventure, controlled with a heavy hand by Danish-owned Lemonsqueeze,  whose specialty is helping European companies gain a foothold and scale their business in the US market. This week, the team focused solely on preparing a pitch, getting a deeper knowledge of the product, and …

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• 25 September

  A Visit to StartupLab in Oslo

  

  StartupLab Oslo is home to Norway’s – and the world’s – next big innovations. It’s my first visit to Norway and on day one I already felt at home. Had my ancestors made different life choices over a thousand years ago I would probably be happily living in Oslo today. It feels like a larger and more diverse version of …

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• 25 September

  Europe’s unique opportunity to capitalise on the crowd economy: 4 considerations

  

  The crowd economy (aka sharing, gig or collaborative economy) which is seeing both global adoption and resentment, is a new crop of innovative business ideas that connects people through digital platforms and of course, billion-dollar company evaluations. The disruptive models that have emerged have shaken up laws, policies and rendered older systems obsolete. It is remarkably impressive that an emergent model is making a …

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