September, 2015

• 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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• 10 September

  To Borrow is a New Day

  

  Sofie Lundström, founder of To Borrow, is building a lending platform, easing access to capital for new smaller  companies. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine. When Sofie Lundström was growing up, she did a great deal of sports. It is during that time she got her strong  character and zest to be the best at what she does. Later on, in …

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• 9 September

  Deloitte’s Fast50 and Rising Star Launched in Iceland

  

  Business competitions are a tricky concept. They are based around the idea of a group of humans evaluating (read: judging) teams and their ideas, and trying to overcome any biases they have in the process. Judges are basically asked to evaluate unquantifiable things with their very human and biased brains. They then make a judgement based on what they know …

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• 9 September

  The Butterfly Effect: Belightful Butterfly wins Boost Turku Startup Journey 2015

  

  Earlier this month, Boost Turku accelerator found it winners for its yearly summer edition of Startup journey. The Finnish accelerator provides a two months summer program for teams whom want to transform their ideas into businesses. The nine teams selected receive support, coaching and eventually a prize . This year, Boost Turku has decided to double up. In prizes. The …

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• 9 September

  Peter Green brings you the vibe of all Nordic startup events at once!

  

  Last week he visited us at the Founders House in Copenhagen to talk about Ultrahack, part of SlushHacks, the biggest European hackathon happening in Helsinki this November. In addition, he told us about an even bigger startup event called Slush.   “Each time I travel to different (Nordic) cities, I try to visit few co-working spaces. This time I was in …

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• 9 September

  Atomico’s Ljungman Sees Power in the Nordic Spirit

  

  In nine years, Mattias Ljungman, co-founder of Atomico alongside Niklas Zennström, has built a Nordic-flavoured,  London headquartered investment company that already has some impressive exits under its belt. Think Supercell. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine by Tarmo Virki of CoFounder Magazine. Ljungman works closely with teams like Truecaller and Klarna, while also leading global operations of Atomico, which now includes …

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• 8 September

  Danish platform to help job seekers get investment

  

  The new Danish platform Praice received an investment of one million from four private investors, including former Endomondo co-founder Christian Birk. The platform Praice caters to companies and job seekers. In addition to a normal CV and letter of motivation, job-seekers can have a social profile based on their network. The Danish-developed platform has landed four private investors, who will …

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• 8 September

  From Oslo Uni to Palo Alto: AIMS Innovation

  

  Ivar Sagemo, CEO of AIMS Innovation, finds anomalies in complex IT systems. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine In comparison to how most startups are born, the beginning of AIMS Innovation was different. At first there was  innovation – in 2011, two scientists at the University of Oslo came up with a technology to detect patterns. Then the  Technology Transfer Office …

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• 7 September

  Tagplay puts ‘the Social’ into corporate websites

  

  Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir, the founder of Tagplay, integrates social content into your website to create a lively feel. This article was originally posted on Startup Iceland. I first met Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir, the founder of Tagplay, when she was doing her documentary called the Startup Kids. What really impressed me was how Sesselja and her friend, Vala Halldorsdottir, had bootstrapped and created …

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