February, 2015

• 24 February

  When you run out of money

  

  The following article is based on a blogpost by Thor Fridriksson, founder of the football app Champion. He shares his honest experiences with running out money for your startup, without a way for getting further funding. Thor Fridriksson developed the football app, Pumodo, in cooperation with Thomas Watson back in 2012. The product had a great start with good feedback …

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• 24 February

  Startup Travels teams up with Workaway Camp

  

  Startup Travels and Workaway Camp are partnering up this May to help connect entrepreneurs around the world in sunny Barcelona. Workaway Camps provides entrepreneurs with a more unorthodox working environment. The two types of camps on offer include ‘adventure camps’ whereby Workaway organizes trips to ‘explore parts of the world,’ climbing mountains and the likes, and remote luxury hotel getaways …

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• 23 February

  #5 Nordic Co-working Spaces: D82

  

  D82 is one of the latest additions to Sweden’s rising range of co-working spaces. The office is placed in the center of Stockholm in a newly renovated building. In D82 startups are secured office space, meeting rooms, space for relaxation and networking, and of course, what all hard working entrepreneurs need: good coffee! D82 already holds many of Sweden’s most …

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• 23 February

  New startup wants to put an end to expensive wills

  

  “Nine out of ten Danes do not have a will. This is despite the fact that they are well aware of the difficult situation they put the people they leave behind in.” Says Jørgen Koch, Co-founder of a new online initiative, SikkerArv.dk. If you ask Danes, it is the lawyer’s high hourly rate, which is the cause behind the low …

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• 20 February

  Martin LeBlanc from Iconfinder: Never expect to be in control

  

  This article is a part of our content-partner program and is made in collaboration with DI ITEK. DI ITEK is an organization that aims to give Danish businesses the best conditions possible to develop, among other things by offering consultancy concerning staff, international service, productivity and competence development. DI ITEK is part ofthe European campaign, Watify, which aims to support digital …

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• 20 February

  Sweden’s first e-commerce park – the place for future e-commerce to evolve

  

  Monday the 19th of January E-commerce Park of Sweden was inaugurated in a large 4.000 square meter building localised in Helsingborg. Here small and medium-sized e-commerce companies can now acquire office space in direct continuation of Sweden’s second largest container dock. We know the concept from the startup environment where entrepreneurs work under the same roof in order to make …

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• 20 February

  #2 Nordic Co-working Spaces: SUP46

  

  SUP46, Start-Up People of Sweden, is a co-working & meeting space located in the heart of Stockholm, with the goal of making Stockholm the #1 startup city in the world. This is the second article in our series about Nordic co-working spaces. You can read the first article about Danish Startup City here! Stockholm is home to a large number …

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• 19 February

  Billy improve its brand value with TV Campaign

  

  “TV commercials are expensive but strengthen the company’s brand.” So says the man behind the Danish online-based accounting program Billy, Toke Kruse, whom in recent times has had great success with a nationwide TV add on TV2. Toke Kruse talks about how Billy will improve its brand, how their product is being improved and how a nationwide TV commercial pave …

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• 19 February

  Still more enters the battle for collecting the consumers’ loyalty cards in the Danish Dankort

  

  Both Nets and Cashbackpoint.dk has entered the battle for loyalty programs directly for the Danish payment card Dankort. Simply put the new services offer to collect the consumers’ entire range of customer loyalty cards in the Dankort. Loyalty clubs are often associated with overfilled wallets and a long line waiting behind the customer who is eagerly trying to find the …

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• 18 February

  Canon to buy video surveillance leader Swedish Axis for $2.8 billion

  

  Tuesday last week Canon Inc made an 23.6 billion SEK ($2.83 billion) offer for network video surveillance market leader Axis AB. This is the biggest purchase ever for the Japanese firm. Canon’s decision about the offer is based on falling demand for digital cameras and an aim to diversify its operations overseas. Axis AB With 1627 employees in more than …

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