Joop.in China - Archive for April 2008

Archive for April, 2008

Local mindsets, creativity and Silicon Valley.

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 24 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn

I met Elias G. Carayannis at opencoffee today, a well known and respected professor of management science at the George Washington University. He initiated an interesting discussion about startups, networks and location. It got me thinking about how Sweden is influencing me, and to which extend...

[Company visit] A story behind the HÃ¤stens brand

Posted under Company visit, Entrepreneurship on Monday, 21 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn

We visited a Swedish bed manufacturer called HÃ¤stens today, known for their blue-white pattered beds. First off, I couldn't help noticing that the parking lot has some typical performance indicators. There is a helicopter parkedÂ right in front of the company to pick and return customers to...

When is the last time you went to the Cinema on Monday afternoon?

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Saturday, 12 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn

Are you aÂ work-slave, do you believe the weekend is the best part of the week? We interpret our time off workÂ incorrectly, Â“Why do we think the opposite of work is leisure, when in fact it is idleness?Â” (Semler, R, 2003) The fact is that we fill our leisure time with tasks; the...

[Video interview] Startupweekend

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Media / In The News on Tuesday, 8 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn

Startup Sweden, intervju med Joop Dorresteijn from Urban_Lifestyle on...

[Startup weekend] Day 3

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Sunday, 6 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn

Startup weekend is over! We founded a new service on the web, more info will follow...

[News] Mentioned in IDG magazine

Posted under Media / In The News on Sunday, 6 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn

Â Martin FrÃ¶nmark organized a startup event in Kalmar in early 2008, it was the first startupweekend in Sweden. The event draw a lot of attention from the Media, podcasts, blogs and newspapers. This article is in Swedish only. Article...