Monthly Archives: April 2008

Local mindsets, creativity and Silicon Valley.

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 that determines success in general.

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[Company visit] A story behind the Hästens brand

We visited a Swedish bed manufacturer called Hästens 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 parked right in front of the company … Continue reading

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

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

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[Video interview] Startupweekend


Startup Sweden, intervju med Joop Dorresteijn from Urban_Lifestyle on Vimeo. Continue reading

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[Startup weekend] Day 3

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

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[News] Mentioned in IDG magazine

  Martin Frönmark 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 … Continue reading

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[Startup weekend] Day 2

         

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