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 …
The Norwegian Startup scene is buzzing like never before. And just this spring Norway, for the first time, had more to celebrate than our neighbours at the Nordic Startup Awards. This article was originally posted on Angelchallenge.co A feat unimaginable just a year ago – and leaving some of the worlds best Startup ecosystems, i.e. …
The 10th Reeperbahn Festival is almost here, and will be bringing a new focus on tech and innovation alongside Europe’s hottest musical acts. Music, start ups, and technology: quite popular words nowadays. We all listen to music – while commuting, while relaxing, or sometimes at live performances. This week in Hamburg, you can explore not …
Fall has arrived and Slush 2015 is approaching with over 500 startups already registered to the event. As well as promising newcomers, several young ventures are back after attending Slush in previous years. Next up are fours startups that are making their return to Slush during November 11-12th. Meet Game Analytics, Gizlo, Plumbr and Usetrace — …
Next week, on September 24th, in Helsinki you have the unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and generate new possibilities within Data Center, Cloud and Internet of Things/Industrial Internet sectors by joining the international conference and exhibition Nordic Digital Business Summit. Anastasia Mc Avennie – Nordic Digital Business Summit Event Director, shares her excitement about the …
Contact lenses for diabetes, which can measure your health, insect-flour that can replace cereals, or a tiles with naturally growing grass that can replace traditional tiles to make cities greener? The ideas are only some of many that will be celebrated at the University Startup World Cup , held in Copenhagen for the first time. …
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 …
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 …
From Guatemala to Holland to Singapore: this year’s winners of the “Oscars” for designers come from all over the world to receive the prize in Helsingor. The Index Award: Design to Improve Life is widely recognized as the most important and prestigious design award in the world. For the past ten years, an international jury has …
Last year, the Finnish startup conference SLUSH was at NASDAQ in New York to ring the bell. This year, Nordic startup friends got an idea during a visit to Founders House in Copenhagen. After two months of countless emails and Skype conversations, a group of passionate people from the Nordic startup community created a grassroots …