Image by Jan Kus
I was honored and thrilled to be invited to speak, coach startups and MC at the recent Interactive Cologne 2014 conference.
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Speaking at MEWEEK – Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship 2014
I was recently honored and thrilled to be invited back to this year’s edition of MEWEEK, Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship 2014, to keynote, judge startups and hold a seminar on what The Lean Startup means for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Maastricht, School of Business and Economics.
Serbia Called – Startup Weekend Belgrade was a blast!
A huge thanks to the amazing Startup Weekend Belgrade team with Zoja & Marina on point and to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander Foundation for Education and The Royal Council for Entrepreneurship for executing a spectacular weekend!
And thank you for making me feel like a VIP rockstar with my own bodyguard from the Crown Prince’s court, sneaking past every line at the airport – An example more Startup Weekends should follow. ;)
Why go to Berlin – As a Scandinavian Startup
Speaking from the box
I was recently invited to speak to Scandinavian businesses at an event in Berlin about why it makes sense for Scandinavian startups to consider expanding to Berlin, Germany.
Yes, I know – and as you know I’m the biggest fan and supporter of the startup ecosystem of Cologne, but coming from the North it may make more sense to consider Berlin instead of Cologne, if anything just because of its geographic closeness.
Here are the slides I used:
Checking out the startup scene in New York City
On my way back to Europe from SxSW, me and Jan Kus decided to stop for a week in New York City to check out the startup world there.
I guess I learned three things here.
1. NYC is a cold cold place. Not just the climate in March but also the people. Usually when I tweet out or message people on the other coast in Silicon Valley, it’s super easy to arrange for spontaneous frivolous meetups. Not so in NYC. Not a single meetup happened that way here. The only thing that worked was introductions.
2. NYC doesn’t have a “startup scene”. It’s more like several separate hubs and islands. And it’s not so much about tech as media and commerce.
3. Creating your own startup is more fun than talking about other people’s startups. So we did.