Recently I had the honor and pleasure to be invited to hold the inspirational keynote at what is probably the largest hackathon in Eastern Europe, HackTM, in Timisoara, Romania.
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I am Making my Open Office Hours More Accessible
UPDATE: You can now book your free in-person office hours with me here: ohours.youcanbook.me.
This article was originally posted at STARTPLATZ by Inga Höglund in German. Reposted here for my English speaking friends. TL;DR – I’m now available for free advice every Wednesday
10am – 1pm1100 hrs – 1400 hrs (BER time) at STARTPLATZ inCologneDusseldorf (check availability and book up front).
The Norwegian entrepreneur and startup founder Vidar Andersen has since over a year become one of the important members of the STARTPLATZ family.
Vidar supports the regional startup scene coaching applicants to the monthly Rheinland-Pitch event how to pitch their startup and moderating also the event itself. He organizes the Startup Weekend Cologne, Startup Next Cologne and he also lectures and holds seminars around the topics lean startup and corporate innovation here, and now every week he’ll be here for his open office hours.
Whatever startups need help with, he is able to advise and assist. Sometimes, they need help securing more funding to set up their operations and he is able to show them different ways to secure the money they need.
This is an interview with Vidar about his open office hours and why he’s so actively supporting the Cologne startup scene. Many thanks to Vidar for taking the time to speak with us. We hope you enjoy the interview.
Q: How did you get the idea to offer free open office hours?
Interactive Cologne 2014
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.
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: