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Can we learn how to be a great founder?
Maybe yes or maybe not....
http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec13/ Here is the lecture of Ried Hoffman if you want to hear what a real investor thinks about it. And below are my thoughts and learnings on the topic ( Read more... ) -
Creating a culture inside a startup
This week we were lucky to have another guest lecturer Gunnar Holmsteinn, a COO of QuizUp, one of the most successful startups in Iceland. The topic of the lecture was quite new for me and I found a few interesting things. I have a finacial and economical background so the "culture" topic seemed to be a bit far from my usual understanding and ( Read more... ) -
A few lessons about PR
First part of the lecture was devoted to talking about PR and we were lucky to have an opportunity to listen to a professional Paula Gould who is also working as a PR advisor for startups ( Read more... ) -
Real life experience from Haukur Gudjonsson, Bungalo.com founder
I have to admit this was one of the most interesting lectures so far. We already learned a lot of theoretical stuff and facts about startups from Bala, so every time you listen to entrepreneurs you have a better picture of understanding how making a startup works. It´s like making a puzzle where you have thousand of pieces and every time the ( Read more... ) -
What to do after your product is ready?
The first part of the lecture was devoted to the story of a startup "Guide to Iceland". Its chief marketing officer Xiaochen was talking about the insights of working in a startup and how they came from an idea to the most successful travel web-site about Iceland. First of all, the one thing which was surprising for me is that Xiaochen was ( Read more... ) -
Is the competetion really important?
"Of course it is important!" - most of the people and economists say. It motivates other companies to constantly develop their product so that it satisfies the customers' need. Competetion throws you away of the market if you are weak. Customers are happy as they can choose from quite a wide range of products and find something that suits them best ( Read more... ) -
Great product! Is it hard to make it? plus speech of Stefan Baxter
Our fourth lecture about building a product for a startup began with the speech of Icelandic serial entrepreneur Stefan Baxter, who founded several companies and is now working on another one. The only difference between his previous and the current company was that now he was trying to build a company which offers a product, not a service as he ( Read more... ) -
5 counter intuitive facts about startups and more on Venture Capital
The main idea of the 3rd lecture on startups was that "There is only one thing in startups where you have to follow the intuition - hiring people. In all other cases - don't listen to it ( Read more... ) -
Basic things to know about starting a startup
We started the second lecture with a question “Why should we at all start a startup?”. So the bad reasons are:- I want to get rich.
- I want to have flexible time schedule.
- I want to be independent and my own boss.
- I hate my job, want to quit and start my own company.
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Introduction to a brainstorm or "Are you ready for a startup adventure?"
It was not actually the course catalogue of Reykjavik University, where I was going to do my exchange studies, which payed my attention to "How to start a startup" course, but the Startup Iceland blog, where I found this post (http://startupiceland.com/ ( Read more... )