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Analysis Paralysis

BalaInIceland wrote 2 days ago: The cereal box sold by Team AirBnB to raise money to fund the company You can really pass on a great … more →

Tags: Blogging, Investing, Mentoring, Philosophy, Strategy, Brad Burnham, Business, dick costolo, Due Diligence

SI2013 - Speaker Profile - Angela Jackson

BalaInIceland wrote 5 days ago: Angela Jackson We are keeping with the theme of Angel investors following yesterday’s post abo … more →

Tags: 2013, Angel capital, Conference, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Philosophy, Speaker Profile, startup community, angel investor

SI2013 - Speaker Profile - John Sechrest1 comment

BalaInIceland wrote 6 days ago: I got connected to John through Kristjan Freyr Kristjanson, CEO of Innovit+Klak and who runs Startup … more →

Tags: 2013, Angel capital, Conference, Finance, Investing, Leadership, Philosophy, Speaker Profile, startup community

Economics Shimeconomics

BalaInIceland wrote 2 weeks ago: Iceland: Viking Rune (Photo credit: vicmontol) The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So … more →

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Economic Policy, Philosophy, Conference, startup community, Asgeir Jonsson, Balazs Koranyi, datamarket, facebook

Disrupting the Food Industry

BalaInIceland wrote 2 weeks ago: Vinod Khosla (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I read this interesting tweet by Vinod Khosla, one of the Co- … more →

Tags: Investing, sustainability, VC, Chicago, Fred Wilson, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sugar, Sun Microsystems

Disruption in how we learn

BalaInIceland wrote 3 weeks ago: Fat Tony (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I always enjoyed being a student and that is one of the main reas … more →

Tags: Blogging, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Mentoring, Life, Education, clayton m christensen, Harvard Business School, Clay Christensen

Beta Awkwardness: 10 Minimum Viable Products, 1 Most Valuable Lesson2 comments

200ventures wrote 4 weeks ago: This blog post will give you the most valuable lesson learned from 10 companies, looking back at the … more →

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, minimum viable startup, Founders, Go-to-Market, key metrics, startup communities, MVP, lean startup

Icelandic Geothermal Cluster2 comments

BalaInIceland wrote 4 weeks ago: Had a chance to meet with Hakon Gunnarsson, the Managing Director of Gekon and he has been leading t … more →

Tags: Strategy, Accelerator, Investing, Leadership, Iceland, entrepreneur, Geothermal Energy, technology, Energy

Overestimate 3 years and Underestimate 10 years

BalaInIceland wrote 1 month ago: We are not very good at estimates or forecasts, which I have consistently written about we make educ … more →

Tags: Blogging, Philosophy, Brain Teasers, Cisco Systems, CNBC, Dan Gilbert, Games, Müller-Lyer, optical illusion

Microsoft vs Google in the Enterprise

BalaInIceland wrote 1 month ago: I was reading an article in the guardian titled “Microsoft threatened, as smartphones and tabl … more →

Tags: Strategy, Apple, iPhone, android, IOS, Google, Microsoft, Gartner, Chromebook

The Key Concepts of Distribution and Marketing for a Startup

200ventures wrote 1 month ago: This blog post will give you a fundamental understanding of the key concepts of distribution and mar … more →

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Financing, minimum viable startup, Founders, Go-to-Market, User Acquisition, key metrics, startup communities

How $400 in seed capital served a world of entrepreneurs (Introducing Project FLITE)2 comments

200ventures wrote 2 months ago: This blog post will give you the background of Project FLITE a pro-bono program of ours at eBoost th … more →

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Founders, startup communities, startup problems, Venture Capital, Tech, venture, Startup

Where do great ideas come from?1 comment

BalaInIceland wrote 2 months ago: I am the first one to reject the notion that Ideas don’t matter, but to a certain degree they … more →

Tags: Conference, Execute, Strategy, Iceland, Reykjavik, Google, Hackathon, Greenqloud, renewable energy

Build a School in the Cloud5 comments

BalaInIceland wrote 2 months ago: I have not been more excited than after watching this video. Here is proof of something that I have … more →

Tags: Education, India, TeD, sugata mitra, Newcastle University, Mitra, Linux Journal, New Delhi

Accelerator for Investors5 comments

BalaInIceland wrote 2 months ago: I have been thinking a lot about how to get new breed of investors into the fold of supporting the E … more →

Tags: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Accelerator, Investing, Iceland, Reykjavik, entrepreneur, Investment, Investor

Disruption revisited and redefined

BalaInIceland wrote 2 months ago: The word Disruption has a negative context, the definition according to Dictionary.com is 1. ( tr )  … more →

Tags: Strategy, Philosophy, Business, Google, technology, Disruptive Technology, Greenqloud, Cloud Computing, Machine learning

Sustaining vs Disruptive Technologies1 comment

BalaInIceland wrote 2 months ago: English: Disruptive technology graph (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I keep coming back to Clay M. Christe … more →

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft, clayton m christensen, Disruptive Technology, Clay Christensen, Michael Dell, Dell, Meg Whitman, Wall Street

Marketing Mondays: The Three (3) Questions The Marketing Team / Potential Hire Should Ask A Startup CEO1 comment

200ventures wrote 3 months ago: This blog post will give you the three (3) questions your marketing team and/or hire should ask you … more →

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Financing, minimum viable startup, Founders, Go-to-Market, User Acquisition, key metrics, startup problems

Exporting Renewable Energy from Iceland1 comment

BalaInIceland wrote 3 months ago: The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant in Þingvellir, Iceland (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is a pr … more →

Tags: Strategy, Economic Policy, Iceland, Maps and Views, startups, Greenqloud, renewable energy, Software, Export


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