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In a digital world, consumers reach all the way to the CEO (it never happened before). CEO Eivor Andersson, Ving Sweden

When I attended the Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day I realized a new cleantech business that I think will become big business: Canary’s solutions. Why? Canaries were once regularly used in coal mining as an early warning system. Toxic gases such as carbon monoxide and methane in the mine would kill the bird before affecting the […]

An disadvantage with being unique is that have to build and create your own market. President Matts Lindgren, NordIQ At Stockholm clean tech venture day.

I visited the Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day. Swedes are enormously innovative but the innovations will not have any value if the rest of the world won’t find them. This day was a good way of showcasing solutions both for sellers and potential clients and investors. The US is a role-model in getting the government to […]

Today, status quo is any companys weakest strategic direction. Author Kay Plantes, speaker at Tendensdagen

Yesterday the fourth Unplugged Speeches™ took place. The speaker this time was the viking Claes Andréasson. Claes is one of the big thinkers behind super brands such as Absolut Vodka and Marabou. Claes is a humble thinker who always points out that success stems from team work. Claes really succeeded in his lecture by establishing […]

I attended Ralph Nader´s lecture. He is an amazing person – I would say that he is a sustainable force for earth. His life time achievement started long time ago when corporations did not listen to ethics and did not know what green wash is. Today are sustainability trendy. But back then during the days […]

The Swedish vitamin beverage company Vitamin Well, has gone from nowhere to be seen everywhere (at least in Sweden). I think it can have a lot to do with the design of the product which gives me a feeling of being totally right. My impression is that this is a product that can have the […]

Before or after Christ could today equal to before or after Facebook. Mayor Ulrik Nilsson, City of Borås

I read How the Mighty Fall by mighty Jim Collins. He is one of the strongest in the business field when it comes to research. My impression of this book is that it is targeting strengths and weaknesses in American leadership (it starts out with a reflection on a workshop regarding America). In short they […]