Entrepreneurship

Today I had a pretty long 1:1 session with my co-founder and CTO, @arnklint. We discussed our plans ahead but also generally how we are feeling. This is something we are pretty bad at. It’s easily happen that both of of us are so focused on our tasks at work so we rarely take any time to aimlessly …

Something exciting has started to happen, it shows up more and more products and tools that help us understand our health. There has been significant progress the last years in how we can track and following our health.

There are many times I heard the advice that you, who are new in the startup career, should think big.

And I agree, it is important and maybe it’s what defines a successful startup success. To make real changes in the world. Many people compare thinking big with make lots of money but it’s not the …

I’ve made an iPhone app. I wanted to learn the basics and experiment with trial & error and understand the principles around app/iOS development. I experimented with Xcode, did some programming in Objective C to reconnect to the interface after events based on the data and user input. …

There’s so much to do, especially in a startup. Or in any company. The smaller the company is, the more tasks per person.

We all have some task we like to do, things we know we are good at. Then there are tasks that needs to be done, which we find less fun to do, things we’re not so good at and feel …

Nearly five years ago I quit my job. This was April 2009, I had spent two years at an ad agency (which I liked) when I quit to bet everything on a new business idea.

I came across this video today, a really inspiring rendition of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech on his 6 rules to success. And speaking of trust your gut feeling (which I wrote about yesterday) Arnold’s first rule is: trust yourself.

During the Christmas holidays in December 2011 me and my friend Jonas Arnklint started to work with what today is RevRise. We are thus two founders, but these are my lessons.

I’ve been running own companies in almost five years now, but have never really used the word entrepreneur to describe myself. Don’t think it suits me, or rather, it has felt so trite. At the same time I haven’t found any other good descriptive term that fit.

Oops, this became a very long post and a real trip down memory lane for me. If you want practical tips on speaking in public, you can scroll down to the last part of the text. Sorry, but like I said, I have promised myself to press publish.

During my first year as a freelancer I began at square one. I worked a lot.

I had some money saved but the stress and anxiety of not knowing how I would bring money to next month’s bills took a lot of energy. It was a few months filled with uncertainty and many questions. Just the case that I was …

For exactly three years ago I was in the lovely city of Barcelona.

Jonas Arnklint and some of his friends rented an apartment there and I was there for a visit.

If you are a passionate but risk-taking entrepreneur you need an income from day one and for that consulting is the best source of revenue. The reason for that is that you get well paid in a short time while you can find out what you do best, learn to be effective and to estimate your time. Among …

Vacation, time for reflection.

Time off.

Since I started running my own business it hasn’t been many days I’ve had time off. Last two years I have taken the time to a few weeks of vacation. It’s healthy.