The 2. NordicMeetup on May 26.

Mentory, NordicMeetup on May 22nd, 2010 No Comments

It is time for the 2. NordicMeetup on May 26, 2010 at our favourite spot – Ruby’s. We are co-locating the event together with TechCrunch Europe who is in Copenhagen for their third TCNordic event. Since NordicMeetup got sold out in 1.5 hour – and before we had a chance to publish the tickets, we [...]

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NordicMeetup – Connecting the Copenhagen Startup Scene.

NordicMeetup on March 21st, 2010 No Comments

A year ago I attended Geek’n´Rolla in London organised By TechCrunch Europe. The following day I was invited to attend a meetup called DrinkTank sponsored by the London startup Huddle. I was told that the purpose of the monthly event is to have an informal meeting point where startups, investors and other people related to tech [...]

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Mentory – next step

Mentory on January 22nd, 2010 3 Comments

We launched Mentory almost a year ago. A lot of interesting profiles have joined as protégés, mentors and even as both. All sorts of skills are represented, but the majority of users are tech and entrepreneurial oriented. While people have been supporting the idea and the need of an online mentorship, the ideal online transformation [...]

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Can real time web bring real world change?

Trends on January 5th, 2010 6 Comments

We continually spent more time online – now an average of 13 hours per week. Facebook connectivity increases within new demographics, and the voice of oppressed groups is strengthened online. The platform for social and real-time web is the communities that place the individual in the centre, with tools that helps us construct the story of our [...]

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Jam session startups

Mentory, Startups on May 19th, 2009 No Comments

When a jazz band gather for a jam session it is all about improvising based on experience, skills and creativity. They are focused on the opportunities that arises from the chord chart (the frame that defines the rhythm and harmonic). They sense, they listen, they collaborate while creating unique unpredictable art. Based on the same [...]

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Sharing is learning

Mentory, www on March 25th, 2009 No Comments

When we are online it is all about sharing and participating. This is not our natural offline behavior, but we change attitude in the digital sphere – most of us anyway. And the amazing thing is that it is contagious. We trust, we share, we participate and so does everyone else, meaning that you can [...]

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Mentorship 2.0 – Open versus closed

Mentory, Trends, www on March 17th, 2009 No Comments

In the analogue world mentorship relations are often initiated by a physical meeting and if continued it is a quite anti-social and confidential conversation between the protégé and mentor.  Creating Mentory made us question if the analogue process is the best way to run your mentorship. As a believer in sharing, participating and being open, [...]

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Mentory phase 2 – Spin-off

Mentory, Trends, www on February 26th, 2009 No Comments

We launched Mentory on February 2. 2009. It was a really exciting day, and the positive response and help from our fellow tweeters was astonishing – thank you all! But launching also means full steam on bug fixing, improvements and further development based on all the user feedback.We decided to take a day out and work on [...]

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