Silicon Valley Boot Camp – by the Silicon Valley Academy (Jeff Snider) has a few spots left open for a workshop running June 15th to 16th.  See details and how to register here:

Silicon Valley Academy Boot Camp Intro vers 1.1 A4
SVA Workshop Agenda DK 15-16jun2010

A contact of mine asked me the following:

“Alex, a young friend of mine, a ~20 yr old student, is fascinated with startups. Which events, fora and networks do you think he should follow, where a 20 year-old “beginner” will fit in?”

Not easy – in Denmark.  Here’s what I replied, slightly edited (what am I missing?):

“Morten Krarup Kristensen (Niels Brock student who has helped me with First Friday events), is working on a First Friday edition for young entrepreneurs. [watch this space for news]

Otherwise subscribe to the Copenhagen edition of [Startup Digest] which I edit – not an easy job, there’s not always a lot of choice.  And keep an eye out on Startupbootcamp (the events page, and subscribe to the newlsetter and the RSS feed).

http://www.vonhaller.dk/ is an interesting blog by Martin von Haller and the very strange Morten Lund is sometimes entertaining: http://lundxy.com/.  I think Amino is of very uneven quality but worth a look.

Startupdenmark News

May 2010

• Tech Crunch Nordic is coming to town!
• …followed by Mini Seedcamp.
• The Aarhus Copenhagen Startup Weekend is approaching fast. Ticket sales have started, go here to sign up. See you on June 11th 2010 at Incuba Science Park.

• Copenhagen Startup Weekend is approaching fast.  Ticket sales have started, go here to sign up.  See you on April 9th 2010.
• The April First Friday will be on March 26th – due to Easter and the upcoming Startup Weekend – and it will be hosted by MINC in Malmö.  Sign up here.
• The [Startup Digest] has come to Copenhagen.  Get your fix of weekly startup events in the greater Copenhagen region.  Here is the latest Copenhagen edition.  Subscribe here.
• The third edition of First Friday was a huge success.  70+ attendees showed up at the Saxo Bank headquarters and watched 9 entrepreneurs take their 3 min. x 3 slides slots.  The only rule is they have to ask for something.  Videos will be posted on the Startupbootcamp Facebook fan page.
• Startupbootcamp continues to attract awesome mentors.  Martin Thorborg is on board, as well as Peter Engelbrechts (Intel and Silicon Valley veteran) and Rasmus Viby (who recently exited Nordic Bullguard).  See all our mentors here.

News archive

January ‘10

• The first First Friday was held and it was a huge success.  60 participants watched 10 entrepreneurs take turns on stage with their 3 min. x 3 slides slots.

December 09

• Clint Nelsen of Startupweekend.org was in CPH to talk to us at Startupbootcamp about holding such an event in Copenhagen.  As it turns out, we got seriously ambitious and decided to run simultaneous events throughout the Nordics including at least Copenhagen, Stockholm, Malmö / Lund, Helsinki, Olso and Talinn.  The date is set for: April 9th 2010.

November 09

• My friends at OK1 are launching a new networking initiative: First Friday.  I’ve really missed a quality networking event for entrepreneurs in Copenhagen and my hope is that this is it.
• I have the privilege of announcing that I am co-founding Startupbootcamp together with one of the hottest startup teams in Denmark, Rainmaking. Startupbootcamp is a micro-investment and mentorship program for entrepreneurs who want to turn their ideas into real startups in 3 months.
• The Startupdenmark job portal has expanded its scope to cover the entire Nordic region and has moved to www.nordicstartupjobs.com.

October 09

• Apply for a Visiting Scholarship to UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz.  Scholarship sponsored by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation.
• First edition of Startupdenmark’s newsletter.

September 09

• It’s here: Startupdenmark’s job portal dedicated to startups.  Oh, and we’ve added some pretty special headhunting services as well.
• Most of Iværk09, the entrepeneurship fair, is in Danish but we’ve managed to schedule a workshop on “How to startup a business in Denmark right now”.  Alex Farcet will be presenting with David Madié, of Startup Company, on Sept. 11th at 2.30pm in the ‘Konzepteriet’ area.  The workshop will be followed by networking at the cafe until 4.30pm at which time there is a keynote speech by Mike Michalowicz, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur (also in English).  Contact Alex at alex[at]startupdenmark.dk for free tickets
• The Global Entrepreneurship Week is taking shape and has a Danish site listing several events in week 47.

August 09

• The Sweden/Denmark Tech Tour is coming up.  See the interview with Anders Christjansen, President of Tech Tour Denmark | Southern Sweden
• Gazellegrowth.com and Accelerace.org are looking for a fresh round of startups and SME’s to support.  These two excellent programs are free for Danish companies

July 09

• CBS (Copenhagen Business School) has an award-winning MBA internship, read the press release (in Danish).  They are looking for positions with startups starting in September, ending in December.  Contact Agnes Madsen for details: am.info[at]cbs.dk or +45 3030 5554

• Cleantech Cluster launched.  See the press release from Copenhagen Capacity and the details of the bid (in Danish)

• I’ve added a pretty cool widget from Amazon to recommend some books

June 09

• Startupdenmark’s first video interviews are available (Dr. Jørgen Thorball, of XO Ventures;  Thomas Frederiksen of Preseed).  To see all videos in one place visit the Youtube Startupdenmark channel or visit Startupdenmark’s Vimeo page
  
• The Nordic Venture Forum is looking for startups to present at their pitch event on October 19th

• I presented “Starting a company in Denmark” to an audience of 70+ expats from the Expat in Denmark network

• I was a coach at a Connect Denmark “How to Pitch to Investors” session

May ´09

• Red Herring’s top 100 VC’s includes one Danish VC: Northcap Partners.  See the interview with Jacob Bratting Pedersen.

About Startupdenmark

Startupdenmark is an online resource for anyone interested in entrepreneurship in Denmark. I blog infrequently (see Startupbootcamp for more action) but I interview interesting people on the Danish and Nordic startup scene. The most recent addition to Startupdenmark is a job portal dedicated to startups which recently expanded to cover the nordics and is now hosted as www.nordicstartupjobs.com.

About Alex Farcet

I am the co-founder of Startupbootcamp together with Rainmaking, a startup factory with offices in Denmark and London. I work with startups (www.InsilicoMobile.dk) and I am also a business angel (www.Yellowman.dk) and a member of the Danish Venture Capital Association (DVCA) and Connect Denmark. I coach entrepreneurship students at the Danish Technical University (DTU) and am a guest lecturer at Kaos Pilots.

Get in Touch

mail: af[at]startupbootcamp.dk
phone: +45 24 29 4000