Portals & sites

There is a tremendous amount of support available online in Denmark – you can do practically everything without ever leaving home. The links below are loosely ranked in order of usefulness and relevance.  If you don’t read danish, you may need to ask friends for help or even call the organisation in question – in my experience if you ask politely in English most Danes are friendly and helpful on the phone. 

Education

For a country with such high ambitions in innovation and entrepreneurship, there is little choice when it comes to entrepreneurial education in Denmark.  Some say true entrepreneurs are born – but a great crash course in business fundamentals with inspiring guest speakers who share their success stories can help convert a hesitating student or employee into a successful entrepreneur. 

Industry associations

www.d-i-f.dk
Danish Entrepreneurs’ Association. A network and interest group for entrepreneurs, offering services and products relevant to entrepreneurs.

www.dvca.dk
Danish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

www.forskerparkforeningen.dk
Science Park Association Denmark

Pitching

Once you’ve managed to get in front of a potential investor, you only get one shot at making a good impression.

I made the following presentation at a Connect Denmark “How to Pitch to Investors” coaching session:

Books

I personally recommend each of these books.
(if you buy them from here, I get free books from Amazon – I can then read more and put up more great content!).

Incubators and innovationsmiljøer

There is a limited number of incubators in Denmark but there exists a network of six publicy financed ‘innovationsmijløer’ (literally, innovation environments) which were created to help spin out and commercialise technological innovations.  These typically provide facilities, coaching and co-financing.