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John Helmsøe-Zinck, Via Venture Partners
Tine Thygesen - Managing Director, Venture Cup
Peder R. Borchert & Christian Walther - Sealand Capital
Rasmus Christensen - Co-founder and CEO, Natur Energi
Anders Christjansen - President, Tech Tour Denmark | Southern Sweden
Martin Bjergegaard - Partner, Rainmaking
Martin Thorborg - Serial entrepreneur
Søren Jonas Bruun - CEO, 1st Corporate Technologies
Benjamin Lundström - Attorney, Partner at Bender Von Haller Dragsted
Christian Motzfeldt - Director, Vækstfonden
Dr. Jørgen Thorball - Managing Partner, XO Ventures
Eric-Alan Rapp, Partner, Sunstone Capital
Jacob Bratting Pedersen - Investment Director, Northcap Partners
Jannik Nytoft - Director Danish Venture Capital Association (DVCA)
Jeff Snider - Principal at Next Stage
Marlene Haugaard - CEO of Væksthus
Peter Warnøe - IT multi-entrepreneur
Thomas Frederiksen - Serial entrepreneur
Thomas Mathiasen - Innovation Consultant
Torsten Kolind - formally of Venture Cup, now Younoodle
Jesper Andersen - Editor in Chief, Iværksætteren magazine
Steen Donner - Managing Director, Copenhagen Capacity
Gorm Petersen - Danish Venture Capital Association
Theodor Nielsen - CEO, NIL Technologies
John Heebøll - Associate Professor, DTU
Marlene Haugaard - CEO of Væksthus
Name: Marlene Haugaard
Title: CEO
Company: Væksthus
Web: www.startvaekst.dk
Marlene Haugaard is the CEO of Væksthus a portal and resource network for entrepreneurs and independent business owners. The regional Business Link consists of five centers located throughout Denmark.

Marlene Haugaard, the CEO of Væksthus, talks about the challenge Danish culture poses to entrepreneurship and what the government can do to support entrepreneurs through the financial crisis.

 

"In today's Danish culture, it's still not OK to say 'I want to make a company and have 50 employees in 5 years.'"

-Marlene Haugaard