Start-up Day 2012

Start-up Day is our annual meeting place for student entrepreneurs, start-ups and investors looking for the most promising young startups. 
 
The day was a great success and judging by the amount of action hitting twitter during the event, it captured the great start-up buzz happening right now in Stockholm. With more international investors than ever before, an invaluable network of passionate individuals and expert advice, it is no wonder the energy overflowed to Scandic Malmen for the after-mingle, where speaker Hoa Ly set the party going from the dj booth.

See videos below and visit us at Flickr for photos. On the photos you will see our amazing looking stage designed by Josefin Vargö and John Astbury.

Videos

Frank Meehan - Focus and delivery in the start-up jungle

Having taken the road from KTH student to Horizons VC with some very successful investments, Frank Meehan explains the secret of focus and delivery, inspiring us with the courage to make that critical leap to success.

Vala Halldorsdottir and Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir - Making of The Startup Kids

Vala Hallsdottir and Sesselja Vilhjamsdottir talk about what they learnt from interviewing over 70 entrepreneurs and investors about entrepreneurship for the documentary, The Startup Kids, and what they have used from that experience in building their own startup.

Anna Oscarsson - Building digital infrastructure with stubbornness
Anna Oscarsson talks about how to develop a new digital infrastructure and get people to adapt to it. What is it that makes you keep on going and not to give up!

Gustav von Sydow - Big business - the happiness and hardships of building an Enterprise 2.0 start-up
With experience from a number of different start-ups, Gustav von Sydow shared his personal insights of the ups and downs in the everyday life of building a large scale, business-to-business start-up.

Joakim Jardenberg - Crowdfonding - where traditional innovation systems meet the crowd
Joakim Jardenberg gave background on what crowdfunding is and how it is used as a tool for agile innovation support. He will also share the reasoning behind the new "Crowdfonding" initiative, launched by .SE and Vinnova.

Daniel Daboczy - How to launch better and faster through crowdfunding and crowdsourcing
Daniel Daboczy talks about how to engage your audience and give examples on how strong ambassadors and many small backers can help you stay truly independent when bringing your idea to market better and faster than ever before.

Annika Lidne - Why you need to become a super networker
A month before your startup is about to go belly up, or two weeks before launch, is not the right time to start getting to know investors and journalists. Annika Lidne talks about how to make a name for yourself long before that.

Hoa Ly - Innovate by combining your passions

Hoa Ly shared his experience of combining his passions for psychology, technology and music and how it has enabled him to build new and innovative things.

Emma Rose Metcalfe - Design <3 Start-up

Emma Rose Metcalfe shared her experiences of working as a designer with what she calls stubborn dreamers, to explain how the design process could be a shot of fresh air for the start-up brain.

Paulina Modlitba Söderlund, Evelina Ander, Lisa Enckell and Pernilla Åström - Community Management in a start-up
Paulina Modlitba Söderlund, moderated a session about community management with panelists Evelina Ander, Lisa Enckell and Pernilla Åström. How do you build long term relationships with your users and customers in social media and what are the challenges?

Johan Wendt - Marketing a social organisation without a budget
Johan Wendt talks about on how to create a lot of attention without spending any money drawing on his experiences from starting up the social venture Mattecentrum.

Johan Axelsson - Overcoming obstacles with low resources
Johan Axelsson shared his experiences and learnings on how to overcome unforeseen obstacles related to product development, patenting, clinical trials and production. A story about solving problems in creative and cost effective ways.

Nikolaj Nyholm - Inside the head of an investor
Nikolaj Nyholm opend up his investor brain to give us an insight into what makes them tick. Learn about the dirty decision parameters and what you should, and definitely should not do when chasing funding.

Hjalmar Winbladh and Andreas Ehn - Wrapp: The story of a start-app
Hjalmar Winbladh and Andreas Ehn discussed the differences in starting up a web business today and five years ago, drawing on their experiences with Rebtel, Spotify and their most recent start-up Wrapp.