In the fourth episode of the podcast, Kiddi and Jökull interview Ólafur Nielsen, CEO of Kolibri. They discuss what Ólafur calls the digital business revolution, how incumbent companies are realising and reacting to the rapid technological changes in society. Kolibri is an innovation partner that works with companies on creating innovative, digital products. Ólafur’s journey… Read More The Digital Business Revolution and How Software is Eating Energy – The Podcast #4

In this edition, Jökull and Kiddi discuss the role of the government in building a startup ecosystem. The spark: several announcements from Gov’t institutions for actions and changes in policy aimed at making the startup ecosystem in Iceland better. The Ministry for Industry and Innovation published a draft for an action plan, and asked the… Read More The Podcast #3 – Recent fundings and the Role of Government

This newest episode of the Norðurskautið podcast brings some changes, which essentially mount up to a reboot. First of all, the podcast is now in English. Second, the format is changed. We used to discuss concepts and ideas at the core of startups, tech and innovation. In the new format we cover and discuss news from the… Read More The Podcast – New drone regulations, the Deloitte Fast 50 and a new Slack community for Icelandic startup people

Hvað er SaaS? Hvað er gott við SaaS? Hvernig er rekstur og verðmat SaaS fyrirtækja öðruvísi fyrir frumkvöðla? Eru einhver íslensk SaaS fyrirtæki? Kiddi og Jökull ræða SaaS í nýjasta þætti Norðurskautsins.

Í þætti dagsins spjallar Jökull við Vigni Örn Guðmundsson, framkvæmdastjóra Radiant Games, um First Principles hugmyndir Peter Thiel um nýsköpun. Spjallið byggir mikið á bókinni Zero to One eftir Peter Thiel, sem Norðurskautið mælir sérstaklega með fyrir alla sem hafa áhuga á tækniþróun og rekstri sprotafyrirtækja.