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23/08/2017

Searching for a litmus test to hold your company to? Our Managing Partner Stefan Bruun explains why you should consult your mum for her views on your Product and UX...

There is more of less a collective agreement among entrepreneurs that the idea is only a small fraction of a venture’s success. This turns focus to the importance of executing on an idea. To work h…

21/06/2017

When do processes stunt startup growth, and how can you overcome this? Insights from Stefan Bruun's latest piece for Forbes

As a company grows, the need for structure can limit their ability to stay agile to move fast. Scaling imposes a number of challenges for the company as the need for alignment is essential, however, more process and control is not always the answer.

06/06/2017

In the early stages of your company, time is a precious commodity. Try to change your product radically: "...do the tests that will either make the product significantly better or completely fail".

Invaluable insights from Stefan Bruun's Blog:

http://stefanbruun.com/a-scientific-argument-for-making-bold-product-decisions/

Countless articles argue that it’s the smaller incremental improvements that form the overall growth of the company. However, even with many small tests yielding 2 or 3% improvements each, th…

24/05/2017

To build a company, you need to build culture. This challenge isn't helped by popular misconceptions.

Take a look at Stefan Bruun's piece for Forbes - where he shares his experiences building a team from 0 to global.

Influenced by popular media, millennials are drawn to younger organizations by what they imagine to be "great culture" with free sushi and beanbags. Interestingly, the perception of what startup culture should be is often very different from reality.

19/05/2017

To build a a winning company, you need to understand the drivers of success at a fundamental level. SEO is one of those black boxes - read Stefan Bruun's unboxing!

Excelling at search engine optimization (SEO) is a key component of a successful strategy for most online businesses. However, for many founders and marketers without a strong online background, SE…

14/02/2017

Hong Kong has the highest concentration of banking institutions in the world, and a highly educated and driven new generation - a perfect recipe for

Our Managing Partner Stefan Bruun shared lessons on entrepreneurship and company building at CUHK Business School. Looking forward to seeing great things from this cohort.

19/01/2017

Successful managers focus on building processes, not on fighting fires - read our Managing Partner Stefan Bruun's piece for Forbes

It’s a common misconception that the key to career success is to be central to the business; to take on as much responsibility as possible and hold on to it. After all, if you alone can perform a critical task, surely you are the company's biggest asset?

15/01/2017

Congratulations to CompareEuropeGroup for their Series A funding!

As consumers have shifted to the web to order and pay for services like broadband and insurance, price comparison sites have become one of the main ways..

13/09/2016

EdirectInsure Group are hiring! Looking for a top, super ambitious candidate, to join EdirectInsure Group as a marketing-focused Analyst and build out a new venture. Fluent Mandarin is required. Please share and reach out to [email protected] or visit https://edirectinsure.com/job/venture-development-analyst to learn more.

31/08/2016

Samlino.dk goes from 10 to 100 employees in 6 months. Now they've raised USD22.5m.

Congrats to the team!

(Danish article)

Danske Samlino.dk får en kapitalindsprøjtning på 150 millioner. Investorerne tæller blandt andet manden bag Paypal og Lars Seier Christensen.