Global Government Iceland 
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 5, 2023
A Tourist Destination These capitals are more than top tourist destinations , and while it wasn’t possible to include nearly as many of the best places there are for startups; from scenic Iceland that brought us Alvotech, Contralant, and CCP Games. As of 2020, the country was ranked as the second most innovative globally.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Its banks has Lehman-brother-esque collapse situation on their had and rather than letting the banks go backrupt or splitting the losses between the bond holders and the tax payers, the Irish government inexplicably agreed to guarantee all debt and restructure the banks at the expense of the Irish citizens.
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Feld Thoughts
JUNE 3, 2019
This morning, I did a talk with Om Malik at the Startup Iceland 2019 conference. Bala Kamallakharan , who is the founder of Startup Iceland, asked a question of us at the end about the future. Stan Feld at his 60-year Columbia Reunion. My dad had his 60-year reunion at Columbia this weekend. He looks great.
crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 21, 2010
Unilever to crowdsource content for 13 global brands – [link]. Government releases open source code – [link]. Check out this photo of a volcano in Iceland—it’s crazy! Ning discovers after spending tens of millions of $$ that you can’t make money by giving stuff away – [link]. – [link].
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 8, 2020
The internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government,” he said at the time. The Icelandic krona suffered a similar fate after that country’s financial collapse in 2008. Friedman, whom I quoted above, presciently linked the rise of e-cash with the central role of the internet in governing our lives.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2010
The BP oil spill in the Gulf, the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in pollution control, just-in-time manufacturing, and building materials. The impact of global instability. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.
Occam's Razor
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Let's go back to our table, and global oil consumption. This example is about the very sad reality of the Ebola epidemic and the sadder still inaction by governments (like ours). I'm sure that information like this played a key role in getting our government, and likely others, to jump and take action when they did.
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