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.
crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 21, 2010
Government releases open source code – [link]. Check out this photo of a volcano in Iceland—it’s crazy! I guess they liked the eye patch! – [link]. 8 Crazy-Cool Search Engines You Should Know – [link]. Very cool – U.S. – [link]. An entrepreneur’s guide to crowdsourcing – [link].
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Occam's Razor
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
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. Let's look at some more. Thank goodness for predictive models.
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.
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. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster. Truly “disruptive” technologies.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 15, 2012
I continue to be stunned and amazed by both the behavior of our government around this and the behavior of “us” (companies and individuals) around their data given our government’s behavior. And – it’s not just the government, but mother nature and humans.
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.
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