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Awake is a communication agency with a twist - and of course a member at Epicenter. We wanted to get to know these sustainability driven ladies a little better and hear from the source: What is it that makes Awake tick?
How and why was Awake founded?
Awake is a communication agency with a twist. As two passionate female founders, we wanted to create a purpose-driven agency with a h...
October 27th Epicenter Oslo co-hosted an event with Sopra Steria about the Metaverse in relation to the retail industry. The topic at hand was: will the Metaverse disrupt the retail value chain? And if so, how? We welcomed Sopra Steria’s very own experts on virtual reality, Erik Eskedal, Jelmer Verhoog and Scott Leaman, Meta Vertical Lead, Nina Hareide, and CEO of Wilfa, Morten Hoff to the stag...
At Epicenter we believe that we reach more impact when we collaborate within and across industries, businesses and even competitors. With our clusters we gather companies and individuals around a common challenge or question that we innovate around together.
One example of this is our PropTech cluster REDI.City - a group of companies and individuals with passion that have launched an initia...
On November 15th, Entra hosted an event at Epicenter about turning the office into a destination. We were there, of course, and as we already think Epicenter is in fact a destination, we felt right at home. Here’s a short summary of the event and the topic at hand: How do we get people back to the office?
After a huge transformation related to how we all think about the workspace...
During Oslo Innovation Week this year SMOC.ai and Epicenter co-hosted an event about the power of modern business ecosystems. This event sought to both educate and inspire the 200 people in the audience to get a deeper understanding of what a business ecosystem is, and how we are both responsible for (and reliant on) them to thrive, both in business, and as a species.
Event host, ...
Stockholm, home to companies like Spotify, iZettle, and Minecraft. Oslo, home to EcoOnline, Ignite Procurement and Spacemaker. Helsinki, home to Wolt, Supercell, and Aiven. The Nordics is a unique place for innovation and producing global tech unicorns. South Korea and Singapore are now teaming up with Nordic Innovation House Epicenter to provide their most promising local startups with a scale...
Over the past ten years a lot has happened to how we view the workspace as a result of multiple factors, such as the tech race, the pandemic and digitisation. What these factors have in common is that they have contributed to shifting what your most important resources - your employees - require from the workspace, and how it should fuel innovation and growth within your business.
Wh...
A lot of companies have already implemented events as part of their business strategy - and with good reason(s)! If hosting events isn’t currently in your strategy, we have compiled 5 (out of probably a million) reasons why hosting events are worth investing in, and why your company should start hosting them:
Meet your core audience
As a company it should be in your interest to meet and engag...
Propely is a prop-tech company that offers a consolidated platform for everything a landlord needs to run their estates smoothly. They are also a valued member of the Epicenter community. We had a chat with their CEO and Founder, Kristoffer Moe Lundquist, to learn more about who they are and what their plans are:
Could you please introduce Propely and your team?
Propely was founded bac...
During the last three years our member, Rada labs, has been involved in the development of Clikk. These days, Clikk offer people the opportunity to invest in the company through Folkeinvest.no from NOK 1,200. We can’t wait to follow their journey ahead!
Clikk is a mobile and web application that helps people, companies, and influencers to connect and create engagement with their co...
Rada Labs is a Norwegian software development company and innovation house. With their team of six, they both develop their own ideas, as well as helping other companies make their ideas come to life. We had a chat with their founders to get to know Rada Labs and their business better:
Could you please introduce Rada Labs and your team?
The core idea behind Rada Labs is to deve...
Bino Training is a global platform for live 1:1 online personal training. Bino’s mission is to lower the barriers for people to get fit, while creating opportunities for trainers in countries where local demand is low (currently Malawi, Afrika). They are a new addition to the Epicenter community, so naturally we wanted to get to know them a little better! We sat down with their Co-founder &...
Amadeus is one of the tech giants within the travel industry, and makes a living off of building critical solutions to make traveling smoother for everyone involved. We had an interesting chat with Monica Hansen in their global External Communications team, to learn more about what makes Amadeus tick, their story and where they are going:
Could you please introduce Amadeus and your team...
On the 1st of march Epicenter hosted ‘World future day’ in Oslo. A full day packed with inspiring guests and conversations about the future. The world is moving forward and one thing's for certain - it’s truly an exciting time to be alive.
We kicked off the day with breakfast followed by an exhibition where you were able to see, test and hear about the products a variety of companies ...
By: Mathias Willumsen, Head of Community at Epicenter Oslo.
After almost two years of quarantine and home office, it’s time to shift focus from house arrest and everything we’re not allowed to do. It’s time to focus on building strong teams at work and a positive and good business culture within the company. If we let leadership and communication go it’s usual course, the ultimate con...
On the 26th of january Epicenter hosted ‘Mastering the hybrid workplace’ – an event about the massive change in every aspect of our work-life and how we can face the future so our companies can keep up with the change.
We need to talk about how to optimize the hybrid workplace and strategy – Not about if we are going to work from home, because we talk a lot about that already.
“...
On the 26th of january Epicenter hosted ‘Mastering the hybrid workplace’ – an event about the massive change in every aspect of our work-life and how we can face the future so our companies can keep up with the change.
We need to talk about how to optimize the hybrid workplace and strategy – Not about if we are going to work from home, because we talk a lot about that already.
“We need t...
On the 26th of january Epicenter hosted 'Mastering the hybrid workplace' - an event about the massive change in every aspect of our work-life and how we can face the future so our companies can keep up with the change.
We need to talk about how to optimize the hybrid workplace and strategy - Not about if we are going to work from home, because we talk a lot about that already.
“We need...
Would you encourage your team to network, learn new things and be the best version of themselves? Our guess is YES. Although this is what most employers want to offer their employees, they are often located in traditional offices in traditional office buildings where, frankly, innovation (and in turn – growth) is a hard nut to crack. Being in the same office, interacting with the same people,...
VOLI is a company passionate about challenging beliefs and making ideas fly! They are specialists at integrating new technology with classic business systems, and a new member of the Epicenter Community. We had a chat with their Oslo representative and Partner, Bjørn Tore Aurlien to get a better understanding of what VOLI is all about and their ambitions for the future:
Can you give u...
2021 has been a rollercoaster for most of us in terms of Covid restrictions and trying to adjust to a weird version of reality. Although we have been through lockdowns, openings – and now another lockdown – we have still achieved amazing things here at Epicenter.
We are
proud to see our members doing great things even whilst facing difficult times.
The synergies on the house have still mad...
Switchr is a Norwegian company whose existence is based on the shift towards a greener tomorrow - empowering regular people to make a difference whilst making money. Interesting as their business is, we had a talk with their Chief Marketing Officer, Christian Bråtebekken, who shared what Switchr is all about, what makes them tick and what their ambitions for the future...
Skarpsinn is a Norwegian company that specializes in strategic communication and innovation. Their mission is to unite creative advertising and business strategy on behalf of their clients, and as a result making them successful in the long run.
We had a talk with their Business Development manager, Karl Magnus Karlsen, who shared some really interesting insights on Skarpsinn's story and t...
Apphuset is a Norwegian company that specializes in software and service design and development, as well as cloud solutions for companies looking to transform. They now have more than 115 talents within digital consultancy, design and development - and, of course, they are a valued member of the Epicenter community.
We had a talk with their Chief Commercial Officer, Endre Soltvedt Bra...
Bonzer is a Danish digital marketing agency, focusing solely on search engine optimization (SEO). They recently expanded their business to both Sweden and Norway and is now a member of both Epicenter Oslo and Stockholm. We had a talk with their Market Development Director, Karolina Thor, to get to know Bonzer, their story and ambitions.
How and why was Bonzer founded? What problems or chal...
30th of september Epicenter hosted Scale-up Summit Oslo as part of this year's Oslo Innovation week. We invited some inspiring and insightful speakers to share their knowledge on how companies can succeed with today's major scale-up challenges.
Sondre Jahr Nygaard is Head of Innovation and Business Development at Abelia. His main focus is to improve the frameworks and the overall condition...
30th of september Epicenter hosted Scale-up Summit Oslo as part of this year's Oslo Innovation week. We invited some inspiring and insightful speakers to share their knowledge on how companies can succeed with today's major scale-up challenges.
Klara Vatn is Head of Design at Spacemaker. She is a digital product designer with 18 years experience designing great products, specialised in com...
30th of september Epicenter hosted Scale-up Summit Oslo as part of this year's Oslo Innovation week. We invited some inspiring and insightful speakers to share their knowledge on how companies can succeed with today's major scale-up challenges.
Thomas Wrede-Holm has a master's degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Management (NHH). When Thomas joined Investinor in 2019, he brough...
30th of september Epicenter hosted Scale-up Summit Oslo as part of this year's Oslo Innovation week. We invited some inspiring and insightful speakers to share their knowledge on how companies can succeed with today's major scale-up challenges.
Tale Skjølsvik works as vice dean for research at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design. She has a doctorate in strategy from BI and works as a...
30th of september Epicenter hosted Scale-up Summit Oslo as part of this year's Oslo Innovation week. We invited some inspiring and insightful speakers to share their knowledge on how companies can succeed with today's major scale-up challenges.
Svein Sørensen is the CEO and co-founder of Talented Norge AS. He has been in recruitment for more than 20 years and has been a partner in several ...
The argument for behavioral advertising is that you as an advertiser can reach the target audience at all times. Regardless of what kind of article or website the person visits when the ad is displayed. With contextual advertising in Kobler, no personal data is collected, ads are displayed here based solely on the content of the article where the ad is displayed.
What really works best?
...
Data is a valuable resource that all businesses must tap into. What was once a seemingly abstract concept used only in software development textbooks has now become a sort of secondary currency in the world of business. Every interaction, communication with the client, service package, strategy, business plan, etc. add up to important data for analysis.
Sannsyn is a global leader in Data En...
Should I post something to my LinkedIn profile every day? Do I add people I have never met? And should I accept invitations from people I don't really know?
One of Scandinavia's leading experts on LinkedIn profiles, Christoffer Bertilsson, hosted a webinar about how to improve your LinkedIn profile at our Epicenter Digital platform. Through the webinar he came up with some really interestin...
The covid 19 pandemic has been a door opener for new, digital mindsets and a rapid game changer for the way employers and employees think about work situations. Amongst the largest corporations we find that many has already started to change strategies around the way we work. The most important topic to consider once we implement and change strategies, is to be critical to the reason why we ch...
We are living in extraordinary times. The way we live, work and do business is being disrupted. Working from home has proven itself to be efficient. BUT – does that really mean that employees want to spend all of their working life at home?
Let’s find out!
We asked 200 of our members within our tech savvy business environment around the topic of the future of work. Now that a majority ha...
AI, deep learning in particular, has been a hot topic over the past few years. This technology has been transforming entire industries with its ability to recognize hidden patterns in troves of unstructured data and to make accurate decisions based on the learned patterns and commonalities. Today, it is impossible to imagine a marketplace not using deep learning to match the user’s preferences...
Protection
of intellectual properties (IP) such as your patents, brands and designs can be
strategically crucial not only for large corporates. It might hide large values
also for startup and scale-up companies. Studies find that small and medium
sized companies with IP protection programs has a 20% better chance to succeed
with their growth plans, compared to equal sized companies without IP
...
Just two weeks after COVID-19 turned conference spaces the world over into ghost-towns, Epicenter Studio was welcoming delegates across the globe to hugely engaging digital events, live-streamed from the heart of Stockholm. Our own Head of Brand Experience Fia Nordin reveals how it’s done – and what digital events can do for you.
As anyone who’s ever run a Zoom presentation will confirm, ca...
Want to take your customer relationships to the next level? We had the pleasure to meet with Robbie Kellman Baxter to get some insight on how to make this happen. Keynote speaker as well as sought-after writer, Robbie’s CV is quite impressive having worked with industry leaders such as Netflix, Oracle, eBay and Electronic arts.
As the author of The Membership Economy: Find Your Superusers,...
At least that's our opinion. And even though winning the national VEXT program was no automatic process for our members at Ignite Procurement, we are happy to congratulate them with the award that was announced today, Thursday 4th June 2020. We had a chat with their CEO and Co-Founder Sigbjørn Nome, after the announcement was made.
The jury of the VEXT program getting ready to interview th...
For this week’s blog post, we had the pleasure of meeting with quite a special person. Not only is he a successful speaker having keynoted events at companies such as Google and Microsoft. He’s also generated $3 billion in exits and sold one of his companies to Yahoo for 50 million dollars (!!). To put this in perspective, that’s the most expensive app purchase Yahoo ever made. We’re of course...
Artificial Intelligence. Once the stuff of sci-fi, now part of every innovative company’s roadmap. And trailblazing the most disruptive applications is the incredible Ashok Samal, AI Ambassador working at Microsoft. Earlier this year he treated Epicenter members to an AI masterclass. Couldn’t attend? Take a break from everything that has to do with Covid-19 and catch up on our pick of his insp...
Value-based communication has been at the core of marketing for a while now. What we have seen in past weeks however, is a shift in communication where value has become a "must have", not just a "nice to have". We're facing a new kind of reality where "buy, buy, buy" communication is no longer appropriate. This blog post aims to sort out what value-based communication is, and also hands on tip...
We truly live in interesting times. For fans of Nassim Taleb, it’s like we’re living through two of his books: the black swan and antifragile. Black swan events are unpredictable and unprecedented and shake the global economic machine to its core. Some could argue that the Coronavirus pandemic is exactly that. Being antifragile means that an organism actually gets stronger from stress. For exa...
All of us are experiencing a crisis. There are however, good ways to deal with this current situation. To have a curious mind and keep on learning is one of them. Also taking the opportunity to review your software and systems is both productive and good. Obviously, after the crisis is over, the world will have changed. The question comes down to; are you equipped for this change?
You've pr...
Do you ever mute your microphone and secretly read your mail during Skype meetings? Are you one of those who wait as long as possible, hoping some of the other participants will say something when a question is asked? Communication trainer Hanne Lindbæk from Ergo;Ego shares six tips to break old habits and succeed with virtual meetings.
1. GET INVOLVED!
Hanne's first advice is to be invo...
Starting a business is hard work. Scaling a business on the other hand, is really hard work. Statistics show that only 3 out of 10 startups are in business after five years. Why is it so few that survive their own business model, and what does it really take to scale a business?
Many startups would agree that the answer is capital. It would probably help solve many short term pains. Ho...
How to work efficient from home?
In times when working from home is the new normal, what measures should we do to make sure efficiency runs as normal? Even when the dining room table makes the new office? Here are five simple, yet effective advice to get there!
1. Create a schedule
When the distance you walk from breakfast to work desk is below five meters, it is easy to get out o...
