Re:Is The Norwegian Startup Scene Hot Or Not?
by marcusf on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @07:53AM
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Yeah, good point. I think it's vital to distinguish between local success and global success though; Sweden has a number of companies that have made it big locally but with a non-existent international footprint (Adlibris, to name one), and a select few lobal players, like Spotify.
I agree that you should look at the world as your home market, but in practice there's more to it than that. Just opening shop in another country usually means incorporating for example. Our founder has mentioned a few times that his biggest regret was setting up shop in England after Sweden, instead of going after the US directly. In hindsight, the gain/pain ratio would've been a lot better.
Re:Is The Norwegian Startup Scene Hot Or Not?
by ThomPete on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @07:57AM
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I agree. JustEat is making it global though.
Re:Is The Norwegian Startup Scene Hot Or Not?
by marcusf on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @08:01AM
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Cool! I've never heard of them before, probably due to me not following the scene enough and them not being available in Stockholm, but I'll keep an eye on them from now.
Re:Is The Norwegian Startup Scene Hot Or Not?
by bretthopper on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @08:37AM
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Just-Eat is huge in Toronto now.
In Denmark for instance JustEat and Trendsales were pretty successful. Both have a heave part of logistics involved though.
If you are making something digital then always think of your home market as a market of 6Billion people.
Successful startups out of Denmark 100% digital but none of them choose to stay there.
Tommy Ahlers Zyb (aquired by vodafone) and Podio (acquired by citrix). TrustPilot.com, Zendesk (moved to the US), Unity (moved to the US)