A global movement to make it fun & easy to break the ice between people to find true love, friendships, and social activities with an optimal mix of high-tech & high-touch organized as a Master Franchise. The top management team at Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA bought the idea in 2006 as a social benefit. Love & Friendship locally & globally - health & peace! Personal matchmaking, online dating, friendships, mingling! Improving relationship health! Looking for: mentor(s), companies to co-create (pilot project), team members, business partners, investors, etc. Storytelling frame (the truth): Svalbard: Here you can still risk meeting polar bears in the streets. Every semester the university (UNIS) has an icebreaker party! Since 2004 I have tested out different ideas and found them possible to succeed. For more information read this paper: ALYTUS COLLEGE, ISSN 2029-9311, October 30, 2013: 50 % of the world population lives in big cities worldwide - how will this affect our social relationships -- and how to improve these? 50 % of the world population lives in big cities worldwide --and this will increase (globalis.no) - how will this affect our social relationships, and how to improve these? Several statistics underline the challenges of the modern world: 50 % or more are single. 50 % are cheating. 50 % or more break up or divorce. 25 % on sick leave as a result of a relationship breakup. Low libido is now a public health problem. 48 % have only one friend, but not a reliable one in a crisis. 50 % of the population wants more friends. We become more sick from our private lives than our work lives (Modesta Olsen, 2007), and the modern family is the most common family structure (Almendingen, 2010). Which social structures can survive the strain of losing the qualities of faithfulness, honesty, and decency? Cynicism becomes our defense. Depression and feelings of emptiness are the prices we pay. Giving hugs, care, and trust to others not only bring greater happiness - it can also lead to better business. Icebreakercard.com is a new world movement to solve these social challenges. It fights for its vision: Love and friendship locally and globally! Our big goal is to improve your life quality. As social entrepreneurs, we are called the fourth sector which cooperates with the other three: private, public, and civic (Ellis, 2006) with an optimal mix of high tech & high touch! In this paper, I will present my research findings in the Western world (mainly Norway and USA) and my part of the solution as a social entrepreneur of Icebreakercard.com. A social entrepreneur has been described as our time's hero and heroines. We create solutions where none of the sectors have succeeded well enough. Bad relationships lead to health problems in the population across age and gender. Mental health conditions are now the key concern in all of the OECD countries. The employer and the community take the economic bill when the employee is on sick leave. The disease is a private matter, but absence is not. Links: http://alytauskolegija.lt/Dokumentai/2013/38_Soreide.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/AnneSreide/ib-fb-2012 https://independent.academia.edu/AnneS%C3%B8reide https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_G._S%C3%B8reide

ZoopIt er en tilbyder av same-day delivery til nettbutikker og lar forbruker få varer levert hjem innen 2 timer etter kjøp i nettbutikken. Vår ambisjon er å tilby en solid, skalerbar tjeneste som lett integreres inn i eksisterende løsninger for å enten erstatte eller supplere tradisjonelle leveranseløsninger. Ønsker du å se tjenesten live kan du besøke handlekurven til en av våre partnere, www.Expert.no. ZoopIt AS ble stiftet I 2014, har i dag 5 ansatte og er deleid av Schibsted.

StudMatch strive to make employment of students accessible and easy for all companies, such that many more choose to make use of this often underrated resource. We help businesses define good projects that create value for both themselves and the students, make their recruitment process slick and easy by providing them with a shortlist of candidates; and give them the framework for ensuring good and effective HR for the students during their employment. In turn allows the businesses to provide meaningful relevant experiences to students through internships and part-time jobs during their studies. We deliver this value by systemizing domain knowledge into our data driven platform, allowing us to deliver our service in a scalable way. The goal is to make student employment the obvious decision for any business that seek to connect with solid talent.

Layn has developed a mobile-based digital queueing system that enables businesses to increase customer satisfaction by adding a mobile platform to the customer journey. People hate standing in line in stores, at amusement park attractions, electrical charging points, hospitals, and restaurants. The list goes on. By using Layn, the customer can wait for the service where they want, postpone a ticket, use a Fastlane, VIP ticket, or Future ticket to get to the service they need as fast as possible. Layn has developed a cloud platform that lets businesses use whatever hardware they would like to solve their use case. The platform is flexible and extremely adaptable. There are cases with pure mobile to mobile operations, but there are also cases with touchscreen and digital signage solutions delivered by our partners. For some customers, we integrate the solution with access gates and existing operational systems to get the desired customer journey. Users can either get a paper ticket or use their mobile device to get an electronic ticket. We spend all our time developing a solution that is as intuitive, easy, and smart to use as possible. We aim at reducing the relative time felt waiting. In 2019 the two founders took a family trip to Paris to visit the Eiffel tower. After spending 2 hours in line to get through security and pay for their tickets, they had to go back at the end of the line again to wait for the rest of the family members. Like most people, they hate standing in line. They wanted to create a solution where they instead of physically having to stand in line rather could sit down and have a drink while waiting for their turn in the "digital line". After that, the number of use-cases has just exploded.

Startup Extreme was created by passionated founders in 2015, with the goal of showcasing the Norwegian startup scene to the world. Seven years on, Norway has a rapidly growing startup ecosystem, Increased international interest, and three new unicorns in 2021 alone. So we feel that it is now time for Startup Extreme to also evolve and work towards something bigger – a new mission: To help build a more connected startup ecosystem. We believe that true connections don’t happen in office meeting rooms, on video calls, or at traditional events and conferences; but when people are put in situations that allow them to be real, authentic, and a little outside of their comfort zones. So what better arena to meet upcoming startup founders, eager investors, and curious corporations, who all share a passion for the startup ecosystem? ‍ We are all about the startup community and developing bonds that go deep — natural connections that are almost spiritual. Essentially we — being a startup ourselves — build events that we’d love to attend.

Songpark shall be the "Worldwide preferred solution for online musical collaboration!" Songpark is an Oslo-based company founded in 2018 by musician and computer technician Christian Ruud. The company has grown fast and is now the "most promising creative-tech startup in Norway". Musicians and investors all believe in our vision: To create an online musical community and to make it possible to play together at a distance. We are developing a solution (HW+SW) enabling musicians to play together online in real time at disparate locations. Our solution has been tested between different locations for up to 500 km. – and it works!

The innovation ecosystem plays a crucial role in the success of startups, but these ecosystems are facing operational and strategic obstacles that limit their potential. The operational difficulties include an inability to effectively support startups leading to high failure rates, low engagement from startups, and resource-intensive reporting processes. On the strategic front, innovation ecosystems face intense competition and struggle to scale their efforts and establish sustainable business models, which often rely heavily on government funding. These challenges impact a wide range of players in the ecosystem, including incubators, accelerators, universities, and enterprise innovation departments. Addressing these challenges can lead to a thriving startup ecosystem, boosting economic growth and driving progress. By investing in the solution of these significant problems, the innovation ecosystem has the potential to unleash its full potential and drive positive change.

LessAdmin is an HR system for small businesses and startups. It offers an easy way to administer and get an overview of employees, leave and vacation planning and approval, onboarding and offboarding, notifications, upcoming birthdays and international bank holidays, benefits and more. It's developed in Norway with GDPR and privacy in mind.

Noon Invest is an investment platform helping savers and investors make smart decisions while reducing time, effort and uncertainty. While bank interest Is near zero, people are struggling to get a decent return on their savings. When trying to invest, you face a world of 122.000 mutual funds and 7.000 index funds. How should you navigate? Who should you trust? By building a Robo Advisory service, we help people help themselves to a smart and professional investment portfolio. By answering a few simple questions, our algorithm will match each client with a suitable investment portfolio. Our experienced investment team will look after and manage the portfolio as time goes by. Professional investment services have increasingly been reserved for the wealthy few. The remaining population have been left with standardized expensive products and/or questionable “advisors” (salespeople). Technology is now making it possible to offer sophisticated and professional investment management to ordinary investors.

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Frontend-konsulenter og frilansere unite! Dette er oppstarten av nisje-konsulenthuset utelukkende for frontend-utviklere. Her skal frontend teknologi rendyrkes og styre fagmiljøet! Alle konsulenter er spesialister på ett eller flere JavaScript-rammeverk blandt React.js, Vue.js eller Angular, i tillegg til å ha sterk kompetanse på vanilla JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, SCSS/LESS, web design, responsivt design. Du får sjansen til å være med fra starten av; være medeier. Du får være med å forme selskapet, styrke fag-miljøet, velge nye kolleger, ta del i noe eget, sette kursen! Etter å ha lest dette så er det typisk to måter å reagere på; "Tja.., det høres interessant ut, men jeg vil nødig bytte kantine med den jeg har i dag...", eller "Ja! Dette høres spennede ut. Jeg vil vite mer!". Jeg vil bare snakke med den siste av dere. Helt uforpliktende selvfølgelig.

Kontorplasser er Norges største på formidling av kontorplasser, det være seg enkeltvis eller mindre kontorarealer. På Kontorplasser.no finner du annonser fra både coworkingaktører og selskaper med litt plass til overs. Nylig lanserte Kontorplasser også en egen gratistjeneste som hjelper dem som leter etter kontorplasser med å finne det som passer dem.

Folkvang Media er en del av Folkvang-gruppen. Vi fokuserer spesifikt på media, markedsføring, strategi og nettsider for tannklinikker i Norge. ​ Med erfaring fra tannhelse og drift av helsevirksomheter har vi sett store fordeler med å utvikle bransjespesifikk løsninger. Vi kjenner tannlegens hverdag og vet hva som kan gjøres (og ikke bør gjøres) innen markedsføring av tannhelse. ​ ​Vi holder oss kontinuerlig oppdatert på digitale trender, nyheter og generell utvikling innen bransjen. Det er sentralt for oss å ivareta bransjens integritet og NTFs etiske regelverk. Dette samtidig som vi gir vår kunder den mest optimale løsningen innen dental media. Dette sikrer klinikkene flere pasienter. Men aller viktigst: Det bygger omdømme, slik at klinikken beholder og tilfredsstiller dagens pasienter.

XTEND will develop three XR applications for Sunnaas hospital. More info: https://xrinhealthcare.com/ and http://xtend.as We design and build applications for mobile devices. Our approach combines a mix of innovation strategy, UI/UX design, and well-crafted software. Our combined experience, expertise and commitment to excellence enables our team to create solutions that some clients initially believed were never possible. XTEND is comprised of a variety of communication specialists, interaction designers and software developers; who all have a passion for what we do: designing and developing functional, efficient, effective and enjoyable-to-use applications.

Mediehuset Bergen er et mediebyrå som primært driver med webutvikling og digital markedsføring, men ved hjelp av gode samarbeidspartnere tilbyr vi et bredt spekter av digitale tjenester. Vi jobber i en bransje som krever kontinuerlig omstilling og vi jobber hver dag mot målet om å bli det foretrukne mediebyrået i Bergen.