Together with four Norwegian hospitals, we have developed the next generation hospital bed. A bed that prevents pressure ulcers, fall and reduce nurse load by removing heavy lifting and monitors the patients state, non intrusive. Have recieved contracts in Toronto that accelerates development, and secures uptake and sales if the clinical trial goes as planned.

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

Sereluna designs and sells its own menstrual underwear for the Norwegian market. We are the first menstrual underwear brand in Norway. Menstrual underwear has built in protection and is designed to be washed and reused for several years. Menstrual underwear completely replaces disposable protection like pads and tampons. The reason why Sereluna was created was to offer ladies in Norway a sustainable and more comfortable choice when they have their period. Our whole value chain is within Europe.

Joymo is a streaming platform that makes it easy for any sport club, federation, league and event, anywhere in the world, to broadcast their valuable content to fans across the globe. Through innovation in technology, broadcasting, AI and automation, Joymo enables the creation of video content from any level in sport and delivers that content to fans, athletes, coaches, referees and scouts through an innovative and exciting platform. Founded by experts from the Scandinavian broadcasting world, Joymo is a movement created to engage fans, develop athletes, and inspire sport.

Debet AS er et av Norges ledende selskaper innenfor software til faktura og inkasso. Over 24500 bedrifter og privatpersoner har til nå valgt Debet Faktura og inkasso som sin programvare til fakturering og inkasso. Debet AS er et naturlig valg for små og mellomstore bedrifter. Gjennom vårt gratis fakturaprogram gjør vi det enkelt for gründere å holde kostnader nede i oppstartsperioden. Med Debet Inkasso benytter man samme innkrevingsmetode som staten bruker med å benytte egeninkasso. Etter kun 30 dager kan utestående krav sendes til Namsmannen.

Awake is a creative agency that single-heartedly works with sustainable projects. We dive deep into research and strategy, talk to the target group and create ideas that can stand out in a crowd. Our projects generate positive change for people, planet, and profit. We aim to build a better future for everyone. Our clients want to contribute to a more sustainable consumer market. We can help our clients with: communication strategy, advertising, forward-thinking ideas, design, copywriting, content, film, digital solutions, and PR.

Staffers is a job platform for the hospitality industry, connecting businesses with an experienced workforce on a moments notice. We strive to make the process of finding and hiring faster and more efficient than ever before for both businesses and potential employees. At the same time, giving people the opportunity to choose when and where they want to work. Right now, our community of staffers consists of over 1600 people across Norway.

Auk is a company making an automated system making it easy for everyone to grow their own vegetables, herbs and chili indoors; in the kitchen or in a living room. Our goal is to help reduce food waste,  reduce the carbon footprint of food production, and give people access to healthier, fresher and better tasting greens.

STRATEGY TOOLS Strategy Tools is busy building the Modern Strategist Platform. We run a global strategy platform with users in 100+ countries. Our customers are accelerators, strategy directors, top management, business schools, innovation clusters and more. We already have customers in 60+ countries and we love what we do.  We are based in Stavanger,  but happily work remotely and travel globally. You  can too, if you join us, work from anywhere. Seriously. We look forward to connecting with you.

OFF ROAD is a digital marketing agency with services ranging from web development and project scoping to media planning and web analytics. We offer consultancy to clients from all industries in all markets from our offices on the seafront in downtown Copenhagen, Denmark. In September 2018, OFF ROAD was awarded ”Gazelle 2018” by Børsen. Gazelle 2018 is an award presented by the largest Danish business newspaper to companies that have more than doubled their net turnover over the past four years.

Quickorder provides an end-2-end solution for restaurants and cafes consisting of POS, Online ordering, schedule planning and table booking. Everything is interconnected making sure all data is gathered in one big backend, we apply machine learning to the data to make business recommendations on guest experience, staffing, etc. Quickorder is a fast-moving company where people with excellence strive. Key traits: We love these 5 key traits in our fellow colleagues: Curiosity, High work capacity, empathy, self-awareness and, Integrity In Quickorder we look at ourselves as a  pro sports team, and not a family. In a family, there is unconditional love but in a sports team you need to perform in order to be a part of the team if one guy or girl on the team falls through the whole team is in danger of doing so too. The Quickorder team: in the Quickorder team, all colleagues are extraordinary at what they do and excellent collaborators. The value and satisfaction of being a part of such a team are tremendous. Our vision of a great workplace doesn't consist of exclusive roundtable meetings with expensive catered food, gym facilities, fancy office spaces, or frequent parties with colleagues. Our version of the best workplace is a team where working towards and pursuing a common goal and vision creates real value. Therefore we decide to spend on that, instead of fancy dinners or crazy parties. We believe it is on such a team that you learn the most, perform the best, improves the fastest, and have the most fun.  At Quickorder collaboration and trust is thriving and are an essential part of the team. There is no room for " brilliant jerks" the cost to the teamwork is simply too high. succeeding as a part of Quickorder requires being effective, not working hard. A, B performances with tons of work put into it make for a mediocre result whereas a truly excellent performance doesn't need a ton of work in order to make a great impact.  Freedom and responsibility: Our goal is to inspire people, more than to manage them. We believe that great performers that are part of a team know the better solution, and therefore it's not the managers' duty to tell how things should be done, but merely to set the context so that the employee can find the best possible solution. We trust in freedom, and constantly tries to take new actions in order to improve the amount of freedom our employees possess, some examples of what we do are: Employees got an unlimited amount of vacation (only 6 paid weeks) Our policy vacation is " take vacation, and use ALL of your 6 weeks) Employees get tailored work hours that fit their work/life balance Our policy for spending, travel, and other costs is very simple: "Only spend like you would your self, and always spend in Quickorders best interest"

VIBBIO is the online video maker for workplace communication. We enable fast-paced teams to create communication their employees will love, and achieve their internal communication & engagement goals with video creation made simple. With VIBBIO businesses can trust their employees to stay on-brand at all times, while easily adding video to their communication skillset with no experience needed. We believe that the future of comms is video created by everyone.

MER is a Norwegian music company and artist representative. Our vision is to become the industry’s best in developing, facilitating and managing all aspects of our clients’ careers. The company has expertise and relevant experience in providing services such as management, booking, promotion and label functions.

Our Value Proposition JodaCare seeks to improve communication between family caregivers and health personnel, to improve life quality an dignity for people with dementia or cognitive impairments.    Our Product JodaCare delivers a secure, digital communication and information sharing platform for, connecting health personnel and family caregivers taking care of the same patient.    We are a diverse startup with dedicated people from ages in the twenties, thirties and forties, more women than men, some start early and some start late. We all the same goal, making the life for patients, relatives and workers easier.

Anywhere is an application for smartphones that helps people find things to do. Anywhere are gathering information about all events and activities and gives you suggestions on what to do, based on your interests and position. In general, hosts of events and experiences, have a lack of marketing competence. Anywhere AS will design a tool that makes it easier for organizers to reach their audience.