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

We believe in the power of peopleWe have gathered Norway´s most influential people in social media under one roof. Our mission is to deliver authentic and meaningful relationships between consumers, influencers and marketers. Independent of representing specific influencers we adjust conceptual frames, activations and influencers based on your brand’s unique needs. Over the years we have created UI Market, a platform enabling us to create and analyze your campaigns in an efficient and cost effective manner. We have experience in working towards a great spectra of industries and assist with everything from comprehensive concepts and long term influencer strategies to single ad hoc activations.

På(fyll) is a home refill service that delivers everyday home goods in containers you can use again and again. It was founded by Orkla Home and Personal Care, Æra and Bakken & Bæck. We enable the guilt-free consumption of any home and personal care product, free from single-use plastics – a problem that today dumps at least 1 garbage truck’s worth of plastic waste into the ocean every minute of every day. We worked with award winning international design studio Form Us With Love to design beautiful, refillable containers that can be re-used over and over again for years to come. We deliver and pick up these containers right at your doorstep to make shopping more convenient, affordable and sustainable. Today we are live across Norway, selling known and beloved brands like home cleaning brands like Jif, Zalo, Omo and Klar. We will soon expand to more of the brands and products you love. Our vision is to make zero-waste living easy and accessible for every individual in the Nordics within the next five years. Our mission is to bring you whatever you need in packaging as valuable as what's inside.

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.

We are a software company that has developed a Data Protection platform that simplifies and streamlines retailers' delivery of services to their customers. Our SaaS service is delivered to dealers via our innovative cloud platform. Our vision is to simplify all delivery of services, but in the launch version our main focus is services in data protection. The team behind ZaveIT has many years of experience in IT and data protection in various roles and industries. It is this experience and competence that underlies ZaveIT.

Norway’s unique landscape necessitates one of the most extensive tunnel networks in the world. 1800 road and rail tunnels contribute to 9000km of tunnel in Norway. These are inspected manually by eye and on foot, a time-consuming and hazardous process producing only qualitative data on tunnel safety. To combat these issues, Techrail aims to provide an integrated solution that is safer for inspectors, that does not interfere with traffic, and more comprehensively evaluates the safety of tunnels. Our solution enables the measuring the change of a tunnel’s surface over time, which allows tunnel directors to predict maintenance needs and more accurately evaluate the state of their tunnels. A digital paper trail will also aid regulators in overseeing tunnel maintenance. Furthermore, our technology has a large number of secondary uses that provide value such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), tunnel construction, and crack detection.

Vårt formål er å demokratisere kunnskap om entreprenørskap. Vi tilbyr interaktive nettkurs, personlig veiledning og workshops for tidlig fase gründere. Vårt først kurs Gründerformelen skal gi de som sitter på en idé kunnskapen de trenger for å lykkes i sin oppstartsprosess! På denne måten skal vi bidra til at flere ideer ser dagens lys!

Speedfriending is a Scandinavian startup aiming to create social arenas where strangers meet, talk and friend zone each other. We want to simplify connecting to the social grid, wherever you are. We have recently launched our Speedfriending app, while organizing events all over Norway, Denmark and Australia. We are looking for someone who loves challenges, has a can-do-attitude, and who recognize the great impact this can have in eliminating loneliness and friendzoning the world. You will become a very important part of our team and future! (More information about us: https://linktr.ee/speedfriending_com) This is speeddating's friendly, fun and inclusive twin sister. After organizing well over 80 physical Speedfriending-events in Norway and Denmark - creating thousands of conversations and friendships - Covid 19 interrupted us. During this time have started digitizing the concept, with an Tinder-for-friends app and a video communication platform. Hope you want to join us. Best regards, The Speedfriending team www.speedfriending.com

Fraxx Interactive AS er en norsk edtech startup etablert i 2019. Bedriften har i 2020 lansert direct-to-consumer plattformen Fraxx.no - et videobasert digitalt kursunivers som gjør det mulig å lære fra de mest anerkjente ekspertene innen underholdning, livsstil og sport i Norge og på sikt i resten av Skandinavia. I november 2020 lanserte de sine første kurs med noen av de beste innen sine felt: Bent Stiansen, Anders Aukland, Halvor Bakke og Fæbrik-gjengen. Fraxx ønsker å gi tilgang til kunnskapen disse ekspertene har gjennom en læringsplattform som gir engasjerende og underholdende innhold av høy kvalitet – og som er lette å lære fra. Målet til Fraxx er å gi flere mennesker tilgang og fleksibiliteten til å lære akkurat hvor og når det passer dem. I en hektisk hverdag blir det enda viktigere å ta vare på og utvikle egne interesser, og dette ønsker Fraxx å bidra med.

We made Vev for the next generation of creatives. From our own experiences as developers, designers, digital producers, content writers, and so much more, we were constantly faced with the brick wall that is web production. Large bespoke builds were costly and labor-intensive, and CMS templates made our stories feel flat and uninteresting. We built Vev with this simple principle: Take what's in your imagination and put it on the page. We are excited to bring creative power back to teams and we can't wait to check out what you all create.

Kundo tilbyr et helhetssystem for digital kundeservice, og utvikler løsninger for håndtering av mail, chat, FAQ, kunnskapsbank og sosiale medier. Kundo samler henvendelser fra de ulike kanalene i ett og samme system for oversikt og kontroll. I tillegg til opplæring i produktene våre, tilbyr vi kurs innenfor etterspurte områder som vi vet er sentrale for å skape en moderne og vellykket kundeservice i digitale kanaler.

Scandinavias largest selection of Christmas sweaters! We design and sell Christmas sweaters, pyjamas, suits, socks and other Christmas items, and sell them in our webshops in 6 different countries. In addition to webshops we have pop up ships in Norway before Christmas. We are expanding every year with new product lines, and are always looking for fun clothing!

I am Founder at Ocean power parks, we have developed a device and a concept to produce vast amount of low cost renewable energy by wave, wind, solar power in the ocean. Our goal is to make a low cost device which produce low cost energy and is profitable, so we can attract investors from all over the world to accelerate implementation of power parks by investment.

We founded Metaito in February 2019, after spending more than four years at NTNU. The initial idea was sparked in 2014 when we discovered the challenge of organizing our resources as students. Since then, we have gone through several iterations of prototypes. We created a platform for organizing and sharing tools, links and documents on the Internet - Factsplat. As of Q3 2024, we have several paying customers, investors, raised amount of 5 467 041 NOK, almost 6,000 users of the platform, contracts with various non-governmental organizations, 19 sports teams on board as our partners, a solid team, and a working product. Factsplat has evolved into a platform designed to help users manage their digital lives efficiently. Our mission is to give individuals and organizations control over their online resources, ensuring they are organized, accessible, and shareable, thereby reducing distractions and improving focus. We want to create a distraction free environment where you can organize the internet in a way that makes sense to you, while utilizing the strengths of the community. We want to give you focus and collaboration, without compromise.

Lime is a smart-mobility provider that offers cities an array of mobility products including Lime-E e-assist bicycles and Lime-S electric scooters. Lime aims to revolutionise mobility in cities and campuses by empowering residents with cleaner, more efficient, and affordable transportation options that improve urban sustainability. Lime is reinventing multimodal transportation and helping people get where they need to go quicker, easier and more affordably than ever before. With over 6 million rides behind our wheels, we’re just getting warmed up -- and we’re looking for ambitious individuals to help us meet our goals. If you’re passionate about technology, the environment and changing the way the world moves, we’d love to welcome you!