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’re an independent game studio based in Oslo, Norway, which was founded in February 2013 by a group of students at the Norwegian School of Information Technology (NITH). In January 2014 we consisted of 7 members of the team who all have different experiences in their own fields of expertise. Our common goal is that we want to contribute to the indie scene with story-driven games, without compromising the gameplay. Starting up a new company (let alone within gaming) is no joke, and we hope to make it easier for future companies to make games. It’s a small pond, and as soon as we announce our projects, our vision is to have an exposed development during production. So keep an eye on our development blog on our page, or contact us if you want to know anything! We are currently working on a third-person horror game, set in a forest inspired by Norwegian nature.

FillerLAB.dk er en Dansk virksomhed med base i København. Vi har specialiseret os i industrielt salg af primært europæisk non-animalsk Premium Fillers, Meso cocktails & Peeling udstyr, samt diverse klinik udstyr. Vil tilbyder en bred vifte af efteruddannelser hos nogle af Scandinavians anerkendte og førende Kosmetiske læger, med baser i Danmark, Sverige og Norge. Vi er en af Danmarks og nordens førende leverandører på området, med international anerkendte brands og internationalt netværk. Vi gøre os umage i at sælge sikre og godkendte produkter. Du kan derfor være helt tryg med at handle hos FillerLAB.dk

Themsen Health ApS - Denmark's leader in Nitrile gloves Themsen Health ApS helps companies with nitrile gloves of the highest quality. Directly from one of the world's leading manufacturers to the customer without expensive intermediaries. At Themsen Health ApS, the health and safety of our partners and customers is the first priority. Credibility, quality and safety are our core values, which are reflected in our products and organization. We therefore guarantee to supply 100% approved nitrile gloves that are quality assured and approved by the EU and the Danish Health Authority's guidelines. Our mission is to ensure that your company can create the best framework for a hygienic, clean and safe workplace for your employees.

We turn life science and deep tech ideas into commercially successful companies. We serve both as a consultancy and as a venture builder. At Marigold Innovation, we build bridges between research and business, science and product, researchers and investors. Most scientists prefer to stay where they add the most value, namely as highly skilled scientists and inventors who understand the translational process at an intellectual level, without the deep insight and experience in how to execute accordingly. ​We want to ensure that the skilled scientists focus on what they excel in – doing science and inventing stuff! ​ Marigold Innovation closes the gap by bringing the competences required to complement the scientific team. In this way we ensure that all necessary skills are in place at the needed timepoint and at the right level to secure the optimal development path from academia to a commercially viable company.

Aioray is a VC Backed Web3 e-commerce platform for tokengated commerce. Weøre building a simple bridge between the physical and digital shipping experience on Web3. Our platform allows you to connect physical and digital items on the blockchain, create limitless tokengated experiences, authenticate ownership of products, and sell them in your store.

Ruutti is a E2E Logistics platform. We build smart logistical management tools mainly for industrial companies to help them oversee their logistics for example with transports and warehousing. With our help customers make their logistical activities more efficient with better time/cost tracking, visibility, forecastability and modern UX.

Re-imagining social drinking. Sellow Seltzer is the local, clean and sustainable Hard Seltzer company. Enabling a healthier lifestyle while maintaining consumer habits in social settings We strive for perfection by offering a real Swedish Hard Seltzer, low in sugars, carbs, and calories. A Hard seltzer, simple as that.

At Another's Legacy, we love unique vintage jewellery, finding those magical pieces and handing on their legacy to a new person! We are a startup that is passionately driven for selling vintage jewellery but also being a part of a sustainable movement in the jewellery business. We bring a modern approach to finding and buying unique vintage jewellery pieces because our customers demand a more sustainable industry. They deserve an exceptional experience and the right chosen jewellery just for them. One that leaves them feeling happy and confident that they’ve found the perfect piece.

Beoty® was borne out of a desire to discover skincare, based on natural and organic ingredients, that would soothe and care for acne and blemish-prone skin. We understand problematic skin and how it affects your confidence levels, our vegan-friendly skincare range is based on the staples in everyone’s skincare regime. All Beoty products are designed, developed and produced in Denmark

We want to digitize canoe and kayak rentals with our unmanned rental stations. We want to take people closer to the water and nature. In this way, we can help destinations grow and strengthen the local hospitality industry. Through our unmanned rental stations and our integrated booking system, we simplify for both users and entrepreneurs.

RightHair is developing a global market and education platform for curly and afro-textured hair to help people and minority women solve the problems of lack of availability of products and services and women's challenges in being financially independent worldwide. Through RightHair we give women all over the world an opportunity to start their own businesses and be financially independent. We do this by creating a software platform to connect freelancers, retailers and hairdressers to their customers. And we top that off with a “skill share” community for education. People with curls and afro textured hair are excluded from offers and services in today's beauty industry. Also, financial abuse is one of the main reasons why women are unable to leave relationships, worldwide. These problems contribute to discrimination in society, that women with minority backgrounds end up outside society and this makes the poor poorer. Women of color are excluded from many of the existing offers worldwide. RightHair solves these problems by creating a market platform where all services and products meet. So that people with curly and afro textured hair always can find something in their area. We also solve women's job and financial challenges around the world by offering a platform on which they can sell their products and services. Here they also get the opportunity to take courses, learn how to start and build a business and collaborate with partners outside their network. RightHair was founded by Lalla Coulibaly and Olimata Jeng who both grew up in Norway with roots from Africa. Due to the lack of offers for themselves and their community, the ladies each started their own platforms. Over the past 5 years, Krølltopp.no and Norwegian Naturals have grown into Norway's largest platforms for curly and afro textured hair with a total of 12,000 monthly users. now the ladies have teamed up to start RightHair as the question they get the most on their platforms is “where can I get my hair cut” and “where can I find products?''. Both ladies want to put time and energy into something that can contribute to women's opportunities and living conditions. This desire comes from their own experience as minority women in Norway with African roots.

The Danish jewellery brand Vibe Harsløf has existed since 2008. Vibe Harsløf is known for its imaginative and elegant jewellery which today is sold in Copenhagen, Paris, London and Tokyo. Among other things, she has made jewellery in collaboration with Wood Wood, Soulland, Ann Sofie Madsen and most recently the designer Astrid Andersen.

SPACON & X BOILERPLATE Spacon & X is a cross-disciplinary spatial identity, design and architecture studio and double Dezeen & FRAME awards, winner. Spacon & X, which is short for Spatial Conversion & Cross-functionalism, was founded in 2014 in Copenhagen and the studio houses 30 employees with a variety of different backgrounds, from architects and interior designers, to design engineers, sculptors, building constructors and experience-economists. Through their work on a wide range of scales, from products to interior design to larger architectural building projects, they create a fusion between normally separated fields to a more complete brand experience. www.spaconandx.com

We have developed our own SaaS solution for marketing automation, email marketing, loyalty programs, and gamification. We have a limited number of medium to large size danish companies as clients. Among the clients are companies like Salling Group, Normal, Small Danish Hotels, Nemlig.com, Krifa, Bravo Tours and Middelfart Sparekasse. We have big ambitions for the future of Yulsn, but in contrast to other SaaS companies in our industry, are we bootstrapped and have no plans soon for taking any money or investments from third parties. Our mission is to make a difference and impact for our clients, to be an attractive workplace for our employees and to be engaged in communities we would like to support. After a restructuring of our company in October 2020, when we suffered a loss after bankruptcy in the travel industry, we are again in a stable and very healthy growth.