How to Start a Startup with Susanne Birgersdotter and Carl Johan Grandinson

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Founder Institute in cooperation with SEB offers a free, limited-seat event for anyone wanting to start a startup in Stockholm. We offer hands-on advice from Founder Institute’s top local mentors Susanne Birgersdotter, founder and CEO at iGotcha, and Carl Johan Grandinson, co-founder and CEO at Glue.

Stockholm has a fast-growing startup ecosystem, and entrepreneurs here are lucky to have so many resources available to help them in their journey. However, many people don't know about the resources available, or what resources are right for them.

At "How to Start Up in Stockholm", we offer advice from Founder Institute’s top local mentors Susanne Birgersdotter, founder and CEO at iGotcha, and Carl Johan Grandinson, co-founder and CEO at Glue. We will share our top tips on how to kick start your startup journey and provide an overview of the startup ecosystem in Stockholm, outlining the local resources and provide advice on how to build an enduring startup in Stockholm.

What is the Agenda?

• Welcome and introduction to Founder Institute

• Startup advice from our top mentors

• Overview of the startup ecosystem in Stockholm

• Question and answer session

• Discussion and drinks

Representing the Startup Ecosystem we have Mikael Wintzell (Co-founder and CEO at Wellstreet), Peter Fosso (Stockholm Entrepreneurs), Kerstin Cooley (Managing Partner of MOOR) and Johanna Pihl (Marketing Manager StartupStockholm).

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Hope to see you there!

The Founder Institute Mentors:

Susanne Birgersdotter, founder and CEO at iGotcha

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Susanne manages a large, growing and independent startup company in Sweden that creates solutions for the mobile application industry. Her mission is to design and deliver some of the largest applications for smartphone users worldwide. Susanne is a serial entrepreneur that got started at her kitchen table with a mobile app for her daughter. Today she is the founder of iGotcha Game Studios, working with location-based gaming, currently having a very exciting location-based app for smartphones in the final stages of development.

Carl Johan Grandinson, co-founder and CEO at Glue.

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Carl Johan is an entrepreneur, seed investor and advisor of several technology start-ups. As the CEO of Glue Carl Johan is developing a solution to use your smartphone as a secure key to open your door, from anywhere you happen to be – an app that takes the place of physical keys. Previously, Carl Johan was the co-founder of Tre Kronor Media, a leading award-winning media agency in Scandinavia. He also co-founded Ameibo, a film distribution company. Carl Johan was the first founding employee and regional director at Tradedoubler.

Representing the Startup Ecosystem:

Mikael Wintzell, Co-founder and CEO at Wellstreet

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Mikael Wintzell is the co-founder and CEO of Wellstreet, an entrepreneurially driven investment company and one of Scandinavia's most active Investors in seed and early stage startups. Mikael has an extensive experience in the retail and fintech industries where he has held several executive positions, most recently as deputy Chief Commercial Officer at Klarna. Mikael has also been named Supertalang and awarded Digital Master in Commercial Excellence.

Peter Fosso, Stockholm Entrepreneurs

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Peter Fosso is a serial entrepreneur, advisor, community builder, musician, and musical philanthropist. He's the founder of Global Music Project, the non-profit organization and music discovery platform which provides free musical instruments to the underprivileged. He is also the Head of U.S. Operations for Music2Deal.com, an international networking site for music professionals. As an entrepreneur, he founded NetMusic.com, an early music distribution platform, which he eventually took public, and has launched and grown several networking and educational groups, including Seattle Entrepreneurs and Stockholm Entrepreneurs (http://meetup.com/StockholmEntrepreneurs).

Kerstin Cooley, Managing Partner of MOOR

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Kerstin Cooley is CEO & Partner of MOOR, a Stockholm-based venture firm founded by Kaj Hed, majority shareholder in Rovio - the creators of Angry Birds. MOOR is an early-stage tech investor focused on digital opportunities with a global outlook. Previously, Kerstin held senior positions in SEB’s hedge fund practice, investing in start-up hedge funds and developing alternative investment products for institutional clients. With 20 years’ experience in the financial/IT industry, she started her career at Silicon Valley-based Echelon. In 1998, Kerstin co-founded global integrated communications agency Cognito, and spent eight years at Trema Group, managing M&A transactions and the company’s consulting organisation in the US. Kerstin holds a Master of Science from Umeå School of Business and Economics.

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