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Hello everybody!

Last Monday, I attended the STHM TECH MEETUP event at Hilton Slussen together with Andy, Marcus, Oscar, Birk and Ninos, where we also met other classmates. As many of you have already mentioned, the event was packed and all seats where sold out. Which got me thinking about how much interest and commitment for entrepreneurship we have in Stockholm.

The event started by showing some statistics about the development of star ups in Stockholm, the figures were really good, showing how great results STLM has achieved in the recent years. The event continued with some success stories and different investors explaining what they are looking for before investing their money.

Representatives from big companies such as H&M, EQT, Deutsche Bank  and Nasdaq went on stage and expressed how much focus they have on the Nordic Start-Up Market. Furthermore, we got the chance to hear how athletes such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexander Gustafsson approach their and investments. People from the audience had the chance to pitch their ideas, which I found was really cool.

The event really inspired me and I realaized that Stockholm is definitely one of the best cities for being an entrepreneur. I strongly recommend you to attend the next Tech MEET UP event.

Good day everyone!

I really believe that one of the key factors to become a successful entrepreneur is to connect the right persons to your idea. Therefore I found the Startup bar as a perfect opportunity to expand my network.

Last night, I attended the Startup bar evening at Scandic Continental, which was an amazing evening, The atmosphere was really entrepreneurial, where people from different business and academic backgrounds mingled around. What I found really interesting and clever during this event is that everyone who attended the evening got a sticker with a sentence describing their mood or situation. “ Please talk to me”, “ Looking for a partner”, “Thinking about to start my own company” are examples of these sentences on the tags, thus creating a social environment and facilitating the communication between the participants.

I had a tag with “ Working hard for many hours” which helped my networking with several people who looked for a partner. The output was really relevant, already next week I will have a meeting with an IT consultant who will give my guidance on how to build the web platform for Flyby (The idea that I pitched during the elevator pitch session). I’m so excited and really looking forward to the meeting.

Moreover I got acquainted with a person named Per Öberg, with more than 10 years of experience from the manufacturing industry in India and strong connections to municipalities and suppliers. This contact is very relevant for some friends of mine who owns a clothing boutique in Beirut so I sent them Mr Öbergs contact information. In my mind entrepreneurship is not only about my self, it is also about how can I help others with their ideas. Thus helping each other with small steps is more or less an essential factor for long-term success. I have attached a photo of Mr. Öbergs business card, and hope the contact might be helpful for you as well.

Looking forward for my next Startup event!