Thomas Krogh Jensen

Aug 23, 2020

In 2019 Copenhagen Fintech established the ‘Global Advisory Board’ (GAB) and the first meeting was…

In 2019 Copenhagen Fintech established the ‘Global Advisory Board’ (GAB) and the first meeting was held in Copenhagen just before the kick-off of the Copenhagen Fintech Week. Because of the pandemic, the June meeting was held virtually and this ‘whitepaper’ contains some of the insights and knowledge shared by the…

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May 10, 2020

Ecosystems and communities matter in times of crisis

National Geographic defines ecosystems as “a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.” and they continue “every factor in an ecosystem depends on every other factor, either directly or indirectly. …

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Ecosystems and communities matter in times of crisis

Dec 31, 2018

What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There!

The current organizational structures and models have created unprecedented progress and prosperity for many decades. But times are changing. I know you know. I am just repeating it. It’s old news. The world has gone VUCA — Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. …

Management

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Nov 25, 2018

Scale your fintech startup in Copenhagen, Denmark!

Copenhagen FinTech is launching an ambitious accelerator in collaboration with Accelerace, Nykredit and Danske Bank. Copenhagen Fintech (the first and largest Nordic dedicated fintech co-working space and incubator), Accelerace Management (the leading Nordic accelerator) and The Danish Industry Foundation have joined forces to establish a dedicated fintech accelerator that can strengthen the positive development and help to innovate and develop new sustainable strong commercial…

Startup

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Jul 1, 2018

How do we stay ahead?

This article is mainly aimed for a Danish audience (but all are of course welcome to join the conversation). It is about two important reports that was launched by the SIRI commission on fintech. “Fintech i fremtidens Danmark” is a report by the SIRI commission with recommendations for how Denmark…

Fintech

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Sep 13, 2017

Surfing fintech waves

…or how to the create the perfect wave! How it all started? In 2015 several stakeholders (the City of Copenhagen, the Financial Services Union Denmark (Finansforbundet), the Danish Bankers Association (FinansDanmark), Nets, Saxo Bank, CFIR (Copenhagen Fintech Innovation and Research) and several others) commissioned a study investigating Copenhagen’s potential for becoming a strong Nordic…

Fintech

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Jul 31, 2017

Building and growing coral reefs

…or how to build self sustaining and truly innovative business ecosystems? …with an entrepreneurial mindset. Let me start out with a disclaimer. The metaphor used in the title of this blog series is not my own invention. All credit should go to the founder of Linkedin Reid Hoffmann who in his series of podcasts — Masters of Scale — came up with this great picture…

Fintech

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