For starters, people and their relationships are not “towels” to be thrown in a hamper or in the trash. This goes for bath towels, locker room towels, and even dish towels (which are smaller in size).
Why are we equating relationships to this object? Sometimes people throw towels on the floor or do not hang them up properly or they use the wrong detergent when washing them, making the towels fade in color or become rough or just unusable. …
Art as a form of communication and self-expression is nothing new, but it takes on a whole new level of importance when we consider the way we can incorporate it in a professional setting. Last month, Startup Grind Oslo hosted its first workshop focusing on the benefits of drawing to communicate down at MESH. Åse Tegner, a project manager with no background in design, led the interactive program to an intimate group of roughly twenty people.
As you can imagine, there is a degree of hesitancy when picking up a pen in a room and drawing your neighbor without being…
Edee Carey
Sindre Haaland became a founder legend when he secured funding from investor hotshot, Are Traasdæel. With his new venture fund, Spring Polaris Capital, the famous Norwegian entrepreneur and founder of Tapad became the first investor in Haaland’s company, Dogu. But how was Dogu able to survive and thrive before this? What were they already doing to scale? And what do they do?
Chasing the Vision
In ancient Japanese culture, “dogu” is a mythical figure; the term loosely translating to “the instruments of the way.” Much like their predecessors, the team at Dogu (“Data og Utvilkling”) wields influence by…
Edee Carey
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