Every company these days knows about the importance of innovation. It is no longer just enough to do the same thing as yesterday only slightly faster or better.
No, you need to bring innovation in to your business.
We have co-organised startup events with over 300 participants. What all these people had in common was two things: an idea and a passion to get things done. By setting up the infrastructure we allowed for their innovative energy to be released. When this happens it is almost like magic. “This has been the greatest weekend of my life” is an actual quote from one of the participants.
Your employees are no different. They all carry ideas and passion. The problem is that this innovative energy seldom gets the chance to be released.
This is where we come in.
We accelerate change in your business by releasing innovative energy. You see, the box is not us – it’s you and your company! We only help you open it.
We can almost promise you: two days with us will be the greatest two days of your company’s life! Are you ready to be accelerated? Contact us and we are happy to tell you more.
Inspirational Quotes
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About
Startup Garage was started as a collaboration project in Malmö in 2010 by three entrepreneurs:
Erik Starck, an agile innovator with a background in web and telecom.
Patrik Gullstrand, open source entrepreneur and CEO of Örestad Linux AB.
Stefan Mossberg, with a background in the events and media business and as a founder of one of the first “pure” web agencies in Sweden.
All of us share a love for entrepreneurship and disruptive innovations. We made the following observations:
- The startup world is changing and Sweden is not keeping up. The “innovation system” in Sweden is stuck in a legacy model of how innovative ideas turn to profitable businesses.
- Startup Accelerators like YCombinator, Startup Bootcamp (based in Copenhagen) or Techstars are one of the key drivers of change, made possible by the decreasing cost of launching a web based business. Sweden has nothing similar.
- The lean startup movement is bigger than just startups, it will transform how business is made in the 21st century.
Based on this we decided to become a positive force in the Swedish startup-o-sphere and an active driver of change. Our mission consists of:
- Helping entrepreneurs go from idea to business.
- Helping investors find good entrepreneurs.
- Helping companies mine innovations from within themselves.
Our goal is to set up a startup accelerator in Sweden. This includes the entire ecosystem around the accelerator: customers willing to buy innovative products, investors and entrepreneurs with the right mindset, exit partners etc.
This will take time and we can not do it ourselves. Feel free to contact us if you share our vision and want to help.
Startup Garage is currently not incorporated as an AB. This will change in the near future.
/Erik, Stefan, Patrik. December 2011.