Henrik Berggren http://www.henrikberggren.com books, bits, code & lolcats Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:24:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 A dream come true http://www.henrikberggren.com/2012/02/15/a-dream-come-true/ http://www.henrikberggren.com/2012/02/15/a-dream-come-true/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:24:37 +0000 Henrik http://www.henrikberggren.com/?p=786

via Readmill Blog

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]]> http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/11/15/been-waiting-for-these/feed/ Readmill in Spiegel http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/11/02/readmill-in-spiegel/ http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/11/02/readmill-in-spiegel/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:35:19 +0000 Henrik http://www.henrikberggren.com/?p=773

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]]> http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/10/06/rip/feed/ Meeting Paul Graham http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/09/15/meeting-paul-graham/ http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/09/15/meeting-paul-graham/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:38:50 +0000 Henrik http://www.henrikberggren.com/?p=767 was pretty cool :)

Office Hours @ Techcrunch Disrupt

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Readmill user

Roosevelt Island

5Pointz

@fascinated in Brooklyn

Greenpoint

Spotify party

wow

]]> http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/09/11/travels/feed/ Readmill in Wall Street Journal http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/09/02/readmill-in-wall-street-journal/ http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/09/02/readmill-in-wall-street-journal/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:41:29 +0000 Henrik http://www.henrikberggren.com/?p=754 I was quite stunned. Link.

]]> http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/09/02/readmill-in-wall-street-journal/feed/ Great quote from Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/08/04/great-quote-from-delivering-happiness-by-tony-hsieh/ http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/08/04/great-quote-from-delivering-happiness-by-tony-hsieh/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:28:30 +0000 Henrik http://www.henrikberggren.com/?p=727

The unified energy and emotion of everyone in the room was reminiscent of when I’d attended my first rave ten years earlier, where I’d witnessed thousands of people dancing in unison, with everyone feeding off of each other’s energy.

Highlighted by Henrik Berggren in Delivering Happiness

Just released sharing of highlights over at Readmill - check it out! :)

]]> http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/08/04/great-quote-from-delivering-happiness-by-tony-hsieh/feed/ How do I get excited? A reply to @fascinated http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/06/26/how-do-i-get-excited-a-reply-to-fascinated/ http://www.henrikberggren.com/2011/06/26/how-do-i-get-excited-a-reply-to-fascinated/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:20:02 +0000 Henrik http://www.henrikberggren.com/?p=713 I got an email from my friend Anthony Volodkin the other day, he had just published a post trying to explain how he get’s excited about new ideas and companies. Anthony, who is a person I deeply respect for being super smart forwarded his thoughts and asked if I could jot down some thoughts of my own. So I did:

I’ve actually thought about this quite a lot over the weekend as well as talking to people around me about how they see it. But it was harder than I thought to find a pattern among ideas and startups that I like and envy. When things are hard to formulate I usually scale back and make a list, so here it is:

Team

For me the team is super important. Is it people i trust? Are they smart? Will they turn the idea into something great? Remember, ideas are worth absolutely nothing, it’s what you make of them that’s valuable.

Design

It doesn’t have to be visual but design is, for me as a product person, what makes a difference. Could be the flow of data, the snappyness, the tech or just plain old beauty. Design definitely lights my fire.

Story

Something that defines the relationship between the founders and the idea. This relationship makes the startup into a movement that you want to follow. Examples are SoundCloud, Airbnb and Twitter.

I think those three things are the most important for me. How about you?
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