The Yabot news aggregation service started as a “fun project” as we needed a free search tool for online news from Sweden. This was back in 2005 and there were very few credible news sources available as RSS feeds… Yabot eventually became its own company and is today run from London. The name Yabot is […]
I founded SolutionPlanet Ltd as I moved to London after my divorce in 1998. The company’s goal was to develop off the shelf solutions for IBM’s Lotus Domino platform. I had been working with Lotus Notes/Domino for a few years and was at this time a member of Lotus’ Executive Partner Council in EMEA and […]
Coming back from London I had an idea for an e-commerce site in my baggage. As we hit a low in my IT consultancy I took a gamble and put most of my savings and time into the new venture and launched SFQ.se (Strumpor För Qvinnor) in October 2003. The e-shop was about selling hosiery […]
Not too bad. It does feel a bit subjective, especially after reading “The Accidental Billionaires“… There are quite some interesting facts, stories and episodes though. So it’s worth reading if you have nothing better to do 😉 3/5
By Tony Hsieh This book is a must for anyone in e-commerce or just anyone that deals with customer service for that matter. The Zappos story is engaging and inspiring. Well worth the read. 5/5 Update (21 March 2011): Just re-listened to it and it is still just as good. Took away two new ideas […]
The E is for Entrepreneur and this is a good book for anyone planning to run a small business. I’ve had businesses since the age of 16 but I still took away some great insights and ideas. The key thoughts are “Don’t work in your business, work on your business” and do not start a […]
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