Some ideas are to good to be kept secret

After making my first trip around the globe as 20 YO i have refined  the art of ultralight travel & backpacking recent years after a long break with luxury travel, and resorts. Im glad to be back in the ultralight segment since it so much more rewarding (and challenging) . Bringing just a small messenger bag containing the most necessary stuff I try to flow around in Europe or Southeast Asia. Prior to departure I set up a rough plan with some highlight , transport routes, contacts, and other necessary information . I pick the first destination depending on flight routing and pricing and a principle I don't book the legs in advance. A typical trip can be 3 weeks to 4 months . One leg (i.e a city, or attractions) i usually a few days but can be prolonged up to a week. Since i travel ultralight i don't need to use taxis or upmarket hotels but i can take a moto on hire, or just walk. A small luggage enables me to use a motorcykle to move around or go offroad. Laos ...

I had the opportunity to sit among students and SÄPO-guards@kth the other day. Since no journalists were allowed I thought I make some notes. It was a creme del a creme entrepreneurs showcase with some royal flavour as well. The Prince gave some great learning's from his career as an entrepreneur in the health business. Don't hesitate and give your idea a chance was among the advice given. Not easy for him to match the performance of entrepreneurs like Niklas Zennstrom though, but still you could feel he has matured into his role and does a good job. Zennströms advice was that entrepreneurs should give gas once their business model finds acceptance. This could mean taking the step over to the US once volume and acceptance are waterproofing on the home markets in Europe. Don't wait and fund it aggressively. Also, he pointed to the importance of staying lean and not recruit too early. After some more oneliners from the Prince and Ratos CEO, Martin Lorenzon had an even...

It's easy to get impressed by the superb solutions offered by innovative start-ups like Spotify, Magine, Klarna as well as less known alternatives.  Valuation and company being two different things though.  I have recently thought about what drives the constantly increased valuations. Could it be so that the driver of the last 30-40% of value aggregation is  the quantitative easing made by the Fed? The QE programs have now crippled down from the bond market (10-11) to large caps (12), SMEs (Q1 13) and finally reached all types of start-ups including a drastic increase in value for the most merited ones. Once the ratio of bond-buying eases the effects will come in the reverse order meaning startup valuations first.