First out was Entreprenörsskapsjakten, by Gustaf Josefsson, where I together with KVD.se (Kvarndammen) was judging a section when the competitors tried to come up with creative solutions to use social media for attracting new customers. The results were in great variety but overall very good and creative! The winners were Entreprenörspartiet with Lisa Lindgren, Ludwig Jonsson & Adrian Swartz.

Later at the night it was time for celebration with Idéfestivalen and Idégalan.

The day after I was spontaneously invited by my friend Johannes Hansen to attend and coach competitors in Hjärna, Hjärta, Cash, a competition that last for 48 hours and was about creating social entrepreneurship. The ideas were great and I’m looking forward to follow them to real business ideas.

After that it was time for Stockholm and SM in Ung Företagsamhet. A two day long event with incredible ideas and energy that refreshed your whole body. One of the days was meant for a national board meeting which I was attending. The winner was Bolsa UF.

One of the speakers for the opening ceremony was the Swedish prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, which I, Viktor Nord, offcourse had to say a few words to.

Young Entrepreneurs of Sweden was represented by former UF-students Joakim Bank, Emma Knaggård Wendt, Erik Fjellborg and Per Anderberg Almhorn. Unfortunately I, Viktor Nord, am not a former UF student.

After that I went to Örebro to my friends Mikael Blix and Johan Berglund at Sportion to attend their yearly office party with a lot of familiar faces.

Then it was time for the 17 of may celebration in Oslo which last for a couple of days. I envy the Norwegian passion for the national day!

Here is my partner and better half Christian Josefsson and me Viktor Nord in the middle of Oslo. Take care so long!

This is an amazing TED presentation from the 12 year old Adora Svitak about the world needs to learn from children. 8:13 seconds worth watching!

This video won a contest for best commercial in Entreprenörsjakten. I really like it! What do you think?

This is crazy. About one year ago Twitter reached a huge milestone: one billion tweets. Four months ago, five billion tweets were served. And now, in about one day, Twitter should reach another very important milestone: 10 billion tweets .

I read a few days ago an very interesting article about how Twitter in the classroom is boosting studen engagement. Studies frequently discover that greater participation translates into better academic performance, motivation, and a likelihood of adopting different points of view, which is why it is so striking that Twitter can foster that type of communication.

Classroom shyness is like a blackhole: Once silence takes over, it never lets go! In a class of hundreds, the fraction of students who speak up is small, and a still tinier fraction contribute regularly.

For schools hit hard by the recession, Twitter is an inexpensive solution to the growing problem of increasing class sizes. It is a tried-and-true platform to let conversations flourish.

Watch this video with Dr. Monica Ranking of the University of Texas at Dallas. The Twitter Experiment:

Few minutes ago the winner of the prestige full competition Entrepreneur Of The Year by Ernst & Young was presented and it was Björn Örås the super-entrepreneur with his companies Poolia, Uniflex and Bro Hof Golf.

I really like winners, who doesn’t? They inspire us, they make it happened and they are truly the role models!

When I saw this conceptual video I was amazed what the possibilities are for new technology. The team at Bonnier R&B Beta Lab and BERG tries to make the experience of reading magazines on digital devices to something extraordinary.

They want to capture the essence of magazine reading, which people have been enjoying for decades. I really like this product! What do you think?

So, it’s a bit controversial to say that you increase your IQ by playing video games but in fact the studies from Confederation of Swedish Enterprise shows us this is the truth. So next time you tell your kids to stop playing the video games you might think one more time. You can read the whole story in english or choose to read it in swedish at generationen.se which is a site initiated by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise to change the public perception of youth from unwilling career victims to a fantastic resource for Sweden’s competitive force in the global market.

Here are five more things you can do to increase your IQ:

1. Minimize Television Watching

2. Exercise

3. Read Challenging Books

4. Early to Bed, Early to Rise

5. Take Time to Reflect

Originally posted at PickTheBarin.com

Recently Shortcut announced a list of 100 new and inspiring young entrepreneurs in Sweden. The list was fun to read in many aspects, Christian Josefsson with our company Sverige-Norge.se and 24 other people from Young Entrepreneurs of Sweden was mentioned. The worthy winner was Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify, closely followed by the members of YEoS:

Lisa Renander & Julia Hamrin with Go Enteprise

Mattias Tyrberg with SAPLO

Mikael Blix & Johan Berglund with Sportion Media Group

Gustaf Oscarsson with Bissy Media

Alexander Brännkärr & Fredrik Hjort with Infoside Sweden

Petter Hedborg with Remium relations

Erik Fjellborg with Quinyx flexforce

Diana Svensk with Svensk Fashion

Christian Josfesson & Viktor Nord (me) with Sverige-Norge.se

Therese Albrechtson with Greyzone, Iboards, Bodyguard

Emma Knaggård Wendt with Emma KW

Christian Albinsson och Fredrik Pettersson with Lördag Morgon

Akrem Abdu with Problemfinders

Nick Larsson with S.T.A.T underwear

Sebastian Stjern & Lina Stjern with The Fair Tailor

Benjamin Kainz, Oscar Lundin & Arvid Morin with Ung omsorg

Sofia Falk with Wiminvest

I wish you all a big congratulations. You are all well worht it! Keep up the good work out there.

Best regards

Viktor Nord

I’ve just got a study send by me from Leif Näslund on Chef.se made by Stockholm School of Economics that shows how unprepared the Y-generation are when they’ve finished their studies and starts their new jobs.

According to the study our generation’s attitude is all wrong. We can learn new things fast and we want to but we don’t want to take big responsibilities and handle conflicts. And the fact that we are missing out how to negotiate is a big problem too.

So please read the study and I hope you will get an eye opener as I’ve got. But now when we know what our employers wants – adept and become a great leader!

Read the study here – BCP_Presentation_FINAL

Henrik Fexenus gives a great short talk, very thoughtful, about how you should approach people you don’t know.