Friday gang! I want to share a bit about my last week in San Francisco 🌁
My hometown is on 🔥 The city is electric and alive in a way I haven’t seen it in years, full of serendipity, boundless ambitions, and a hustle that cannot be bottled or sold. I’ve returned to Norway inspired, with a healthy dash of FOMO.
I’m also in awe at the impact Norwegian founders are beginning to have on SF!
Thursday I went to SHACK15 where I caught up with Norwegian serial entrepreneurs Olav Sindre Kriken and Aurora Klæboe Berg from Tana, who among other things shared their enthusiasm and wicked advice for my current job search. Aurora has always been so generous to me on my visits and has become a bit of a career guide over the years, for which I am so incredibly grateful. Incorporations in progress 🤓
Later in the evening, we joined Sondre Rasch, Co-founder of SafetyWing and Jørn Lyseggen Founder of Meltwater (and SHACK15!) for the inaugural meeting of the San Francisco Future Forum, an accelerator with the goal of bringing together the brightest minds to tackle the city’s challenges head on. That it’s been started by Norwegians in my home town and can already boast Sam Altman as a contributor is, to say the least, inspiring and 💯💥
(Link to the initiative: https://sffutureforum.com/)
Friday I joined my friend and former Co-founder Kristian Elset Bø at the Wordware offices, where I got to meet the team that literally broke Product Hunt with the most successful launch of all time…an entire week before their Y Combinator demo day 🤯
Beyond the work hard, play hard ethos on display, I loved to see that over 75% of the early team in the room were former founders. Take note Norway, this is the way. Thanks to Filip Kozera, Robert Chandler and the whole team for their hospitality. I’m truly in love with the product, now to the moon!! 🥮
And what a joy to see my former colleague from Mesh community who recently relocated to San Francisco to work with the Dutch Consulate — Kimberly Beijersbergen so thrilled for your move to the Bay!!
What a way to start Oslo Innovation Week…
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