Mads Vad Kristensen

If none of top 40 companies WW in terms of valuation are from Europe, and European startups typically raise funds at 1/3 of the valuation of comparable US startups, what would the top 40 list look like if adjusted for inflated valuations?

Sometimes things are not what they seem at face value.

Attending Digital Tech Summit in downtown Copenhagen today meeting a lot of operators and key stakeholders from the DeepTech ecosystem.

I am not much of a fan of vanity metrics, but today I marked the 200th meeting this calendar year with great people in the amazing research-based startup teams, I support at DTU.

I absolutely love working with these driven individuals and helping them succeed with realizing the visions.

The Shockingly Harsh Math of Venture Capital Venture capital isn’t a mentorship program, a startup accelerator, or a charity for dreamers. It’s an asset class.

This is one of the better and more understandable walk-throughs on what you agree to, when you as a founder say yes to a VC investment, I have seen in a long time.

Make no mistake and be under no illusions. Understand the game before committing to it.

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America’s Best Bet America is now one giant bet on AI. If not for the Magnificent 10, the markets would be flat for the year. There’s a different technology…

While the US and investors are betting the farm on AI, there might be an even better bet they could be making instead. I am totally with The Dawg here. It is all about perspective.

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Søren Pind om kontroversiel plakat: Jeg er stolt Du kan følge TV 2's valgblog her. Du også også følge valgets første dag på TV 2 News via TV 2 Play.

Der er stadig ingen over eller ved siden af denne udødelige klassiker...

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You Have No Idea How Screwed OpenAI Actually Is When you find yourself in a hole, at what point do you stop digging?

An interesting read for a Sunday afternoon on what might be the biggest man-made hole in the ground in all of human history.

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Hosting a workshop this morning for early stage teams on team formation and team culture.

Such an overlooked discipline in much venture building.

Back in the work saddle after a nice week of vacation in London.

I virkeligheden kan man jo spørge sig selv, hvad vi fik ud af al den ‘optimering’ og ‘outsourcing’? I hvert fald fik vi skabt nogle afhængigheder, der nu har gjort ting…kompliceret.

Skulle vi så ikke bare undlade at klappe i hænderne, når folk vil overlade mere til andre - mennesker som maskiner?

British Museum today.

Wow! Just wow!

Highly recommended.

Credit to the UK for keeping museums free for the public and fighting ignorance and idiocy with knowledge, insight and wonders.

Thank you!

Jeg er mere imod idéen om differentieret moms, fordi jeg er 100% sikker på, der går et splitsekund før den besparelse, der skulle komme forbrugerne til gode, er vekslet til prisstigninger og dermed øget profit for supermarkederne. Tro mig: De skal nok finde en undskyldning…

Dinner at Jamie Olivers restaurant in Covent Garden yesterday got a bit more added spice than expected.

Super friendly gesture of him 🙏.

Holiday in London. Sitting in a pub, having a cider and reading a book on quantum computing while the girls have gone shopping.

Life is good.

Where’s the line between having a contrarian take on a startup opportunity and just being ignorant about market dynamics?

6 Secrets I Shouldn’t Tell Startup Founders (You’re Better Off Not Knowing Yet) Read at your own risk…

Good rundown of some of the mortal sins a founder can commit and which have the potential to effectively kill any startup.

Noting that "At least half the challenges you’ll face as a founder are problems you unknowingly created yourself" really resonates.

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Takker. Og ja, det tænker jeg også 😀

Helt enig.

Det er en kæmpe udfordring, der kræver nytænkning på et helt andet niveau end noget, vi hidtil har set.

Men hvad den geniale tilgang så er? Tjaaaah bum bum...

Last day at work before autumn break comes calling.

Looking forward to exploring London with my family over the coming days. It's been ages since I was last there, and it will be fun to also see it through a child's lense.

3-1 for Denmark and a festive evening of football with some of my good friends on The Red Wall. As always.

The Danish Football Federations subscription scheme that allows a ticket for each home game on a monthly subscription basis is a real winner.

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In Parken yesterday to watch the WC qualifier between Denmark and Greece.

In the internal raffle with my friends, I correctly predicted the first Danish scorer, Rasmus Højlund. I also almost predicted correctly that as soon as I left for the bathroom, Denmark would score. They did - but twice.

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Lidt af hvert. Gerne også lidt skævt for at få én på opleveren. Knapt så meget klassisk kunst.

Har været der mange gange med arbejde for år tilbage.

Der var da godt gang i den.

(Jeg finder selv ud)

Jeg dribler derover med familien på tirsdag 🙌.

Anbefalinger til ting, jeg kan gøre for at bevare forstanden og måske endda udvide min egen horisont, mens tøserne fortaber sig i shopping, modtages med et kys på ringen 💍.

Hvor sjovt. Snakkede præcis i går med en gruppe kolleger om, at dette nok var på vej uden at vide, det faktisk var det...

Man burde være spåmand 🔮

Frykter fredsprisen kan gi Trump-konsekvenser: – Må være forberedt på alt SV-leder Kirsti Bergstø sier Trump er ustabil og autoritær, og ber Norge forberede seg på konsekvensene dersom presidenten ikke vinner Nobels fredspris.

Norway as a country, which has nothing to do with the private Norwegian committee handing out the Nobel Peace Prize, embracing for the potential fallout, if a certain individual does NOT get it today.

What a bonkers world, we live in.

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Investors in general seem to be much more on point with what teams need to fix and why in order to be able to attract funding than normal mentors, who tend to be more 'nice'.

Getting investors in the room to help teams become investor ready seems to be a high-impact initiative for teams.

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Follow-up meeting this morning on the Investor Readiness pilot we're currently running with several other Danish universities to help more mature research-based startup teams get ready for investment.

The first meetings are happening, and we're getting the first learnings.

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