Saturday Swedish Startup News – March 28 edition
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5 “alternative” advertising/PR ideas for startups
What happens when Sweden’s teeming jungle of start-ups all pitch similar or identical advertising angles and marketing campaigns? Things start to get a little melded and monotonous. If you mix all the paint on your palette together, you’re going to end up with a dull gray ooze. Well I’m not letting the startup scene turn into a dull gray ooze. Not on Marwan’s watch.
Instagram competitor Socialmist to launch out of Gothenburg
Socialmist is a new social network that is based on the idea of telling stories through music. The web app and the iPhone-app will launch on April 28 of 2014.
Spotscale launch drone-powered real estate development tool
Back in November, we talked to a startup from Linköping, Spotscale. They were currently working on launching their products and collaborating with the world’s best RC pilots. They now introduces its first interactive web tool SpotPlanner at the Swedish National Mapping Conference in Jonkoping, Sweden. The tool enables real estate developers, city planning offices and […]
More than 500 000 Swedes have registered a secure digital mailbox at Kivra
Kivra, the Swedish digital mailbox for your postal mail have now completed the transfer of users from Brevo, a company they acquired last year into their own database. After the merger, Kivra are now the largest player in this space – with 500,000 users in total.
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Why an Android-first approach could give you momentum for success
Sweden is a hub of innovative start-ups, but unless your app is region-specific, there is absolutely no need to focus on local users first. Marwan goes over the reasons why you should choose to develop for Android instead of iOS.
5 “alternative” advertising/PR ideas for startups
What happens when Sweden’s teeming jungle of start-ups all pitch similar or identical advertising angles and marketing campaigns? Things start to get a little melded and monotonous. If you mix all the paint on your palette together, you’re going to end up with a dull gray ooze. Well I’m not letting the startup scene turn into a dull gray ooze. Not on Marwan’s watch.
Instagram competitor Socialmist to launch out of Gothenburg
Socialmist is a new social network that is based on the idea of telling stories through music. The web app and the iPhone-app will launch on April 28 of 2014.
Stockholm’s Startup Scene: A Cheatsheet
Stockholm’s startup scene is a pretty amazing to be right now. I don’t need to bend your ear’s on what’s been happening lately – you’ve surely read about it in the New York Times, The Guardian, Reuters and of course – here at Swedish Startup Space.
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir
Location: Stockholm
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Location: Stockholm
Part-time Frontend Software Engineer at Tink
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iOS Software Engineer at Tink
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Sales Hero to exciting SaaS company at Sparta
Location: Stockholm
Software developer for exciting SaaS company at Sparta
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C# / Windows Phone Developer at Truecaller
Location: Stockholm
Site Reliability Engineer at Truecaller
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System administrator at Truecaller
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Android Developer at Truecaller
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