Скачать или смотреть RVK Futurecast #2: Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-Founder and CEO of Grid

Iceland – a country famous for its natural beauty and geothermal energy. But The Land Of Fire And Ice is still only warming up in terms of developing its presence on the global business stage.

Bala Kamallakharan is an Icelandic entrepreneur who is helping to foster that development. In our Futurecast series he talks to innovative thinkers in the Icelandic business community—and beyond—about their experiences leading or fostering startup organisations.

In our second episode he speaks to Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-Founder and CEO of Icelandic startup Grid, which aims to reinvent the way organizations work with data. Hjalmar shares how he learned to build great teams, and why Reykjavík is not such a bad place to start a technology company.

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Introduction: (0:00)
Hjalmar's background: (0:30)
What is Grid (1:58)
Google and Microsoft ecosystem (5:19)
Inspirations and the journey (7:27)
Rising money (9:54)
Recognizing the market (16:32)
The mentor (20:22)
Big challenges (22:03)
Startup in covid times (24:05)
Personal motives (27:08)
Tip for future founders (29:28)