"[...] one of the most important persons in the German startup scene." - Wirtschafts Woche
"Vordenker 2022 - Deutschlands kluegste Koepfe" - DUP UNTERNEHMER-Magazin
A Norwegian tech entrepreneur (b. 1975) who from time to time founds (tech) startups to scratch his own itches.
A certified Lean Launchpad Educator invited to be trained at Stanford by Steve Blank (the father of the Lean Startup movement), his "hobby" is spreading education on how (not) to build startups to students and helping founders as a very modest and non-detrimental cap table position in super-early-stage tech startups.
And - because they keep asking - he also helps corporations and organisations achieve innovation 50x faster and creating results instead of PowerPoints with +ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES.
Currently living in Meerbusch, Germany (CGN/DUS area) - and in airplanes around the world...
Speaking / Teaching* or Open Office Hours*
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A popular keynote speaker, pictured Andersen is speaking about what marketers can learn from startups at Estonia's largest marketing conference "Password".
Andersen is a certified Lean Launchpad (LLP) Educator trained at Stanford by Steve Blank himself, here pictured teaching the LLP curriculum to students at the largest private tech university in Iran.
Andersen teaching his Pitching Masterclass, pictured here teaching in Budapest, Hungary.
Pictured, teaching his Innovator Masterclass for corporates at Telefonica Germany, Munich
Andersen's keynote (view on RTL) "Why Corporate Innovation Fails" at RTL's Digital Shapers conference in Zagreb.
As a popular speaker, keynote topics from Andersen include Digitalisation, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Startups, Data-Driven Innovation, Corporate Innovation, Technology, NFTs, Blockchain, Innovation Management, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship Education.
As a popular MC, here Moderating the closing panel discussion at the World Business Dialogue, Cologne.
A jury member for the Gruenderstipendium NRW in Cologne and Duesselforf since its inception, here on a panel discussion about the program so far with State Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. Pinkwart.
In the 15 years preceding all of the above, Andersen was an on and off employee in various highly specialised digital development companies helping large international companies and organizations like Statoil, TeeKay Shipping, Shell, Esso, Exxon, T-Mobile International, Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa, The Royal Norwegian Government, The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research with innovation and digitalisation - in between founding his own companies. The last position he held before he decided to never be an employee again was "Head of Digital" - and "Member of the Board" - at the lead agency to T-Mobile International, responsible for all things digital. You can find more information about his past on LinkedIn.
*Please note as of February 24th 2022, bookings are not available to Russian owned or controlled companies, subsidiaries, GOs, etc long as the illegal invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine is ongoing, Russian troops are still in Ukraine, and Putin remains in power. Thank you for understanding.