Workshops & Company visits

During the first day of Founders World Summit September 15th during Session Two you and your group choose between

Interactive Workshop with deep dive into key areas of company development and participation Founders' challenges and opportunities to scale and sustain

Group session with your Founders Group

When detailing your participation during the second day of Founders World Summit on September 16 you select among parallel Company visits or Excursions. Mark your preference of company visits or excursion, in order for Founders Alliance to optimize.

September 15

Workshops Session Two

September 15 01:00-03:00 pm

Interactive workshops based on current key strategic challenges and experiences of participants led by a facilitator.

Mark your preference of company visits or excursion, in order for Founders Alliance to optimize.

Note! In some cases your Founders Group has decided not to be part of these workshops and Founders Alliance will make sure you are with your group.

Johan S. Roos
Dr.

Your Founders' Leadership for accelerated Impact workshop with Dr. Johan S. Roos

Dr. Johan S. Roos is the Chief Academic Officer at HULT, co-inventor of LEGO Serious Play, and owner at Grönadal Egendom Real Estate in South Sweden.

This workshop is part of Niclas Carlsson and Johan S Roos multiyear collaboration on researching how large scale Founders lead and own companies with the purpose to broaden and accelerate the entrepreneurial footprint and increase essential understanding and awareness of the role of Founders for large scale company creation and accelerated social impact.

Johan S. Roos

It is defined that the role of founders is to build and own companies that drive necessary change in society for the benefit of all. How do Founders lead this?The workshop starts with a short presentation by Dr. Roos based on interviews with Founders Alliance members followed by an interactive workshop.

Topics include managing change, culture, ownership, and “guiding principles” for effective leadership. The purpose is to give participants the opportunity to both conceptualize about and share leadership practices.

Requirements of participants in this workshop:

Participants must have completed a qualitative interview between Dr. Johan S. Roos and Niclas Carlsson
Prior to workshop participants are encouraged to identify one weakness/challenge of its Leadership to be discussed and given input by the other participating founders and Johan S Roos in the workshop.

Language of this workshop: English

Global Social Impact with Kamran Elahian

The world is in ever greater need of fast positive change. Entrepreneurs are the engine to achieve this both through commercial and social activities.In this workshop, Kamran Elahian will present his view in key areas of necessary change and key challenges our world faces.

Kamran will touch upon Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship as means to accelerate change and the mindset necessary for any Founder to be on top of the Leadership necessary. During the presentation Kamran will invite participants to ask questions and real world challenges and opportunities she or he faces and to get input by Kamran leading to an interactive workshop.

Language of this workshop: English

Kamran Elahian

Kamran Elahian is a serial unicorn entrepreneur, innovation catalyst, philanthropist, and global venture capitalist based in California, USA. Kamran has been an honorable member and mentor of Founders Alliance since 2014.

The Art of Stock Listing for sustainable large scale business creation with Adam Kostyál moderated by moderated by Fredrik Zetterlund

In building large scale and sustainable growing and valuable firms, the Stock Exchange sometimes is an option to consider. Throughout the 20 years of Founders Alliance there has never been as many of the Founders Alliance members companies that are listed on the Stock Exchange and many are on their way to list.

This workshop starts with an introduction by Adam Kostyal on the key findings of success for companies on the Stock Exchange followed by a highly interactive exchange between participating founders on their experiences or plans with the Stock Exchange led by Fredrik Zetterlund. In this, we may add one or two case studies by founders having experience in working with companies listed on the Stock Market.

Language of this workshop: Swedish if only Swedish participants, otherwise English

Recommended preparation prior to this workshop: In order to achieve the highest possible valuable workshop, we recommend participants prior to the workshop to:

1) Prepare a short introduction of its current experience and challenges being at the Stock Exchange or plans to list at the Stock Exchange to present confidentially in the workshop
2) To submit a key topic within this framework that would be of most interest to You to exchange upon in the workshop.

Adam Kostyal

Adam Kostyal is the EMEA Head of Listing at NASDAQ.

Fredrik Zetterlund is the Founder of OnePhone and a private investor in tech companies. Fredrik is a member of Founders Group 29, focussing on governance, sustainable company development and investments.

How to future proof your Workplace Experience, workshop with Jennica Lenning

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalization and the mobility of the world’s workforce. It will have a lasting impact on how we work in the future and the expectations we have on our workplace experience.

To be an attractive and future proof employer, it is more important than ever to have a clear strategy on how to create a genuine and successful Workplace Experience based on the interaction between People, Place and Technology. It means a clear plan of the Way of Working to reach the company vision and goals and what kind of offices and other work environments (home, co-working arenas etc.), digital tools, leader- & employee ship and culture that’s needed to support that in the very best way.

In this workshop we discuss the criteria for succeeding with a Distributed Way of Working. It will start off with an introductory presentation by Jennica Lenning followed by a highly interactive workshop based on key issues by participating founders.

Language of this workshop: Swedish if only Swedish participants, otherwise English

Jennica Lenning

Jennica Lenning is the Founder of Mindmove. Jennica has a solid background as a Senior Workplace Strategist, and is one of Sweden’s most experienced project- and change leaders in implementing new workplace strategies. Jennica was Change Lead/ Project Manager “New Ways of Working '' when Swedbank moved their Head Office to Sundbyberg as well as Head Project Manager for the creation of ICA’s new Head Office and Way of Working in Solna.

Jennica has also guided for instance NetonNet, Länsförsäkringar Uppsala, LRF, Trygg-Hansa, Akademiska Hus and KPA Pension on their journeys towards a new way of working and workplace. At the moment Jennica is the Strategic Advisor Distributed Way of Working for Kry/ Livi, future proofing their workplace experience for its great European expansion. She also one of the investors and advisors to the start-up Flowpass, who offers a new concept for Node-working.

Become a beacon for change – how founders can turn their purpose to a movement, workshop with Christian Ihre

By now, most have understood the importance and power of purpose-driven strategies for companies to stay relevant, sustainable and impactful. And for founders, purpose often comes naturally and sits at the very core of their business ideas. But how can founders translate their purpose into fires in the hearts of employees and customers? How do you anchor and implement purpose so that it has real effect?

Christian Ihre and his team have spent multiple years researching the best performing companies globally. This workshop starts with an introductory presentation by Christian on how to stress test your purpose and how to turn it into a movement by making sure it’s part of your core business and every single touchpoint. A highly interactive workshop will follow, applied to each participating founder and your company / or portfolio of companies.

Language of this workshop: Swedish if only Swedish participants, otherwise English

Christian Ihre

Christian Ihre, Co-founder at Lynxeye and Member of Founders Group Intergalactic.

Strategy in Action, workshop with Casten von Otter

Building a robust strategic platform for growth from ownership will and directive through strategic identity, strategic initiatives to action where owner, board, management and co-workers are aligned requires a disciplined process and documentation. However, this may lead to companies achieving higher performance by all involved in the company and a way to realize corporate dreams of founders.

This workshop is intended for founders of Swedish small and mid sized companies to enlighten each entrepreneur to get strategies into process and enable effective actions. It will start off with an introduction of methodology and templates to use by Casten von Otter followed by an interactive workshop where each participant gets input to clarify its will to action. Post the workshop, participants will be provided with templates to work further.

Language of this workshop: Swedish

Casten von Otter

Casten von Otter is a serial entrepreneur and investor and former Board Member of Founders Alliance.

Asia & Global Investments through Multi-Family Office with Philip von Wulffen & Claude Finckenberg

In this workshop Philip and Claude will start off by introducing their background and view on business opportunities in Asia, Investments and Social Impact followed by a interactive workshop with participants based on your key opportunities and challenges ahead with your operational and ownership.

Language of this workshop: English

Philip von Wulffen Claude Finckenberg

Philip von Wulffen is a third generation entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in Munich, Germany. Philip is also the Co-Head at JAB Consumer Fund.

Claude Finckenberg is a serial entrepreneur, investor and catalyst including Co-founder/Chairman of LifeEdu, Knights of Nordic, and Tech.Emotions and a multi year Associate Partner to Founders Alliance.

Food is Solvable - the great opportunity of Food Entrepreneurship and how we can contribute to the survival of our planet & humanity with Gustaf Brandberg

Food is Solvable - the great opportunity of Food Entrepreneurship and how we can contribute to the survival of our planet & humanity. The world's food system needs to evolve if not revolutionize if our planet and people are going to survive and thrive in the future. Global Food & Agricultural industry was estimated to $8.7 trillion in 2018 - about 10% of the world's GDP (Plunkett Research).

To enable this we need large scale entrepreneurs to drive the change by founding, building and investing in new companies and adapting current business to a more sustainable form. This creates an opportunity of a life time for entrepreneurs across the globe not only in Food but also in Beverages, Health/Pharma, Climate/Energy.

Already now, many successful companies are starting to evolve as people's behaviors have begun to shift, and some "old" companies that are not able to change will soon be obsolete.

A highly interactive workshop will follow, applied to each participating founder and your company / or portfolio of companies, as well as, curious questions in the framework of this workshop.

Gustaf Brandberg

Gustaf Brandberg, co-founder of Gullspång Invest and Group Leader Founders Group FoodTech.

Company visits Session One

September 16 09:00-10:30 am

When detailing your participation you select among the below parallel company visits. The company visits will only be conducted physically in Stockholm.

Mark your preference of company visits or excursion, in order for Founders Alliance to optimize.

Christopher Engman
Founder

Company visit One: Climate Entrepreneurship & MegaDeals with Christopher Engman, at MegaDeals Advisory / Casestudy and interactive Workshop

1h 30m

Kungsgatan 32, Stockholm City

MegaDeals Advisory assists scaleups and Fortune 500 companies doing more and bigger Megadeals.

Location: Kungsgatan 32, Stockholm City

Christopher Engman

Christopher Engman is the founder and partner of MegaDeals Advisory as well as a Serial Entrepreneur, Author and Investor in SaaS & Martech companies including in the past: Vendemore (Acquired by Biznode) Climeon (NASDAQ listed), Retain24, TaxiSystem, and currently: MineStorage, InZynk, re:nable, Proof Analytics Christopher is member of Founders Group Climate.

Company visit One: Tech Investments with Magnus Bergman at Luminar Ventures / Case study & Interactive workshop.

1h 30m

Sveavägen 17 floor 16, Stockholm City

Luminar Ventures is Sweden's seed stage tech investor enabling founders to scale.

Location: Sveavägen 17 floor 16, Stockholm City

Magnus Bergman

Magnus Bergman is Co-founder and General Partner of Luminar Ventures and in the past a Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Examples of companies in the past: Parallel Systems (Founder), Truecaller (Stockholm), Prezi (CA,USA), Soundtrap (CA,USA). Magnus is a member in Founders Group 11 focussing on Investments.

Company visit One: Logistical Technology with Julian Lee at Airmee / Case study & Interactive workshop.

1h 30m

Regeringsgatan 29, Stockholm City

Airmee is a technology powered logistics company, leveraging machine learning and powerful proprietary research-based optimizations to provide convenient, reliable and flexible delivery services to businesses and consumers in urban areas.

Founded in 2016, Airmee is one of Sweden's fastest growing logistics startups.

Location: Regeringsgatan 29, Stockholm City

Julian Lee

Julian Lee is the Founder and CEO of Airmee and member of Founders Group SaaS.

September 16 11:00-12:30 am

When detailing your participation you select among the below parallel company visits The company visits will only be conducted physically in Stockholm.

Mark your preference of company visits or excursion, in order for Founders Alliance to optimize.

Robin Lee
Founder

Company visit Two: FoodTech Entrepreneurship with Robin Lee at GRÖNSKA / Case study & Studytour

1h 30m

Förrådsvägen 10B, 141 46 Huddinge

Grönska is a Swedish tech-company at the forefront of vertical farming now expanding outside Sweden.

Location: Förrådsvägen 10B, Huddinge

This visit will only include a maximum of 15 participants.

Robin Lee

Robin Lee is Co-founder & CEO of Grönska and member of Founders Group FoodTech.

Company visit Two: Climate Entrepreneurship with Boel Rydenå Swartling at Charge Amps / Case study & Interactive workshop.

1h 30m

Frösundaleden 2B, Solna

Charge Amps is a Stockholm headquartered company that provides a complete solution of the future for smart and sustainable electric car charging.

Location: Frösundaleden 2B, Solna This visit will only include a maximum of 15 participants.

Boel Rydenå Swartling

Boel Rydenå-Swartling is Co-founder & Board Member of Charge Amps as well as a serial entrepreneur, investor and Climate change advocate.

Boel is a member of Founders Group 29 focussing on governance, sustainable company development and investments.

Company visit Two: Venture Investments with Magnus Wiberg at eEquity / Case study & Interactive workshop

1h 30m

Kungsgatan 27, 7th floor, Stockholm City

eEquity invests in fast growing e-com leaders in the Nordics typically contributing in their journey from turnover 10 to 100 MEUR with profitability.

Some Portfolio companies: NA-KD (fashion), Ideal of Sweden (phone accessories), Twistshake (Baby products), Pricerunner (Price comparison), Gordon (Refrigerated last-mile deliveries), eEquity have invested over SEK 3 Billion since inception.

Location: Kungsgatan 27, 7th floor, Stockholm City

Magnus Wiberg

Magnus Wiberg is the Co-founder and Partner of eEquity as well as a serial entrepreneur and investor. In the past he co-founded, built and exited Pricerunner - Europe's leading price comparison site.

Magnus is a member of Founders Group 11 focussing on Investments.

Company visit & Lunch: Global e-Entertainment with Greger Hagelin & Thomas Gullberg at Utopia Music / Case study, Interactive workshop & Lunch

2h 0m

Östermalmsgatan 87e, Stockholm City

While technology continues to shape the future, the world of music remains in the past. Our mission is to reclaim the creative and economic value of the music industry.

Utopia Music is setting out to transform the entire industry. To create new revenue streams, consolidate the data and declutter the admin; unlocking the industry’s full potential by unifying it all in one truly holistic space.Utopia was founded in 2016 with the goal of creating a better world of music.

With an ever-growing team of 60+ people across Sweden and Switzerland - all focused on one common goal; providing a transparent, fair and efficient environment for all.

Location: Östermalmsgatan 87e, Stockholm

Greger Hagelin

Greger Hagelin is a serial entrepreneur and investor incl. in the past Founder, WeSC, currently Partner at Utopia, Co-founder at DRKN™. Greger is a member of Founders Group 34 with focus on global expansion and multi-entrepreneurship.

Thomas Gullberg is a serial entrepreneur and Founder of Utopia.

September 16 02:30- 04:00pm

When detailing your participation you select among the below parallel company visits or excursion. The company and excursions visits will only be conducted physically in Stockholm.

Mark your preference of company visits or excursion, in order for Founders Alliance to optimize.

Annikki Schaeferdiek
Founder

Company visit Three: Consumer Product with Annikki Schaeferdiek at SysterP / Case study and Interactive workshop

1h 30m

Döbelnsgatan 40, Stockholm City

SysterP is a Swedish leading design and jewellery retail company.

Location: Döbelnsgatan 40, Stockholm City

Annikki Schaeferdiek

Annikki Schaeferdiek is the Co-founder and Managing Director at Syster P, as well as,a Board Member of ProactIT Group (NASDAQ listed), Axiell Group, Formpipe (NASDAQ listed) and Chair of the Board at Competella. Annikki is a member of Founders Group Consumer Product.

Company visit Three: Climate Entrepreneurship with Giovanni Fili at Exeger / Case Study and Round Tour

1h 30m

Exeger, Brinellvägen 32, Stockholm

Exeger is a Swedish clean tech company that develops Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs), the most promising of the third and latest generation of solar cells, which work on the principles of photosynthesis.

Location: Brinellvägen 32, Stockholm

Giovanni Fili

Giovanni Fili is the Founder and CEO at Exeger, as well as, Co-founder and owner of a number of Clean Tech companies, example: Atrogi, Sigrid Therapeutics, and the investment company Molindo Energy. Giovanni is a member of Founders Group Climate.

Company visit Three: Consumer Food & Family Business with Corina Papadopoulou at Fontana Food / Case study & Interactive workshop.

1h 30m

Studiovägen 6, Tyresö

Fontana Food is a Swedish family owned company, established as one of the key brands of Mediterranean products, mostly from Greece and Cyprus, available in all the major supermarkets in Sweden and Finland.

Location: Studiovägen 6, Tyresö. This visit will only include a maximum of 10 participants.

Corina Papadopoulou

Corina Papadopoulou is the second generation entrepreneur and Vice President of Fontana Food and member of Founders Group 1.

Company visit Three: Architecture & Urban Development with Rahel Belatchew at Belatchew Arkitekter / Case study & Interactive Workshop

1h 30m

Alsnögatan 12, Stockholm City

Belatchew Arkitekter is an architectural firm working within a wide range of projects, from city planning and housing to offices and retail with the mission to integrate sustainable solutions in all their projects.

Location: Alsnögatan 12, Stockholm City

Rahel Belatchew

Rahel Belatchew is the Founder and CEO at Belatchew Arkitekter, CEO at of Svea Fastigheter. Rahel is a member of Founders Group 8.

Founders Boat Cruise hosted by Founders Alliance member Peder Asplund, Founder Agapi Boating.

3h 15m

From Hotel Diplomat, Strandvägen 7C, Stockholm City

Location meeting point: Hotel Diplomat, Strandvägen 7C, Stockholm City

Peder Asplund

Peder Asplund is the Founder of Agapi boating

Founders Run & Meet led by Founders Alliance member Katinka Nyberg

1h 0m

Hotel Diplomat, Strandvägen 7C, Stockholm City

Location meeting point: Hotel Diplomat, Strandvägen 7C, Stockholm City

Katinka Nyberg

Katinka Nyberg is the Founder of Arduua.