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Mads Vad Kristensen
@madsjvk.com
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Hands-on #innovator and #Venture Builder at DTU Skylab looking to #help great people #succeed. +25 years of #experience. #Thinker & #Doer. Based in #Copenhagen, Denmark. Passionate about my #family, #friends, #LEGO and Blackburn Rovers.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · Sep 2
New micro-blogging site for sharing short notes and observations on #innovation from my daily work at DTU Skylab helping turn #research into #startups.

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Notes From a Venture Builder | Notion
Bits, pieces and stray thoughts on research-based innovation, startup building and execution by Mads Vad Kristensen, Innovation Partner @ DTU Skylab Feel free to connect on LinkedIn or follow me on B...
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
Where’s the line between having a contrarian take on a startup opportunity and just being ignorant about market dynamics?
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
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.

ehandbook.com/6-secrets-i-...
6 Secrets I Shouldn’t Tell Startup Founders (You’re Better Off Not Knowing Yet)
Read at your own risk…
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
Takker. Og ja, det tænker jeg også 😀
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
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...
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
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.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
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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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 1d
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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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 2d
Lidt af hvert. Gerne også lidt skævt for at få én på opleveren. Knapt så meget klassisk kunst.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 2d
Har været der mange gange med arbejde for år tilbage.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 2d
Der var da godt gang i den.

(Jeg finder selv ud)
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 2d
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 💍.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 4d
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 🔮
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 4d
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.

e24.no/internasjona...
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.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 6d
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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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 6d
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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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
I always love when one of the researchers, I work with, write me a text to thank me specifically for the help and support, I am providing, and expressing high expectations for our future collaboration.

Such a nice gesture to take the time to provide positive feedback for others. More should do it.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
This take on OpenAI and their overall strategy is fascinating.

What do you think? Do you agree with Ben?

Personally, I think I know understand even better, why Microsoft is such a big investor in Sam Altman & co...

stratechery.com/2025/openais...
OpenAI’s Windows Play
OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI: the all-encompassing platform that controls both hardware supplier and software developers.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
A good friend of mine and ex-founder asked me to provide feedback and criticism of his new project and the deck, he is building to raise a pre-seed round.

I did. And I was very blunt.

I think the more you question things in the early beginning, the better the opportunity to build something solid.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
Det ved jeg. Jeg forstår det bare ikke.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
Couple of meeting cancellations today. Opportunity to dig deeper on some of the things on the to do list.

Wrapping up the planning of this weeks Innovation Bootcamp. And preparing for a workshop on team formation.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
You don't have to be a master strategist or even a decent one, when the one on the other side of the table is...oh well...
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
Hvad folk vil med bakkesangeren forstår jeg ikke. Hvis han ses som den mindst ringe, står det virkelig sløjt til.
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
Jeg ser klubben for mig…
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 7d
Ser også super hardcore ud og ikke som noget, man på nogen måde skal spøge med 😬
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Mads Vad Kristensen @madsjvk.com · 8d
100 % enig. Jeg beundrer hans evne til at overbevise sig selv om, hans liv var andet og mere end bare en egoistisk løgn, hvor det eneste, der tog mere energi end kødets lyster var forsøget på at retfærdiggøre det hele overfor sig selv som en 'nødvendighed'. I mine øjne et 100% fejlramt menneske.
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