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nicolaiwadstrom

Nicolai Wadstrom

Swedish Serial entrepreneur in San Francisco Bay area

CEO/Founder of BootstrapLabs. Serial Technology Entrepreneur, Angel investor, Startup advisor, Swedish ex-pat, in San Francisco Bay area/Silicon Valley. Started as a hacker,
since then technology entrepreneur, and still an awesome developer and architect!

Based in: San Francisco

Experience

  • CEO & Founder at BootstrapLabs

    BootstrapLabs provides an out-post to help European companies get a presence in Silicon Valley to gain entry into the American market, do technology licensing, exits and funding.
    BootstrapLabs also operates a business lab that build companies out of disruptive ideas.

  • Startup Advisor at Prezi

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    • Advisor to the founders, through BootstrapLabs.

  • Startup Advisor at Zerply

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    • Advisor to the founders, through BootstrapLabs.

  • Startup Advisor & Member of the board at Witsbits

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    • Advising the board of directors on strategic issues, and investor representative.

  • Entrepreneurial blogger at Disruptive.nu

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    • I share my experience, and Silicon Valley encounters in Swedish on one of the most popular Swedish blogs about Entrepreneurship.

  • Founder, Chairman, Board of directors at Enbou Ltd

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    • Enbou offers advisory and qualified management consulting resources to companies in different growth phases. Our expertise and focus is primarily with-in early stage technology companies with-in the MICE (Media, Internet, Communications and Entertainment) sector. We provide professional services and a virtual Business Lab concept to help accelerate the growth and development of early-stage companies.

      More info can be found at http://www.enbou.com/

      • Jan. 2004 - Mar. 2009

  • Lead Investor/Advisor at 360bet.com Holding Ltd

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    • Financial betting provider in the Nordic countries. Co-founder and seed investment, employed key staff (CEO), developed business models, wrote Business Plan, established initial service providers, doing Business Development to help grow the business.

      http://www.360bet.com/

      This company is now part of 360 Holding AB (publ) traded under 360H on First North (a part of Stockholm Exchange in Sweden)

      • Oct. 2005 - Oct. 2007

  • Project/Management Consulting at SOS Alarm AB

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    • Delivering security services project with-in the Visual Surveillance business area of SOS Alarm

      Management consulting with-in the Visual Surveillance business area of SOS Alarm. Packaging of the services for the purpose of streamlining the service delivery model.

      This was an engagement as a independent contractor.

      • Jan. 2005 - Jun. 2005

  • System Architect at IBM

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    • Responsible for the system architecture for the part of the project that concerned Portal Services and Content Management in a global Telecommunications project. The project was led by IBM Global Services. Work included setting up the structure and plan for this part of the project as well as the architecture using IBM Global Services Method.

      This was an engagement as a independent consultant/contractor.

      • Mar. 2003 - Jul. 2003

  • System Architect at Orange

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    • Responsible for the system architecture for the part of the project that concerned Portal Services and Content Management in a global Telecommunications project. Work included setting up the structure and plan for this part of the project as well as the architecture using IBM Global Services Method.

      This was an engagement as a independent consultant/contractor.

      • Jan. 2003 - Jul. 2003

  • CTO, Founder at VIOMA

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    • Product strategy, partnerships with software companies (IBM, GT Software, WRQ etc), and OEM sales agreement with GT Software for VIOMA's core technolgy during 2001. Raised an additional of aprox 10 MSEK (1.1 MEUR).

      • Mar. 2000 - May. 2002

  • CEO, Founder at VIOMA

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    • Founded the company based on my products ideas for Content Management and System Integration Software. Raised aprox 17 MSEK (aprox 1.9 MEUR) in funding.

      • Jan. 1999 - Mar. 2000

  • CEO, Founder at VIOMA digital media

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    • Media consultant company, that provides professional services with-in 3D animation, Virtual Reality, interactive programming (such as computer games), Internet solutions. Clients include Magasin du Nord, Telia, Swedish Television, Mute Records, various Ad agencies. Released Computer game titles for children and educational purposes (Mysteriet på Greveholm). Also the company behind the Malmo Hacker Academy.

      • Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1999

  • Product Management at UpGrade

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    • Product management of Hardware products for distribution for sales channels (distributors and resellers through-out Scandinavia) later on Product Management of IBM Software though Swedish Sales Channels.

      • Jan. 1993 - Dec. 1995
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