Carsten Snedker
Specialized in high-growth management of new media and related technology-based new ventures in terms of rapid internationalization, beyond the scope of just product and technological innovation.
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.snedker.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Entertainment, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Contracts, Corporate, Danish, Design, English, Entrepreneurship, German, Incorporating, Intellectual Property, Investment, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Patents, Public Relations, Swedish, Web design |
| Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe |
| Groups: | California Clean Tech Open, Global Social Venture Competition, Venture Cup Denmark |
| Interested in: | Finding business partners, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
FULL BIO
Professional experience as executive, business development manager, entrepreneur and consultant in industries related to medical technology, information technology, new media, venture capital and innovation management.
I think global and long term – beyond the day’s opportunities and crises, beyond the quarterly report, and beyond the horizon. I think in terms of renewal, and thus ongoing seek the revisions of processes and structure required by the ever changing reality.
E.g. linked to the Italian-based International Network for Small & Medium sized Enterprises in terms of contributing reflections upon management of innovation and technology transfer.
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E.g. since 1989, occupied trusted positions in the Danish Conservative Party, Denmark's Conservative Students and in the Danish Conservative Youth organization - primary focus on political issues such as globalization, business conditions, IT, science and education.
/www.konservative.dk
E.g. member of the EDS organization in terms of ongoing contributing to reflections upon democracy and political transparency in Europe.
/www.edsnet.org
Academic fields of core competence [Copenhagen Business School, University of Southern Denmark, University of Flensburg, etc]:
- corporate venturing & venture capital management
- international HR management
- international marketing strategy / applied born global strategy
- strategic innovation & entrepreneurship
- strategic management & organizational design
- management of international organizations
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | innoption EMEA |
| Position: | Managing partner |
| Time period: | October 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Rethinking early-stage capital and innovation metrics in order to meet the global challenges of new international ventures... |
| Employer: | StressMeter |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | February 2005 - September 2008 |
| Description: | StressMeter is an international venture within the medical technology industry, focusing on a ground-breaking new technology platform for measuring the human body's warning system signals. |
| Employer: | Venture Cup |
| Position: | Managing director |
| Time period: | August 2002 - August 2004 |
| Description: | Venture Cup is the leading business plan competition at universities and business schools throughout the Nordic countries launched by the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. |
| Employer: | VirksomLedelse |
| Position: | Co-founder |
| Time period: | October 2001 - December 2003 |
| Description: | Co-founder of VirksomLedelse (VL); a project that established a successful knowledge and networking platform for leaders and managers from medium-sized Danish companies. EU financially supported the initiative, and it was co-facilitated by the Danish Technology Institute and the Danish Organization of Managers & Executives. Main results were creation of best-practice cases for new ways of working in terms of management of market-oriented business development in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| Employer: | Copenhagen Business School |
| Position: | Research assistant |
| Time period: | December 2000 - December 2001 |
| Description: | Research and coordination assistant within the field of strategic entrepreneurship & innovation - especially in terms of analysis, innovation management and new business building in medico companies - at the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School |
| Employer: | m2people Ltd |
| Position: | Managing director |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2000 |
| Description: | Managing director at m2people - an IT agency operating in the field of securing knowledge assets in terms of knowledge articulation and corporate innovation. |
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State-of-the-art tool for physical health professionals helping them to create specific and interactive web applications supporting, motivating and giving their customers real time feedback on the physical performance at home.
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Skipso - The Cleantech Platform
Skipso is an innovative online platform and vertical business to business marketplace that aggregates Cleantech professionals and businesses globally providing them with a new channel to carry out their business and unleash sustainable innovation.
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Slide
New online media startup headed up by the founder of PayPal, Max Levchin. Backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and the Founders Fund.
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EmpreenderSaúde
Our goal is to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in healthcare through events, consultancy and its website, estimulating, selecting and helping entrepreneurs change the world. We help mostly with knowledge, information and network.
Carsten's Contacts (8)
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Tine Thygesen
Director for Venture Cup, Denmark
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .
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Carlo Soresina
I am the founder of Skipso, a B2B marketplace focused on cleantech innovation. I am passionate about the disruptive force of the Internet and see a huge potential in leveraging the web to address the challenges posed by Climate Change.