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Torsten Kolind

An ambitious entrepreneur disguised as a comfortable Dane.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://younoodle.com
Industries: Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Travel
Skills: Business, C/C++, Danish, Databases, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, PHP, Public speaking, Recruitment, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Web design, Web Development
Location: San Francisco, CA
Groups: 2011 UVA Entrepreneurship Cup, asdgasdg, BASES, Belgian Young Entrepreneurs' Society, CEDS, Center for Entrepreneurship Studies at Bridgewater State College, Clean and Cool Mission 2012, Copenhagen Wednesdays, Denmark Portfolio Competition, Desafio Intel Education Managers, Develop Prize, Energy Ethics, EU Master, gasdgasdg, Global Pinoy Association of Filipino Entrepreneurs (Singapore), IDEAS EMPOWERED, Ideas Empowered, Impact, Imperial Entrepreneurs, Intel EU 1, Intel® Challenge Bulgaria 2010, Intel® Challenge Israel 2010, Intel® Challenge Poland 2010, Intel® Challenge Turkey 2010, JA-YE Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Junior Achievement Bulgaria, Malaysia (old group), MIT GSW 2007, MIT GSW 2011, New Venture Alumni, NextChance, nuStart, Post-It Innovation Competition, Rowan University Elevator Pitch Contest, Spring 2009, Royal Podium, RSP, SHEN, SIE beta, SIFE Liverpool, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], Social Innovation Relay, South Park Portfolio Competition, Stardust-CBS, Stardust-DTU, START, START Danmark, Start-Up Chile, Startup Malaysia, Strom Center, Studentervæksthus Århus, SV Factor, Test competition, The Business Plan Competition at CES Bridgewater, The Global Innovator Competition, tktest2, University of Nicaragua BPC, VCDK Network, Venture Cup Denmark, Venture Cup Idea Competition, Venture Cup Startup Competition, Verslauk! 2009 - konkursas baigėsi, Verslauk! 2010, YAWA, YEFC, YouNoodle's Entrepreneurial Workspace Challenge, Youth Business Cameroon, Youth Entrepreneur: Malaysia, Øresund Science Parks
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company
Schools: Southern Methodist University, Technical University of Denmark, Universidad Santa Maria, University College London (UCL)

FEATURED STARTUP

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  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Beta

FULL BIO

An ambitious entrepreneur disguised as a comfortable Dane.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: YouNoodle, Inc.
Position: CTO
Time period: October 2010 - Present

Employer: YouNoodle Inc
Position: Product Manager
Time period: September 2009 - September 2010

Employer: Venture Cup Denmark
Position: Member of the Board
Time period: January 2009 - July 2010

Employer: YouNoodle Inc.
Position: Consultant
Time period: December 2008 - September 2009

Employer: Venture Cup Denmark
Position: Director/CEO
Time period: May 2006 - November 2008
Description: Venture Cup helps Danish students and faculty become entrepreneurs. By running the annual national business plan competition, Venture Cup, it is one of the most influential entrepreneurship organisations in Danish higher education. 10 employees, 5 locations, 6 member universities, and 200+ teams participating every year.

Employer: NALIA Ltd / University College London Hospitals
Position: Researcher
Time period: September 2005 - June 2006
Description: Working on project NALIA, a continuation of my MSc thesis research project, see publication listed below. In charge of assay development and validation for systemic lupus erythematosus diagnostics and screening, in cooperation with UCL Hospitals.

Employer: Novozymes A/S
Position: Summer intern
Time period: June 2001 - August 2001
Description: Student intern in Danish enzyme producer Novozymes’ eBusiness Operations department.

Employer: PreVenture A/S
Position: Business Plan Screener
Time period: November 2000 - May 2002
Description: Business proposal screener and co-developer of the proprietary Growth Model concept for early-stage venture project management

Employer: Innovative Business Software
Position: Web developer
Time period: September 2000 - May 2001
Description: Part-time work for a Dallas-based software company while at SMU

Employer: WorldWeb ApS
Position: Co-founder
Time period: September 1996 - May 1999
Description: Co-founder and manager of a small Danish web design company, WorldWeb.

EDUCATION

University: Technical University of Denmark
Time period: 1999 - 2005
Degree: Biotechnology, MSc

University: Universidad Santa Maria
Time period: 2003 - 2004
Degree: Semester abroad, Chile

University: University College London (UCL)
Time period: 2001 - 2003
Degree: 1-year exchange

University: Southern Methodist University
Time period: 1998 - 2000
Degree: Freshman year, business focus

PUBLICATIONS

Articles: PubMed ID# 18356243: Screening autoantibody profiles in systemic rheumatic disease with a diagnostic protein microarray that uses a filtration-assisted nanodot array luminometric immunoassay (NALIA).

INFORMATION

Sports: Swimming, Badminton, Soccer
Hobbies: Live music, jazz in particular. Latin America, every bit of it. The Economist, and world affairs.
Awards: The McKinsey Award, while in college

Torsten's Startups (4)

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  • YouNoodle

    YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

  • LivePoint

    Live music to the masses. Improve average Joe's live music choices, ability to pick, experience at the venue, and likelihood to go again. How? Through a novel concept, and your support. Start today by following us on YouNoodle!

Torsten is Following (74)

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  • Wemind

    Copenhagen-based consultancy focused on utilizing social software in corporations and organizations to boost their social capital.

  • Bahu

    Bahu is a social networking site for students from around the world. However, in addition to simply helping students connect with and keep in touch with each other, Bahu has a unique focus– promoting the specific talents of their users, mostly high…

  • 1calendar

    1calendar establishes a common 'de facto' calendar system for educational institutions by introducing a disruptive and innovative approach to displaying school timetables, socio/cultural and private events in constant sync with the outside world.

  • Zendesk

    Love Your Help Desk - A complete support site for your customers, in any language and look & feel. Better customer support, beautifully simple.

Torsten's Contacts (131)

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  • Dennis Kayser

    Danish Computer Science student from the University of Copenhagen. Currently working on a startup as well as an Assistant IT Architect at IBM.

  • Mads Kramhøft

    International Coordinator at sTudenterhus åRhus

  • Mariya Yankova

    Program Manager at Junior Achievement Bulgaria

  • Michael Nørkjær

    Bsc in Business Development Engineering (2008), Msc in 2009, Professional experience in more than five organizations.