Mingle with Maud

I'm just back from having been at the mingle session with Maud Olofsson, Sweden's Minister of Enterprise.
It was inspiring to hear her speak about the plans they have to make things easier for small businesses. Hopefully they will do something about office turnaround time at ALMI...

There was a panel discussion about how to make it easier for entrepreneurs at the end and it was really interesting to see the difference between a professional speaker, the Minister, and the representatives from the University. She was so much better at getting her opinion expressed in a clear way.

Sebastian Stjern

The Fair Tailor

-Dress Responsible

I get knocked down, but I get up again, they're never gonna keep me down

The title of this post is a line from a song by the band Chumbawamba and it symbolize pretty well how I feel right now.
So, ALMI turned us down. They believe that for a project like this you should not work with loans, you should only use money you already have.

What to do?
Lay down and die? Give up the project?
Of course not, we just have to change a few things. Be smarter, do things differently.

I am stubborn so I haven't completely given up the idea of ALMI, but we need an alternative. And that's what I'm working on right now.

Today we're meeting with the Minister of Enterprise, Maud Olofsson. Well, we're not the only ones she's meeting with, Drivhuset has organized a mingle with Maud and Lena Ek who is a member of the European parliament.
I hope to be able to talk a little with them.

Sebastian Stjern

The Fair Tailor

-Dress Responsible