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Hello, I'm Vidar Andersen

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2026 19

  1. Ghetto Scopez: Free alternative scopes for DaVinci Resolve – for any display with a browser (I did a thing. Again.)
  2. Pitching Masterclass, back at RWTH Aachen University
  3. The Rheinland Pitch is BACK!
  4. FIA Cam for FIA in Arma Reforger vanilla (I did another thing…)
  5. I made a thing… (for DaVinci Resolve)
  6. Out of Office
  7. Startup Entrepreneurship Workshops for DAAD Alumni (again)
  8. Eastern-European Startups FTW!
  9. Hello Alaska!
  10. Pitching Masterclass @ StartupDorf DUS
  11. Pitching Masterclass in SPACE @ ESA!
  12. AI with Bertelsmann, Siemens, and KPMG @ The Drift and the Shift in Münster
  13. Financing Strategy for Startups, Peer to Peer Session @ Ignition+ DUS
  14. The Rheinland Pitch, back @ HSD!
  15. Innovation Prize 2025 / 2026
  16. Pitching Masterclass @ RWTH Aachen University
  17. Back at 3DS @ WHU Vallendar
  18. See you at STARTUPLAND 2026 March 18th in CGN?
  19. Mentoring startups at the STARTPLATZ KI Accelerator

2025 19

  1. Pitching Masterclass back at Gateway in Cologne!
  2. Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals 2025
  3. Migrant Momentum
  4. Pirate Night 2025
  5. OG Doge
  6. Alumniportal Challenge Workshops & Mentoring
  7. On My Color Grading in 2025
  8. Teaching & Mentoring for Founders Institute (FI) MENA
  9. Summer time is Rheinland Pitch Summer Finals Time!
  10. Pitching Masterclass @ C3 Competition by Gateway Excellence Startup Center, University of Cologne
  11. Ignition+ Demo Night, Batch 19 – another team-win!
  12. The very first Defence Tech Meetup is a wrap!
  13. Startup Sprint Düsseldorf celebrating 10 years!
  14. It’s that WHU Mentor Madness time again!
  15. Introducing the Defence Tech Meetup
  16. Books I’ve read since, 2025 Update [LIST]
  17. Keynote @ Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-dienst (DAAD)
  18. Mentoring 3DS @ WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar
  19. Pitching Masterclass @ Gateway Exzellenz Start-up Center University of Cologne

2024 20

  1. The Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals are back!
  2. Sales & Marketing for Early-Stage Startups @ University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf (HSD)
  3. Back on jury duty @ Ignition+ Demo Night (and team wins!)
  4. Pitching Masterclass @ the new Gründungs-fabrik Mönchen-gladbach
  5. Back supporting incubated startups @ Digitalhub Aachen
  6. Pitching Masterclass @ Bertelsmann
  7. Mentoring Startups @ Greentech Meets NRW
  8. How I use AI in my work in 2024
  9. Mentoring @ Ignition+ DUS
  10. Pitching Masterclass @ Reifenhäuser
  11. Visiting the Startup Village @ Jülich
  12. Jury Duty: Ignition+ Batch 17 Demo Night
  13. On my Color Grading in 2024
  14. The Rheinland Pitch Summer Finals are back!
  15. Interviewed in Romania
  16. Time for WHU Mentor Madness again!
  17. Back for Impact Germany 2024!
  18. Mentoring at Synthesis @ Constructor University
  19. Back mentoring startups @ Young Entrepreneur Summit
  20. My Pitching Masterclass now available to anyone, anywhere, anytime

2023 14

  1. The Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals are BACK!
  2. On the Open AI coup
  3. Today, chatting with the HeyGen founder
  4. Guess who’s back (in Aachen)
  5. I’ve merged with the Matrix
  6. Back Helping Startups in Cameroon Pitch Investors!
  7. Pirate Summit 2011 – 2023
  8. Prepping Startups for the (FINAL!) Pirate Summit
  9. Pitching Masterclass @ Dusseldorf University
  10. Impact Germany 2023 is a wrap!
  11. WHU Accelerator Mentor Mayhem Again
  12. Rheinland Pitch turns 10 years old!
  13. Lean Innovation Masterclass @ “Innovation Valley Garzweiler” Kickoff
  14. Mentoring at Jacobs Startup Competition

2022 12

  1. My Cinematic Streaming Studio v3.1
  2. My Cine / Streaming Gear [LIST]
  3. Helping startups in Cameroon
  4. Back helping startups in Aachen, DE again!
  5. RIP Google Stadia
  6. Helping startups in Sri Lanka
  7. Back helping corporate innovation ventures @ Bertelsmann Creativity Bootcamp 2020 in Berlin
  8. Keynote: Do Startups & Corporations mix @ Zentis
  9. Named “Vordenker 2022”
  10. Helping French Startups expand into Germany (again)
  11. Moderating the Climate Founders “Climate Hack” startup pitching event
  12. Lean Innovation Educators Summit 2022

2021 6

  1. NFT: Vintage Pixels Collection
  2. Keynote: DECENTRALISED EVERYTHING (is Blockchain and Crypto eating the world?)
  3. Keynote: Why exits matter @ DEEP Startup Ecosystem Conference 2021
  4. Speaking on Lean Startup in India again
  5. Lean Launchpad back @ Digitalhub Aachen
  6. Mentoring gBETA Alaska

2020 10

  1. Today, speaking about Lean Startup with Indian entrepreneurs
  2. Today, helping Moldovan startups – 2020 Edition
  3. Talking about corporate innovation and the pandemic
  4. On (tech) leadership
  5. The Rheinland Pitch is back in the real world!
  6. Off to Aachen to help early stage startups again!
  7. Let’s talk corporate innovation in Germany!
  8. An update from +ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES
  9. Hacking 4 Recovery @ Stanford with Steve Blank
  10. Helping French startups entering Germany

2019 2

  1. Interviewed by Telekom Open Spaces
  2. On the Gründerstipendium.NRW so far

2018 2

  1. What’s next for (early-stage) startups in NRW?
  2. Growth Hacking is Bullshit (for Early-Stage Startups)

2017 14

  1. Keynoting at the opening of the digiHUB Aachen
  2. The Rheinland Pitch Summer Finals 2017 is a success!
  3. Moderating @ Hungarian E-Health Day DUS
  4. Heatmaps, now and then
  5. Coaching @ Code + Design Camp Cologne
  6. The Pitching Masterclass goes LIVE
  7. Top 10 Startup Delusions @ Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship (MEWEEK)
  8. Sponsoring the Essener Energie Forum 2017
  9. Moderating @ Hannover Messe 2017
  10. Back to Founders Foundation for another Pitching Masterclass
  11. Pitching Masterclass & Speaking @ RTL Mediengruppe
  12. Lean Startup Bootcamp, Baghdad Iraq
  13. Working with USAID in Moldova
  14. Startup – In hindsight

2016 24

  1. Speaking at the pre-opening of the digital HUB Cologne
  2. Lean Startup Crash Course @ Founders Club Maastricht
  3. Lean Startup – Am I doing it right?
  4. Teaching at Cologne Business School (CBS)
  5. It’s that WebSummit time again
  6. Top 10 ways to fuck up your startup pitch
  7. Pitching the state of NRW as a great place for startups in Warsaw, Poland
  8. Helping startups to pitch at Founders Foundation in Bielefeld
  9. Pitch Party Düsseldorf 2016
  10. Pitching the state of NRW for Startups in Moscow, Russia
  11. Why Corporates Engage with Startups @ Henkel
  12. Corporate Innovation – On Onassis’ Yacht
  13. Pitch Please! with MTP Köln
  14. The 2nd Rheinland Pitch Summer Finals is a Success!
  15. On the state of Startups in Rhineland
  16. WTF is Customer Development? Doing “Lean Startup” right.
  17. Vesting For Startup Founders Explained
  18. What Startup Investors Are Looking For
  19. How to Pitch Your Startup
  20. Back teaching in Switzerland again
  21. The state of NRW and startups
  22. On Location Based Services
  23. Startup Ambassador @ SXSW 2016
  24. Lean Launchpad DUS is a wrap!

2015 44

  1. The Lean Launchpad goes to Turkey
  2. Why Germany and the state of NRW for French startups
  3. Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals 2015 in Cologne
  4. The very first Lean Launchpad Dusseldorf successfully launches
  5. Coaching at Startup Weekend Women Dusseldorf
  6. The New Innovation Metrics, KPIs and Management Tools
  7. The Very First Startup Weekend Maastricht is an EPIC success!
  8. Introducing the free & open Lean Launchpad Düsseldorf
  9. I’m retiring from organizing and facilitating Startup Weekend & Startup Next
  10. On Communicating in a Startup; A Time Capsule
  11. A Blast from the past – An internal memo from my last startup
  12. I’m Featured on SlideShare – Again!
  13. Pirate Summit 2015
  14. Featured on SlideShare yet again – Lessons Learned
  15. I’m featured on SlideShare – Again – Pitching Masterclass
  16. Teaching at KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  17. Startups on a Boat – from Koblenz to Cologne
  18. Introducing the first Rheinland Pitch Finals in Duesseldorf
  19. Featured again in Wirtschafts Woche – How to pitch investors
  20. Hello again, Iran – Startup Weekend Tourism Tehran called!
  21. Going back to the epic Startup Weekend Amsterdam
  22. Latvia Called – Startup Weekend Riga was an epic success
  23. Featured in “Die Welt”
  24. Interviewed by WDR TV on the status of Startups in NRW
  25. Keynoting London Intrapreneurship Conference
  26. MEWEEK 15 – Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship 2015
  27. Lithuania Called – Startup Weekend Vilnius was a blast!
  28. Named one of the most important people in the German startup world
  29. Slovakia Called Yet Again – Startup Weekend Kosice rocked it!
  30. Nobody’s fault but mine – On founder’s depression at FuckUp Nights Duesseldorf
  31. Dublin called again – Facilitating Startup Weekend Dublin @ Google HQ
  32. What startup investors are looking for – Speaking at “Dein Tag zum Gründen” in Cologne
  33. Time to Reset
  34. Romania Called Again – Startup Weekend Iasi a Rip-Roaring Success
  35. ADVANCE Day Cologne 2015
  36. Lean Startup Masterclass, Herleen
  37. Startup Weekend Education Cologne a Success – Another Cologne First
  38. Coaching Startups to Pitch – At the Avatech accelerator in Tehran, Iran!
  39. Facilitating the world’s largest Startup Weekend Event – In Tehran, Iran!
  40. Teaching the Lean Launchpad – in Iran!
  41. On Marketing of Innovation – Going back to Switzerland
  42. Startup Weekend Cologne 2015 – Bigger & better than ever!
  43. Startup Lessons Learned at Entrepreneurs Club Cologne
  44. Returning to teach at Startup Pirates Maastricht

2014 25

  1. Slovakia Called Again – Startup Weekend Bratislava was a blast!
  2. Slovakia Called – Startup Weekend Zilina was EPIC
  3. Moderating the Startup Competition at The Web Summit in Dublin
  4. On Innovation Clusters – Lecturing at FHNW in Basel, Switzerland
  5. Lean Launchpad @ University of Cologne
  6. Keynoting HackTM in Timisoara, Romania
  7. Visiting Startups in Singapore
  8. Startup Weekend Mafia Representing in Kuala Lumpur
  9. On Digital Marketing
  10. On Rocket Internet vs Startups
  11. Introducing +A RECRUITMENT
  12. Where are we now? A message from the present.
  13. On Rocket Internet vs Startups
  14. Where do we go from here? A message in a bottle.
  15. I am Making my Open Office Hours More Accessible
  16. Speaking at #UXCGN
  17. Interactive Cologne 2014
  18. Speaking at MEWEEK – Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship 2014
  19. Serbia Called – Startup Weekend Belgrade was a blast!
  20. Why go to Berlin – As a Scandinavian Startup
  21. Checking out the startup scene in New York City
  22. Ambassador to Cologne and German Startups at SxSW
  23. Romania Called Again – Hello Startup Weekend Cluj
  24. Startup Weekend Cologne 2014 is an EPIC success!
  25. Teaching at Startup Pirates Maastricht

2013 35

  1. Startup Weekend Cologne is back! Jan 24 – 26 @Startplatz
  2. Nordic creative businesses and the German market
  3. Interviewing Running Lean’s Ash Maurya at the first Lean Startup Circle Cologne
  4. Going to Cambridge University
  5. Global Entrepreneurship Week Maastricht 2013
  6. Moderating TEDx in Hamburg
  7. Startup Lessons Learned at Northern Institute of Technology Management, NIT Hamburg
  8. 3rd NEXT Cologne is a go!
  9. Romania, Here I Come – Startup Weekend Timisoara Called
  10. NEXT Cologne is here again, starting October 23rd!
  11. Idea Lab @ WHU
  12. Producing StartupBus BeNeLux – 72hrs of road trip mayhem
  13. Customer Development on German National Radio
  14. Startup Day at University of Cologne
  15. Pitch Your Startup Like a Pro
  16. Lessons Learned from Crowdfunding
  17. We made it to Silicon Valley!
  18. On Customer Development
  19. What’s next for the Cologne startup scene?
  20. Clusterfuck for PayPal Germany in Progress?
  21. Bringing the Best of Startup Education from Silicon Valley to Cologne
  22. Let’s Facilitate – Hello Leipzig!
  23. Sharing Startup Lessons Learned at Rheinische Fachhochschule Cologne
  24. Crowd Funding as MVP
  25. Crowd Funding Troll is Crowd Funding Troll
  26. Entrepreneurship – Nature or Nurture at Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship 2013?
  27. There’s a new startup event in Cologne: Introducing the Rheinland-Pitch!
  28. On NEXT Cologne Q1 2013
  29. Navy vs Pirates
  30. Your pitch sucks.
  31. Introducing +Andersen & Associates
  32. Teaching at Karlshochschule International University, Karlsruhe
  33. Death to the Cult of Stealth Startups!
  34. Pirates on a Plane – Cologne Goes London
  35. First Ever Startup Weekend Cologne is an EPIC Success

2012 26

  1. On NEXT Cologne Q4 2012
  2. Lecturing at BiTS Iserlohn
  3. Made it to the Nordic Startup Awards Finals in Copenhagen
  4. From Startupbus Germany to LeWeb Paris
  5. On Startup Weekend NEXT Cologne
  6. Books I read since [LIST]
  7. Announcing the very first Startup Weekend NEXT Cologne ever!
  8. Introducing the first ever Startup Weekend Cologne, January 25-27 2013!
  9. On why I co-founded Gauss – The People Magnet
  10. Greetings from Startup Weekend Stuttgart
  11. Greetings from Monaco Media Forum 2012
  12. My Startup Wins People’s Choice Award at Nordic Startup Awards 2012 Norway!
  13. Annoucing the 11th Hacker News Cologne Meetup
  14. On failing: Crowd funding an iPhone app on IndieGoGo
  15. I need your VOTES!
  16. Yossi Vardi let me use his keynote to pitch my startup
  17. Interviewed by TechHustlers
  18. From Nothing to Something at Betahaus Cologne’s Startup Supper
  19. OneSec – An experiment in crowd funding
  20. Lessons Learned – steps2startup at University of Cologne
  21. On Creativity & Technology at Denkwerk
  22. Startup Weekend Amsterdam
  23. I’m going back to school!
  24. Gauss @ SXSW 2012
  25. We’ve been selected to showcase at Tech Cocktail’s SXSW event! (We need YOUR VOTE!)
  26. WTF: Social Capital

2011 7

  1. We made it to LeWeb 2011!
  2. We need your votes!
  3. Gauss – The People Magnet
  4. Hella Hamburg
  5. 5 Things I’m going to STOP in 2011
  6. Quick Thoughts on How to Improve the Download Experience in Internet Browsers
  7. Books I Read in 2010 [LIST]

2010 17

  1. How to Improve the List Experience in the TweetMag iPad App
  2. A Brief History of Social Networks
  3. Dell (Inspiron) Mini 9 and 10v Hackintosh – Battery Won’t Charge, Battery Not Identified, LED Lights Blinking [FIX]
  4. Boom or Bust!
  5. Ryan Dahl on node.js @cowoco [VIDEO]
  6. Yes, Moving On
  7. Introducing the Social Media Lunch Cologne
  8. Freigeist Conference CGN
  9. World Plone Day 2010
  10. Plone Cathedral Sprint 2010 a success!
  11. Plone Cathedral Sprint 2010 in Cologne
  12. Yes, I’ve got a new job!
  13. A mobile business idea – from 2003
  14. Is Google Buzz the new Blog?
  15. Hackintosh update
  16. Yes, I’ve been downsized
  17. How to make an Apple OSX Hackintosh with a Dell Inspirion Mini 9 Netbook

2009 11

  1. In Silicon Valley, life seems easy
  2. I’m an uncle!
  3. Saw the Obermann
  4. Off to see The Mann
  5. DNA Digital Workshop – Summary
  6. DNA Digital Workshop – Hello again, Berlin!
  7. SIGINT 20090 – Day 1
  8. Twitter muzzled?
  9. Evil ReTweet business plan from hell
  10. The Cluetrain Manifesto nine years later; the Internet answers back
  11. In loving memory of my uncle, Torodd Olsen

2008 19

  1. 5 top reasons why I suck at blogging
  2. 5 Lessons Learned
  3. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Repentance and Apologies
  4. Autodesk’s ‘Lustre’ at IBC 2008
  5. NewTek at the IBC 2008
  6. Panasonic 103″ HD Plasma Touch Screen at IBC 2008
  7. RED ONE, A-cam SP16 and A-cam dII at the IBC 2008
  8. A-cam dII World Premiere
  9. Closed for summer
  10. Conversational Snake Oil?
  11. Google Maps 2.0.3 for BlackBerry (and other platforms) launches
  12. Film crew found below my apartment
  13. Plone Conference 2008 venue and dates
  14. flickr now supports videos – 90 seconds / 150 MB
  15. Get up, stand up! Let’s hear it for Tibet and you.
  16. Yet Another Plone Spotting Competition
  17. IM IN UR WIKIPEDIAZ ™
  18. Share for Fun and Profit – Frivolous Friday is back!
  19. WWII bomb found close to my apartment

2007 26

  1. Merry whatever and definitely a happy new year!
  2. Last day of Plone Conference 2007
  3. Netvibes is broken fixed
  4. Plone is a Product ™
  5. First day of Plone Conf 2007
  6. Plone Conference 2007
  7. Netvibes now available on your mobile
  8. So, where are you from?
  9. Frivolous mp3 Friday – The Sequel
  10. Fist to the face!
  11. Plone Spotting Competition Winner
  12. ‘Wag the Long Tail’ in Cologne, Germany
  13. Ustream.tv registration form does not play nice
  14. Do you backup?
  15. Ninja vs Pirate
  16. Plone Spotting Competition
  17. Second Life in CGN
  18. Licensed to ill?
  19. Image caption competition
  20. Are we getting things done yet?
  21. RSS problems and other minor disturbances in the force
  22. Do you know where you’re going?
  23. If you’re ever going to Stansted, UK
  24. Is it just me or do you also see colours?
  25. Frivolous Friday – The Friday the 13th Premiere
  26. Headplay wearable display and media player – Now taking orders