Kristjan is a viking Icelander who believes in a great team full of activity and action, not the ideas they work on. Kristjan is born and raised in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. At early age he harnessed his energy in computer gaming and tried to take over the world by competing in a few world cup tournaments in the field, with semi-success. After an overdose of computer games, Kristjan entered the University of Iceland and became a player in student politics. During university years, through his network at the University, Kristjan met with fantastic enthusiastic people who convinced him they could make a change in the entrepreneurial community. After majoring in marketing and international business he quit his part time job at the national bank of Iceland and joined the team in building Innovit Entrepreneurship Center in Iceland. Since then Innovit has been helping entrepreneurs accelerating ideas trough all possible means. Along his work at Innovit, Kristjan has founded a few small startups e.g. selling volcanic ash in Icelandic stores and small software development (proud honest failure).

Current position: CEO, Innovit Entrepreneurship Center, MD StartupReykjavik - the Icelandic startup accelerator, 16k, 6% equity and proud Startup Weekend Global Facilitator.

 

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