Henriette Weber.comSomething happened last week. I was nominated for the Danish award “Ivækstprisen” together with editor-in-chief, Maria Fynsk Norup. I was recognized because of my work with Geek Girl Danmark and our startup Geek Girl Magazine. It was an extreme honour to be nominated. But what was even more extreme was the response from the network, […]
A couple of years back, I had a talk with a person who specialized in coaching personal brands to become a better public speaker. After a while, I found out that he was a truly great coach if you were into being a mainstream public speaker. But for me, a curly creative business avantgardist who […]
People copying your work will make you stronger. It’s something that only happens to the best of us (she said, time and time again while rocking back and forward). No honestly. Getting copied by others sucks big time. It makes you want to do something completely different from your work, life, sweat, joy, and tears. […]
I think it’s sad that people are so in doubt about what kind of personal or corporate brand they can be. The kind of brand that is aligned with them. A brand is something that should be closely aligned with your identity or personality. I totally get where you’re coming from. When I read some […]
On Friday, I’m flying to Düsseldorf to be a keynote speaker for Shift Relays. I’m going to talk about being real, branding for startups, and how they stick together. Actually, I am just going there to be a speaker but I am actually opening the program for SEO purposes. I need to have some content […]
Visionaries do, almost by definition, sell more in the long run, compared to those who are all about profit. Visionaries can be woken in the middle of the night and answer the question “what are you fighting for” in one question- where some people can only give you their value statement. Visionaries know that creativity […]
I really like to measure stuff, internally and externally around my business and me as a business owner. And one of the things I often end up looking at internally is how bad-ass I feel as an entrepreneur. Bad ass, to me, is to show confidence in everything I do. A personal goal of mine […]
The business world is in dire need of diversification. Every brand has a need to stand out these days. Enter stage: disruptive trends. Think about what Patagonia has done with their ‘buy less’ strategy. Standing out has become one of the primary reasons for selling your products. If you’re good at spotting disruptive trends, you […]
A while back I pinned this picture on Pinterest, saying “Thou shall not take shit”. it’s from a swedish illustrator called Ylva Skarp (and you can see and buy her awesome work here). Anyway during the summer I have been reading a lot of business books (the personal MBA, never eat alone, the go-giver (again)) […]
Last week, I did a workshop called “Brand Your Band”. It was at Trigger Creative Conference in Borlänge, Sweden where I shared my thoughts on rockbandism. I also featured my oldie-but-goodie ebook, “why every company should be a rockband“. It was co-hosted by Niclas “Deeped” Strandh and Jesper Wallerborg Almerud. I had the time of my life […]