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25 September 2023 14:00-15:30Epicenter Oslo

Join us for hacks on how to lead through 3 stages of exponential growth


Being a leader is not always a walk in the park. Being a leader for a company that experiences exponential growth can at times be a real struggle. Does it sound familiar? If you want to get inspired by people who have been through different stages of growth, this is the event for you.

Based on some of our Epicenter programs we have identified three growth stages that leaders as well as companies find complex. These are the topics we will have experienced people talking about:  

  1. From idea to hiring talent with Marianne Bratt Ricketts
  2. From team to teams with Daniel Karlsen
  3. From local to global with Carl Christensen


At the end of the event we will host a laid back talk on stage about leadership, and make sure to provide you with some tips and tricks from our dear guests on stage. Hopefully this will give you insight to the importance of leadership when growing your company, and give you some inspiration on how to lead through exponential growth.

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Agenda

13:30

Registration & Doors open*

*Epicenter is open from 08.00 and as long as you register for the event, you are free to use our lounges as your workplace for the day.

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14:00

Welcome!

14:15

Stage 1: How to lead from idea to employment

Going from that great idea, to hiring your first employees. What do you do? What rules and regulations apply? How do you motivate and drive them? Meet Marianne Bratt Ricketts, who founded the company VIBBIO which was later acquired by ON24. She will share her insight from leading the company through that first phase.

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14:30

Stage 2: How to lead from team to teams

Going from having one core team where almost everyone does everything and then evolving from team to teams. How do you as a leader handle this phase? How do your employees handle the change? How do you handle the change? Meet Daniel Karlsen, who has been through this journey in his role at Semine AI and will talk about his experience in the field.

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14:45

Stage 3: How to lead globally

How do you as a leader stay on top of things at home, while leading your team internationally? What challenges are there to handle, seen from a leader’s perspective once you have different cultures to handle? And legislations, norms and social expectations? During this part you will meet Carl Christensen, who gained hands on learnings from this topic while growing the then Spacemaker, now Autodesk Norma, team onto the international stage.

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15:00

Leadership talk: How to lead through exponential growth

15:30

Mingle & Networking

16:00

Event over - see you next time!

Speakers

Marianne Bratt Ricketts
founder & CEO, VIBBIO

Marianne is a Norwegian serial entrepreneur, with previous businesses in design & communication, technology and winter sports. Her background is as a graphic designer, editor in chief and communication strategist, with a deep-rooted interest in innovation and technology-driven change. She is most recently the founder and CEO of VIBBIO, a video technology startup which was acquired by the US company ON24 Inc. in 2022.

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Daniel Karlsen
Semine AI

Daniel has extensive experience from various positions in marketing, sales and leadership within the software and SaaS industry. He has worked at Software Innovation, Tieto, and Montaag in San Francisco before building the commercial side of Semine. He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Marketing from BI Norwegian Business School and NTU, Singapore, and have studied entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley.

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Carl Christensen
Vice-President Product, Autodesk Forma

Carl is one of the co-founders of Spacemaker AI, a cloud-based AI platform that helps urban designers and architects discover smarter ways to maximize the potential of a building site. He is passionate about driving digital innovation, product development and creating empowered organization. In his current role, he leads the delivery of Autodesk Forma. Christensen holds M.Sc. degrees in both Computer Science and Business Administration and has more than two decades of experience building software, leading teams, and experimenting with AI. 

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Mathias Willumsen
Head of Community, Epicenter Oslo

Mathias has worked with the Epicenter community for more than 5 years. During this time he has worked close with many startups and scaleups and seen close at hand how they have developed and scaled their companies. With his former experience from running professional leader networks, he has developed Epicenter’s own Leader program and network meetings. He will be moderating this event during Oslo Innovation Week.

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