11/21/09

Red noses on the mobile galla


Gulltasten is the industry’s annual celebration of itself. It’s an occasion to meet and honor achievements. Bipper and Save the Children were there and handed out red noses to everybody. We are encouraging the rest of the industry to open up their wallets and donate.

In one day we managed to get the organizers onboard with the idea (thanks!), Save the Children involved, an exhibit booth rigged, and enough noses for everybody.

The Red Nose Day was an interesting segment at “Gulltasten”, and since Save the Children is very committed to safeguard children's digital world was this a great fit.

However, the donations that were made this evening were less than I had expected so all the executives can expect a letter from me encouraging more contributions!

If tiny Bipper is able to donate money for Save the Children the larger corporations definitely need to participate!

The account number is 8380 08 08033.
And mobile users are encouraged to call 820 44 144 and donate 200 kroner.
As a Bipper-friend Idar Vollvik (founder of Chess) 
was the first one to be offered a red nose from Bipper

Posing on the red carpet. 
Notice that my Bipper handbag is always there!

Maria from Save the Children charmed everyone with her red nose

Business and pleasure! Two pairs of twins 
showed off the new business phone from Toshiba

Nadir was the first Bipper, and a bit of updating was 
needed. Nadir is a successful Telecom entrepreneur, 
and the man who inspired me to “go for it”

And Olav got the winning ticket - and a brand new Toshiba mobile phone!

Red noses are great fun!

Mobile beer!

How did they get this car up the stairs to the 
second floor of the hotel???



11/18/09

Wearing red noses at our board meeting


Support Save the Children and wear a red nose!

Save the Children does tremendous work to better the situation of the world’s children and young people. Since Save the Children is an important partner to Bipper, it only feels right to do whatever we can to support their initiatives. This year Save the Children has a campaign called The Red Nose day, and all the income from selling the noses ($7 each) will go directly to the organization. A lot of activities involving red noses are planned to lead up to the final Red Nose Day!

At today’s board meeting we all wore red noses, each of us paying $100-200 for a nose. All the money is donated directly to Save the Children, and all of us got a good laugh!

To watch top lawyer Morten F. Krohnstad (Schjødt), Olav Balandin (CTO i Bipper), Birgitte Bull (investor) and Svein Johnsen (co-founder of Chess, and Bipper investor) in red noses made the day just a bit brighter. 

I recommend all to support the initiative! Wear a red nose, come up with a good project or event and collect money for Save the Children. Their account number is: 8380 08 08033.

And please do watch the Red Nose show on TV3 on November 29th!




11/6/09

A day in the office...


Going to work with mommy isn’t so bad! Having your company located at the ViVite Centre is perfect for a mother with small kids, and with a playroom in the office it works even better. Every company should have a playroom for children and grown-ups!


Today was the faculty planning day both in kindergarten and at school so the kids had the day off. Since I was leaving for the US Sunday morning, I had wanted to be home with the kids today, but there were also a few things at work that had to be taken care off before departure ...


In that regard it is great that Bipper has offices in Vil Vite Senteret in Bergen. There is a great exploratory center on the first floor, and offices for us and the rest of the entrepreneurial companies in Nyskapningsparken Incubator on the 2 floor. 

The kids love to run around and try all the fantastic installations, and after completing the tour of the center is the playroom at Nyskapningsparken waiting for them. All businesses should have  playroom for both young and old! I believe sick leave would have been reduced greatly by this. Kids who are too sick to go to kindergarten but to healthy to stay home, enjoy these kinds of playroom. 

Cows on the wall, both the Wii and Playstation. Large pillows to build with. Workstations inside the shelves. 

Perfect for all of us :-)