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Lena Holmberg

Lena Holmberg is Programme Manager at Innovationsbron, a governmental company providing resources for incubators and start-ups in Sweden. She is Project Manager of HINT, a project focusing on sustainability, innovation and growth, funded by Region Västra Götaland, Innovationsbron and the EU Regional Development Fund. She has a truly triple helix background: she worked at a university and was awarded a PhD; she worked in industry and at an industry research institute; she has started companies and worked for a government agency. Her background is in ICT and she launched a blog for the 30 people from Sweden participating in NBIA 2010. For further details on Innovationsbron, see www.innovationsbron.se

All articles by Lena Holmberg:

Making Affordable & High Tech Innovations for Emerging Markets

December 1, 2010 | In: Strategies

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How do you develop high-tech products for people living in slums? How do you go about testing them in a safe way? How can you design a product and business model that such users can actually pay for? These are some of the challenges facing innovation managers in companies addressing the UN Millennium Development Goals and the ‘Base of the Pyramid’ market.

Seeds of Wisdom from the NBIA 2010 Conference

May 31, 2010 | In: Column & Opinion

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The National Business Incubator Association Conference is the largest incubator event in the world. The 2010 event had over 500 participants from 40 countries and provided a great opportunity to mix with incubation and economic development professionals from all over the world.