Serial Entrepreneur · Advisor · Innovation Strategist
Three decades. Six exits. One mission — helping you build what's next with clarity, speed, and conviction.
About Daniel
Serial entrepreneur with three decades of experience and six exits, Daniel has worked with startups, scale-ups, and established companies across technology, product design, services, advertising, media, apparel, and financial services.
Named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014 by the Norwegian Venture Capital Association, he has served on the Google Cloud Advisory Board, contributed as a fintech expert at Forbes, and been featured on CNBC, BBC, Bloomberg, and numerous podcasts.
Daniel developed the Idea Validation and Simple Strategy Frameworks, which he teaches to entrepreneurs and executives.
What I Do
Whether you're a corporation seeking strategic guidance or a startup building from scratch — I bring experience where it matters most.
Product development, innovation strategy, digital transformation, idea validation, and AI adoption. I help established companies navigate change and capture new opportunities.
From idea to exit and everything in between. I bring 30 years of hands-on experience, frameworks, and a network to help you build smarter and faster.
How It Works
A simple, AI-assisted process to understand your needs and determine how we can work together.
Start a conversation with Odina, Daniel's AI assistant. She'll learn about your project, challenges, and goals.
Odina determines if there's a good fit and identifies how Daniel's experience can best serve your needs.
If it's a match, Odina helps you schedule a video call directly on Daniel's calendar. Simple as that.
Testimonials
I went through the Idea Validation Framework with Daniel, which helped me clarify my next steps and ensure I was focusing on the right things. It is fascinating to see how pedagogic it was and the energy it created amongst the founders.
CEO at Eidra Norway
Many of the things that went well 6 months later were closely tied to the plan and approach that came out of the framework!
Managing Partner at Founders & Fools
We workshopped through new ideas and did several validation experiments to find possible growth paths. The framework is structured, logical and inspired the whole team. Since then we've continued to apply the methodology.
Founding CEO at Stas
I have done both the idea validation and simple strategy framework. It has helped me focus, identify new opportunities and accelerated growth in my business. Just do it!
CEO & Designer at The Interior Collective
Get Started
Start a conversation with Odina. She'll help determine how Daniel's experience can serve your goals.