Torsten Kolind
An ambitious entrepreneur disguised as a comfortable Dane.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://younoodle.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, C/C++, Danish, Databases, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, PHP, Public speaking, Recruitment, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Web design, Web Development |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Groups: | BASES, Belgian Young Entrepreneurs' Society, CEDS, Center for Entrepreneurship Studies at Bridgewater State College, Denmark Portfolio Competition, E-shipDay, Energy Ethics, Global Pinoy Association of Filipino Entrepreneurs (Singapore), IDEAS EMPOWERED, Impact, Imperial Entrepreneurs, JA-YE Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Junior Achievement Bulgaria, Malaysia (old group), MIT GSW 2007, New Venture Alumni, NextChance, nuStart, Post-It Innovation Competition, Rowan University Elevator Pitch Contest, Spring 2009, RSP, SHEN, SIFE Liverpool, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], South Park Portfolio Competition, Stardust-CBS, Stardust-DTU, START, START Danmark, Strom Center, Studentervæksthus Århus, SV Factor, The Business Plan Competition at CES Bridgewater, The Develop Prize, tt hh test, University of Nicaragua BPC, VCDK Network, Venture Cup Denmark, Verslauk, YAWA, YEFC, Youth Business Cameroon, Youth Entrepreneur: Malaysia, Øresund Science Parks |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Southern Methodist University, Technical University of Denmark, Universidad Santa Maria, University College London (UCL) |
FEATURED STARTUP
YouNoodle
YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
FULL BIO
An ambitious entrepreneur disguised as a comfortable Dane.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | YouNoodle Inc |
| Position: | Product Manager |
| Time period: | September 2009 - Present |
| Employer: | Venture Cup Denmark |
| Position: | Member of the Board |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Employer: | YouNoodle Inc. |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2008 - September 2009 |
| Employer: | Venture Cup Denmark |
| Position: | Director/CEO |
| Time period: | May 2006 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Venture Cup helps Danish students and faculty become entrepreneurs. By running the annual national business plan competition, Venture Cup, it is one of the most influential entrepreneurship organisations in Danish higher education. 10 employees, 5 locations, 6 member universities, and 200+ teams participating every year. |
| Employer: | NALIA Ltd / University College London Hospitals |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | September 2005 - June 2006 |
| Description: | Working on project NALIA, a continuation of my MSc thesis research project, see publication listed below. In charge of assay development and validation for systemic lupus erythematosus diagnostics and screening, in cooperation with UCL Hospitals. |
| Employer: | Novozymes A/S |
| Position: | Summer intern |
| Time period: | June 2001 - August 2001 |
| Description: | Student intern in Danish enzyme producer Novozymes’ eBusiness Operations department. |
| Employer: | PreVenture A/S |
| Position: | Business Plan Screener |
| Time period: | November 2000 - May 2002 |
| Description: | Business proposal screener and co-developer of the proprietary Growth Model concept for early-stage venture project management |
| Employer: | Innovative Business Software |
| Position: | Web developer |
| Time period: | September 2000 - May 2001 |
| Description: | Part-time work for a Dallas-based software company while at SMU |
| Employer: | WorldWeb ApS |
| Position: | Co-founder |
| Time period: | September 1996 - May 1999 |
| Description: | Co-founder and manager of a small Danish web design company, WorldWeb. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Technical University of Denmark |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Biotechnology, MSc |
| University: | Universidad Santa Maria |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Semester abroad, Chile |
| University: | University College London (UCL) |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2003 |
| Degree: | 1-year exchange |
| University: | Southern Methodist University |
| Time period: | 1998 - 2000 |
| Degree: | Freshman year, business focus |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | PubMed ID# 18356243: Screening autoantibody profiles in systemic rheumatic disease with a diagnostic protein microarray that uses a filtration-assisted nanodot array luminometric immunoassay (NALIA). |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Swimming, Badminton, Soccer |
| Hobbies: | Live music, jazz in particular. Latin America, every bit of it. The Economist, and world affairs. |
| Awards: | The McKinsey Award, while in college |
Torsten's Startups (2)
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
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LivePoint
Live music to the masses. Improve average Joe's live music choices, ability to pick, experience at the venue, and likelihood to go again. How? Through a novel concept, and your support. Start today by following us on YouNoodle!
Torsten is Following (71)
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Quantios
Quantios intelligently matches students to colleges, prospects to employers, and enables sophisticated analytics for many other fields where math improves intuition.
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TwitVid.com
TwitVid.com is a video uploading service that lets you easily post mobile video content to Twitter and other social media sites. TwitVid.com provides the fastest delivery of high-quality video Tweets in near real-time.
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Biotech Academy
BA connects elite students from DTU Systems Biology with top industrial leaders. The students in return creates educational materiale for Danish high school students. "Talent and responsibility for motivating the younger goes hand in hand in BA"
Torsten's Contacts (96)
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Estee Heisman
Psychology graduate from University of Redlands. Previously at Fisher Investments. Currently an analyst at YouNoodle.
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Jakob Boman
Partner in a social media consultancy
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Kirill Makharinsky
Entrepreneur, data analytics virtuoso, pianist, skier, artist, contrarian.
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Anders Gardhus
Masterâs Bachelorâs from Aarhus University ,worked as a Consultlant at Alexandra Instituttet (Part time), currently employed at IBM as a IT Specialist and Student Assistant.