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I share everything I’ve learned, so you can succeed faster.
BIO
Serial entrepreneur with three decades of experience and six successful 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 since served on the Google Cloud Advisory Board, contributed as a fintech expert at Forbes, and been featured on CNBC, BBC, and numerous podcasts and radio shows where he shared insights, experiences, and predictions.
Daniel has served as a resident startup mentor for Innovation Norway. He completed the Pretotyping course by Alberto Savoia, former Google executive, and developed the Idea Validation and Simple Strategy Frameworks, which he teaches to entrepreneurs and executives.
Outside of work, Daniel is an active private pilot, flying both land and seaplanes. He enjoys exploring new experiences, learning new skills, meeting people, and has a passion for gadgets, cooking, and wine.
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 in planning a new venture. It is fascinating to see how pedagogic it was and the energy it created amongst the founders.
Jan Christian Fosseidbråten, CEO at Eidra Norway
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 in planning my new venture. It is fascinating to see that many of the things that went well 6 months later were closely tied to the plan and approach that came out of the framework!
Daniel Caetanya Fossum, 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 in our product development work.
Aurora Aastad, Founding CEO at Stas
Direct, funny and helped me think bigger about my idea. Just try! It’s a good experience!
Silje Nilsen, CEO at Biologisk
Very concrete, very detailed, hands on and practical. I recommend this 100%
Marie Kobro, Co-founder at NoPhone
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!
Cecilie Marø Høiback, CEO & Designer at The Interior Collective
Free & paid services
The idea validation framework
85% of new ideas fail when they hit the market. In most cases, your idea can be validated, cheaply in days.
Learn on your own with my video course, or book bespoke coaching.
the simple strategy framework
A surprising number of businesses operate without a strategy. Be wiser.
Learn on your own with my video course, or book bespoke coaching.
consulting
I offer consulting across a wide spectrum of disciplines and formats, including entrepreneurship, innovation, product and service development, business transformation, digitalization and AI.
contact
daniel@doderlein.com
+47 900 17 777
Daniel R. Döderlein 