The New Nordic Model is on the rise and many global businesses and organisations are paying close attention.

"I think the best way to discover a place is to react to your feelings and eyes instead of looking to a map with thirty advertisings for cheap pizza on it (nothing wrong with pizza)” – Hedof, The Jaunt #1

They say that we learn something new every day and today is your lucky day because here you can learn FIVE new things!

What can an entrepreneur learn from the urban art scene?

Is there a blank page (real or metaphorical) staring up at you, mocking you with its pristine virginity and unbroken whiteness? Or a knotty problem that you have been trying to solve that will not reveal it’s answer to you, no matter how many hours...

“If you have an apple, and I have an apple, and we swap, we each still only have one apple. But if you have an idea a...

Seize the day, live each day to the fullest, dance like nobody is watching. We all want to make the most of our lives, but days blur into weeks that blur into years and it can be a challenge to fill each and every moment with purpose.

Have ever been invited to a meeting that is optimistically labelled “BRAINSTORMING!” in your shared calendar, then gone to the meeting and watched dust particles gently settle on the window sill with almost balletic grace, as your brain, which ...

If you want to be successful in your chosen business you need to be creatively competitive. What you are offering to you...

Want to be a serial entrepreneur and a creative force?

We are surrounded by inspirational content everywhere we turn. Newspapers, newsfeeds, galleries, videos, blogs, even the...

When we have a looming deadline for work, a project we want to begin, or an essay to write, sometimes sorting our sock d...

Findings suggests delinquent behaviour in youth is a key ingredient in the recipe for entrepreneurship.

With passion by the bucket load and a bona fide DIY attitude, Angelo Milano has singlehandedly created one of the most well respected and talked-about street art festivals in the world.

Scandinavia has seen a massive rise in digital music revenues in recent years and this week IFPI announced a global record industry revenue increase of 0.3% in 2012. Are we finally witnessing the death of the much-talked-about death of the music in...

Words by Kaave Pour & Mathias Arvedsen of Retelly.com. An excerpt from our recently released business magazine Rebel Times no. 1.

On Friday 8. March 2013 Denmark will get its first business magazine that focuses on creative and cultural entrepreneurs...

Are you getting the most out of your Instagram? Need inspiration on your own strategy? Do you utilize your hashtags to get more activity around your uploads? Look no further.

Picking a brand name shouldn’t be taken lightly. There are several things you need to ask yourself and take into consi...

In this first of a series of interviews with festival organisers we've talked to Carla Cammilla Hjort, the founder of Copenhagen-based festival Trailerpark Festival. A festival run by ArtRebels who's also the organisation behind Rebel Academy. Pho...

Earlier this year writer Neil Gaiman gave an inspiring speech addressing the graduating class of the University of the A...

Lost At E Minor is an online culture-based publication, and a great one at that. Publishing the best in art, photography, design, music and pop-culture that mashes ‘lowbrow sensibilities’ with ‘highbrow movements’. Started in 2005 by Austr...

In this two-part series, we’ll take a look at what serendipity is and how you can embrace it independently and through collective brainstorming. In this first part we’ll look at the concept of serendipity and how to use it. The next post will foc...

Whether you do free-hand or stencils, brush, roller or aerosol paint, creep around streets under the cover of darkness, ...

Is it never you who gets to be the successful entrepreneur? Do you have a dream of starting up a business that has not yet been realized?

Kirby Ferguson is a New York-based filmmaker and lecturer who has created a series of videos focusing on the elements of creativity. He states that everything is a remix as creative souls such as artists and entrepreneurs are inspired and influenced ...

Heads In The Cloud has talked to illustrator Daniel van der Noon about his life as a creative entrepreneur. Daniel was born and raised in Birmingham and is now living in Aarhus, Denmark.

Knowing why you do what you do isn't just something that will help you in your daily process – it can actually help get partners, collaborators and customers. People don't buy what you do, but WHY you do it.

Chris MacDonald says it, Denis Waitley says it and even our beloved BS Christiansen says it: “‘Get out of you comfort zone”’! But what is a comfort zone, how do you actually get out of it and why the heck should you? In this blog post I’ll ...

It’s the talk of the town – passion. But what is passion? How can you use it for the better? And how do you find your own passion? As the entrepreneur behind the jewelry store Hjort Smykker, I have found it vital to answer these questions. This f...

"I'm lazy… I procrastinate – working under pressure is so much better, that’s when my best work happens". Larry Bl...

In the hope of answering a question posted in response to the first installment in this series, this part will focus on why we buy into an idea. It isn't about how much we spend, but rather about what we choose to spend money on. In other words it’...

Two great Australian Architects come together for a conversation on life, architecture, and the future. Honest, entertai...

The quintessential creative office space conjures up images of sleek advertising agencies and foosball tables. But how d...

This is the first in a series about the spreading of ideas. This series is inspired by ideas from some of the most inspirational and innovative thinkers we know. Each post will focus on one single idea. It is not our aim to explain the ideas in full...

Athena quit her job, booked a one-way ticket and unleashed the monster that had been stirring deep inside.

Networking shouldn't just be something you do once in a while. Networking is something to be taken seriously. It's a great tool to make your business flourish. It’s just as much about the creative elements of entrepreneurship as it’s about the bu...

On the 25th of April we invite you to participate in a debate that aims to create awereness and knowledge on the financi...

Yes, you probably think your idea is fantastic, but it is worth absolutely nothing unless you do something with it. Let me try to explain where good ideas come from and you’ll hopefully understand why ideas themselves are not enough.

Satsuko VanAntwerp talked with Bryan Boyer about the problems with "Design Thinking".

Rebel Academy is an inspirational platform for creative and cultural innovators and entrepreneurs. The idea for Rebel Academy surfaced after I had held a few talks about being a creative entrepreneur, having shared the story behind www.ArtRebels.com ...

Brazil is a country storming ahead on many levels, including creative and cultural entrepreneurship. Guest blogger Mariana Bastos reflects on the challenges and potential for creative growth in Brazil.

A braided paper patchwork wall, cardboard cut-out furniture and an enormous overflowing rubbish bin full of trashed ideas. Intrigued? Take a peek into the latest learning experience of local Copenhagen entrepreneurship students.

The most important starting point is to decide to be a creative business and to act like one. Creativity needs to be prioritized and the business leader plays a key role in maintaining this. The leader must lead the way and set the overall tone and b...

Lesson one in becoming an entrepreneur is first and most importantly to acknowledge that it’s possible to create a job, instead of getting one

Larissa was among eight artists shortlisted for the 2011 
Lacoste Elysée Prize until she was removed from the shortlist as her work was too political.

I have always been naïve… or perhaps irrational. Like when I moved from France (Paris!) to Sweden (Uppsala) in 1986 w...

A nice way to look at making creative entrepreneurship profitable is through a simple gap analysis – connecting what people want with what they are given. Aim to find something people are searching for which doesn’t already exist and pair up with...

What Toronto lacks in cycling infrastructure, it makes up for in social innovation hot spots. Here are the top 6 social innovation organizations to check out on your next visit to this great Canadian city.

America was discovered when Christopher Columbus literally sailed outside the charts! This occurred in spite of the best knowledge about sea routes and navigation, in spite of the established charts, and in spite of his captains’ and crew’s objec...

Working in the creative industry is tough. One has to draw a line between being creatively uncompromising and economically efficient.

As a creative entrepreneur it’s important to go with your gut feeling and not to compromise your integrity. In my view we only move in quantum leaps when we embrace the many commercial opportunities that are out there – we just need to ensure tha...

Rebel Academy mentor Christer Windeløv-Lidzélius sums up how he went from being a high school kid without focus to becoming deeply involved with most aspects of entrepreneurship.

When I ask entrepreneurs about their biggest challenge, the most common response I get is “access to capital”. But w...

Anne Skare Nielsen has made a video where she explains how business success in the future will not be measured in terms of quantity, not in terms of selling a lot of stuff, having a lot of employees, having a huge business etc. etc. In stead success ...

5 months ago a bar opened in Jægersborggade 43, Copenhagen. 6 months prior to that I met Nicolai Schøler for the first time. He wanted to talk about possible collaborations between my label Tambourhinoceros and this bar he planned to open.

I had the joy of interviewing the digital communication bureau Yourwaves on the day of their 2-year anniversary, so it c...