Somewhat surreal to sit in a big lawyer’s office going back and forth between meeting rooms while negotiations.
Flew to Toronto and settled the terms for acquiring the Tickle Tap Apps and the whole team from Zinc Roe. Toca Boca was on Fox News under the topic “Nerd Alert”. Her story was published in The New Yorker and is definitely one of the best articles written about us ever. Was interviewed by Alexandra Lange who saw Toca Boca they way we intended it, which is very rare. Toca Boca was featured in a TV commercial from Apple. Brooklyn Nets vs San Antonio Spurs, in a very impressive Barclay’s Arena. Saw my first NBA game! About 20 years too late. Went with Jonas to the Spinmaster party and wondered when Toca Boca would host the equivalent thing. 
Flew to New York to visit Toy Fair and speak at Digital Kids Conference.I had hoped that education had gotten further in terms of methodology, but I learned a lot from the others in the group. Finished the final cohort of Bonnier Duke Program, an executive training program that I was a part of.One of them, Ida, had her birthday (pictured above). Started the month by going bowling with my three favorite girls.Did an initial plan for the Toca Boca organization together with Emil.Wrote a blog post about solving the right problem with your startup.Took a day in London to meet with Apple, and did an interview for a book which just came out – Mad Men of Mobile.
Went home to see my parents in Resteröd which was covered in snow (the picture above). Mainly meetings with the team, and some with Bonnier Growth Media.
Flew to Stockholm and stayed there for weeks. Had a dinner with a VC that tried to convinced me to leave my job, but to no effect. I was on a panel together with LEGO which was a milestone in itself, but more importantly – Toca Boca won the KAPi for Most Pioneering Team in Childrens Technology. Went to Las Vegas for the first time to attend CES. Celebrated New Years Eve in Palo Alto with old and new friends, several of which became good ones during the year. It’s a lot about work of course but I think that accurately portrays this year – I’ve been focused on that (and I left out some personal things too). If you’re curious you can also read 2010, 20 too. Since my memory is quite bad, it has become a way to reflect and remember what actually happened. This is the fourth year I have written a summary about what I’ve been doing over the past year. The nuances get lost and those are the ones that are really interesting. There is much more here than meets the eye, and a lot of my Swedish pre-justices about this country turned out to be wrong. The longer I stay, the less I understand – and I mean from a positive sense.
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