How to Scale a Sports Startup to 50+ Countries w/ Mikael & Johan from Heja

Friday, June 10, 2022, 10:00 – 11:00 AM UTC

Welcome to our fireside chat with the founders of Heja who are on a mission to make it possible for youth across the world to experience the joys of team sports!

Virtual event
Fireside Chat

About this event

Welcome to our fireside chat with the Mikael Blix, CEO & Founder of Heja - Sweden's leading sports platform that's on a mission to make it possible for youth across the world to experience the joys of team sports!

Mikael and his co-founder Johan have dedicated their entire lives to contributing to a positive impact for the sports community through their companies Heja and Laget.se and in this fireside chat we discuss:

⭐️ What are some of the issues youth are facing around the world?

⭐️ How can sports be a channel for positivity and self expression for youth?

⭐️ How did it all start and what's the connection between Laget & Heja?

⭐️ How was the experience of building the companies - challenges, missteps?

⭐️ How did they manage to onboard a massive 200,000 teams on the platform?

⭐️ What does it feel like to impact sports infrastructure in 50+ countries?

⭐️ Has funding been a challenge? How did they overcome it?

⭐️ Where are they headed, and what can entrepreneurs learn from their journey?

The discussion will be moderated by Naimul Abd, Business Advisor & Partnerships Lead at Coompanion Stockholm, serial impact entrepreneur, Strategic Advisor at the Founder Institute, and Director Startup Grind Stockholm.

Check out what happened

Speakers

  • Mikael Blix

    Heja

    CEO

  • Johan Berglund

    Heja

    CTO

Host

  • Naimul Abd

    Founder (Nutty Ventures)

    Regional Director Nordics (Startup Grind)

Organizer

  • Naimul Abd

    Startup Grind

    Regional Director Nordics Startup Grind