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Yanisa joining hiveonline

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
January 23, 2019March 26, 2019

Yanisa Having flown 9,600km from a little red dot known as the sunny Singapore, I’m truly excited to join the hiveonline team here in Stockholm, Sweden. I’m currently embarking on an entrepreneurship program offered by the National University of Singapore (NUS) called NUS Oversea College (NOC), where undergraduates have the… Read More »

What makes a team most successful?

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
December 19, 2018March 26, 2019

Being a part of the FinTech Startup community, we often found ourselves to be slightly different from the more traditional finance scene. In our team alone, of 11 team members working on different projects, we are 5 female, 6 male – we vary in age, nationality, skills and experience. Actually,… Read More »

Pier47 New Copenhagen premises for our growing team

Elena’s 3 months at hiveonline

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
December 19, 2018March 26, 2019

Elena The first three months of my journey with hiveonline have been both challenging and exciting. One of my degrees is in business administration, and so in the early days here I was mainly doing tasks typical to that of an office manager: dealing with the local authorities, managing meetings,… Read More »

Fa’izah is ready to grow her business

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
December 19, 2018May 19, 2019

Fa’izah “Resilience is like a highlander who has designed the tools to enable her to climb up or down the mountain without falling.” Fa’izah lives in Kabe, a village in the Kollo region 45 km outside Niamey, Niger’s capital city. The village is 20km from the nearest paved road,… Read More »

hiveonline goes Live on the App Store!

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
December 10, 2018March 27, 2019

Thanks to all the efforts of our team of Fintech Heroes, hiveonline is now in full production and has gone live on the App Store for customers to download. This is our first version using traditional payments, while we work towards our more feature-rich full platform which will be regulated… Read More »

Be our tester: Our app is now ready to test

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
November 23, 2018March 27, 2019

We are almost ready to go live, but we need you to test the app with us to ensure everything works to your liking and remaining bugs are squashed. Becoming a tester Once you become a tester, we would really like to hear your input on how it is… Read More »

Leveling the field in Africa

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
November 5, 2018March 27, 2019

hiveonline has been selected by CARE to pilot our solution in Niger, Africa. In October we went down there to meet the potential customers, African women who want to conquer the world and are happy to do so using digital solutions. Niger is the largest country in Africa, with one… Read More »

Craftsmen in Denmark – how are they doing?

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
November 5, 2018March 27, 2019

According to the newest analysis of the building industry made by The Danish Construction Industry and Deloitte, craftsmen in Denmark are getting better at making money. We are all cheering for that. But then why is it that their earning capacity isn’t equally high?Well, according to some of the craftsmen… Read More »

Jesper Risløv from Risløv El, great expectation

Aligning expectations is money in the bank

by Camilla Vang Arffmann
October 24, 2018March 28, 2019

Working with a startup is not necessarily easy or straightforward. Still we have been very privileged with the contractors who so far are working with us, developing and improving the experience of our app. Risløv El is one of the contractors who are helping us. “I felt for the idea… Read More »

Out in the field with small businesses

by Bjorn Black
September 20, 2018March 28, 2019

The last couple of months we have been out in the field, testing the app with small businesses. We have been testing with carpenters and electricians and we are still expanding. It is really great to get feedback on the app in action – redesigning, doing mock ups and testing… Read More »