#50: Theodore Bergqvist - CEO and Co-Founder of Turbotic - Autonomous Enterprises and Exponential Thinking

Topics:Intro to autonomous enterprises.How Turbotic got $3M at the seed stage.A world in which 70% of the enterprise functions are automated.Enterprise singularity.Exponential vs. linear thinking and Singularity University.The importance of mixing disciplines.  Martial arts and sword fighting. Theodore Bergqvist is the CEO and Co-Founder of Turbotic, a company aiming to enable the world´s companies to be self-operating using AI and Automation technologies.Theodore has built and sold 5 companies over his career and is one of the few people to have ever done so in Sweden. He is the founder of Intelligence Research and Consulting, a consulting company he started just 3 years into his career that was later acquired by Jupiter Communications. After IRC, he founded Paradox Interactive, a leading global developer and publisher of games that was later sold to Splitan. Moreover, he is the founder of Gamersgate, a digital distribution platform, and also the founder of Nordic Native, a transactional platform for e-commerce. He spent the last 5 years deep in AI, heading the Data and Analytics division of Ericsson. He got his bachelor's degree at Stockholm University and recently graduated from Singularity University's famous executive and exponential innovation program.Turbotic Website: https://turbotic.com/Turbotic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/turbotic/Article Mentioned: The Rise of Exponential Individuals Dancing Guy Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2PkDerek Sivers Ted Talk “How to Start a Movement”: https://bit.ly/3lHZdBTThe Medici Effect by Frans Johansson: https://www.amazon.com/Medici-Effect-Elephants-Epidemics-Innovation/dp/1515959341Musashi Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Musashi-Epic-Novel-Samurai-Era/dp/156836427XLinkedIn: Theodore Bergqvist