The Swedish career network “Shortcut” has, for the eighth consecutive year, listed 100 “Upcoming” entrepreneurs under the age of 36, who have reached success during the year and served as an inspiration for future entrepreneurs. The jury, consisting of front figures from Swedish industries, has awarded Patric, Hans and Erik place number 31-50 in the listing.

“At Shortcut, we want to recognize inspiring role models who show that it, despite a tough job situation, is possible to create their own career by starting and running a business. For many people this is only a dream and we hope that “upcoming 2009” can inspire more young entrepreneurs to take the step towards their own business”, said Mia Berin Kamlén, Marketing Director at Shortcut.

Read more about Upcoming 2009 and view the full list here (in Swedish only)

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From Brighton, Newcastle and Cologne in Europe, to Chicago, Orlando and Austin in the US, to Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo in Asia. But it’s not over yet. If you want to meet with us, there is a fair chance that we’ll be in your area soon.

This is Hansoft on tour schedule, autumn 2009:

>> GDC China, Shanghai, Oct 11-13: Jason Eyre will be present and more than happy to discuss the advantages of Hansoft over a beer or coffee.

>> Germany Scrum Gathering, Munich, Oct 19-21: Come and listen to Patric’s keynote speech on “Making Agile matter to the bottom line by understanding group dynamics”, October 20 09.00-10.00.

>> IGDA Leadership Forum, San Francisco, Nov 12-13: Double chance to learn more about Hansoft. Get a demo at our booth or listen to Patric’s lunch presentation on November 12.

>> MIGS, Montreal, Nov 16-17: Meet us in the business lounge and get your private demo. The on-line meeting planner is now open.

>> Embedded Systems Conference, Grenoble, Dec 1-3: Patric and John will share their expertise on how to make your projects more lean at Hansoft’s booth at the expo.

>> Game Connection, Lyon, Dec 8-10: Last chance before Christmas – Jason and Parul will be prepared with a meeting room and ready to show how Hansoft can make your team more productive.

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Patric will talk about group dynamics in scrum teams, something that is often not focused on enough, even though it is a critical part of scrum.

The session will talk about difficulties connected with group composition and development, and discuss solutions on typical problems. There will be a particular focus on large projects with multiple teams working in parallel, sometimes distributed. Typical challenges and some practices to address them will be discussed.

Patric discusses project management and QA best practices on a daily basis with clients in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. He also serves as member of the jury of business plan competition Venture Cup, as board member on a number of non-profit organizations and is an instructor within the Swedish Air Force.

The speech "Making Agile matter to the bottom line by understanding group dynamics" will be held during Germany Scrum Gathering in Munich on October 19, 10.30-12.00 in salon EKG, Hilton Munich City.

Read more about Germany Scrum Gathering and sign up here.

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The team from Hansoft is now back at the office in Uppsala after a hectic week in Brigthon.

Hansoft CEO Patric Palm kick started the week by winning the Games Aid Poker Tournment on Tuesday night and hence "a year of bragging rights";) The expo opened on Wednesday and Jason and Parul kept themselves busy demoing Hansoft 5.3 with the new Perforce integration at the booth.

Patric together with Ubisoft producer Lisa Charman made a great production keynote speech on Wednesday afternoon. The session was well visited and the interest was big, telling from the long line of listeners who wanted to ask questions after the session. You can see the speech in full on YouTube.

The winner of a £ 205.15 IKEA gift card in Hansoft's production survey/Meatball competition was .... Congratulations on your shopping spree and portion of meatballs!

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The Orange bar in Uppsala was full of excited people, mingling with blue drinks on the red carpet. A few hours later, after the buffet was finished, the dancefloor was filled with awesome music from the DJ booth, African drummers and dancing guests. The foosball and Labyrinth games were in full action and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves.

Check out the pictures on Flickr!

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Jonas Persson

is filling the position as Senior software engineer at Hansoft. He has previously worked with Medical equipment, industrial automation and online games. Jonas has over 10 years professional experience in software development, and his latest employment was with Imentum, Sweden.

Alan Weekes

has just joined Hansoft as Support Manager. Alan holds a Bsc Degree in Computer Science & also Graduate in Sales Management combined with over 6 years experience in IT sales mainly in the Irish & UK market but also in Finland, Australia & USA. His most recent employment was with Tronix Systems, Ireland.

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