If you’re a Disney+ subscriber or are looking for more reasons to be one, here is another. On a recently released documentary with National Geographic called OWN THE ROOM, centered around a global student entrepreneur competition in Macau, Ecobloom’s very own CEO Hamza Qadoumi participated in and was featured alongside other individuals from all over …
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On Saturday, our CEO, Hamza, came back from a 2-week trip to China, where he was preparing the EcoGarden to begin the manufacturing process. It was Hamza’s first time in China, and he described it as: “A different world. Great people, different food, and good buzz!” So why fly all the way across the world …
A little over a week ago, our CEO Hamza Qadoumi brought home another title… Sweden’s Young Entrepreneur & Role Model 2019! The award is a huge honor in Sweden, with the award ceremony happening in the same venue where the Nobel laureates are celebrated, and with the prince of Sweden present! The award is sponsored …
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On September 23rd we embarked on a new stage in the Ecobloom journey… our own office! The Ecobloom team is now located at Frihamnsgatan 28 at the Stockholm harbor. We are loving our office views and whiteboard-able walls. And of course, the plants. Always the plants. The building we’re in is newly renovated, and we …
Last Thursday night, a group of brave souls joined us at our first ever EcoGarden workshop at Epicenter in Stockholm. Some of these people backed the EG on Kickstarter, some purchased the product on IndieGogo, and others were just interested in knowing more. Whatever their reason for coming, we had a great evening getting to …
Howdy, EcoGardeners! Did any of you know that since July, while everyone else was off somewhere exotic on vacation and soaking up the sun, we’ve been participating in something really exciting?? Well, we have! It’s called the EIT Food Accelerator, it’s put on by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology and is specifically geared …
And just like that… it’s August. Summer is lingering still but you can almost feel the Fall air, crisping things up and ushering in a new season. In Sweden, we appreciate all of the seasons, but it sure is hard to say goodbye to Summer. So, let’s not! Let’s talk about something that happened way …
Happy summer, EcoGardeners! We hope you’ve been taking advantage of the warm days and sunshine to get outside, have some fun, and maybe even grow some food! Up here in Stockholm we have quite long summer days – around 18 hours of light around the solstice on June 21st. We’ve been taking advantage of the …
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What an amazing April it has been. One week we were pitching at Sweden Demo Day, and the next we were on our way to the other side of the world. So, why fly to China? Well, one reason was to source our final supplier for manufacturing the EcoGarden. The other was to compete in …
Six hundred startups crowded into Stockholmsmässan Thursday morning – all with dreams of being the next Swedish “unicorn.” With concepts ranging across the tech spectrum, Sweden Demo Day 2019 attracted an estimated 3,000 investors, corporate-types and relevant stakeholders. The Ecobloom team was out in full force, too. With our brown paper “booth” illustrating how aquaponics …
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