Experienced Mobile Internet Executive, Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor
Stockholm Area, Sweden
- Current
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- Founder and Owner at Superlocal AB
- Past
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- Co-founder and CEO at Plutolife
- Founder and Partner at Fishnet Nordic
- Owner & partner at Univero Fishnet
- Processor at Mobile FEED
- CEO and Partner at Future Preview
- Head of Research & Strategy at Bates Instore
- Education
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- Norwegian School of Management (BI)
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Trond Bugge’s Summary
Experienced entrepreneur with new leadership practice, solid background from investor relations, and fresh visions on where the Mobile Internet Industry is heading.
Previously founded and built 3 successful companies, Fishnet Nordic, Future Preview and Plutolife.
Trond Bugge’s Experience
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Founder and Owner
Superlocal AB
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
A job should be fun, challenging and include an option to get very rich. A part from that this job is really about demonstrating the long tail effect on location-based advertising.
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Co-founder and CEO
Plutolife
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; FUNCOM; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2001 — December 2005 (4 years 11 months)
Plutolife (Formerly Plutonium Software and Live the Game) is a leading developer and publisher of mobile dating and community game services. Characterized by persistent user experience generating recurring revenue streams, Plutolife have successfully launched games and services in over 30 countries ranging from Chile to China. My role was to make sure markets was targeted in the right time with the best products - and act throught the very best Publishing partners. Left Plutolife after a share sale to Funcom prior to their IPO at Oslo Stock Exchange Nov 2005. Funcom is now 80% owner of Plutolife.
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Founder and Partner
Fishnet Nordic
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)
August 1998 — December 2003 (5 years 5 months)
Founded Fishnet while I was still developing Future Preview. Found a niche segment "Trend Analysis of Youth Market" which I didn't want to adress under the Future Preview brand name. Separated and specialiced the youth trend division under the Fishnet brand, recruited CEO and Partner Ole Petter Nyhaug. Bacame industry leader in Scandinavia with customers like Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, IKEA, Telenor, TeliaSonera, Schibsted, NHO, etc. Sold in a split share and cash deal to Univero (MMI, Temo, Wilstrup Research) in December 2003. Univero Group was recently (February 2006) sold to global research leader Synovate Inc www.synovate.com.
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Owner & partner
Univero Fishnet
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 2002 (5 years)
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Processor
Mobile FEED
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
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CEO and Partner
Future Preview
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 1 month)
Founder, CEO (first 2 years) and fronting partner. Specialiced in trend analysis, scenario thinking, strategy consulting and innovation. Became leading Scanario based Strategy firm within the region with 10 employee. Worked at Board / CEO level with clients like: TetraPak, Avinor(Luftfartsverket), DNBNOR, Narvesen, Veidekke, BBS, and Norwegian Governments Education Minister. Last mentioned ended in a book called Scenario.edu 2010 describing three scenarios for the state owned University sector. Recruited Terje Osmundsen and Tom Karp as senior partner and partner and sold out to focus on the Mobile Entertainment industry February 2001.
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Head of Research & Strategy
Bates Instore
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1993 — 1997 (4 years)
Trond Bugge’s Education
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Norwegian School of Management (BI)
Master of Marketing Science, International Marketing, Distribution, Communication, August 1989 — June 1992
