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Fredrik Thomassen and the geography of a good idea
In Indonesia, Fredrik Thomassen saw how much a postcode could cost a talented person. Superside grew from his attempt to change that bargain, through years of wrong turns, remote work and a growing appetite for AI.
From Climbing Copywriter to AI-Era Operator: Jen Rapp Keeps Creative Close to the Business
She learned brand storytelling at Patagonia, performance discipline at DoorDash and public-company theater at Klaviyo. Now Superside's Chief Customer Officer is trying to make creative work faster without sanding away the human judgment that makes it worth seeing.
Sondre Rasch
Sondre Rasch is the Norwegian co-founder and CEO of SafetyWing, a Y Combinator-backed insurtech building a global social safety net for remote workers and digital nomads. Starting from a teenage web hosting business run through an online video game community, he studied economics at NHH Bergen, served as a sniper in the Norwegian Army, advised the Norwegian government on social policy, and co-founded Superside before launching SafetyWing in 2018. SafetyWing has raised $46.6M (including a $35M Series B in 2022) and generates over $34M in annual revenue serving tens of thousands of customers across 180+ countries. His ultimate ambition is to build 'a country on the internet' - a software-based welfare system and digital nation called Plumia.