About the author: Eva Solheim

 

Living lighter interests me. With the discovery of the benefits of living with less "stuff" in the home, at work and in the mind, I am open to share my insights with others so they too can enjoy the lighter way of living.

 

I find that by actively living lighter in the sense of having less things in my life, less cluttered throughts speculating about what is to come or might happen,  and having a good view of my finances, I experience a lighter sense of living.

 

With this personal experience, I hope to inspire others by sharing a few words that resonate with me as I am on my journey of living lighter.

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Staying true to curiosity, compassion and kindness, as well as being ok with not knowing the future is a lighter way of living in my experience.​

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A little bit of summary of my work experiences:

 

Founder of blakraft - a concept for helping people improve their capabilities through living lighter.

 

I started a project of "Idea Lab and Gallery" in Värmland, Sweden:

Privately financed the two-year-piloting of a two employee startup business with the services of design and developments of ideas and early testing in local markets. Customers included entrepreneurs, aspiring and unknown artists and craftsmen, as well as corporate, government and non-profit organizations.

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Operation and maintenance of a Värmland country estate:

Events, Bed & Breakfast and horse facility management.

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General Partner, venture capital (VC) firm in Silicon Valley:

$40 million fund for renewable energy technology. Seed to Growth.

 

Director, Corporate VC, global Japanese corporation, San Francisco:

$100 million "evergreen fund" to invest in IT, Series A to Growth.

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Manager of Innovation Norway's office in San Francisco. A Norwegian state-owned entity supporting entrepreneurship and venture capital.

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Business development in a global agriculture company, San Francisco.

 

Education:

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

California State University,

San Francisco (MBA) & Sacramento (BS)

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Certified Executive Coach, Leadership

Berkeley Executive Coaching Inst., Univ. of California, Berkeley​

Communicate fluently in English, Norwegian & Swedish.​

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