Press
2025
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Finansavisen
Mathias Mikkelsen i tapssluket Timely garanterer overskudd: – Jeg er ekstremt bullish
Mathias Mikkelsen of loss-making Timely guarantees a profit: "I'm extremely bullish"
2024
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Shifter
Reduserte underskuddet kraftig og økte inntektene
Sharply reduced its loss and grew revenue
Timely's 2023 accounts: the loss cut by 30 million kroner and revenue up to 41.7 million.
2021
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Shifter podcast
Memory: 5.000 bedriftskunder i 110 land. Historien bak, produkt, "first principles", kultur, ledelse og rekruttering
Memory: 5,000 business customers in 110 countries. The story, product, first principles, culture, leadership and hiring
An hour and a half on the company's history, product, culture, leadership and hiring.
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Dagens Næringsliv
I 2014 solgte han leiligheten og satset alt på gründerdrømmen. Nå er Memory verdt 415 millioner
In 2014 he sold his apartment and bet everything on his startup. Now Memory is worth NOK 415 million
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Finansavisen
Mathias Mikkelsen henter 115 millioner kroner til AI-basert timeføring i Memory – prises til 415 millioner kroner
Mathias Mikkelsen raises NOK 115 million for AI-based time tracking at Memory, valued at NOK 415 million
- TechCrunch
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Shifter
Tidsoptimalisering-startupen Memory hentet penger i turbofart: Måtte si nei til flere investorer
Time startup Memory raised money at record speed and had to turn investors away
2020
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Shifter
Norsk tech dropper USA: «Vi må fortsatt tenke stort. Men det kan gjøres fra Norge.»
Norwegian tech skips the US: "We still have to think big. But it can be done from Norway."
Why I wouldn't move to Silicon Valley if I started over today.
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Shifter
Memory økte inntektene og underskuddet med millioner
Memory grew both revenue and losses by millions
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VentureBeat
Dewo uses AI to minimize digital distractions
The launch of Dewo, our deep-work assistant.
2019
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BBC News
'I slept in a cupboard for three months'
San Francisco, a closet in a hacker house, and building Timely.
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BBC World News
Talking Business: Making the most of work-time
Studio interview about Timely and tracking work time.
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Shifter
Dro inn 11 millioner på loggføring: «Én krone i Memorys omsetning er veldig annerledes»
Brought in 11 million from time logging: "One krone of Memory's revenue is very different"
2018
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TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
Timely's second funding round
Live interview about the NOK 40 million round.
- TechCrunch
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Shifter
Mathias Mikkelsen henter 40 millioner: Nå har han en ny hemmelighet
Mathias Mikkelsen raises 40 million, and has a new secret
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Dagens Næringsliv
Gründer vil gi fire prosent mer effektive mennesker: – Tid er et megastort sort hull
Founder wants to make people four percent more effective: "Time is a huge black hole"
- Silicon Republic
2017
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TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
Timely more than triples its team
Live interview about growing from 12 to 42 people.
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Dagens Næringsliv
Gründer (27) driver tolvmannsbedrift – og skal ansette 30
Founder (27) runs a twelve-person company and plans to hire 30
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Shifter
Mathias Mikkelsens hemmelige masterplan: «Jeg skal bygge verdens største selskap, og om jeg dør, så skal det fortsatt være der.»
Mathias Mikkelsen's secret master plan: "I'm going to build the world's biggest company, and if I die, it should still be there."
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Digi.no
Appen deres går over all forventning - nå mer enn tredobler de antall ansatte
Their app is beating every expectation, and now they're more than tripling their staff
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Kampanje podcast
Fikk jobb på Twitter, slutta i reklamebransjen og dro til Silicon Valley
Got a job at Twitter, quit advertising and went to Silicon Valley
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Shifter
Norske Timely lanserer ny plattform som automatisk vil logge alt du gjør
Norway's Timely launches a platform that automatically logs everything you do
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Digi.no
Norsk tjeneste skal hjelpe deg å huske alt du har gjort i løpet av arbeidsdagen
Norwegian service will help you remember everything you did during the workday
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A-magasinet
Mathias Mikkelsen dro til Silicon Valley for å erobre verden. Men fant ut at det var bedre å gjøre det fra Oslo.
Mathias Mikkelsen went to Silicon Valley to conquer the world, then found it was better to do it from Oslo
2016
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TV 2 Nyhetene
Timely's first funding round
Live interview.
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Shifter
Norske Timely henter 8,1 millioner kroner fra SNÖ Ventures og 500 Startups
Norway's Timely raises NOK 8.1 million from SNÖ Ventures and 500 Startups
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Dagens Næringsliv
Mathias (25) vil gjøre verden mer produktiv - og får åtte mill. til å realisere drømmen
Mathias (25) wants to make the world more productive, and gets 8 million to do it
2015
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VG
Kronikk: La meg betale skatt – men ikke før jeg har penger
Op-ed: Let me pay tax, but not before I have money
Op-ed on the wealth tax, a few days after the NRK debate.
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Spirene
Mini-documentary about Timely
A Norwegian show about founders. The first episode followed my journey with Timely. English subtitles.
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NRK Debatten
Debate on the wealth tax with Snorre Valen
English subtitles.
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VG
Silicon Valleys norske stjerneskudd
Silicon Valley's Norwegian rising stars
Norwegian founders in Silicon Valley, with our five best pieces of advice.
2014
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Dagens Næringsliv
«Jeg vil stå bak den neste Tesla eller Apple»
"I want to be behind the next Tesla or Apple"
Cover story in DN Magasinet, reported from Silicon Valley.
- NRK Dagsrevyen
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Aftenposten
Kronikk: Derfor kunne Facebook aldri ha blitt startet opp i Norge
Op-ed: Why Facebook could never have been started in Norway
Op-ed on the wealth tax. Prime Minister Erna Solberg mentioned it in Parliament.
- PCWorld
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Kreativt Forum
Norske «Sporty» skal få verden til å spille mer sport
Norway's Sporty wants to get the world playing more sport
- The Next Web
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Aftenposten
De lanserer sportsapp som skal konkurrere med Facebook
They're launching a sports app to compete with Facebook
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Teknisk Ukeblad
Lyst til å spille fotball, men mangler noen å spille med? Her er appen for deg
Want to play football but have no one to play with? Here's the app for you
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Tek.no
Norsk app skal få lokalmiljøet i aktivitet
Norwegian app wants to get your neighbourhood moving
- TechCrunch
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Kreativt Forum
Vil stå på egne ben i Silicon Valley
Wants to stand on his own feet in Silicon Valley
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E24
Selger leiligheten for å satse i Silicon Valley
Selling his apartment to go all in on Silicon Valley
I sold my apartment and put the money into Timely instead of taking investment.
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Tek.no
Selger leilighet og satser alt på app
Selling his apartment and betting everything on an app
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Nettavisen
Fikk jobb hos Facebook – takket nei
Got a job at Facebook, and said no
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Computerworld
Gründer-suksess med timeføring
Startup success with time tracking
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E24
23 år gamle Mathias sa nei til jobb i Facebook
23-year-old Mathias turned down a job at Facebook
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TV 2
Norske Mathias (23) sa nei til jobb i Facebook – gjør braksuksess med egen app
Norway's Mathias (23) turned down Facebook, and is now a hit with his own app
Timely's first numbers, a run-in with Jony Ive, and living in a closet in San Francisco.
- BeautifulPixels
- Fast Company
2013
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Computerworld
Ukas nykommer: Mathias Mikkelsen
Newcomer of the week: Mathias Mikkelsen
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Computerworld
Slutt på slett timeføring
An end to bad time tracking
- LifeHack
- AppStorm
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Tek.no
23-åring reiste til Silicon Valley for å lansere annerledes app
23-year-old went to Silicon Valley to launch a different kind of app
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TV 2
Norsk 23-åring lanserer timetellingapp
Norwegian 23-year-old launches a time-tracking app
Live interview for the launch of Timely. My first.
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Teknisk Ukeblad
Han følger drømmen fra et kott i Silicon Valley
He's chasing his dream from a closet in Silicon Valley
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Kreativt Forum
Appen som gjør slutt på timeføringen
The app that puts an end to time tracking
- The Next Web
2012
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INMA
Trekløveret fra Isobar ble dobbeltvinnere i Frankrike
The Isobar trio became double winners in France
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Kreativt Forum
Ble dobbeltvinnere i Frankrike
Became double winners in France
Our team, Tomato Tomato, won two prizes at the Webdesign International Festival finals in Limoges.
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Østlendingen
Kreative under press
Creatives under pressure
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Kreativt Forum
Isobar-trio i internasjonal finale
Isobar trio in an international final
Henning Gjerde, Simen Øian Gjermundsen and I won the Norwegian qualifier for the Webdesign International Festival.
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Kreativt Forum
Priset de unge
Awarding the young
Simen Øian Gjermundsen and I won the Norwegian Young Lions qualifier, which took us to Cannes Lions.