External speakers
Jacob Rudbäck
Founder and CEO, Yepstr
Jacob has been an entrepreneur for the majority of his life:
- Jacob founded Yepstr in Dec. 2014, after realizing that in the long-term, the gig economy has the potential to be the most important factor to lower inequalities. Jacob has a passion to decrease the boundaries for youths to make the challenging, yet important step into the labor market
- Born entrepreneur: founded a sailing school, paintball park, offshore consulting business, fundraising and product development companies
While acting as an advocate and thought-leader for the gig economy:
- Listed as number 36 on the list of Sweden's most influential people in the labor market
- Featured in Swedish media more than 60 times in the last three months on topics of employment, gig economy, flexible work
- Interviewed together with the Minister of Labour regarding the future of work in Sweden three times
Background from a successful tech IPO and consulting:
- Jacob was the first team member and investor in Livehire, which IPO’d in Australia (ASX:LVH) five years ago (today with a market cap of c. AUD 100m). Awarded top-10 IPO in 2016 by the Australian Financial Review
- Five years of experience from strategy consulting and project management working at Boston Consulting Group and Momentum Partners
Educational background includes two Master degrees from prestigious universities:
- Holds a Master of Science in Technology Management from Chalmers University of Technology and an MBA from Gothenburg School of Economics