This month I have taken part in founding a start-up abroad. There are four partners in the firm, two Icelanders and two Finns, one residing in the US. The idea came about in Iceland, but when it came to incorporating there were some serious issues we had to ponder. 1. Currency restrictions and worthless ISK. [...]

Excerpts from a farewell letter from someone who’s been in regular touch throughout the year. A foreigner living and working in Iceland, someone who’s been working hard and taking the time to study the language, whose first emails showed as much bewilderment as the rest of us,  ”I went from living in one of the world’s richest countries [...]