LazeraH

Creating clean energy with anti-matter 😊🤩 Let’s change energy in the world!

Founder & Board Member

Nanize AS

The WORLD’S most slippery material! Coefficient of friction as low as 0,008 demonstrated. 

Nanize develops PFAS-free, functional, durable, and cost-effective nanocoatings for clients in various industries. Our aim is to revolutionize the coating industry with 2 patented, and 3 patent-pending technologies. World-class team with David Hogg as CEO, and Kingsley Iwu as CTO and cofounder. Funded with €3m.

Founder & CFO

Havguard AS

Deeptech defence startup: Solving underwater communication and redefining the state of the art.

CoFounder, Chairman of the board, CFO

Shama AI

Anti-AI for voice. Real-time detection of deepfake voice and speech. With a brilliant team. Lead by Dr. Angie Qarry, who has worked with 2 Nobel Prize winners in Physics.

CoFounder & CFO

Businessizer AS

Drive365

The modern digital way to work based on 2024 tech, not 2010. Using Microsoft Digital workplace, best security and best platforms for managing subscriptions. Awesome successful team with big exit from previous company. The name says it all: DRIVE365!! 😊

Chairman of the Board

Triway AS

Triway is a really cool engineering company! A senior engineering team is now working with developing robots, 3D printing, mechanical and electrical engineering. We prototype, and we produce small and medium scale products, often developed by the team. We have 6 industrial 3D printers and we use them more or less 24/7. The largest one ordered now can print up to 1,2 m3 in the dimensions: 100 cm X 100 cm X 120 cm - which may be Norway´s largest 3D printer? (if you know of any larger, please message me immediately! :)

Chairman of the Board - Engineering company in Sandnessjøen 

Asistobe AS

Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimize the DeepMath problem of how to plan and organize public transport in a better way. We can do 15-25% lower operational costs AND 10-15% more passengers transported, AND a better customer experience! All data-driven decisions, mapping and predicting demand (As Is) and matching with optimal supply (To Be). Really awesome team!

Board Member and CoFounder

Watbots

An autonomous robot company, bringing the fish farming industry to the next level on sustainability and value creation. I founded the company and managed the first few years of the development  of the next generation AUTONOMOUS AI-powered robots for the fish farming industry. Unique IP with multiple patents. Funded with €3,2m. Situated in Sandnessjøen.

Founder, owner, ex-CEO

Nordic Electrofuel

Nordic Blue Crude has gone all the way from an exciting idea to a professional company. I formed the company together with Rolf Bruknapp, and he and a professional team lead by Gunnar Holen have shown great execution power! I am proud to be part of this journey being on the board for all these years. NBC ended up being a good exit for me, and the company is today in the hands of competent management and an experienced board. I wish them all success going forward, and I will continue to cheer for you! :)

CoFounder and Board Member

Raised $140m in Funding | 2 exits | Serial Entrepreneur for 21 years | I love to identify and work on worthy problems with brilliant people | Dad to 2 Kids

👋 I’ve started and funded many businesses over the last 22 years and I find that I love doing this. 😀

The energy, enthusiasm, challenges, pitches, Funding, and the ups and downs, working on taking risks down, creating value, verifying the hypothesis as fast as possible, and building great teams with « people that want to do things. » 

I love learning new things, especially about technologies and innovations. Often seeking answers to good business problems solve: « Love the problem, not the solution! »

Most of the time, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with excellent people. People I admire and that I can learn from. People that are much smarter than me. People with integrity. (Yes, learning also the hard way with some exceptions of some rotten apples....🙈)

I’ve worked with world-class VC investors like NorthZone Ventures for 8 years after I founded Innotech Solar AS in 2008. For Innotech Solar alone, the funding was: €52M in equity, €25M in debt, and €13M in grants. 8 years of top management experience growing the company from my idea to 180 employees and €35M revenue 3 years after launch. It was an exciting journey and a hard battle! I learned a lot! 😀

These are the companies I am involved with at the moment:

Founder of LazeraH - producing energy with anti-matter (Einstein´s E=mc^2 converting mass to clean energy)
Founder and CFO of Nanize AS - the most slippery material in the world (kind of like Teflon - just much better)
Cofounder and Chairman of Drive365 – IT platform for modern work for 50-3,000 employee companies
Cofounder of Havguard - AI-powered disruptive underwater communications
CoFounder of Shama AI - AI-powered real-time detection of deep fake voice

I post typically weekly for insights from my startup journey and the real behind-the-scenes of starting up these companies.

I really look forward to engaging with interested founders, and investors, and exciting the people in my network. 

Hit the [🔔] on my profile and ➕follow me if you want to be notified about my postings.

Please feel free to send me an invitation to connect. 😀

Reach me here:
📧 hl@businessizer.com
☎️+47 99 62 41 40

Håvard Lillebo

Joseph Polanin

Award Winning CEO, Combat Veteran, #1 Bestselling Author, and Private Enterprise Architect leading elite global enterprises to succeed on complex missions in high reliability environments despite every obstacle.

Call me when you need a successful CEO, COO, or you have a problem with: 
1) Strategic Implementation - making your vision happen
2) Operational Integration - achieving unity of effort across your organization
3) Change Leadership - making a transformation happen well, and making it stick within your culture. 
I find the right way or make one to solve the problem, eliminate challenges, champion the movement, and exceed your expectations. 

Contact me directly for a paid consultation: 
E: joe@thealakaigroup.com
M: +1 757-373-6930

I have advised the President of the United States, the National Security Council, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, and many senior defense officials and military officers from the U.S. and dozens of allied nations in national security matters including geo-political risk, strategic communication, public relations, intelligence oversight, current operations, logistics coordination, strategic planning, technology, training and education, audits and inspections, financial risk, legal and policy compliance. 

✅  Led and managed global teams as large as 412K people with a $518B annual budget that synchronized U.S. military operations in the Pacific (70% of the Defense Department).

✅ Led several successful global corporate transformations, reorganizations, and M&As, the largest was 123K people, $80B.

✅  20+ years of successful CEO/COO leadership of elite teams and global enterprises in high-risk, high-threat environments accomplishing complex missions despite every obstacle or challenge. 

✅  The largest P&L for which I was personally responsible was $847M annually including personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, planning, technology, R&D, legal, finance, compliance, facilities, and infrastructure with ultimate responsibility, accountability, authority for 3,900+ people across 19 business units operating in 72+ countries on 3 continents. 

✅  I'm at ease in what some would consider uncomfortable or stressful situations. I tell senior leaders what they need to know to ensure their decision superiority with facts, analyses, and sound judgment rather than telling them what they may want to hear. 

✅  Led U.S. and International teams (300+ senior government leaders from 8 countries) that implemented an unprecedented U.S. whole of government approach to enforce UN Security Council resolutions against North Korea. Having lived in 75+ countries, I demonstrate keen societal and cultural understanding.

Founder and CEO

- A strategic accelerator that brings best practices from the battlefield to the boardroom faster and more effectively than ever before. 
- We are the only firm in the marketplace exclusively focused on integrating your vision, strategy, and talent to achieve your goals. 
- Leverage our unmatched senior executive leadership consulting, fractional C-suite leadership, and inspirational speaking alongside scalable and customized consulting options that are tailored to your unique requirements, and will exceed your expectations.

As a young boy, I used to ride my bike to the top of a small bridge over the NJ Turnpike so I could see the Twin Towers. Having visited them on an elementary school field trip, their magnificence stuck with me and I wanted to see them as often as possible. 

I understand this is the last known photo of the Blue Angels flying in formation in the skies over Manhattan with the Twin Towers in view—June 1st, 2001—and it was signed by all the pilots and senior staff of the unit. I recovered this picture from a dumpster in December, 2002 and since then I continue to display it with solemnity and reverence. 

I don’t know why someone threw this in the trash. Maybe they were angry or upset. Perhaps their sorrow was inconsolable after the loss of a teammate, friend, or family member on 9/11/2001. Whatever the reason, I am beyond grateful to have found it, preserve it, and share this reflection with you.

Award Winning CEO, Combat Veteran, and #1 Bestselling Author. Leading elite global enterprises to succeed on complex missions in high reliability environments despite every obstacle. Top 100 Most Influential Men of 2025.

By Joseph Polanin | Captain, U.S. Navy (retired) "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in

Open article: The Blessing of Freedom by Joseph Polanin • 3 min read

A group of emerging leaders was recently discussing the importance of self-awareness. They asked: “How do we recognize the difference between confidence and arrogance?” 

Confidence is born of action, character, and integrity. It is earned, silent, and resolute. 

Arrogance comes from fear, insecurity, and ignorance. It is assumed, loud, and fleeting. 

Great leaders know the difference and always choose confidence, the anchor of excellence. They surround themselves with other leaders who are better and stronger than themselves across a range of disciplines, and have the wisdom—the confidence—to empower them to exceed expectations. 

Confidence wins, every time. 

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By Joseph Polanin | Founder and CEO, The Alaka'i Leadership Group “Great leaders inspire us through integrity, humility, and presence—not ego.” Introd

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“To see what is right and not do it is want of courage.” 
~Confucius 

Great leaders persevere through every adversity not because the journey is easy, but because the mission is worth it. 

The right thing to do is often the hardest option, but for a leader it is an easy decision—walking the path that inspires mutual respect and forges trust. 

Enduring strength and inspirational grit come not from comfort, but from conviction, character, and courage lived through challenges. 


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On Perseverance Obstacles rise like mountains. Leaders aim through them. Setbacks scar the journey. Faith sets the pace. Trials test resolve. Hardship

Open article: On Perseverance by Joseph Polanin • 1 min read

Integrity is the leader’s true compass—honor without exception—steady, stalwart and immune to convenience. 

Titles change. 
Conditions shift. 
Pressure comes and goes. 
Integrity endures. 

Integrity is choosing character over comfort, principle over pressure, and truth over popularity. Great leaders stick to their values when the world demands compromise.  


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On Integrity Truth is our compass. Integrity never bends. Right outweighs convenience. Honor shapes all decisions. Temptation whispers loudly. Integri

Open article: On Integrity by Joseph Polanin • 1 min read

Great leaders know less is more and they live this ethos every day. 

Less noise | More clarity

Less doing | More inspiring

Less meetings | More results 

Less priorities | More attention 

Less activity | More productivity 

Less technology | More humanity 


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