The flat and democratic soul of cooperative businesses has caught our attention. But what can it do for a business like ours? The cooperative movement has deep roots in the Danish traditions – e.g. farmers forming a cooperative around dairies, mills and butcheries. Many of those cooperatives still stand strong today, and it even seems like cooperative businesses are about to get a renaissance in the modern, digital era. At least some modern cooperatives have caught our attent

Great, problem-solving inventions was the dream that sparked it all. A long-term strategy has successfully turned licensing and royalties into a bigger part of our business, which gives us momentum to develop even more inventions. When we started Lolle & Nielsen Invention as two young engineers almost a decade ago, the end goal was clear. We wanted to be inventors and make a living solving problems in the real world. While this mission might sound temptingly simple, it is a l

Last year we started developing products for a new industry – ergonomic solutions for the office – and that has made us rediscover just how important it is to know your industry Ever since we started inventing in 2010, we've been focusing on equipment and tools for the building industry. The main reason for that decision is, that the experience you get from one project transfers particularly well into the next when you stay in the same industry. One thing is the experience yo

In the early years of our inventing-career we made a Jib Crane for building sites, that was supposed to improve the working environment around concrete casting. But the crane never got to market, as we had to call the project off after making a prototype. Here's our learnings from the failed project. In-situ concrete casting on building sites is a exhausting job, so back in 2012 we tried to improve the working environment surrounding that job with a jib crane. The traditional

As of 30th November we are officially a Gazelle-company - a nomination the newspaper Børsen annually gives companies that have had continuous growth during a four year period and doubled turnover in that timeframe. With a growth of 243,2% we're among the best third of this year Gazelles - which we're obviously very proud of! The newspaper Børsen where we are officially annouced as a Gazelle company. This of course doesn't change much during the normal working days, but it pro

Smash hit inventions that solve a simple problem for millions of people might supply the inventor with sufficient royalty-funds for a lifetime. But those smashhits are rare. Jackpot-rare. Instead of hoping for a smashhit we've made inventing physical products a growth business by tuning our business model for systematical inventing. We all know the stereotypical, eccentric renaissance figure who invents machines for time travel and infinite energy. It's not that we don't love

Lolle & Nielsen Inventions owns a lot of products, projects and patents, but after inventing the Upclimber-system, we decided to give the system it's own company. This is our thoughts on why. 11th May 2016 was the day, we created the first company within Lolle & Nielsen Inventions: Upclimber ApS. The new company owns the Upclimber-system - a system that installs windows faster and easier, and at the same time improves the working environment for the workers. The electric Upcl