{"id":326,"date":"2022-12-03T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T10:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techpoint-dev.local\/speaker\/johan-brand\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:22:10","slug":"johan-brand","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/techpointconference.no\/en\/speaker\/johan-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Johan Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johan Brand is a creative technology entrepreneur &amp; investor. He co-founded Kahoot!, one of the world\u2019s dominating learning brands, used by millions each day globally.<\/p>\n<p>He was CEO &amp; Board Director of Kahoot!, where he after leading the Series B from Microsoft (M12) and Disney, left day to day operations and became strategic advisor. 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