Aarhus, Denmark

Passionate and Creative Entrepreneur

I am a firm believer in honesty, independent thinking, and meaningful work and relationships.

“The most important things I want are meaningful work and meaningful relationships. And I believe that the way to get those is through radical truth and radical transparency. In order to be successful, we have to have independent thinkers — so independent that they’ll bet against the consensus. You have to put your honest thoughts on the table.” – Ray Dalio

I have a great interest in entrepreneurship, psychology, networking, photography, and new technologies.

I have co-founded Fellow Pay, the immediate payment platform for SMEs. Fellow Pay is the faster, fairer way to pay overdue bills when waiting on unpaid invoices.

I have co-founded and published Contrarian magazine. A series of web articles and a printed magazine that focuses on passionate people who have chosen to follow their own path rather than following the crowd.

I have a degree in Business Development Engineering from Aarhus University.

My non-work-related interests include triathlon, mountaineering, acrylic and oil painting, cocktail mixology, plant-based living, and stoicism.

Please reach out via LinkedIn if you’d like to get in contact.

How can I help?

Through my work and education, I’ve gathered a lot of experience and skills in a short amount of time. Being an entrepreneur and creator, I’ve had to learn a lot on the way. I had to learn it fast so that it could be used immediately. I am eager to learn and there are still many more things I’d like to try out.

Photo, Design & Video
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • Photography and Videography
  • Figma
Website and Automation
  • Webflow websites
  • Airtable
  • Zapier and Make
  • Contract automation
  • Google Ads and Google Analytics
  • HTML, some javascript and other programming
Business
  • Business Development
  • Fundraising
  • Leadership
  • Hiring
  • Brand Development
  • Operations
  • Investor Relations

Achievements

These are some of my achievements.


Personal
  • Finished an Ironman Copenhagen (Triathlon)
  • Finished a half Ironman and Copenhagen Marathon
  • Published a printed magazine of Contrarian
  • Sold some of my art to happy customers
  • Traveled to 42 countries
Business
  • Raised €2.8M in funding
  • €3M+ in transaction volume / revenue
  • Customers in 11 countries
  • Ranked #1 in Finance Forward Europe 2020 and received $45k grant
  • Raised funds from the EU and received the Seal of Excellence
Picture of two of the founders of Fellow Pay, Christian Thisted and Jacob Pedersen
Digital Products

Building with No-Code

I love building stuff. This love has led me to build companies, digital products and concepts. I've become quite good at building things fast to test them faster. Testing faster means learning faster, which will not only lead to a better result, but to something that actually works and creates value. Through this work, I've learned to use many of the technological tools available today to make it happen.

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My fintech startup adventure

Fellow Pay

I co-founded Fellow Pay, the immediate payment platform for SMEs. Fellow Pay is the faster, fairer way to pay overdue bills when waiting on unpaid invoices.

Picture of two of the founders of Fellow Pay, Christian Thisted and Jacob Pedersen

It can be purchased at Contrarian.

creating a printed magazine

Publishing Contrarian

In 2018, Klaes Vangsgaard and I published a printed magazine of Contrarian.

This issue of the magazine reflects upon the topic “a good life”, which we know there isn’t one answer to, but it’s still a subject we find relevant to start conversations about. The idea for the subject came after several conversations and we always came back to that same subject one way or another. Afraid of sounding like a cliché we thought about how to address the “good life” and this is the result of it.
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One of my creative outlets

Art & Painting

Oil painting is currently one of my main creative pursuits. An activity that I enjoy and find meditative.

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Oil painting of The Weeknd made by Christian Thisted
Aesthetic drone picture of sunrise over Christianshavn in Copenhagen
My First entrepreneurial steps

Photography & Video

This is one of the things that kicked off my entrepreneurial career. Already at 17, I started to do photography and video gigs through my own company.
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Challenging myself

IRONMAN COPENHAGEN

In 2018 I set out to complete a full Ironman triathlon. A personal challenge bigger than any other physical feat I've done before. In 2019 I completed the IRONMAN 70.3 Elsinore and the IRONMAN 140.6 Copenhagen.

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Christian Thisted with his hands in the air as he crosses the Ironman Copenhagen finish line