ARC Gruppen AB, Chrille Hedberg How We Built PlastShop's Product Catalogue Industrial plastics are not the easiest thing to sell online. The products have technical specifications that customers actually care about: density, tensile strength, temperature ranges, chemical res... Feb 24, 2026
ARC Gruppen AB, Chrille Hedberg Open Source Is Not Free, It Is Freedom "You run open source? So it's free?" We get that question more often than we should. The answer is no. Open source means the source code is open, not that everything around it costs nothing. You still... Jan 5, 2026
ARC Gruppen AB, Julie Berger n8n: Our Favourite Tool for Automation There are plenty of automation tools out there: Zapier, Make, Power Automate. We run n8n. There is a simple reason: it is open source and we can host it ourselves. n8n is a visual workflow tool that c... Jan 2, 2026
ARC Gruppen AB, Julie Berger AI in Business Systems: What Actually Works? Everyone is talking about AI. Fewer are talking about where AI actually delivers value in a regular company's daily life. We have tested quite a bit and can share what works. Product descriptions, for... Dec 22, 2025
ARC Gruppen AB, Chrille Hedberg Why We Chose Odoo Community Edition When we started building PlastShop Sweden we faced the same choice as everyone else: Enterprise or Community? The license fees for Enterprise are not unreasonable, but they accumulate. And what Enterp... Dec 17, 2025
Why Most Small Businesses Don't Need an App "Shouldn't we have an app?" We get that question at least once a month. The answer is almost always: no. An app costs SEK 100,000-500,000 to build properly. It needs maintenance, updates for every new... Nov 18, 2025
Digital Tools You Actually Need as a New Business The internet is full of lists with "50 tools every entrepreneur needs". Most are sponsored. Here's what you actually need, nothing more. Email: An email address with your business name (you@yourbusine... Oct 5, 2025
Side Hustle to Full Business: A Realistic Timeline Everyone says "follow your passion". Fewer say "keep your job while you test it". Here's a timeline that actually works. Month 1-3: Validate. Talk to at least 10 people who could be customers. Don't a... Aug 22, 2025
Five Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Own Business It was 2019 and I had just registered my sole proprietorship. I had an idea, a laptop and a completely unreasonable amount of optimism. Here's what I didn't know. One: the money doesn't come right awa... Jun 15, 2025
Sole Proprietorship or Limited Company? An Honest Comparison The most common question new business owners ask: should I register as a sole proprietorship or a limited company? The answer depends on what you do and how much you turn over. A sole proprietorship s... Apr 10, 2025
