This session will give you the chance to talk to early stage startups and ask them about early traction with customers. What they did to get their first revenue, how they pivot and based on what information. How they created datasets to make unbiased decisions. Prepare yourself for this interactive chat where you will learn what it takes to change your strategy every day without loosing your vision and focus.
Stephan founded his first company at 23. Since then he has founded 4 startups and was a shareholder of 2 others. Most of the startups failed and he realized how difficult it is to create a sustainable and scalable business model.
At 30 he sold his companies and searched for new startups. Stephan had the opportunity to talk to over 400 entrepreneurs and their startups. And helped with early stage funding, reaching nearly 8 million in (pre-)seed investments in the past 3 years.
At 35 Stephan founded Blue Whale Ventures; Where startups are launched to scale. As an investment manager for EPIC seedfund he has a clear focus on digital, tech and agri-/food startups.
Maarten van Kroonenburg
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Blue Whale Venture
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Founder
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Maarten is startup advisor and coach and helps startups and corporates in their development from idea to successful, sustainable and scalable businessmodel. He founded his company Blue Whale Ventures to help accelerate growth in corporates and startups by developing products and services customers really want.
Maarten holds a MBA Innovation & Entrepreneurship from NCOI University and a BBA in Small Business & Retail Management. He founded several companies during his studies, including Clownsville and The Lean Doctor. Maarten is specialized in Lean Startup, Growth-Hacking, Customer Development & Business Modeling.
As a Product Innovator I love working at the front end of innovation. I am passionate about helping organizations in their transition to a smart and mobile future. Topics like Mixed Reality (Hololens), IoT, Crowdsourcing and Smart Cities play an essential part in this.
IT Expert with experience in many fields of IT including data communications & networking, complex systems design, network security, hardware selection, web hosting, Cloud computing. I enjoy working with teams of specialists in several disciplines to create innovative solutions in high-performance computing as well as office automation & team collaboration tools.
Strong communicator in English, Dutch and German. Team leader as well as team player.
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Founder / CEO
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Business Development Manager
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Vindster
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Content & IT Manager
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Founder
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Founder & Product Architect
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Student
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VR Peekaboo
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CEO
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Founder & Director
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Founder
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Marketeer / Strategist
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Marketeer
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Matthias Repplinger
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Student
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Hhs
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Student
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Advisor
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Managing Director
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Communication
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Co-Founder
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Toms Bernhards
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Stefan Paun
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Student
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My Identity
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mediamanager
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Sara Della Manna
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Msc Student
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Eneco Innovation & Ventures
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Innovator
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Federico De Pillis
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Msc Student
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thnah binh tran
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Jose Arturo Morales Corral
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EFFoST
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Project Officer
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K.H.C. Fotografie
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Owner
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RSM
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Student
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HighTechXL
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Innovation Manager
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MyAlbum
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Founder and Entrepreneur
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Partnerships, growth, viral.
About me
As a co-Founder of MyAlbum i want to help anyone tell a great story. MyAlbum is a visual storytelling platform that helps you create an online album and printed photo book in just 5 minutes. Everyone experiences great things in life, often you don't realise that until later. MyAlbum helps you capture these moments into great stories so you can continue to enjoy them.
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Gardian
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Chief Green Plants
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Jasper Brouwers
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Entrepreneurship student
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Eneco
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Klantvalidator
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Innovatie, Growth Hacking, Design Thinking en Lean Startup
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Company
Freshrr
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Co-Founder and CEO
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Founder
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founding partner
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Business Development
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Assistent accountant
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Centre for Innovation Leiden University
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Project Officer 21st Century Skills
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Fonds controller
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Pearltect
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Partnerships
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Social Innovation
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Angel Investor
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Investment Manager
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Consumer based startups
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Partner for angel investor Gregory van der Wiel (Dutch soccer professional) with a heavy focus on consumer based startups because of proven influencer marketing, events, entertainment and music experience plus online/media power.
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Barco
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Senior Development Engineer
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Rotterdam School of Management
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Student
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RSM
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Student
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https://de.linkedin.com/in/janniklempken
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TYGERS B.V.
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Operational Manager
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iZettle
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Sr. Account Manager New Markets
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Finchy Media
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Operations
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GreenFood50 B.V.
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Managing Director
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