Hans de Penning & Neople: Personalized Customer Support at Scale
Hans de Penning is the Founder and CEO of Neople, providing the world’s most helpful and intelligent digital co-workers for customer support teams. With the help of a Neople, your customer support team can handle incoming tickets with the speed of light. Neoples help answer all incoming questions, and they’re trained in your tone of…
Patrick Boström: Enhancing the Stockholm Ecosystem as a Founder and an Angel
We talked to Patrick Boström, an experienced CEO and board member who consistently drives growth and innovation in various industries. His background in 7+ startups has given him a unique perspective on building and scaling successful businesses. Find out how Patrick contributes to the startup scene in Stockholm both as an entrepreneur and an angel…
5 Things to Do After Fundraising
You’ve just finished your funding round, well done! You have been successful in searching for business angels, making sure you speak to them the right way, setting up your funding round and raising the funds that will get you to your next milestones! You must be wondering what’s next. In our Startup Survival blog series,…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Bas van Rens (Founder of TrueKinetix)
Bas van Rens is the Founder and CEO of TrueKinetix, a company that offers a smart bike that makes indoor cycling as smooth as outside. While combining opportunities and technology give Bas energy, his entrepreneurial mind makes him look for shortcuts that solve problems and make people’s lives easier. TrueKinetix recently reached €2.5 million through…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Nalden
Ronald Hans aka Nalden first came to prominence with his pioneering blog, Nalden.net, which he started as a teenager. He co-founded WeTransfer, bootstrapped it to profitability, raised $25M, opened an office in LA and left a decade later. In addition to WeTransfer, he is the co-founder of the design studio Present Plus and is now building…
German Startup Changemakers: Jens Urbaniak
Jens Urbaniak is an entrepreneur, a mentor and a pledger. He’s the Founder of DrSmile, a dental brand for modern teeth straightening, a mentor at Techstars, a startup accelerator that holds 13-week programs & a Pledger at the Founders Pledge, a global community of entrepreneurs, finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Find out how he…
6 Great Ways to Talk to Angel Investors
Once you managed to find angel investors, you need a proper strategy for talking to them. Most startup founders struggle talking to investors. They wonder what to say and when is the right time to ask for funding. As a part of our Startup Survival blog series, we prepared a list of tips for you…
German Startup Changemakers: Michael Friebe
Michael Friebe has been involved in HealthTech ventures as both a founder and business angel for quite some time now. He’s also teaching health startup entrepreneurship at the Technical University of Munich and seven years ago, he started the HealthTEC Innovation Lab at the University of Magdeburg. Find out what particularly attracts him about the startup…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Thijs Verheul
At the age of 20, Thijs Verheul founded United Wardrobe, a social marketplace designed for buying and selling fashion items. On October 27th 2020 the company was officially sold to Vinted. Thijs is writing a book about that amazing journey and gives guest lectures at the Wageningen University and other institutions about starting a business…
German Startup Changemakers: Mirko Schliemann
The first changemaker we interviewed in 2021 is Mirko Schliemann, an experienced Managing Director, CFO and entrepreneur. Mirko has a history of working in the staffing and recruiting industry with a focus on IT businesses. He is the Founder of Aloha Talents, where he brings IT employees and companies together. Find out how he entered the…
