Working hard: that is what people in a start-up often do. From the growth mindset, they try to further develop the company. Usually, a team member will automatically grow into a...
Entrepreneurs know their business, or at least they should. But the extent to which they know their own business differs in reality. There are entrepeneurs who know everything in their...
Growth. Everyone who owns a business strives for it. To make your business grow, you need a growth mindset. With a growth mindset, you can see problems as challenges, because...
Bad managers claim other people's successes. Of course, you can brag a little on LinkedIn about results you haven't personally achieved (that's the advantage of being the boss), but...
A company can exist thanks to its customers. As an entrepreneur, you shouldn't lose sight of them. At Amazon, they know like no other that customer orientation is extremely important.
It can still be a sensitive issue: giving feedback. Not everyone knows how to give (or receive) good feedback. Nevertheless, I strongly believe...
Do you think about yourself enough? What I see happening a lot is that entrepreneurs - especially in the first years of their business - forget about themselves a little. Sometimes consciously,...
Can you be successful if you want to celebrate every success? In some companies they celebrate almost every achievement; on the contrary, for a long time I wondered whether I should not be...
You may be familiar with the quote "Do one thing every day that scares you", a statement attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt (but not so sure she came from it)....
Are you still fit? I can tell you that I do feel the corona kg's. It's been contained but going to the gym has been a bit...
Freedom is perhaps the ultimate motivator. You should therefore give freedom as much as possible in your organisation. Trust people and you will work wonders together. But what do you mean...
It's that time. The end of this year of opportunities and fears has come. Only 10 hours to go at the time of this writing. While I'm having a cup of...
I believe in trying and experimenting. Over and over again. So there are two reasons why I started my blog. The first one is because I like it a lot...
In this mini series I'll be telling you about 3 successes from the past twelve months where we learned from the mistakes of our crowdfund campaign. A campaign that I did not...
In this mini series I'll be telling you about 3 successes from the past 12 months, learning from the mistakes of our crowdfund campaign. A campaign I didn't...
In this mini series I'll be telling you about 3 successes from the past 12 months, learning from the mistakes of our crowdfund campaign. A campaign I didn't...
This blog has become more personal than I intended at the start. I have rewritten it a total of 3 times because I couldn't follow it each time,...
On 19 March I received a call from EY. Less than 24 hours later on 20 March Red je Boeketje went live and in just one month we sold over 53,000...
FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) is a well-known phenomenon these days. The fear of missing out on news, gossip, and other interesting opportunities or moments is a growing problem in our society....
Below you can read my speech. I gave this speech to over 120 partners, colleagues, friends and family members at the launch of the Future Logistics crowdfund campaign, which took place last Tuesday...
In recent years I have had the opportunity to work with some very smart people at Red je Pakketje. Tijs van Driel, co-founder, was named Young Logistics Talent of the Year, and...
There is a lot involved in growth. When your organization grows, everything that used to be 1% of something small suddenly becomes 1% of something big. That in itself is...
In the United States, there are more and more startups that are becoming extremely valuable, especially in the Tech sector. When these startups are worth more than a billion, they get...
In a previous blog, I wrote about the 80/20 rule, which allows for a lot of development to happen faster. However, there is another nice exercise you can do. As you do this...
I'm not known for my preparation. In fact, I am often asked to make choices not to prepare. Someone has to tie the knot and say, "now...
For the site of this blog I am using the OceanWP theme from wordpress. When I installed it, a quote from Confucius was pre-installed as a sample blog. The quote...
An idea alone is not enough. To start a business you not only need an idea. You also have to be able, willing and able to do it! I know, I know, I know.
Every startup entrepreneur, whether you're opening a restaurant, starting a content business or opening your own physical practice, will have to deal with people who know it all better than you....
The three most inspiring questions I've been asked in my life are questions that work as mental challenges to think bigger. As an entrepreneur, it's very tempting....