Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.

By Up!Rotterdam

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Showcasing the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem of Rotterdam - and our journey to support the startup and scale-up founders responsible. Hosted by Lars Crama, edited by Lisette Braakenburg. (Buma Stemra licence 10682974)


Episode Date
Powering The Green Revolution with DeWarmte: Sander Wapperom's Journey to Sustainable Home Heating
May 14, 2024
Scaling with Mycelium: How Bob Hendrikx changes the funeral industry with Living Coffins
Apr 09, 2024
From Boxing Champion to CEO: Josefien Groot's Journey to Technological Innovation and Sustainable Leadership
Mar 18, 2024
How to build a brand in consumer electronics with Repeat Audio founder Dorus Galama
Feb 27, 2024
Revolutionizing Urban Mobility: Bibi Jorissen's Journey with Umob and the Future of MaaS
Feb 20, 2024
Reflecting on Rotterdam's entrepreneurial ecosystem and getting up-close and personal with Lars & Lisette
Dec 22, 2023
Technology adoption in healthcare and care robot Tessa with Wang Long Li, founder & CEO of Tinybots
Dec 19, 2023
Negotiating a €40M deal with the EIB and reinventing yourself from a 1 man team to leading 100 people with Mattijs Slee from Battolyser Systems
Nov 28, 2023
The opportunities in a $1 trillion Augmented Reality market with Joris Biskop, founder and CEO of AddOptics
Nov 24, 2023
How to clean the ocean with oyster reefs, with Oyster Heaven CEO George Birch
Nov 23, 2023
Philips Innovation Award Special: learn about nature inclusive development and how to make the most of a competition like PHIA.
Nov 13, 2023
Philips Innovation Award Special: Diversity in tech and starting a startup with 7 co-founders, with Marsha Goei from Breeze.
Oct 31, 2023
BAQME founder & CEO Souren Arakelian on the future of urban mobility.
Oct 23, 2023
WEAR Co-founder Pim Roggeveen on the business of refurbished sneakers and pivoting from service to product
Oct 16, 2023
CEAD founder & CEO Lucas Janssen on product market fit in large scale 3D printing and landing a €1M EU Grant
Oct 09, 2023
Profitable business models in the biobased economy by Lindy Hensen, founder of Tekkoo and PeelPioneers
Oct 02, 2023
Staffyou founder Pavle Beslic on innovating the temp staffing business and getting punched in the face
Oct 02, 2023
Arctic Reflections founder Fonger Ypma on his bold mission to slow down global warming
Sep 05, 2023
Dekbed-Discounter's CEO Niels Verwij on growth and keeping focus when opportunities seem unlimited.
Jul 10, 2023
The Seaweed Company founder and SeaEO Joost Wouters on why we should re-align business and nature
Jun 26, 2023
SolarDuck founder & CEO Koen Burgers on how to prevent rookie mistakes as a founder.
Apr 10, 2023
[April Fools episode - created by Chat GPT 🤗] Stealth founder Rebekah* on building better humans
Mar 29, 2023
Valyuu CEO Ferhat Topuz on building a multi-sided platform in the circular economy and taking investor calls on a train station floor
Mar 27, 2023
Techgrounds MD Abdessamad and participant Katia on opportunities in tech for underrepresented talent
Feb 21, 2023
Parya Lotfi, founder & CEO of DuckDuckGoose, on starting a business in deepfakes
Feb 12, 2023
Peter Paul, founder and CEO of Skoon Energy, on turning crises into opportunities and dreaming big enough
Jan 30, 2023
SocialDebt founder & CEO Jamal Oulel on helping young people to get out of problematic debt.
Jan 16, 2023
Nowi founder & CEO Simon van der Jagt on non technical founders solving a technical problem and being acquired
Dec 20, 2022
Clinton Bemont, CEO of Maxwell & Spark on accelerating the energy transition and moving to The Netherlands from South Africa.
Dec 12, 2022
Sana Commerce's Michiel Schipperus on how the lessons from the 2008 crisis still apply today.
Nov 28, 2022
Ellen Sano from Yuki on taking over from a founder CEO and what happens after your company gets acquired.
Oct 31, 2022
Medical-X founder & CEO Dervis Demirtas on scaling a med-tech company.
Oct 17, 2022
Mapiq CEO Sander Schutte on selling to corporates and gearing up for growth in uncertain times.
Sep 26, 2022
Minite founder & CEO Micky Chen on “Student as a Service”, hiring Gen Z and dealing with investors.
Sep 13, 2022
Moonback CEO Niels Meijssen on building and growing an honest booking platform.
Jul 07, 2022
PHYSEE CEO Ferdinand Grapperhaus on selling sustainability to a traditional industry and the spiritual journey of entrepreneurship.
May 24, 2022
Hundo.Careers CEO Esther O'Callaghan on ending youth unemployment through web3.
May 10, 2022
Wouter Goedhart, co-founder of VONQ, on investing in startups and limoncello.
Apr 26, 2022
Hardt Hyperloop co-founder Tim Houter on the future of transport and finding funding.
Mar 29, 2022
Quan CEO Arosha Brouwer on employee wellbeing, Y combinator and traveling.
Feb 22, 2022
Serial entrepreneur and investor Pieter Schoen about the thin line between bankruptcy and a dream exit.
Feb 07, 2022
Graciella van Vliet, CEO and co-founder of Closure, on growing a startup in death-tech.
Jan 18, 2022
Nalden, founder of WeTransfer and Adelee, on surrounding yourself with the right people and keeping a beginner's mindset.
Nov 30, 2021
Founder and CEO of Nearfield Instruments, Hamed Sadeghian, about scaling up in a highly capital intensive industry.
Nov 16, 2021
Julian Jagtenberg, founder and CEO of Somnox, about sleep, sales and building a dream team.
Nov 01, 2021
Jarell Habets, CEO of Shypple, on shaking up traditional industries and the 'quantified self'.
Jul 13, 2021
EJ Lugt, founder of Nimbuzz and MD at YES!Delft, on dream exits, entrepreneurial ecosystems and sports.
Jun 29, 2021
Magnet.me founder Vincent Karremans on combining entrepreneurship with politics.
Jun 15, 2021
Han Kleppe, founder of Leadinfo, about beating the odds as a bootstrapped single founder.
Jun 01, 2021
HousingAnywhere CEO Djordy Seelmann on acquisitions, dealing with investors, and fast decision-making.
May 18, 2021
Cinzia Silvestri, CEO of BI/OND, about building a business in the pioneering field of Organ-on-chips.
May 04, 2021
LeQuest CEO Hicham Shatou on building a global scale-up and being a family man at the same time.
Apr 20, 2021
CEO Jeroen van Velzen on finding a strategic buyer for Roadmap.
Apr 06, 2021
Equalture CEO Charlotte Melkert about raising your first round of capital, becoming an entrepreneur at a young age and more.
Mar 22, 2021
CEO Jan van der Tempel about his entrepreneurial journey with Ampelmann and everything about building and scaling a successful business.
Mar 09, 2021
CEO Kars Veling about his personal journey growing LessonUp and his dreams for the future.
Feb 22, 2021
Helloprint CEO Hans Scheffer on company culture and navigating your scale-up through a crisis.
Feb 08, 2021
CEO Judith Eyck on building travel scale-up Vakanties.nl and acquiring your competitor.
Jan 19, 2021