For Dieuwke making progress also means to take a step back from time to time so you can take two steps forward. She specialises in making sure scale-ups have the right processes to scale, and that the founders take care of themselves in the process.
Douwe Wester is all about Go To Market strategy and is a revenue architect. Business is about optimising who you deliver value for, so that that also delivers value to the company. We also discuss managing risk, and raising capital. It is not always about optimising profit.
Making Progress for Menno is moving from servicing his clients to crafting products that do that for him. Automating the repetitive work or creating a template that ensures his clients have a solid starting point when it comes to SEO.
Frank is a designer by trade but an entrepreneur at heart. He has been at the helm of a couple of startups and currently runs a design service called Pixelpal. We discuss dreams and how chasing them forms your career.
Making Progress for Mark Heij is mostly about more watts, less weight, and a ton more calories than we are used to. Mark is a cyclist first, and training to qualify for the Grand Fondo World Series. Professionally, Mark is a brand director for hire that helps small to medium sized businesses with their brand strategy and execution.
As Mark has not been freelancing for long, his journey so far has been mostly about exploring where and how he can add value in a way that works with his passions, creativity and cycling.
On this episode of Making Progress we talk with David Asabina, who is a partner at and does due diligence for Philipps & Byrne.
David was one of the original members of our coworking space, Progress Bar, and has since moved to Berlin to per sue his tech career.
On the first episode we are Making Progress with Joris de Ruiter, founder of Convert Calculator. Convert Calculator allows entrepreneurs and small business owners to make calculators and configurators, that well, convert.
I've personally seen Joris bootstrap and grow his company from ramen profitable to the point that they are a small team and can be considered a scale up. And Joris has done this whiteout sacrificing time for his surfing and family.
