Jan 10, 2020

It’s 2030; let’s look at what happened

How did we get here? Sports for the mind almost overtook physical sports; people questioned what sport is. The entertainment business grew exponentially. Electric took over transportation, it became all the rage. Basic Income was not yet universally introduced, but guaranteed income in most countries was; salaries got closer together. GDP is not considered progress any more, social health is. Consumers bought more experiences than products. Education was disrupted and freed from the chains. Building Hyperloops proved to be cheaper than building trains. Brexit made Europe stronger. Move aside, millennials, the first Gen Z got to 30.

These are not my predictions; these are optimistic ideas by people and companies from all over the world, waiting to come true.

Ideas change the world. We need new ideas.

The 20s was the decade of Gen Z, the most concious and practical of generations. They grew up during the…

Who learns the most at — or from starting — a design school?

Here’s why we discontinued the Codaisseur Design Academy after doing 3 classes and changing 20 people’s lives.

The beauty of the Codaisseur pledge is the job guarantee. It motivates students to work hard so they learn a lot in a short time; it’s a great value proposition for a company; it’s brilliant when graduates get hired; it did not go as planned with the Design Academy.

We…

11 weeks in the Amsterdam Antler program as a designer founder

We did not get funded; we did get rich. I hoped the Amsterdam cohort would have been more edgy; but maybe that’s still to come. All in all I had a memorable experience participating in Antler’s first time in Amsterdam.

Antler is worldwide family of entrepreneurs and investors that aims to change the world, those were my words; and these are theirs:

“Antler is a startup generator and early-stage VC that enables the world’s most brilliant and determined people to build global businesses from the ground up”

Antlers are the…

Thank you for supporting UltiLeague, ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️x❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️

We are overwhelmed with the support of the players and coaches who have applied for UltiLeague. Even though we have not released all the details of how and when it will happen. It is a massive boost to us to know that we are on the right track and that there are people in the community who are keen for something as ambitious as this! Thank you for your enthusiasm!

We deliberately did not provide all the information upfront to create a little bit of mystery and intrigue about UltiLeague. Now in line with our principles of Transparency here is more information about UltiLeague! We openly acknowledge that we do not have all the answers and that we will need…

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Feb 6, 2019

3 Ways Design Can Make You Money And Save You Money

You should apply design to your business, not just because I say so; but because the McKinsey Design Index says so. 🚀

A team at McKinsey & Company collected more than two million pieces of financial data and recorded more than 100,000 design actions. These actions are for example measuring satisfaction after design or putting design on a high priority by hiring and promoting designers high up the hierarchy.

“The findings in…

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Feb 28, 2018

Designing a birthday quest through Amsterdam for my family and friends

How fun would it be to see your friends and family work together to earn points; with those points earn the drinks at your birthday party.

40 quests and questions, 18 people armed with bicycles, 7 locations, 3 groups and 2 hosts—all this was a 4 hour quest where groups became competitive teams.

That was my idea for my ‘dirty thirty’ birthday party. …

From a pyramid scheme to a world renowned media brand

One of Boris’ acquaintances knew a student, that seemed quite smart, this student needed Boris his advice on a venture he was starting to chase. They were connected through the acquaintance…

The student was graduating and wanted to either become a Management trainee at Abn Amro, or chase—according to Boris—a sort of Nigerian spammer like pyramid scheme. Eventually Patrick did neither, but he did start to work with Boris.

Some of the world's most impressive ideas, companies, organizations have been created…

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Aug 15, 2017

Leoni and Rena build relationships from the ground up, and practice what they preach

Great friends think alike. Great minds think alike. When these bright ladies met, it was as like they fell in love.

Some of the world's most impressive ideas, companies, organizations have been created by more than one person, how do these people meet? What was their first conversation? I tell the story.

From the first word of Rena Molter speaking Dutch, you can clearly hear she still has some German vocabulary…

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Jul 5, 2017

Does the endless mystery of the blockchain keep Alex and Eveline together?

This is probably the weirdest duo I’ve ever seen. They come from such diverse locations and backgrounds that their ‘working together’ is an accomplishment in itself.

Some of the World’s most impressive ideas, organizations and achievements have been created by more than one person. How do these people meet? What was their first conversation? I tell their story.

Eveline Klumpers, a Dutch entrepreneur raised in Rotterdam that (still) works in the beauty industry, owning a couple…

27 years of humoring each other, working closely together and being best men.

The day that Tobias and Marcel met is still a bit vague, and the conversation they had as well, although it could have been about music 🎶. Here’s the short story of how our front end mobile development team met and work today.

Some of the World's most impressive ideas, organizations and achievements have been created by more than one person. How do these people meet? What was their first conversation? I tell the story.

On Slack it’s hard to spot the nuances, but not when you know each other, you can assume…

Here’s why we discontinued the Codaisseur Design Academy after doing 3 classes and changing 20 people’s lives.

We did not get funded; we did get rich. I hoped the Amsterdam cohort would have been more edgy; but maybe that’s still to come. All in all I had a memorable experience participating in Antler’s first time in Amsterdam.

You should apply design to your business, not just because I say so; but because the McKinsey Design Index says so. 🚀

How fun would it be to see your friends and family work together to earn points; with those points earn the drinks at your birthday party.

One of Boris’ acquaintances knew a student, that seemed quite smart, this student needed Boris his advice on a venture he was starting to chase. They were connected through the acquaintance…

Great friends think alike. Great minds think alike. When these bright ladies met, it was as like they fell in love.

This is probably the weirdest duo I’ve ever seen. They come from such diverse locations and backgrounds that their ‘working together’ is an accomplishment in itself.

The day that Tobias and Marcel met is still a bit vague, and the conversation they had as well, although it could have been about music 🎶. Here’s the short story of how our front end mobile development team met and work today.

♠Milan van den Bovenkamp♥