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…

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”

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…

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.

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. …

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.

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…

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…

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.