Suit turns Hoodie• Randstad 1994 - 2000

• Start-Up …. when the bubble bursted

• Telegraaf 2002 – 2007 CEO “market-places”

• COO VNU Media 2007 – 2012 (sold to De Persgroep)

• CEO Layar 2012 – 2014 (sold to Blippar)

• Since Q4 2014; investor, coach and advisor

My obsession

What people think a startup is

What it actually is

Deloitte Consulting

• International research (400.000 startups)

• 50% bankrupt within 5 years

• Most of the others walking dead

• Only 0.5% becomes a scale-up!

My year 2015 in pictures

Essentials are the foundation

#1 Dream big

“Make life multi-planetary”

Captain of Moonshots

#2 Innovate

Find the right wave (and timing)

#3 Product

Fail fast means learn fast

#4 Culture

The start

Growth

#5 Talent

#6 Focus

#7 Funding

Smart money

Quintin Schevernels@Quintin24