Ronald de Bruijn is a startup guru. He founded many startups in countries like Russia, Turkey and The Netherlands. He is internationally oriented and knows what it takes to fail as well as being successful. He started his career in the corporate world where he, after 7 years of working in a diversity of functions and international environments, went on his own. He worked as an independent consultant for famous investors/entrepreneurs and created his own businesses by founding companies in AgTech, web-analytics, marketing and sales. He is currently the entrepreneur in residence for Starthub and has helped already many starters and future entrepreneurs with his experiences and thinking power in various fields.

“My motto and my way of life is characterized as: “calculate the risks, just do it and have the courage to fail”. Do not drop your shoulders after one failure but, if convinced, move further and double the energy. I am glad to rub that off to people that ask for my help.”