{"id":2221,"date":"2021-08-03T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T09:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techleap-design.nl\/techleap\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:28:10","slug":"harnessing-the-power-of-public-data-as-startup-with-thomas-slabbers-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/blog\/harnessing-the-power-of-public-data-as-startup-with-thomas-slabbers-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing the power of public data with Thomas Slabbers, Founder and CEO of SocialDatabase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18hdufo-42582efc04ccaefb3e7a9c2d25e0749d\">\n.avia-section.av-18hdufo-42582efc04ccaefb3e7a9c2d25e0749d{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='header-blog'  class='avia-section av-18hdufo-42582efc04ccaefb3e7a9c2d25e0749d alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  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class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >August 3, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-117j6v8-7488de7c51b227f81d3345e141672038\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-117j6v8-7488de7c51b227f81d3345e141672038{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-117j6v8-7488de7c51b227f81d3345e141672038 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-117j6v8-7488de7c51b227f81d3345e141672038 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-117j6v8-7488de7c51b227f81d3345e141672038 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_post_metadata  avia-builder-el-last '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Harnessing the power of public data with Thomas Slabbers, Founder <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> CEO of SocialDatabase<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-y8liwk-e0bbfca7a2272ea72a954823c9f13cd1 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-vvsyxg-cb19909379946b11c952c59be406792a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-vvsyxg-cb19909379946b11c952c59be406792a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-vvsyxg-cb19909379946b11c952c59be406792a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-vvsyxg-cb19909379946b11c952c59be406792a av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" 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Autoclose: 1 -->\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-u4ty9w-fa2cf5077c88f5a8f1e92e8be0ee90ad\">\n.avia-section.av-u4ty9w-fa2cf5077c88f5a8f1e92e8be0ee90ad{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='content-blog'  class='avia-section av-u4ty9w-fa2cf5077c88f5a8f1e92e8be0ee90ad alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2221'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-tno0wk-19b821c824dfc5d44f6fb23273a6ef1e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>SocialDatabase is an Amsterdam-based startup helping brands tap into valuable, custom-built audiences assembled using publicly available data. Using their own revolutionary tool, SocialDatabase is able to handpick and collate precise demographics from social media platforms based on a business\u2019 specific target audience.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-oscq44-36f869268c85cecccd4bfbd423eb3cfa\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-oscq44-36f869268c85cecccd4bfbd423eb3cfa{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-oscq44-36f869268c85cecccd4bfbd423eb3cfa hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_sidebar '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><div id=\"avia_auto_toc-2\" class=\"widget clearfix avia-widget-container avia_auto_toc avia_no_block_preview\"><div class=\"avia-preview-headline\">techleap Table of Contents<\/div><div class=\"avia-preview-info\">Title: <\/div><div class=\"avia-preview-in-front\">Table can only be rendered in frontend.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2w3wjx-f49d023709f626ed1e91d3327a87e54f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2w3wjx-f49d023709f626ed1e91d3327a87e54f{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2w3wjx-f49d023709f626ed1e91d3327a87e54f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_sidebar  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-qfwabo-920b345d2950d894dc589a99cad469ec '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cEight Years ago, Roland Rijpma, Peter Versteegen and I started to gain interest in understanding Twitter users in a much deeper way. The public nature of Twitter allowed us to better understand its users by analysing behaviors in a way no one else was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe basically realised that your public behaviour on Social Media says a lot about you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we discovered that, we started to realise how much power there was in the public data available through social media. You can really understand who those people are, where they live, what they like, how old they are, where they work and so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe figured that by analysing all of this, understanding who someone is and what they like based on public behaviour, there was so much insight on offer. From there we said let\u2019s try to make this happen and let\u2019s start building a database using this information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had no clue on what we were going to do because social advertising was not even available in the Netherlands back then. Despite that, we said hey, this is interesting and we can potentially apply this to more than a billion social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we started to build this database of potential target audiences. It was mostly focused on Twitter, because Twitter is the most open database in the world and from a data perspective, it\u2019s the most interesting platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe began scraping through millions of users ourselves before we actually became an Ads API partner of the platform in 2015. After that, we got far more access to the Twitter database, which enabled us to grow rapidly to hundreds of millions of users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFast-forward to now and we have 1.4 billion social media users stored in our database, we analyse 21 trillion data points to understand who those users are and what they like. All of these are based on publicly available data, which is especially relevant in this era of privacy protection. All of this puts us in a unique position when it comes to helping advertisers reach better, more valuable target audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ktdowk-8d4cf7ff79676a6f32b0ab6e9fe53a4e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ktdowk-8d4cf7ff79676a6f32b0ab6e9fe53a4e{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ktdowk-8d4cf7ff79676a6f32b0ab6e9fe53a4e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-854lot-f61bff3b13e8a5fc3fe8f784fa0d2dc8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Crafting a target audience in the wake of GDPR\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Crafting a target audience in the wake of GDPR<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Becoming an official partner of Twitter was naturally a huge milestone for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdatabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SocialDatabase<\/a>, one that paved the way for much more expansive possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living in an era of increased privacy protection.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techleap.nl\/articles\/what-the-digital-services-act-means-for-startups\/\">Data privacy;<\/a>\u00a0GDPR and more recently, ios14 are just the beginning. Advertisers need to rethink how they reach a relevant audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData privacy and the sensitive use of data has always been a number one priority for us. We have always limited ourselves by excluding third-party data sources. Also, we have 10 strict rules that we follow when we build audiences for our clients. Rule number one is my favourite: we don\u2019t create any audience that one of our team members does not feel comfortable with. You can find all of our rules\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdatabase.com\/purpose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe use public data and public data only. We don\u2019t have email addresses, credit card details or travel details from users &#8211; we only have access to public data that is available to basically anyone with internet access. Because of that, it was relatively easy for us to become GDPR compliant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest development which could have been another issue was the introduction of ios14. By default, anyone running that software doesn\u2019t have their data shared by Apple with the likes of Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means lookalike audiences and conversion attribution, that\u2019s all getting more difficult to pull together, because there is simply less data shared with the channels, something which has impacted our industry significantly. Again though, we\u2019ve not been affected and that comes down to us only utilising public data from the platforms themselves.<\/p>\n<p>While the business\u2019 compliance with new GDPR rules came as a pleasant surprise, another unexpected turn came when Twitter approached\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdatabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SocialDatabase<\/a>\u00a0with a request to purchase their own information which the business had gathered from their platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt one point Twitter put in a request to buy their own data from us. That\u2019s something which is happening every day now, but when it happened for the first time, it came as a shock that they would pay us to purchase data that had come from their own platform but ran through our system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lp2zx-b51b9177921e11e8d96f477881f1392c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-lp2zx-b51b9177921e11e8d96f477881f1392c{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-lp2zx-b51b9177921e11e8d96f477881f1392c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-g36h9-1b054ee778fa200993f488aaf3c7d271 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Crafting a target audience in the wake of GDPR\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Unlocking Twitter\u2019s \u2018hidden superpower\u2019\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Unlocking Twitter\u2019s \u2018hidden superpower\u2019<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>All things considered then, it became obvious that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdatabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Socialdatabase\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0attention should focus primarily on Twitter to build these audiences. The instantaneous and current nature of the platform makes it the ideal source for what and who is currently relevant to a business\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter has a hidden superpower. It makes it the most relevant channel in your marketing arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about what\u2019s happening in the world right now. This unique ability serves an audience with a discovery mindset. However, it\u2019s no secret that marketers are already using this knowledge to optimise their messaging &#8211; so how do we tap into that hidden superpower that others cannot?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secret is that Twitter is more than just a platform to communicate, it\u2019s a treasure trove of consumer insight and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, hundreds of millions of users produce billions of tweets and trillions of data points. This immensely rich data is available to anyone, at any moment. When you learn how to leverage the largest pool of public data in the world, you start to get a feeling for Twitter\u2019s undiscovered superpower; The Superaudience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdatabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Socialdatabase<\/a> harnesses this superpower of insight and understanding. Superaudiences are a new way to reach consumers at a relevance never seen before, naturally improving any campaign significantly. Best of all, it&#8217;s based on public data, which is especially beneficial in this era of privacy protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-38okul-00e04c6d8b05f081ffa8214b298a6d4a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-38okul-00e04c6d8b05f081ffa8214b298a6d4a{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-38okul-00e04c6d8b05f081ffa8214b298a6d4a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ikkiys-1dd5c640e46ec14e93067f52687a030e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Crafting a target audience in the wake of GDPR\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Unlocking Twitter\u2019s \u2018hidden superpower\u2019\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"A unique approach to startup hiring\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>A unique approach to startup hiring<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Thomas explained how his business takes an innovative approach to the hiring process, by actually utilising its own product when searching for new talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re lucky when it comes to recruitment, because we can find everyone we want to hire through our database. So for every role we try to fill, we first go through our direct relations as a team. In cases where we can\u2019t find someone through our network, we will set up a campaign, build a relevant audience of the exact people and expertise that are required, we run the campaign and then the CVs come in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo sourcing talent is relatively easy for us because we use our own technology to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas also revealed that he still ensures he is always part of the interview process himself, and stresses that this period should be seen as a long-term investment in your business\u2019 future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we\u2019ve found a potential candidate, we arrange an initial meeting with the team lead of the department we\u2019re hiring for to check they\u2019re a good fit. Then I\u2019ll always speak with them myself on the second call. Up until now, I\u2019ve spoken with every single person that we\u2019ve hired and I\u2019ll try to do that as long as I possibly can because I find it incredibly important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas also highlights that the recruitment process isn\u2019t somewhere you should be cutting corners, as it\u2019ll only prove counterproductive down the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone once said to me, \u2018don\u2019t save money on good people\u2019. Spending a bit more money on good people, experienced people, always saves more than it costs. That\u2019s something that every entrepreneur will figure out at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdatabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SocialDatabase<\/a>\u00a0also offers a creative way to breed a culture of self-growth within the business, by offering the team access to training sessions with elite athletes and coaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a \u2018Top Sport Committee\u2019 which features a professional golf player and a professional water polo coach. These guys train our teams in the elite sporting mindset, for example, trying to improve yourself every single day by 1%. We have them hosting events, team-by-team training sessions and they\u2019ve become a vital part of our company culture.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/peopleculture.techleap.nl\/home\/home\/\">Have you read our People and Culture Scaleup guide yet?<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-77ybup-fbbbab7f9875538c452f313a9d5b792f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-77ybup-fbbbab7f9875538c452f313a9d5b792f{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-77ybup-fbbbab7f9875538c452f313a9d5b792f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo2mg9cm-1a3e2378fb4bd8511f35467f06e6d42f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2mg9cm-1a3e2378fb4bd8511f35467f06e6d42f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2mg9cm-1a3e2378fb4bd8511f35467f06e6d42f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo2mg9cm-1a3e2378fb4bd8511f35467f06e6d42f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2225 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2225 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-SocialDatabase-team.webp\" alt='' title='The SocialDatabase team'  height=\"600\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-SocialDatabase-team.webp 800w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-SocialDatabase-team-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-SocialDatabase-team-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5er5e9-b29cddc2b0d11bbeb29caa4a1c5efd05\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5er5e9-b29cddc2b0d11bbeb29caa4a1c5efd05{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5er5e9-b29cddc2b0d11bbeb29caa4a1c5efd05 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo2mh00d-a36ca4b50bc327c2393bbe7055c39310 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>The fallbacks of funding options<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>While discussing funding strategies, Thomas points out that Social Database has been in the fortunate position of not yet requiring a VC due to the business\u2019 self-sufficient operation, and has gotten by with just one injection from an angel investor to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the beginning, we were super Dutch. It probably would have been better if we had more of an American approach to funding back then, but we were very Dutch and were trying to pay for everything ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we were self-funded for a long time. We brought in customers, expanded the team, brought in customers, expanded the team some more. That went well for quite some time and then we found a private angel investor who offered us a round of funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the current base and the growth of the company, we have enough money from that one investment, together with the revenue that comes in, to do what\u2019s on our roadmap and build the business globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas did go on to highlight some of the common mistakes that come about when partnering with the wrong investor though. He also pointed out that an over-reliance on investment can be counterproductive when it comes to problem-solving. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techleap.nl\/what-we-do\/capital\/\">Visit Techleap.nl\u2019s capital domain for funding strategy advice<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that entrepreneurs can give away too much ownership and decision-making power too early. If you have a good investor, you should be able to make the decisions\u00a0<i>you<\/i>\u00a0want to make as an entrepreneur, but in many cases that doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think especially in the tech startup scene, people sometimes rely too much on funding and are therefore not put in a position where they\u2019re forced to find their product-market fit, to sell and monetise their product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think because we were self-funded from the beginning, it slowed us down a bit initially, but now we have a great product-market fit because we were forced to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-fwypd-de735051609cd35cad3a83c5156486e9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-fwypd-de735051609cd35cad3a83c5156486e9{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-fwypd-de735051609cd35cad3a83c5156486e9 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo2miub3-e223a9a8804852ae2d6117adc7e27411\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2miub3-e223a9a8804852ae2d6117adc7e27411 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2miub3-e223a9a8804852ae2d6117adc7e27411 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo2miub3-e223a9a8804852ae2d6117adc7e27411 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2224 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2224 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Employees-at-work.webp\" alt='' title='Employees at work'  height=\"567\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Employees-at-work.webp 800w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Employees-at-work-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Employees-at-work-768x544.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2lcln5-05db52826d03b96afcd1938e4f20da75\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2lcln5-05db52826d03b96afcd1938e4f20da75{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2lcln5-05db52826d03b96afcd1938e4f20da75 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2dp6ip-cb5a2d23fad46170461136f9fb5ac65b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Why Rise?<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>To draw things to a close, we asked Thomas for his opinion on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techleap.nl\/what-we-do\/techleap-rise-programme\/\">Rise<\/a>, Techleap.nl\u2019s own acceleration programme in the Netherlands, dedicated to startup growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were doing a lot of things our own way, so I was very curious to see how other tech startups in a similar phase were approaching different things such as internationalisation, how they handle their own marketing, how they handle their people, culture, and other common challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just really interested in learning how other founders were doing things, to see if we could transfer that to our own activities and improve ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was actually the big benefit to me that came from the Rise programme. We get to speak to these great entrepreneurs every single week, people like the founder of Booking.com which is a huge help. However, I think I&#8217;ve learned even more from the \u2018Put it on the Table\u2019 sessions, where we discuss the actual challenges that we face with all the other founders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-656d8d-7b2f1c3198f39b689e9c8d1f7121719c\">\n.avia-section.av-656d8d-7b2f1c3198f39b689e9c8d1f7121719c{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='quote-section'  class='avia-section av-656d8d-7b2f1c3198f39b689e9c8d1f7121719c alternate_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2221'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-4mi4r1-3fe10fd840ab374842cd6aa03525dba4 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'><div  class='flex_column av-4mi4r1-3fe10fd840ab374842cd6aa03525dba4 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-27  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo2odcw6-38971e0f1f29bbaa1faddb305a30f2be\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2odcw6-38971e0f1f29bbaa1faddb305a30f2be img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2odcw6-38971e0f1f29bbaa1faddb305a30f2be .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo2odcw6-38971e0f1f29bbaa1faddb305a30f2be av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-28  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2280 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2280 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-500x500.png\" alt='' title='techleap rise (1)'  height=\"500\" width=\"500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1-1020x1020.png 1020w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/techleap-rise-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-323b6l-9b3fb28b20ad652ff169150deaefbb75\">\n.flex_column.av-323b6l-9b3fb28b20ad652ff169150deaefbb75{\npadding:30px 40px 40px 90px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-323b6l-9b3fb28b20ad652ff169150deaefbb75 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo2odvbv-cfbf2d3443136a1bde38a45489660090 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"\u2018From business, comes more business\u2019\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h2>Join our Rise programme<\/h2>\n<div class=\"big\">\n<p>Rise is your one time opportunity to connect with other founders and create together a strong peer community where you can share learnings and get inspired by one another. 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