{"id":2283,"date":"2021-08-03T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techleap-design.nl\/techleap\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2024-01-22T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:51:56","slug":"the-power-of-trust-with-judith-huisman-founder-of-meetingselect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/blog\/the-power-of-trust-with-judith-huisman-founder-of-meetingselect\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of trust and the offices of tomorrow with Judith Huisman, founder of Meetingselect"},"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  avia-builder-el-0  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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-117j6v8-4d1cb14a8cd851b47a8f90337cb81f4d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-117j6v8-4d1cb14a8cd851b47a8f90337cb81f4d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-117j6v8-4d1cb14a8cd851b47a8f90337cb81f4d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-117j6v8-4d1cb14a8cd851b47a8f90337cb81f4d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-117j6v8-4d1cb14a8cd851b47a8f90337cb81f4d 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\"  >The power of trust and the offices of tomorrow with Judith Huisman, 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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-2283'><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>Judith Huisman is Co-Founder of Meetingselect, a Naarden-based startup streamlining the way businesses book, manage and pay for meeting and event spaces.<\/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-25xh4r-dcb02dbf1254ae8fa56011da6965558d\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-25xh4r-dcb02dbf1254ae8fa56011da6965558d{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-25xh4r-dcb02dbf1254ae8fa56011da6965558d 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\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div>\n<p>Meetingselect\u2019s Saas software allows companies to automate the costly and time-consuming processes associated with meetings management, providing access to more than 500,000 locations across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Meetingselect allows any employee to easily book meeting spaces around the world, and meeting planners can book the best accommodation that fits within their budget.<\/p>\n<p>The platform also gives Procurement teams access to live data, the best rates and conditions with the use of an automatized approval process. HR teams can also monitor employee safety when working remotely, and finance departments can make use of the integrated global payment and invoicing solutions<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we started the company, we have had the ambition to transform the traditional hotel industry by providing a seamless digital solution for arranging meetings and bookings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course you could already book hotel rooms for individual use online, but if you wanted to book a conference room, meeting room or workspace, you still had to contact by phone or email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe approached this from a few different angles. One was from an enterprise perspective and involved asking Travel Managers and Procurement departments how they steered booking volume with contracted business to their preferred partners, something which they rarely had a solution for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also wanted to address the issues encountered by meeting planners. They were often relying on Google and not finding the correct information. They preferred to stay in direct contact with the venues, but there was no obvious solution to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the hotel industry, there wasn\u2019t the technology to easily answer proposals instantly online, so that was another thing we wanted to solve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"How Meetingselect\u2019s Saas software is breaking old habits\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-image section\" data-section=\"\"><\/div>\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-ikkiys-1dd5c640e46ec14e93067f52687a030e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Selling the SaaS software vision to brands\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>How Meetingselect\u2019s Saas software is breaking old habits<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>While the early days of Meetingselect\u2019s revolutionary Saas software were hindered by a reluctance to veer away from old habits, fast forward to the present day and that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first couple of years were pretty hard because meeting planners were so used to picking up the phone and communicating via email. However, the last couple of years have seen us scaling extremely quickly because nobody wants to do that anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople like to get out of the office. Meetingselect\u2019s platform caters for that in the most streamlined way possible. We\u2019ve eased the booking and payment processes and also provide in-depth data in regards to duty of care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, when it came to risk-avoidance it was often the case that you knew which country or city your employees were going to, but you didn\u2019t know exactly where they were meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when those meetings had been booked by employees themselves, there was no way of knowing their exact location in extreme circumstances like a terrorist attack, or a volcanic eruption which is something we\u2019ve actually had to deal with in the past. Lockdown restrictions regularly changing in different countries is another thing we closely monitor at the minute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to easily manage and control this whole flow; where are my people? What has been booked? What needs to be cancelled? What are the cancellation policies? Where can we make savings? We offer all these efficiencies, cost reductions and process optimisations for both bookers and hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/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-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-lo2mh00d-a36ca4b50bc327c2393bbe7055c39310 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>A leap of faith<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Before launching the business, both Judith and her Co-Founder Anouk Rooh\u00e9 had just received promotions, so stepping away from those roles to launch something brand new could understandably have raised a few eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe actually took a pretty big risk in starting this business. Anouk and me, set up the company just after receiving great appraisals at our previous jobs. We knew each other from working for international hotel chains and we had both just gotten a jump up the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe set up the company by ourselves and at that time it was really cool because we had to acquire capital to build the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo up we went to the bank with our business plan, they told us they fully believed in it and said they\u2019d give us the biggest starter loan possible with one condition. Of course you also need to find your own equity, so we had to pitch to several investors as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo get prepared, we dived into the show\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/4nhgBmsXHWDjRqC704jPLyD\/about-dragons-den\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dragons Den\u00a0<\/a>in 2007. The series wasn\u2019t shown in the Netherlands at the time, so we watched all the episodes on the BBC to get ready and prepare our own pitch resulting in the desired outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/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-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-16  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-005664e689c5c4336743838c1059b180\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2mg9cm-005664e689c5c4336743838c1059b180 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2mg9cm-005664e689c5c4336743838c1059b180 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo2mg9cm-005664e689c5c4336743838c1059b180 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-17  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-2286 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2286 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Co-founders-meetingselec.webp\" alt='' title='Co-founders meetingselec'  height=\"533\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Co-founders-meetingselec.webp 800w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Co-founders-meetingselec-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Co-founders-meetingselec-768x512.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-l9sulq-965600202b7cedda66da20937f505350\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l9sulq-965600202b7cedda66da20937f505350{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l9sulq-965600202b7cedda66da20937f505350 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-18  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-lo2srdfx-8d7dbef6ade0d493b3d9c8428b0eb94b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding never stops\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Startup funding never stops<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Having the desire to scale and innovate must be matched with suitable funds, something which should be seen as a non-stop process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continuously keep innovating and adding value to our product, but the hardest challenges came with actually growing due to access to capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething that we\u2019ve realised since working with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techleap.nl\/\">Techleap<\/a>, is that the strategy should be that you\u2019re always raising. That\u2019s something that we\u2019ve learned and something that we will use forever. Even when you don\u2019t necessarily need it, you should always be ready and prepared to continue building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnouk and I were very proud at first, we as two female founders got these great multinational contracts, this great team, opened up offices in other countries, all with the money we made ourselves, revenue that the company had generated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a learning from my own experience, I would reach much further for funding. It can be in many different ways. It could be investment capital, it could be new deal structures with banks, there are so many different funding strategies to attract capital into your organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were obviously happy and proud that it wasn\u2019t really necessary for us because all of our profits went straight back into building the company. With that being said, now I see this very differently. You can scale much faster if you have a higher wallet, as you\u2019re not being held back by decisions so often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we first emerged, the market wasn\u2019t ready. If you look at our industry now, it\u2019s worth $450bn and not even 10% of all meetings and future workspace bookings are made online. That means there\u2019s 90% potential to grow. We\u2019ve already capitalised on that and because of this, we\u2019re now a market-leader across Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Educating the hospitality industry\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/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-jry6xq-140bc2155da6714cff37ace63394c97e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-jry6xq-140bc2155da6714cff37ace63394c97e{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jry6xq-140bc2155da6714cff37ace63394c97e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-20  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-lo2ss2jx-ed1dae507cfbbe2b2946aaa9e0575e1f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Allowing startup culture to evolve\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Educating the hospitality industry<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>While it has obviously worked out as a positive for Meetingselect\u2019s Saas software, the hospitality industry\u2019s reluctance to utilise the latest tech sooner than now is something that Judith still finds unusual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still find it very surprising that it has taken such a long time for the hospitality industry to embrace the best technology. For them it\u2019s a technology investment and therefore perceived as a big cost, so in a way it\u2019s understandable because maybe the margins are lower than other industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever they can be so much more efficient and therefore increase profit margins by using our technology because it saves massively on working-hours, helps hotels and venues to generate leads and provides a better user experience to their customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still building that awareness, we\u2019re frequently hosting speaker sessions to educate the hospitality and meetings industry on how they can earn more margin on meetings,and group hotel bookings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, what doesn\u2019t surprise me is that the desire to book workspaces in the wake of the pandemic has skyrocketed. From the meeting planners point of view, they just want to have this portal or platform where they can easily book a space that breaks up the monotony of working from home, or somewhere they can book to conveniently meet a colleague.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\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-grjl3y-efcb5b508e088dab213dbe6ba561be58\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-grjl3y-efcb5b508e088dab213dbe6ba561be58{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-grjl3y-efcb5b508e088dab213dbe6ba561be58 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-22  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-lo2sslgw-6213617f34a4a9c6112709faa723b118 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Allowing startup culture to evolve\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Adding value in the hiring process\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Adding value in the hiring process<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Striking the balance between attracting the best talent and working within your budget is a difficult ask for any business, but rings even truer when talking about startups and scaleups. While it can be tough to always meet salary expectations, there are other avenues to explore as a way of boosting your proposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttracting talent has always been an incredibly important part of our business model, especially now we\u2019re scaling and opening up new offices in other countries. We like to have the best talent with a focus on customer-centricity. It\u2019s that piece of the hospitality DNA that\u2019s instilled within our organisation which makes it so successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also need to bring in the best tech talent. However, because we\u2019re a scaleup-startup, we can\u2019t always offer the salary someone might expect. To combat that we try to offer a lot of additional value. So on top of offering this great culture, people that join Meetingselect also receive stock appreciation rights in the business, so we can create an incentive that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-image section\" data-section=\"\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Avoid being boxed in by customers\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\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-fjgfri-5c49f1322c5c39a18011e5c7a3d203d5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-fjgfri-5c49f1322c5c39a18011e5c7a3d203d5{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-fjgfri-5c49f1322c5c39a18011e5c7a3d203d5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-24  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-f1b16294b2f08dc4e45cb6af11495c3c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2miub3-f1b16294b2f08dc4e45cb6af11495c3c img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo2miub3-f1b16294b2f08dc4e45cb6af11495c3c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo2miub3-f1b16294b2f08dc4e45cb6af11495c3c av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-25  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-2285 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2285 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-meetingselect-team.webp\" alt='' title='The meetingselect team'  height=\"600\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-meetingselect-team.webp 800w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-meetingselect-team-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/techleap.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/The-meetingselect-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-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-26  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-lo2st90s-b060431930ff64edfaa156796b61c27c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Allowing startup culture to evolve\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Trust your team and reap the rewards<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Judith explains how the culture at Meetingselect is built around five core pillars. She also says there is a big emphasis on mutual trust which allows the team a more flexible approach to the working day when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve decided on five pillars within our organisation which are important to us. These help build and develop the company into one we can always be proud of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowth, client-centricity, equality, innovation and fun are the five pillars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou spend a lot of time with your colleagues, normally at the office, so one has to enjoy it to be successful it has to be fun. I think we as founders have really brought that to the fore. Combining that with our client-centricity and optimistic growth ambitions helps us build this culture we really want to be recognised for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have a lot of ambitions moving forward in terms of innovation and improving our customer experience, so that again stems back to those core pillars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have always tried to achieve is this environment where everybody feels trusted with their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand the responsibilities that come with being a parent or having friends &amp; family lives, so if people need to leave during the day and finish up at home in the evenings, that\u2019s completely fine.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/peopleculture.techleap.nl\/home\/home\/\">Read our People and Culture Scaleup guide<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeetingselect is a female-founded company and we embrace diversity in all flavors, from male to female, from young to old, CSR oriented, people with a great distance to the labor market\u00a0up to international workforces with different backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to our open and flexible corporate culture we indeed have lot of females working for us from various international backgrounds. Our Tech, Project Management and Commercial Teams are managed by female directors. However we believe in the right balance, and we also have great male directors in our team, like our CEO Martin Bergonje. So unusual right? male directors, male CEO? Let\u2019s just get the job done with the best diverse team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\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-ep8wj2-9040c0d37e7046d17bf74d238df3ab33\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ep8wj2-9040c0d37e7046d17bf74d238df3ab33{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ep8wj2-9040c0d37e7046d17bf74d238df3ab33 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-28  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-lo2stpgy-1f642ea82795f1524fcf4575309f8bd1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Allowing startup culture to evolve\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Jorrit\u2019s startup wisdom\u00a0\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<h3>Using COVID as a springboard<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Like so many others, the pandemic signalled a notable setback for the business initially. With that being said, plenty of positives have been taken, sizable progress has been made and as restrictions begin to ease, the future looks incredibly bright for Meetingselect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID has obviously had a huge impact on us being in the meetings industry. We had to face thousands of cancellations, despite that, it has also been a very good opportunity and not many people in our industry would say that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe managed to raise our series A in the midst of the pandemic and gave us a chance to look forward and plan for the future. We used the time to innovate and as a result we\u2019ve delivered great solutions including virtual and hybrid meeting solutions, innovated further with the meeting booking platform which includes an unrivaled choice of workspaces engines and we also launched our distanced seating solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, we created an algorithm that calculates how many people a space can host while maintaining social distancing. This has been extremely popular amongst hotels who would otherwise struggle to figure this out for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe noticed around September time, when restrictions were slightly lifted in various countries, our bookings actually grew by 145%, making that our best September ever. Why? Because there\u2019s such a huge need to come together and meet in-person again. COVID has taken over for so long and people are desperate to get out again, we\u2019ve already seen in certain areas where lockdowns aren\u2019t as strict, bookings have shot up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also seeing the \u2018bleasure\u2019 effect. So that\u2019s business combined with pleasure. People like to have fun with their colleagues. There are so many who started working at an organisation mid-pandemic who have never even met their colleagues, so peer-to-peer learning during small meetings and team-building is becoming more important than ever. In the United States we\u2019re seeing a trend that organisations rent out hotels exclusively to kick-off again, and we facilitate all of these.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-image section\" data-section=\"\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modular-text section\" data-section=\"Startup funding: Failed to prepare? Prepare to fail\">\n<div class=\"c\"><\/div>\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-bt6jpa-ca6c24d20dfe609e2573ae017ba3bfb6\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-bt6jpa-ca6c24d20dfe609e2573ae017ba3bfb6{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-bt6jpa-ca6c24d20dfe609e2573ae017ba3bfb6 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-30  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-b26jf2-117723dcf411820c1987e099c9382a8f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>The end of the office as we know it?<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Another pandemic-triggered shift hit as businesses switched to a working from home model, a trend that has almost definitely changed our perceptions of the \u2018traditional office\u2019 for good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are already quite a few reports that point towards a change in the way businesses utilise their office space. The\u00a0Global Workforce Alliance\u00a0predicts that 30% of employees at an organisation will work at least two or three days from home per week. Other organisations are saying they won\u2019t even have a permanent office anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a corporate perspective to having an office and an employee perspective. The corporate side is all about brand-building, and providing your team with somewhere to get together, innovate and create ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor employees, an office is somewhere for mentoring, managing, peer-to-peer sessions and face-to-face contact. So the traditional office won\u2019t necessarily become obsolete, but it will become more experience-centred as opposed to just being a place of work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go to the office to have fun, connect, network and to work together in teams. So it will definitely still exist, but it will be in a completely different way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/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-3whx3f-e132b62cdcbc33ae510229a0b7fa0498\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3whx3f-e132b62cdcbc33ae510229a0b7fa0498{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3whx3f-e132b62cdcbc33ae510229a0b7fa0498 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-32  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-lo2tfssa-b900d8a5ddea31eadfec8caf0336d995 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>From startup growth to international expansion<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Entering a foreign market is an incredibly exciting time for any startup, though it does bring with it a whole new set of challenges. Judith says some of the best advice she\u2019d received was to use your own staff when expanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently we had this session hosted by Techleap with an entrepreneur and he mentioned the importance of using your own staff when expanding to another country. Train them before moving over there, get them as prepared as you physically can for that new setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does that country operate? Where is the best place to stay? What you should be aware of in terms of culture? Where can you find access to Capital?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping this in mind when building your team will serve you well too, if you expect expansion plans to be on the horizon, ensure you\u2019re hiring talent who have ambition to move to another country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s some of the best advice in terms of scaling. We\u2019ve always followed our customers when expanding into new countries. We are actually in the process of that now, opening an office in France because we\u2019re following the needs of a couple of corporate clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/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-2dalvv-8849400a7c12813f14848cac95855ffb\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2dalvv-8849400a7c12813f14848cac95855ffb{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2dalvv-8849400a7c12813f14848cac95855ffb hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-34  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-lo2tguyi-fc5f58ead9a899a79e2d0eec5afbe3dd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Why Rise?<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Finally, we spoke to Judith about her experience so far with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techleap.nl\/what-we-do\/techleap-rise-programme\/\">Rise<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techleap.nl\/\">Techleap<\/a>\u2019s own acceleration programme in the Netherlands dedicated to startup and scaleup growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really inspired us to join Rise was the access to knowledge, particularly when it came to expansion and scaling hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see so much potential, it\u2019s so nice to have access to this awesome network of ambitious, enthusiastic, experienced, entrepreneurs with the most marvellous and splendid business ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome have already been through this journey on more than one occasion, so tapping into that know-how and applying it to our own business model is extremely useful to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div 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