Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.

EJ Lugt, founder of Nimbuzz and MD at YES!Delft, on dream exits, entrepreneurial ecosystems and sports.

June 29, 2021 EJ Lugt Season 1 Episode 12
Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.
EJ Lugt, founder of Nimbuzz and MD at YES!Delft, on dream exits, entrepreneurial ecosystems and sports.
Show Notes

EJ sold his first business @Media to the Dutch Broadcasting Service in 2001. In 2006, he founded Nimbuzz, which he sold for 137 Million Euros to New Call Telecom in 2014. He then went on to found NGTI, until he dedicated himself to take up a role as the Managing Director of YES!Delft - voted #2 best university incubator in the world. 

EJ is also a guest speaker at Nyenrode on innovation and transformation, an expert member for the European Commission and… a force to be reckoned with when it comes to padel.

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

  • Dream exits;
  • Building strong entrepreneurial ecosystems and;
  • The link between business and sports.

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