Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.
Showcasing the vibrant Dutch entrepreneurial ecosystem - and our journey to support the startup and scale-up founders responsible. Hosted by Lars Crama, edited by Lisette Braakenburg.
Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.
CEO Judith Eyck on building travel scale-up Vakanties.nl and acquiring your competitor.
This episode features Judith Eyck, Founder of vakanties.nl and Managing Director of Zoover.
Judith founded online travel agency Vakanties.nl in 2017 with Sunweb founder Joost Romeijn as investor. In the following two years Judith led Vakanties to grow rapidly. She was nominated for Loey Talent Awards 2019 and Rotterdam Business Woman Awards 2020. In the summer of 2020, in the middle of the corona pandemic, she successfully acquired Zoover, of which she is now co-owner and managing director.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What does it take to grow a tech company in the travel industry?
- How do you integrate two teams after an acquisition?
- … what is Judiths’ most memorable holiday experience?
Links mentioned:
- People: Judith Eyk, Joost Romeijn,
- Companies: Vakanties.nl, Zoover, Sunweb Group, ISM Ecompany, Sana Commerce, PetBnB.nl, BlueCity010, 42Workspace
- Media: Up!Rotterdam video; The Long Way Up, Run Boy Run.
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