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 Kars Veling about his personal journey growing LessonUp and his dreams for the future.
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This episode features Kars Veling, Founder and CEO of LessonUp.
In 2000 Kars founded strategic internet agency Q42, where he was the CTO and is still on the board of advisors. In 2014, he started LessonUp where he is now CEO. Kars is also a Co initiator of Future NL, the foundation focused at bringing digital literacy to the classroom; and until last year he was a member of the Economic Board of the Hague.
In this episode, we'll talk to Kars about:
- How the corona lockdown accelerates the growth of LessonUp;
- Falling in love with your co-founder;
- What his dreams for the future hold and how an elderly home in Portugal fits into this story.
Links mentioned:
- People: Kars Veling, Janneke Plaisier
- Companies: Lessonup.com, Working at Lessonup.com, Q42, Peak Capital, FutureNL
- Media: Living Darfur - Mattafix, Slack
- Other stuff: Commodore64, MRR
Keep an eye on our LinkedIn channel for upcoming guests!
