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For those of you who don’t know, Jonathan Klein founded Getty Images together with Mark Getty, back in 1993. Getty Images is the leading stock photo business in the world.
Last week, thanks to Saul Klein and Seedcamp, I had the priviledge to listen to him for two hours, speaking about how he built a business [...]

How to live 100 years

In: Ideas, People

I’m not sure I want to live 100 years, but I sure want to be healthy in my sixties. I know, I’m crazy to be thinking about that when I’m still in my early twenties, but hey – everyone has obsessions, and this is one of mine.
I’ve been a vegetarian for almost a year now, [...]

Hire your friends

In: Ideas, People

People usually tend to turn the recruiting process into an exhaustive game where at the end you know everything about the potential employee and his mother. And I know that because I’ve done it hundreds if not thousands of times in the past.
But after close to 5 years of entrepreneurship, I’ve learned that you should [...]

The invention of the century. Really.

In: People

Seriously. I’m not kidding.
While most of us are struggling with full-time boring jobs that we don’t like, some people are changing the world. Really changing it. Saving millions of lives and making their mark. Challenging the status quo and approaching problems differently.
Today I discovered a TED presentation by Michael Pritchard, a british nano-tech scientist who [...]

Napoleon Bonaparte

In: I Like, People, Quotes

1. Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
2. I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
3. [...]

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I'm an entrepreneur, blogger and internet consultant. I started my first "business" at the age of 10, creating business cards for the teachers in my school. Currently I'm the CEO of Brainient, a video technology company and I'm actively involved with various other technology & internet startups.

I'm also a speaker and lecturer at various entrepreneurship and internet events, and have a strong interest in reinventing education.

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