Jeroen verkocht zijn bedrijf met 500 medewerkers en deelt nu zijn formule

📈Need good software to grow your business? Try Teamleader! Over 22,000 SME entrepreneurs have already done so. I work with Teamleader myself too 😃 Check: http://teamleader.nl/groeivoer and try Teamleader for free today. THIS EPISODE Jeroen Dekker is a serial entrepreneur, former co-founder of Active Ants, and author of the book Ondernemen zoals de Startup King (Entrepreneurship Like the Startup King). He built multiple companies, successfully sold four of them, and grew Active Ants into an international e-fulfillment player with hundreds of employees. In this episode, Jeroen candidly shares how to recognize opportunities, build companies that are sellable, and why action is often more important than endless thinking. Three things you will learn in this episode: 💰 How to build a business that someone else wants to buy — and why every profitable business can be sellable 🚀 Why you should start, test, and adjust sooner instead of waiting until everything is perfect 👑 How Jeroen’s KING formula works: choose, invest, ignore, and go WHO IS WHO? Guest: Jeroen Dekker. Host: Gerhard te Velde. CALLS TO ACTION 🔥 Connect with Jeroen on LinkedIn:   / jeroendekkerstartupking   Link to Jeroen's website: https://startupking.nl/ Link to Krummholz Publishing website: https://krummholz.be/ Buy the book Ondernemen zoals de Startup King via bol.com: https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/onderneme... SOURCES Sources worth checking: Ondernemen zoals de Startup King by Jeroen Dekker The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch The Road Less Stupid by Keith J. Cunningham Grit by Angela Duckworth The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss Seminar: Unleash the Power Within by Tony Robbins CHAPTERS 00:00 Episode preview 00:41 Intro Jeroen Dekker 02:19 Entrepreneurial family in Friesland 03:21 Financial drive 05:48 Why this book? 08:47 Love for books 12:13 Bookstore in Antwerp 15:38 Investing after exits 17:57 Red idea notebook 21:41 Thinking time 24:27 Advisory board 25:21 One thing leads to another 31:33 First exit 35:38 IT in Nepal 38:08 The milk carton idea 40:46 Active Ants growth 45:40 Sale to bpost 49:38 Life after exits 54:42 The KING formula 01:01:54 Billboard question Relevant tags/hashtags for Dutch entrepreneurs #entrepreneurpodcast #businesspodcast #smepodcast #dutchentrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #businesspodcast #podcastforentrepreneurs #entrepreneurialsuccess #entrepreneurshipinthenetherlands #businesstips SHOWNOTES Where can you find this entrepreneur podcast? Do you enjoy watching business podcasts? 🎥 Then follow the Groeivoer channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Groeivoer/vi... Prefer to listen? 🎧 Follow Groeivoer on Apple Podcast: 🍏 https://shorturl.at/kozJP Listen to the #1 Dutch entrepreneur podcast on Spotify: 🎶 https://shorturl.at/bfmD3 Want to start a business podcast yourself? 🎙️ Do you also want to start a professional podcast? Gerhard is the owner of Ear Ear, a specialized podcast agency for entrepreneurs. Advertise in the leading entrepreneur podcast in the Netherlands? 📢 Do you want to advertise with Groeivoer and reach the Dutch business community? Email [email protected] Follow our entrepreneur channels! 🌐 Stay up to date with new podcast episodes and entrepreneur events via WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaZO... Or via Telegram: https://t.me/groeivoer The best entrepreneur lessons in your email? 📧 Email [email protected] for a cheat sheet with the 10 best tips from 400 episodes of Groeivoer. Packed with insights from successful entrepreneurs. Rate this entrepreneur podcast! 🌟 A fan of this business podcast? Leave a review! 👍 Follow the #1 entrepreneur podcast! 🚀 LinkedIn Gerhard:   / gerhardvelde   LinkedIn Groeivoer:   / groeivoer   Instagram:   / groeivoer_podcast   TikTok:   / groeivoerpodcast   X:   / groeivoer   Our partners for entrepreneurs 🤝 This entrepreneur podcast is made possible in part by Teamleader, the perfect all-in-one software package for SMEs. Start today: https://signup.focus.teamleader.eu Special thanks to Groenpand, home to the Ear Ear Podcast studio. Visit www.groenpand.nl for more information.