TribeX

After seeing the need for entrepreneurs to come together and support each other, Rachelle & I decided to create a tight-knit family of business owners. People who want to co-elevate each other personally and professionally. Not once, but by being true partners in each other's journeys...

TribeX is an international collective of impact-driven entrepreneurs who are into personal development.

A community for:
- masterminding
- expertise sharing
- accountability
- collaborations
- business friends around the globe

Online-first but with 2 yearly global gatherings and quarterly chapter meetups in major European cities 🏙️ 

Members are selected with great care based on Character & Integrity.

We believe those are the key factors for a supportive business family🫶🏽

We kicked off in September 2023 with 14 founding members spread across Europe!

If you want to join us (first session = free), go to www.tribex.community

Co-Founder & Leader @ TribeX

Growtribute

Do you want a business empire AND personally thrive while building it? We help ambitious entrepreneurs to get on the fast lane to business success & personal happiness.

I founded Growtribute together with my wife Rachelle Leerling. Our journey of "Rollercoaster Entrepreneurship" (the highs and the very lows) inspired us to create an academy for ambitious entrepreneurs - enabling them to have a massive business impact in a sustainable and enjoyable way.

Results while working with us:
✅ Feel completely in control of the business & your days
✅ Step into your CEO role - execute on a clear vision, strategy and momentum.
✅ Be indistractable, less available & needed in the business
✅ Have more time for yourself, family, friends & sports by working smarter
✅ Truly turn off your head and be present on evenings and weekends

What other entrepreneurs say:

⭐ "I'm being stronger with clients, setting boundaries. And as a result, having more space to think and not feel overwhelmed. Old me might have panicked a lot more last week. But I had the structure behind me this time. Now it's about making the structure stronger & stronger and I feel clearer about how to get there, improving week by week" - J. | UK 

⭐ “My first week was literally amazing, no joke. I feel so much better mentally & physically. My gf says the same, she hasn’t seen me like this in a long time" - J. | Germany 

⭐ ”It was my most productive day in the last few weeks. I’m beginning to notice the first signs of improvement from having the new structure of my day. I fall asleep faster, and I wake up with greater energy”. - M. | Poland

⭐ "I read enough about habits and routines to know what I needed to know. But I needed to make it happen. I needed that push from you guys. And in these 3 months, I can really build something for the future." - M. | Israel

www.growtribute.com

Co-Founder | Business Confidant for High Performing Entrepreneurs

Travis the Translator

The original creator of the AI pocket translator. In 2017 we took the pocket translator concept from ideation to successful launch & shipment. In the same first year we've achieved a milestone of 50,000 units sold, with clear insights on proof of market validation. In 2018 we reached another milestone of 120,000 units and we were chosen as Startup of the Year by Dutch media channel Sprout.

Founder & CEO

Travis Foundation

We’re on a mission to empower people by bringing lesser-resourced and underprivileged languages into the digital world. Everyone has the right to be understood - whether we speak a common or minority language, whether we are in our country of origin or on the other side of the world. Communication and understanding are core aspects of being a human and Travis Foundation is there to close the gap of language inequality and preserve culture.

Founder & Board Member

Venture Café Rotterdam

The Venture Café Foundation is the not-for-profit sister organization of Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). It aims to create a climate of learning and collaboration for the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative communities through spaces, programs and conversations. More info on www.venturecafe.nl.

Founding Program Manager

Erasmus Trustfonds

Erasmus Trustfonds and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) have combined forces to generate the largest university philanthropic fund in the Netherlands in order to create the 'University of the Future', with leading scientists, renowned research, and world class education.

Marketing and Communication

Sana Commerce

Managed the department (15 nationalities/20 FTE) that generates leads for ISM’s sales and marketing teams all over the world. Simultaneously implemented an extensive action plan with structural changes.

Manager Lead Generation Department

Under direct supervision of the CEO (recommendation above) I launched new webshop software with SAP-integration in the market and prepared our own organisation for it. To get this done I selected and managed my own team (5 people/4 nationalities).

Project Manager

I co-founded TribeX & Growtribute together with Rachelle Leerling to change the way entrepreneurship is done. We stand for 'humanpreneurship' - the opposite of 'hustlepreneurship'. 

TribeX is an entrepreneur collective across Europe - a caring business family & business booster

Growtribute is an academy for entrepreneurs who want to be unchained from their business & own limitations.

We don't believe that your business should decrease your life quality & freedom and that doing it all yourself (aka the lone wolf) is the way to go.

Instead, what if entrepreneurship could provide you with wealth, freedom, fulfillment, and a rich social life? Having an amazing human experience while you run a meaningful business.

Our academy teaches entrepreneurship based on setting boundaries, stepping out of operations, high-impact moves, and leading a team really well. We do that through courses, retreats, and group coaching

Our tribe is a tight-knit collective of successful and kind-hearted business owners who are all into personal development. We help each other to drive more positive change through our businesses and share each other's best strategies.

Prior to this, I've been a tech startup founder/CEO. I co-founded Travis, the original creator of the AI pocket translator back in 2016. We proudly shipped over 200,000 devices all around the globe.

I've been living abroad since 2020, in Cyprus, Portugal, Mexico and Spain. 

Just hit me up if you want to know more or for a (virtual) coffee!

Lennart van der Ziel

Rabobank

• Led a team of 10+ senior innovation consultants, focusing on developing their strengths and fostering a human-centric culture.
• Spearheaded DEI efforts, adapting recruitment processes and leading inclusion dialogues to promote openness and understanding.
• Achieved consistent top scores in psychological safety, low turnover rates, high referral rates, and strong team cohesion.

Team Lead Acceleration @ Innovation Factory

In my role as an Innovation Coach at Innovation Factory, I partnered with Rabobank's innovation teams to assess strategic opportunities, estimate revenue potential, and guide them in product discovery, stakeholder management, partnerships, and team development. I focused on helping teams maintain focus on the riskiest bits of their business, run experiments, and make informed decisions based on data.

Project Highlights: 
- a consumer banking app that helps reduce CO2 footprint
- a business banking product that helps SMEs process their waste circularly 
- a solution for real-time settlement of securities in the money and bond markets
- a credit scoring product that unlocks financing for smallholder farmers in emerging markets

Innovation coach @ Innovation Factory 

Rotterdam Wine Lovers

Rotterdam Wine Lovers is Rotterdam's biggest wine club. We organize monthly tastings, biannual wine dinners and once a year a wine trip. We have approximately 400 members in total, with 15-30 members attending per event. 

Rotterdam Wine Lovers is a typical scratch-one's-own-itch startup. I while ago I wanted to learn about wine in a fun, social way that did not include snobbish tastings or attending a class. So I started by launching one wine tasting event to see what happens. After 25 people showed up and paid to be there, I did a second one, and a third one and three years later, we are Rotterdam's biggest wine club.  

> No prior wine knowledge required 
Rotterdam wine lovers is an open and inclusive wine club.  It’s for anyone who loves wine, either you are a wine connoisseur, a wine rookie or just a happy wine drinker. You'd like to learn more about wine, explore and drink good wine, mingle with wine enthusiasts, teach the newbies, and learn from the experts. No snobs, just wine lovers!

Founder & Chief Wine Lover

Dutch Lean Startup Circle

Co-Organizer

Iamelef

My mission is to help intrapreneurs/entrepreneurs make fast progress under conditions of extreme uncertainty.  I help them gain clarity and confidence in their proposition, for themselves and their stakeholders, by collecting market evidence through interviews and experimentation.

My services revolve around new business development, specifically I execute and coach on:
- business model design 
- proposition design and development
- customer development
- experiment design and execution
- customer experience design
- lean startup
- growth hacking
- content marketing

Proposition design & Innovation services (freelance) @ Iamelef

Customer & Experiment Lead Digital Assets 

Since September 2017 I have been part of ING's corporate accelerator program as a customer & experiment lead. My role is to support accelerator teams with proposition design, experiment design and execution,  customer development, customer journey design, and new product development. 

So far I've worked with 2 teams: Ridecloud (mobility) and Pyctor (crypto).

Innovation specialist / Customer & Experiment Lead @ ING Labs

I joined Ridecloud when we were still looking at high opportunity areas in the mobility space. As a Customer Lead I have been responsible for designing and testing our proposition, discovering and validating problem areas for customer segments and designing solutions for them. I have designed and run multiple experiments with Ridecloud: from interviews, landing page experiments and surveys, to prototypes, and open and closed betas.

Ridecloud is a free iOS app that brings shared cars, shared bikes, and taxis in one app.
we believe that by combining the powers of multiple mobility providers in a single app, shared mobility will become more transparent, accessible and easy to use for everyone.

We are an Amsterdam-based international team passionate about mobility and innovation. We believe that we can move around, faster, easier and affordably while relieving our cities of congestion and pollution.

Bringing multiple providers in one place is only the first step. Ridecloud is building the mobility platform of the future!

Customer Lead @ Mobility (ING Labs)

Interim Customer Lead Crypto @ ING Labs

IdeaHackers.nl

With Farming The Future program we are supporting a number of Greek startups solving problems in the food industry and creating new products that are highly appreciated by the customers. This is an initiative designed by IdeaHackers for Orange Grove. Orange Grove is the startup incubator created by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Athens, Greece.

Startup Mentor @ Farming The Future

CIC Rotterdam

Innovation Program Manager & facilitator @ Startup Visa Program

Startup in Residence Amsterdam

Innovation Program Manager & Facilitator @ the startup accelerator of Provincie Noord Holland

Venture Café - Rotterdam

I spearheaded the planning and execution of a successful event at Capital Tour XXL Rotterdam, leading a team to deliver a sold-out experience. By implementing strategic marketing campaigns and securing partnerships with local companies, we enhanced the event program and expanded its reach. 

• Led a team of event organizers and volunteers
• Developed and implemented marketing and communication campaigns
• Established partnerships and sponsorships with local companies

Event Lead @ Capital Tour XXL Rotterdam

42workspace

- Designed the unique value proposition of 42workspace and helped implement it in the various area of the business such as space design, community, brand design, program design, business development, marketing strategy.
- Designed member experience 
- Created and ran the program of events and activities for members to interact and get value from each other.
-Set up and executed the community growth strategy  

Forty-two is a coworking community for techies & post-startup-hype tech companies, located in Rotterdam's Witte de With district. The center of our universe is tech founders and their teams.
We handpick our members to have a scalable business model, a pay-it-forward mindset, and a no-nonsense attitude: people who like to try things, hustle a lot,  talk a little, fail and reboot. 
Some call this the Rotterdam way. We agree.

Community Lead

I am a seasoned innovation professional with 11+ years in venture building, founder, marketing and community management roles in the financial, startup and...wine sector.

After 5+ years in a business innovation coaching/consulting role, I feel thirsty for action and more responsibility. I am passionate about building businesses and bringing to fruition projects that make business and societal impact. 

I am at my best when I lead initiatives that allow me to use my strategic, people, product building and marketing skills. I thrive in environments that require creating connections and collaborating. 

Are you looking for someone to figure out and run a new project, product or business (division) that requires excellent people and project skills, business acumen and creative problem solving? Then I am your woman & I look forward to hearing from you.

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