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ImpactGenie

Co-Founder

Kill the Dinosaur

Helping mission-driven founders in launching & growing new business opportunities.

Founder

Airborn

We’re on a mission to support and fund impact driven startup founders.
Rome wasn’t built in a day… expected to launch soon

Co-Founder & Venture Partner

ClimateCamp - hiring!

Decarbonising the food industry and its supply chains by making it easier for companies & their suppliers to exchange carbon data.

Member of The Board of Advisors

Dripl

Venture Coach

Aquafin

New Business Developer - Riothermie

switchrs

Switchrs is a multidisciplinary innovation collective that focuses on social-circular economy.

At switchrs we believe in sustainability as a positive story. That's why our focus is on designing positive impact. We make, show, facilitate and talk about things that regenerate our planet, society and economy.

bundl

Long term collaboration as a Strategy Designer for the Bundl team and its network of clients.

(*) via Kill the Dinosaur

Sr. Corporate Venture Builder (*)

Thea Swing

Thea swing is a design product that gives children with a disability the chance to experience swinging in a safe way, mountable on any classic swing! To swing in a free, safe and comfortable way; that's what the Thea swing stands for.

www.theaswing.com

Co-founder

Launching Impactful Micro-Businesses 🌱🌎 I Venture Building👷 I Circular Economy ♻️ I AI for Good 🤖 I Angel Investing 💸

I’m not a productivity guru.
I’ve launched 10+ ventures, started 100+ side projects, and abandoned at least as many.

Like many creative generalists, I live between sticky notes, Notion docs, WhatsApp reminders, and new startup ideas that always feel more exciting than the last.

So I’m doing what I do best: building for the mess I live in.

For the next 30 days, I’m building a micro-SaaS focused on one core challenge:
Helping creative generalists (like me) stay focused without feeling boxed in.

I’ll be building and sharing in public.

Follow me for transparent updates, lessons learned, and real progress from someone who’s deep in the chaos (and finally doing something about it).

Dashdot

Webclew

Webclew is a SaaS solution that provides continuous and automated privacy auditing of websites and apps.
We focus on publishers, marketplaces and large e-commerce platforms and help them avoid data breaches and regulatory fines.
My responsibilities are focused on continuously refining our GTM strategy and execution.
Additionally I'm also responsible for all financial matters.

imec.istart

As part of the imec.istart Launch program, I help founders structure their product development and go-to-market strategies through the “From Idea to MVP and Beyond” course and workshop, which we developed at Dashdot. 

The Launch program helps founders build a strong foundation for their tech startup, strengthening their application for the full accelerator program.
The accelerator program itself offers expert coaching and connections to a broad network of partners and investors, along with €100k in pre-seed funding.

As an imec.istart partner, I’m also involved in the partner jury, providing feedback during the accelerator pitch days.

Startup Mentor

Meet Roger

Chief Product Officer

iCapps

Creative, passionate enterprise application development for iOS devices.

iOS Developer

iOS development. Development of an educational iPad app to test your geography knowledge. Mainly for children, but possibly even more fun for grown ups. Available on the App Store as of July 2012.

Intern

VikingCo

As a consultant for the CityLife platform, I was responsible for streamlining the Angular web app development workflow and setting up the necessary tools and components. After initial project setup, I supervised the development of two Angular apps. Technologies used: AngularJS, CoffeeScript, Yeoman (Grunt, Bower and Yo), Sass and Jenkins.

Angular JS Developer

De Persgroep

Mobile Developer

BNP Paribas

Support in developing a next generation iOS / HTML5 framework to speed up development time by promoting code reuse. (part time)

As an external consultant, I assisted with:
•	On site code reviews
•	Architecture/interface improvements (including how-to create separate libraries for iOS)
•	Suggesting an automated workflow for continuous integration

Technical iOS Architect

Mobile Vikings

KBC Bank & Verzekering

I help early-stage startup founders and investors. Here's how.

My journey in tech started early, inspired by my father who taught me to code. One of my first projects? A simple game where you had to manage a group of dinosaurs, helping them find food and avoid predators. The goal? Keep them alive and growing 🦖

That early thrill of creation stuck with me.

In high school, I built software for our calculators to solve math problems. I even added a copy protection feature, so classmates had to come to me for it—my first social hack to build real connections.

After college, I launched my career as a mobile app developer, working mostly with banks and large enterprises. It didn’t take long to realize that the slow-moving corporate world wasn’t for me.

Things didn’t always go perfectly. During those years, I struggled with a crippling fear of failure sometimes leading to complete blackouts. 

Wanting to face that fear, I eventually took the ultimate risk: starting my own business.

That’s how Dashdot was born—a space where I could help early-stage tech founders turn their ideas into real, market-ready products.

What I do at Dashdot 🎯
As CEO, I provide early-stage startup founders and investors with hands-on guidance in:

- Product strategy: Mapping out the journey from idea to launch, ensuring the product is built with market needs in mind.
- Software development: Guiding the creation of a reliable, scalable product that can evolve with the growth of the business.
- Go-to-market: Creating a clear plan to reach initial customers and successfully enter the market.
- Founder mentorship: Providing practical advice to strengthen leadership and build a team that can scale the startup.

Co-founding Webclew 🌐

I also co-founded Webclew, a bootstrapped SaaS product built at Dashdot. Webclew offers continuous, test-driven privacy auditing for websites and apps, protecting businesses from hidden data protection issues and help them prevent fines.

Why I’m here on LinkedIn🌟

My mission is to guide tech founders and early-stage investors through the crucial early stages of building their product, entering the market, and achieving product-market fit. These initial steps are where so much time and money can be wasted. By sharing experience and knowledge and with some hands-on guidance, many of those costly mistakes can be avoided.


So whether you're a startup founder, an investor, or simply passionate about the startup ecosystem, I’d love to connect.

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