Breaking Through

May 31 2023
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This is Breaking Through, a podcast brought to you by imec.istart.nl. In this podcast we will take a dive into the tech startup ecosystem in the Netherlands. We’ll explore what it takes for tech startups and spin-offs to get off the ground and become successful.

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Season 02 Episode 03 | Scaling your product

May 31 2023 31 mins  
Let's say you are in the thick of your entrepreneurial journey. You've brought your innovative idea out of the lab into cutting edge product. You've had a successful pilot program and a have a few profitable sales cycles behind you. Safe to say you are on the right track. And now your wonder how you scale your emerging technology. How you will broaden your reach with minimum invest

S02E02 | Working together with corporates: Pfizer

Apr 19 2023 20 mins  
How do you, as a (med)tech startup entrepreneur, connect with corporates? What can working together with a larger corporation bring you? And what do these organisations look for in a startup? Co-hosts John van de Laar and Lea Milovich talk to guest Sander van Nuland of Pfizer to answer these questions. This episode was made possible with the support of Muriel Jolivert, Frank Huizin

S02E01 | From academics to entrepreneurship: making the switch

Mar 20 2023 20 mins  
How do you go from academics to entrepreneurship? And what do you have to consider when making that switch? Co-hosts John van de Laar and Bart Nelissen speak to guest Davide Iannuzzi of VU Amsterdam to answer these questions. This episode was made possible with the support of Muriel Jolivert, Frank Huizing and Vera Boertien of imec.istart.nl.Editing was done by Rodrigo Zapata, VU C

Trailer season 2

Mar 13 2023 1 mins  
Season 2 of Breaking Through is on its way! Tune in on Monday March 20th to hear all about making the switch from academics to entrepreneurship. Want to know more about imec.istart.nl? Visit our website: imec.istart.nl

#03 | Shaping Dutch startup ecosystems internationally w/ Jeroen van Woerden & Yvonne Greeuw

Dec 13 2022 26 mins  
This third episode of Breaking Through takes us back to Helsinki! Recorded during Slush 2022, we talk about the position of Dutch startup ecosystems in the international arena. With Jeroen van Woerden, managing director of The Gate in Eindhoven and Yvonne Greeuw, Investment Manager at Delft Enterprises (TU Delft).Want to know more about imec.istart.nl? Visit our website: imec.istar

#02 | The Entrepreneurial University w/ Jaap Beernink & Sebastiaan Berendse

Nov 21 2022 25 mins  
In our second episode of the imec.istart.nl podcast we are live on Slush! We are talking with two frontrunners of Dutch universities making impact with entrepreneurship: Jaap Beernink of the University of Twente and Sebastiaan Berendse of the University of Wageningen. Want to know more about imec.istart.nl? Visit our website: imec.istart.nl

#01 | Founding a new program: one year imec.istart.nl w/ Jaap Beernink & Sven de Cleyn

Oct 25 2022 25 mins  
imec.istart.nl is one year old! A good reason to sit down with Novel-T’s CEO Jaap Beernink and imec.istart’s program director Sven De Cleyn. They share some of the experiences of the first year of the imec.istart.nl accelerator. In short: much has been achieved, but much more is still to come, thanks to the new 12 million istart.nl Seed Fund. Want to know more about imec.istart