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Welcome to episode 14 of Beyond the Blend! Today Glenn has some big news and answers some questions that go along with it. Alberts is opening a crowdfunding. Find out more on https://winwinner.be/alberts
Find out more about Alberts on https://www.alberts.be/ or via @albertsliving on all socials
Find out more about Alberts' WinWinner campaign
https://winwinner.be/alberts
https://www.winwinner.be/
As with all investing your capital is at risk.
Geld lenen aan een onderneming is risicovol. Als investeerder loopt u het risico dat het ontleende bedrag geheel of gedeeltelijk niet kan worden terugbetaald. -
In this episode, we invite Ronald Van Marlen on Beyond the Blend. Ronald is co-owner and general director at NaNa Bio.
Ronald is very outspoken and doesn’t hold back in this episode. He talks passionately about the importance of crossing borders and building bridges between the food producers and the companies that market it.
Having felt some consequences of the climate crisis, Ronald felt the need to speak up on political and social issues.In the end he also had some very interesting advice for Alberts regarding food and supply chains.
We hope this podcast inspires you the way it inspires us.
Check out NaNa Bio
https://www.nanabio.eu/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nana-bio-bv?trk=similar-pagesConnect with Ronald on LinkedIn
https://nl.linkedin.com/in/ronald-van-marlen-1590188Learn more about Alberts on www.alberts.be
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In this 12th episode, we welcome Jolien Schelstraete, Plant-Based leader & Marketing Manager at Alpro-Provamel BeLux.
Jolien is an inspiring marketeer who really embodies what it means to make a change through purposeful work.
Jolien reveals her proudest moments, but also some tough moments in her rich career.
Shares her experience working with Coca Cola, Alpro and reveals some lessons she learned along the way.Connect with Jolien Schelstraete via https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolien-schelstraete-19a7ab8/
Learn more about Danone https://www.danone.com/
Check out Alpro https://www.alpro.com/
Learn about Effie https://www.effie.org/ & https://effiebelgium.be/nl/default.aspYou can find Alberts via www.alberts.be
You can follow us via @albertslivingListen to this episode on Youtube via https://www.youtube.com/albertsliving
What do you think about this episode? Let us know in the comments!
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This is a special episode, we welcome a Very Special Guest (yes, you’ll have to listen to find out who it is!) and we drop some big news.
We’re super excited to have closed an A-round! In this episode, we explain what and how long it took to close this funding round and who believed in us enough the fund our company’s future & ambitions. For the entrepreneurs listening: we share valuable tips based on our own experiences closing 5 funding rounds, so settle in, have a drink and take all the notes!
Want to invest in Alberts? We’re opening a crowdlending campaign in October! Sign up for updates here: www.winwinner.be/alberts As always, leaving a review is much appreciated! Thanks for listening!
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In this episode, we have Marie Martens, Founder at Twist Consulting, join us to talk about the flaws in the Belgian startup ecosystem.
Glenn and Marie met through BEyond, the platform the connects Belgian startups that have the ambition and potential to grow internationally with Belgian family businesses and investors. Insightful workshops nurture founders and inspiring sessions enable a transfer of knowledge and experience to startups and make them ready to scale.
Marie talks passionately about the importance of crossing borders and building bridges between the mini-ecosystems that exist in our country and how platforms like BEyond can unite them.
Connect with Marie Martens on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-martens-143513/
Learn more about Alberts on www.alberts.be
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In this episode of the Beyond the Blend podcast, we welcome Omar Mohout, former entrepreneur, thought leader on and advisor for start-ups and scale-ups, and current partner at Nova Reperta.
Omar talks about his journey from entrepreneur to employee to researcher and teacher to working as partner for Nova Reperta. You will get valuable insights on why Omar would never go back to being an entrepreneur and on how Belgium and by elaboration also Europe compare to Silicon Valley and the USA as a whole in terms of funding. (Spoiler: according to Omar, Belgium is doing great in the health tech department!)
We hope this episode will show you that having an entrepreneurial mindset does not require you to BE an entrepreneur. There are more ways than one to be involved in entrepreneurship and innovation. Choose the path that is right for you and you will be able to make an impact.
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Connect with Omar Mohout on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarmohout/
Learn more about Alberts: www.alberts.be
Watch this episode on Youtube via www.youtube.com/albertsliving
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In this episode, we welcome Daan Moreels, co-founder of Magnax, on the Beyond the Blend podcast.
Glenn asks Daan all about finding investors, being able to handle hearing more nos then yeses, and taking an opportunity when you see it.
Daan also underlines the importance of setting the right priorities in order not to burn through your raised funds too quickly or, even worse, on the wrong things!
Magnax just raised 20m euros in funding for their axial flux “pancake” electric motors. Magnax’s mission is to accelerate the innovation of EV powertrains and aerospace propulsion systems. The proceeds of the funding round will be used to accelerate product development, grow the engineering team, and expand support for customers and partners.***
Read the press release about Magnax’s funding round here: https://www.magnax.com/press/fundinground
Read the press article in De Tijd here (NL): https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/technologie/kortrijkse-e-motor-overtuigt-na-dries-mertens-ook-de-overheid/10409102.html
Connect with Daan on LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/daanmoreels
More about Alberts on www.alberts.be
Always stay up-to-date with Alberts on our socials via @albertsliving***
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In this episode, we welcome Glenn’s day-one mentor Bram Vanderborght, who is a professor at the University of Brussels and researcher at imec.
Bram’s vision for robotics, the field he specializes in, is to make robots part of society and make them commercially interesting and intrinsically valuable for companies and other economic purposes.
“We are like a company. We don’t sell products or services, we sell research to further society and the economy.” - Bram Vanderborght
What becomes very clear in this episode is how difficult it is to innovate. Funding is required to innovate. But it is incredibly hard to convince someone of an idea for which there is no concrete business case yet. And even when you have validated the idea, you again need funding to develop it into something that is commercially viable. Especially for hardware, as we also have experienced it over the years at Alberts, this is a slow process. This process could definitely become more efficient and when it does, economic and societal developments will progress at a faster, ‘more satisfying’ rate.
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Watch this episode on Youtube via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WFfGyIO4uk
Connect with Bram via LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bramvanderborght
Learn more about research and development Brubotics at www.brubotics.eu
Find the book ‘Homo Roboticus’ mentioned in this episode on: www.homo-roboticus.be
Follow Alberts on socials via @albertsliving
More information about our robotic solution for healthy snacking can be found at www.alberts.be***
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“You can write a textbook on sales, but if you’re not overflowing with passion it’s not gonna happen.” - Cemal Ezel
In this inspiring episode, we welcome Cemal Ezel, Founder & CEO of Change Please, the fastest growing coffee company in the world today. Change Please is a social enterprise that gives jobs and purpose to the homeless so they are empowered to change their own life and become part of a tight community.
Glenn and Cemal talk about how they met through our common partner in the UK: SV365, and how both our companies are built on a vision beyond just making profit.
Cemal tells how he had to leave his dream job in sales in order to follow his vision, what learnings he could lean on from previous work experiences and how difficult and sobering the journey from founder to CEO was.
“In the end it comes down to the passion you have for what you do. That’s what’ll keep you going.” - Cemal Ezel
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Learn more about Change Please via www.changeplease.org
Connect with Cemal Ezel on LinkedIn via https://www.linkedin.com/in/cemal-ezel-9974694/You can find Alberts via www.alberts.be
You can follow us via @albertslivingWatch this episode on Youtube via https://youtu.be/NrynBeMx65c
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In this episode, Régis Lemmens shares through personal stories and experiences how to approach sales as a startup and what pitfalls to avoid that most fresh founders learn about the hard way.
We discover that the best way to start selling as a startup is by not selling at all. We learn why finding a sponsor is a make or break aspect of closing any deal as a startup and why aiming for C-level manager is not necessarily the best way to go.
If you’ve always wondered what the best first sales hire is, then listen to this episode. We’re covering the four types and when to get them on board.
We’re stoked that Régis was able to make time on such short notice to join us and share so many golden nuggets of knowledge with us. We hope you find some actionable advice in this episode. If you do, let us know by leaving a review! We give away a free Beyond the Blend t—shirt each week to someone who left a nice comment about the podcast.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Speed up Innovation with Design Thinking | Guido Stompff | TEDxVenlo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBxZC9I6xyk Selling The Wheel: Choosing The Best Way To Sell For You Your Company Your Customers: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/891658.Selling_The_WheelConnect with Régis Lemmens on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/regislemmens/
Find out more about Alberts on www.alberts.be
Follow us on social media via @albertsliving
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We are happy to welcome Chris Albrecht, former Editor in Chief at The Spoon (a major foodtech news platform), in this episode of the Beyond the Blend podcast. Glenn met Chris in real life at the Smart Kitchen Summit in Japan when he was hosting this event and writing for The Spoon.
Chris founded a new news platform called OttOmate, focusing specifically on emerging automation in food. Think of topics related to the meal journey like robotic vending machines, automated checkout kiosks,…
We talk about some highly relevant points like what the effect will be of the current market situation, what the secret ingredients are for food robotics to be successful in the future and what direction Chris would go if he could start a foodtech business from scratch today.
Connect with Chris Albrecht via LinkedIn. You can reach Chris to talk food robots via [email protected] and you can subscribe to the OttOmate Newsletter via ottomate.news
To find out about Alberts' partnership and new plantbased products, follow us via @albertsliving on the main social media platforms (or read it soon on OttOmate!)
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In this episode, we have a very special guest: Tim Dieryckx, CEO of Voxdale, is joining us for today's conversation. Voxdale is a day-one partner who helped us a ton from the very beginning to design and develop the very first prototypes of what is today the Alberts One. We can still rely on Tim and his team to offer guidance and support when we ask for it.
Discover why hardware is hard, why surrounding yourself with people you connect with is more important than the idea itself, why it's important to take risks and make mistakes sometimes, and why talking about your struggles and doubts in business is so incredibly important.
We'll dig into finding funding for projects or products that only exist on paper, Tim's experience with management buy-ins and the synergy of startups partnering up with bigger players to make magic.
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You might want to WATCH our previous and next episodes on Youtube via youtube.com/albertsliving
CONNECT with Tim Dieryckx and follow Voxdale on LinkedIn!
LEARN more about Voxdale on www.voxdale.be
FOLLOW Alberts on social media via @albertsliving
CHECK out what we do on www.alberts.com
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In this episode, Alberts' CEO Glenn Mathijssen talks with Sebastian, our podcast producer, about what you can expect of the Beyond the Blend podcast. You'll discover our plans, topics we're going to cover and much more.
Start listening here and continue next week with a new episode AND our first special guest!
We really hope you enjoyed this second episode.
Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.
We reward one reviewer each week with some unique podcast merchandising! Curious what else is happening behind the scenes?
Learn more about alberts & the alberts one on our website: www.alberts.be
Shop our podcast merch: https://albertsliving.myshopify.com/products/unisex-t-shirt-beyond-the-blend-1Or WIN a FREE t-shirt by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-blend/id1634220536
Follow @albertsliving on the socials to always stay up to date!
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/albertsliving
Instagram: www.instagram.com/albertsliving
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In this first episode, Alberts' CEO Glenn Mathijssen talks with Sebastian, our podcast producer, about how the Beyond the Blend podcast came to be. They talk about the WHY and share the thought process behind starting this podcast and the journey towards making it happen.
Start listening here and continue next week with an episode on WHAT you can expect and HOW we are going to approach this new channel.
We really hope you enjoy this first episode. Recording it was not at all easy, but we've all got to start somewhere, right? :)
Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. We reward one reviewer each week with some unique podcast merchandising!
Curious what else is happening behind the scenes? Follow @albertsliving on the socials to always stay up to date!
