Amsterdam Founders Club
Real conversations with real founders. Hosted by Marcel Wijermars, this podcast dives into the real, raw and unfiltered stories behind early-stage startups and seasoned entrepreneurs and the people building them. From tough pivots to big wins, if you're a founder looking for clarity, connection, and honest insight, you're in the right place.
Episodes
Simone Vincenzi has delivered over 2,000 presentations, spoken at events across the world, and built a training company that helps founders get clients every time they step on a stage or run a webinar. He is a multi-award winning entrepreneur who writes for Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, and co-founded GTeX, one of the fastest growing expert training co...
Esther Jacobs, known as the No Excuses Lady, writing 30 books, speaking in 70 countries, raising €16 million for charity and building a globally recognized personal brand, celebrated her 55th birthday with a one-off theater show in Amsterdam. The occasion? Her retirement.
But as Marcel quickly finds out in this conversation, "retirement" for Esther means something most founders have never considered: stop doing what drains y...
The Strategy Behind $20M Exit and the Buy-and-Build Playbook No One Talks AboutPeter Michels scaled his accounting and tax advisory firm from 0 to €20 million in yearly revenue.
Through organic growth,
a buy-and-build strategy,
and multiple acquisitions,
before successfully exiting the business.
In this new episode of the Amsterdam Founders Club podcast,
Marcel sits down with Peter to unpack the full journey.
From washing cars door...
In this episode of the Amsterdam Founders Club Podcast, we sit down with Michelle Maree, founder of The Nomad Escape, Entrepreneur Network, The Inner Circle, and the visionary behind Nomad Island Fest in Madeira. From building global communities to attracting world class entrepreneurs, Michelle shares how powerful networks are built through trust, value, and long term thinking.
Michelle breaks down how she went from being homeless...
In this deep dive episode of the Amsterdam Founders Club Podcast, former Mindvalley CMO Alessio Peroni reveals how he helped Mindvalley scale from $25 million to $75 million in annual revenue through smart marketing decisions, funnel optimization, and audience first growth strategies. This podcast breaks down the real systems behind one of the most successful online education companies in the world and what actually drove Mindvalle...
Welcome to the first episode of Amsterdam Founders Club. I am Marcel , Your Host for the Amsterdam Founders Club podcast , but on this pilot episode, Marcus Engel hosts the Episode and I will tell the origin story of how dinners in Bali grew into Growth Nights, organizing events for more than 2,000 founders, and our new mastermind program. If you’re building a startup, scaling revenue, or planning founder led even...
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