Engineering E-commerce Empires

Featuring Feike from ChannelEngine (ex Bol.com)

Episode 5 of the Building the Dream podcast, hosted by Leopold van Oosten, titled "Engineering E-commerce Empires" was published on March 4, 2024 and runs 101 minutes.

March 4, 2024 ·101m · Building the Dream

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Summary

I had the honor to sit down and interview Feike Groen, VP of Product & Tech at Channel Engine and former IT-director at Bol.com 🎙️This podcast is a MUST listen for every serious scale-up. We took a deep dive into his story, from growing up in a small village to becoming a key leader in the Dutch e-commerce industry! Our conversation covered insights you don’t want to miss:His time at the University of Twente.How he skyrocketed Bol.com headcount from 100-1k and > 1 billion revenue.The lessons of rebuilding the complete Bol.com webshop and switching to a new data center. Joining Channel Engine in 2021 to scale the organization and making it a true iconic brand. His leadership philosophy Lessons learned from his biggest mistakes. Visionary take for the future of e-commerce. How Channel Engine connects brands and retailers to marketplaces worldwide 🌍You can truly see Feike’s commitment to driving progress within the industry. I can't wait to see where he steers the company next!This podcast was recorded in English.Link to the book about building Bol.com that Feike recommended.and if you want to know more about Foppe de Haan: click here.

Episode Description

I had the honor to sit down and interview Feike Groen, VP of Product & Tech at Channel Engine and former IT-director at Bol.com 🎙️

This podcast is a MUST listen for every serious scale-up.

We took a deep dive into his story, from growing up in a small village to becoming a key leader in the Dutch e-commerce industry!

Our conversation covered insights you don’t want to miss:

His time at the University of Twente.
How he skyrocketed Bol.com headcount from 100-1k and > 1 billion revenue.
The lessons of rebuilding the complete Bol.com webshop and switching to a new data center. 
Joining Channel Engine in 2021 to scale the organization and making it a true iconic brand. 
His leadership philosophy 
Lessons learned from his biggest mistakes. 
Visionary take for the future of e-commerce. 
How Channel Engine connects brands and retailers to marketplaces worldwide 🌍

You can truly see Feike’s commitment to driving progress within the industry. I can't wait to see where he steers the company next!

This podcast was recorded in English.

Link to the book about building Bol.com that Feike recommended.

and if you want to know more about Foppe de Haan: click here.