The Art of Persistence

Featuring Mees from MrWork

Episode 4 of the Building the Dream podcast, hosted by Leopold van Oosten, titled "The Art of Persistence" was published on February 9, 2024 and runs 53 minutes.

February 9, 2024 ·53m · Building the Dream

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Summary

What a pleasure to learn this time from Mees van Velzen, founder and CEO of MrWork.MrWork, based in Rotterdam, is the nr1 Recruitment Marketing Automation platform.We talked about his very inspiring journey of the last twelve years building MrWork and dealing with all the ups and downs:His motivation to start a businessWhat to do when 90% of your traffic evaporated Pitching only once; and scoring an investment deal!Hiring your first team membersHow being an entrepreneur makes him feel aliveHow covid killed their pipeline but then boosted their business a lotHow to create an amazing company cultureHis ideas on scaling an organizationThe feeling of being in controlPeople that inspire himHis future plansAnd much more!As a spectator of their journey I have seen in recent years that the road to the top is not always a straight line. The perseverance, resilience and strategic insight of Mees and his partners are truly admirable! Each time they managed to adapt their company to the new market and economic situation and formulate a response to new competition in the market that eventually turned MrWork into a market leader in their segment.This podcast was recorded in Dutch

Episode Description

What a pleasure to learn this time from Mees van Velzen, founder and CEO of MrWork.

MrWork, based in Rotterdam, is the nr1 Recruitment Marketing Automation platform.

We talked about his very inspiring journey of the last twelve years building MrWork and dealing with all the ups and downs:

His motivation to start a business
What to do when 90% of your traffic evaporated
Pitching only once; and scoring an investment deal!
Hiring your first team members
How being an entrepreneur makes him feel alive
How covid killed their pipeline but then boosted their business a lot
How to create an amazing company culture
His ideas on scaling an organization
The feeling of being in control
People that inspire him
His future plans
And much more!

As a spectator of their journey I have seen in recent years that the road to the top is not always a straight line. The perseverance, resilience and strategic insight of Mees and his partners are truly admirable! Each time they managed to adapt their company to the new market and economic situation and formulate a response to new competition in the market that eventually turned MrWork into a market leader in their segment.

This podcast was recorded in Dutch