i've been properly back on X for 2 weeks after barely using it for years. lots of new people here, so probably time for a reintro: > born + raised in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 > dropped out of uni, eventually went back and finished a marketing degree in 2017 > started building in 2020. grew this account to ~10k followers when it was still actually called Twitter lol > even ran 3 cohorts with my friend @hellojohnpaul in 2021 where we helped other business owners grow their personal brand > eventually went all-in on LinkedIn instead. spent 4.5+ years there and grew to 100k+ followers > sold multiple 6 figures worth of products, programs, coaching + services, always without a sales call > worked with 225+ founders and tracked $3.5M+ in client revenue across the businesses we helped > built that business with my best friend for the last 2.5 years. we went through basically every model possible: 1:1 coaching, group programs, services and eventually software > recently decided to step away from that partnership and build on my own again (full story soon) > i've travelled to 35+ countries and somehow ended up spending most of the last couple years in Latin America > Medellín has become my home for the last 2 years, and spent a good amount of time in Buenos Aires + Brazil this year, and right now back in Colombia > learning Spanish along the way. still get humbled every single day, especially as we're staying with my in-laws right now 😂 few more random facts: > i run ~50km/week + lift almost every day > basically trying to be jacked and fast at the same time > coffee is probably 30% of my personality > i love building online businesses, travelling and testing how much work i can get done from places with stupidly good views after years on LinkedIn, coming back to X genuinely feels like finding the internet again i'm back here to build, write, meet interesting people and document whatever the next chapter turns into. if you're building something cool: tell me what you're working on below 👇