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Allez Startups#12 Oper Credits with Geert Van KerckhovenSummaryIn this episode I spoke with Geert van Kerkhoven, CEO and co-founder of Oper Credits, an Antwerp-based startup on a mission to fix Europe's broken mortgage process. Founded in 2019, they raised a Series A of €11 million in 2022 and now count around 40 employees, active across multiple European markets.Oper Credits sells to banks, not borrowers. Their technology sits behind the scenes, making the mortgage journey faster and smarter for everyone involved. The numbers speak for themselves: 81% faster mortgage decisions and a 90% boost in first-time right scores.This is Geert's second venture in the mo...
2026-03-0931 minAllez Startups#11 Start it @KBC with Lode UytterschautIn this episode I spoke with Lode Uytterschaut, Co-Founder and CEO of Start it @KBC — Belgium's largest startup accelerator, with 9 locations in Belgium and 3 abroad, having coached over 3,500 founders since it launched from a single floor of an Art Deco tower in Antwerp.I cannot stress enough the monumental impact that Start it @KBC has had on the Belgian ecosystem. With no strings attached, no equity and no charges, the incentive to apply is strong, there is nothing for founders to lose and much to gain. Built from nothing, when there was no startup ecosystem in Belgium, it...
2026-03-0854 minAllez Startups#10 Maurice & Nora with Thomas ButstraenMeet the deeply human startup whose product has been built entirely thanks to AI.In this episode, I’m joined by Thomas Butstraen, co-founder of Maurice & Nora, the Antwerp-based startup on a mission to become the “Uber for non-medical care.” Maurice & Nora connects seniors and busy families with reliable, vetted students who can help with everyday tasks, from gardening and companionship to after-school childcare and homework support.They’re tackling one of Europe’s biggest societal challenges: the growing care crisis. But what makes this story even more remarkable is how they’re building it. The entire p...
2026-02-1637 minAllez Startups#9 Expert Legal Advice from Dups with Louis VanheurckMy vision for this podcast was always for it to be highly practical and operational, not just inspirational. This is why I’m pairing founder interviews with expert advisor interviews, who share knowledge and insights that are relevant to people building in Belgium. This episode really delivers. It’s jam packed with practical, local advice, 100% tailored to startup founders building in Belgium. Dups is a legal and financial advice firm specialised in startups. Their team, approach and pricing is founder-centric and it’s visible from this interview.
2025-12-0346 min
The Selects PodcastDiary of a Bad Year by Kelly McEvers and Jay AllisonThis week we're sharing a banger documentary from Kelly McEvers which may leave you standing, staring at a wall by the end. The podcast version of a driveway moment. Ten years before McEvers' show Embedded hit the air, you can hear the idea for it beginning to form. Diary of a Bad Year is a bold and compelling look at why journalists risk it all for the story. *****Jay Allison financed, produced, edited and mixed this series for Transom.org. More about the piece can be found at Transom: https://transom.org/2013/diary-of-a-bad-year-a-war-correspondents-dilemma/...
2025-11-1256 minAllez Startups#8 Conversation Starter with Rutger BeversIn this episode I spoke with Rutger Bevers, founder and CEO of Conversation Starter, a matchmaking platform helping event participants and communities meet the right people and have meaningful 1-on-1 conversations. He's also co-founder of several communities, including Steward Owned and Long Term Society.Based in Antwerp, founded in 2015, Conversation Starter is a Belgian startup born before the ecosystem had the support network it has now.I found Rutger inspiring and impressive. I’ve heard people say that “Belgian founders aren’t ambitious enough”, but Rutger is deeply defying this ste...
2025-11-0244 minAllez Startups#7 Dalton with Vincent DeclercqSummaryIn this episode I spoke with Vincent Declercq, CEO and Co Founder of Dalton, a startup revolutionizing website optimization through AI. Vincent shares his journey from previous ventures to the inception of Dalton, emphasizing the importance of validation and learning from past mistakes. He discusses the appeal of marketing and growth hacking, the impact of competitive sports on his entrepreneurial spirit, and the significance of finding the right co-founders. The conversation delves into Dalton's innovative approach to website performance, including a case study showcasing impressive conversion rate improvements. Vincent also addresses the technical challenges of building...
2025-10-1135 minAllez Startups#6 Altheria with Dimitra Manoliadis and Can-David KoycuThe startup in focus for this episode is Altheria and I spoke with two of its co-founders, Dimitra, the CEO and Can-David or CD, the Chief Design Officer.Altheria provides immersive virtual reality safety trainings for blue collar workers and its product is actually saving lives and limbs, keeping employees safe all over the world. They gave me a deep dive into their product and its evolution, from fun stories of people walking into each other in the early days to the real impact its having on the ground reducing accidents and increasing learning speed. We talked...
2025-09-1851 minAllez Startups#5 Go Ocean with Marte GreefsEpisode SummaryIn this episode I spoke with Marte Greefs, CEO and Co-Founder of Go Ocean, a sister company of Go-Forest, of which Marta was the first employee. Each company is a small team of 2 or 3 people, with restoration partners all over the the world and big ambitions for the future. Go Ocean is on a mission to restore and improves the ocean’s health and biodiversity. They do this by offering transparent and tangible restoration projects for companies to invest in, ranging from coral or mangrove restoration in the Global South to s...
2025-09-0448 minAllez Startups#4 Mbrella with Quinten VandermeulenIn this week’s episode I spoke with Quinten Vandermullen, cofounder and CPO of Mbrella, which is an HR platform that allows Belgian companies to manage everything related to mobility for their employees, for example their mobility budgets and commuting allowances. It’s a more mature startup compared to the ones we’ve discovered in previous episodes, arguably at this stage a scale up. Based in Brussels and founded in 2020, they’re currently a team of nearly 40 people. they’ve had two fundraising rounds, the most recent one in 2023 when they raised 6 million and acquired Mobbox.What stoo...
2025-07-0349 minAllez Startups#3 Contour Lab with Christina HadinotoIn this week’s episode, I spoke with Christina Hadinoto, founder of Contour Lab, a fashion tech startup based in Antwerp. Their product is a digital shopping assistant that uses AI to help you find clothes that match your body type and preferences, just like a human shopping assistant would do in a real store.I first met Christina when we both participated in an incubator organised by Impact Shakers in collaboration with BeCentral, Elle Magazine, and Google. This was in January 2023; she was just at the beginning of her journey and was still working on closing he...
2025-06-2642 min
Feeding the Senses - UnsensoredFeeding the Senses Unsensored - Episode 125 - Jim Reilley - Producer, Songwriter, MusicianProducer/bassist Jim Reilley will most likely be remembered as a founding member (along with musical partner Reese Campbell) of seminal folk rock band The New Dylans. Founded in 1986,the band barnstormed the US throughout the 90’s and won critical praise from Rolling Stone (who called their songs “offbeat classics”) and virtually every other major music publication and major newspaper. The Village Voice placed the band in the top 5 Ep’s of 1986 in their prestigious Pazz and Jop Poll. The band won the hearts and minds of many fans in the then burgeoning AAA American radio format and had...
2025-06-241h 01Allez Startups#2 eBloom with Margot WuillaumeSummaryIn this episode, I spoke with Margot Wuillaume, co-founder and CEO of eBloom, an HR tech startup. The core product is employee engagement software but they've expanded their offering to provide a broader suite of digital HR tools. I’ve tried several different tools in this space as a Head of People I can honestly say that I don’t think there’s another tool on the market that’s more customer centric than eBloom. We talk about many things in this episode, the two stand-out topics for me were eBloom’s contrarian approach to building...
2025-06-1933 minAllez Startups#1 Prodi with Patricio CastilloIn this episode I spoke with Patricio Castillo, co-founder of Prodi, a SaaS tool that uses AI to create internal communication podcasts for big corporates. At the time we recorded the episode, they’d only been incorporated for 5 months, but they’d already closed deals with some major customers such as Lineas and EntityData. The first customer they signed was Delaware, who chose them over Google’s Notebook LM! We discussed:Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Patricio Castillo and Prodi05:42 The Journey from Idea to First Customer11:13 Incorporation Decisions and Challenges13:38 Transitioning to Full-Time Entrepr...
2025-06-1050 min2025-06-0901 min
Learning UnlockedS858: Behavioral Insights: Helping Educators Tackle Classroom ChallengesGuests: Kelly Jarett, Cassie Kutzbach, Claudia DeAlba, and Jenn Colvin In this episode, educators will discover strategies for addressing common student behavior challenges like defiance, aggression, and emotional outbursts. They’ll learn proven de-escalation techniques to manage misconduct and maintain classroom respect. Additionally, educators will gain insights into student dysregulation and how to create a supportive environment that fosters emotional regulation and better behavior outcomes. Resources from our behavior team: PBIS Word Brainstorming Behavior (has PTR info) Escalation Cycle First/Then Board Behavior Expectations Checklist Keyring Visual Cards Feelings Scale (Zones of Regulation Colors) Powe...
2025-02-281h 16
The Animal HighlightS3E6: Lily and LizzieAmanda Bunten-Wahlberg considers the Lily and Lizzie, two pigs who were rescued from Smithfield farms and subsequently caught in the middle of a biosecurity drama. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Animal Farm Activism with Camille Labchuk on The Animal Turn.Luvin Arms SanctuaryThe Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigsby Lyall Watson.Thinking Pigs: A Comparative Review of Cognition, Emotion, and Personality in Sus domesticus by Lori Marino and Christina M Colvin. Baby Pig Saved from Factory Farm is so Spoiled Now by Claire Eli...
2024-08-1313 min
Climate OneThirst Trap: When Big Cities Run DryThis week we take a trip to Mexico, a petrostate that just elected climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. She’s also the former mayor of Mexico City, the largest city in North America, which has been going through a major water crisis due to climate change. It’s at risk of running out of water — and it has been for a long time. In fact, much of the country is coping with drought and heat waves exacerbated by climate change.Christine Colvin, a hydrogeologist with WWF International, was in Cape Town, South Africa, at the he...
2024-08-0257 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastThirst Trap: When Big Cities Run DryThis week we take a trip to Mexico, a petrostate that just elected climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. She’s also the former mayor of Mexico City, the largest city in North America, which has been going through a major water crisis due to climate change. It’s at risk of running out of water — and it has been for a long time. In fact, much of the country is coping with drought and heat waves exacerbated by climate change.Christine Colvin, a hydrogeologist with WWF International, was in Cape Town, South Africa, at the he...
2024-08-0257 min
Hablemos de MigraciónBoletín del Informativo Hablemos de Migración N. 7, Julio 2024El Frente Amplio de Mexicanos y Migrantes presenta:
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HOJA INFORMATIVA: EL
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2024-07-0124 min
Talent and Growth - The Talent Acquisition PodcastHow to get things right when hiring for early stage start ups with Claudia Colvin, Head of People at Happy ScribeThis is a great episode for anybody hiring for early-stage start-ups OR even somebody who is simply looking to source better, create better hiring processes and just quite simply be better at TA and branding. So I guess it’s for all of us 😊
Claudia Colvin has a really interesting background, a high standard for what good looks like and a very practical approach to making things better in businesses when it comes to TA, process and DEI hiring. Luckily for us, she is also fantastic at conveying her great work into practic...
2023-04-1149 min
The Modern RecruiterThe Modern Recruiter #47: The zero-cost strategy to build a killer employer brand. Bonnie Dilber, Recruiting Leader @Zapier.Hi everyone, and welcome to this podcast episode! I'm Robin Choy, CEO of HireSweet. Each week, I humbly tackle recruiting issues about recruiting outreach, interviewing, employer branding, career management, and anything else that could be helpful to you as an aspirational recruiter (whether you are an in-house recruiter, an agency recruiter, a freelancer, or the founder of an early stage startup).Thanks for listening to A-Players! Subscribe now for freeThe zero-cost strategy to build a strong employer brand.👉 Listen to this episode on Youtube👉 Listen to this episode on Apple...
2023-01-1932 min
The Modern RecruiterThe Modern Recruiter #36: DE&I strategies for companies below 200 people, with Claudia Colvin, People & Talent @ HappyScribe.In that episode, we decided to address the specific challenge of DE&I in companies below 200 people.Step by step, the challenge increases. Here's Claudia advice for companies at every step (0-20 people, up to 100 people, 100-200).Claudia actually wrote an entire outline of this discussion, with links to all the resources she mentions in the recording. Here is it: https://bit.ly/3NSz4hr--To follow Claudia on LinkedIn, click here.To follow me on LinkedIn, click hereFinally, to learn more about w...
2022-07-0737 min
With A Story w/ Nicole MelioraChapter 11 | Dance like Nobody's Watching with Claudia ColvinClaudia Colvin is the founder of Nobody's Watching, on a mission to inspire people to dance and change what it means to be a dancer. During our chat we spoke about the benefits of dancing, Claudia's background in dance and the influence of her mom and grandmother on her. She shares how she got the idea for Nobody's Watching, her entrepreneurship journey, how she creates safe spaces for people to feel comfortable dancing with others at her events, how she responded to the pandemic this year, and her upcoming projects, including a book and a podcast!
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2020-12-0140 min
Working Drummer047 – Jim Reilley: Producer, The Influence of Ringo on Modern Drumming, Getting the Right Drum Sounds in the StudioJim Reilley is a songwriter and producer in Nashville. Jim was also the co-founder of the late-lamented folk-rock “gangstas”, The New Dylans. Along with songwriting partner Reese Campbell, The New Dylans toured the country for 9 years sharing stages with The Band, Townes Van Zandt, Shawn Colvin, The Fleshtones, Superdrag, Syd Straw, The Silos, Steve Forbert along with old pals 10,000 Maniacs.Reilley broke up The New Dylans and moved to Nashville in 1998, signing deal as a staff songwriter with Curb Publishing. In his 8 years at Curb, over 45 of Reilley’s songs were recorded by artists including Vince Gill, Hal Ket...
2016-01-201h 24