Entrepreneur Stories
In this series, we engage with entrepreneurs. They talk about their businesses, their entrepreneurial journey and how they experienced the M&A process with Hogenhouck.
9 stories
January 2025
Robbert Dijkstra, Founder and CEO of Deepdesk, discusses how his company develops AI technologies to improve customer service at large contact centers, such as those of Rabobank and NS. By helping employees provide faster and better answers to customer questions, artificial intelligence ensures more efficient processes...
January 2025
Pleun Rietveld, owner and CEO of Rietveld B.V., shares his insights and experiences regarding business growth, mergers, and acquisitions. He describes how Rietveld B.V. has evolved since the 1990s from a seller of communications equipment into an innovative company specializing in telematics solutions for the automotive sector. Pleun...
January 2025
In this episode, Jack van den Brink discusses the sales process at Quistor, a specialist in Oracle Cloud technology. Jack talks about the roles he has held and the company’s growth from a small team to a global player with over 200 employees. For Quistor, the future is...
January 2025
As a young entrepreneur, Johan van de Pol already had an ambitious plan to create the fastest online stores in the Netherlands using a hosting platform. He succeeded! Hipex grew rapidly and was technically advanced, so Johan, the co-shareholders, and the management team were frequently approached...
January 2025
Entrepreneur Rob Smit laid the foundation for IRENT in 2004 and, over the course of nearly 20 years, grew the company into the European market leader in hardware leasing and “as a service” offerings. In July 2022, Rob sold his majority stake to the Circular IT Group. Rob explains...
October 2024
Human Protection provides solutions that promote peace of mind, freedom, and safety in the healthcare sector. As an entrepreneur, Kasper Brands, together with his business partner, faced the challenge of selling the company, determining its fair value, and continuing to run the business after the sale. Find out how in...
October 2024
Harm Voogt is the managing director of Validata, a company that specializes in screening candidates for the job market. Together with his co-founders, Job van der Weijden and Bart Bijkerk, he founded Validata in 2009, which entered into a partnership in 2023...
October 2024
Robert and Karin Valk have built Valk Solutions into a leading retail software company with over 120 employees. Karin and Robert felt it was their responsibility to ensure the company was in good hands when the time came, and they wanted to start preparing for that well in advance. Together with Hogenhouck, they drew up a buy &...
October 2024
In this episode, Martijn van der Ende talks about his 27-year entrepreneurial journey. As the founder of Netco in 1996—a company specializing in IT security and managed services—he built a client base ranging from small businesses to large, international corporations. Martijn talks about...
Guiding you through the process of selling your business, buying a business and suggesting the right opportunity lies between your business considerations and your personal interests. In the process we enter into, it means helping you take charge of your future. That's why we think it's important to know how you envision it. We want to get to know and understand you. We pull together as a team. We complement your knowledge with our knowledge of markets, market players, negotiations and an M&A track record of over 15 years. And guide you through the world behind the numbers you don't know and where everyone wants something from you.
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In this series, we engage with entrepreneurs. They talk about their businesses, their entrepreneurial journey and how they experienced the M&A process with Hogenhouck.
