Our lecturers are carefully selected from both universities.
A selection of the lecturers
Prof. dr. Martin Obschonka (UvA)
Co-director Master Entrepreneurship
Courses: The Entrepreneurial Individual
Dr. Neil Thompson (VU)
Co-director Master Entrepreneurship
Associate Professor
Courses: Social Entrepreneurship
Dr. Lien De Cuyper (UvA)
Assistant Professor
Courses: Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology
Dr. Francesca Bacco (VU)
Assistant Professor
Courses: International Entrepreneurship, Thesis Proposal Entrepreneurship
Dr. Bram Kuijken (UvA)
Entrepreneurship Lecturer
Courses: The Startup Project, Venture Challenge
Dr. Elco van Burg (VU)
Associate Professor
Courses: Thesis Proposal Entrepreneurship
The role of the board of advisors is to assess the quality and practical relevance of the program.
Our awesome board of advisors
Irene Groenink-Verboon
CEO and Owner at Annatommie MC
Olivier Lieshout
Alumnus, founder at Olivier Kookt
Arthur Oudendijk
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics at IBM
Saskia van den Ende
Senior Director at Antler | Early-stage VC
Eline Zimmerman
A&O Psycholoog, senior Trainer en (executive) Coach
Ruben Brave
CEO Entelligence
Previous members of the board of advisors
Ruben Nieuwenhuis
Managing Director at TechConnect
Chairman of the board
Erik de Heer
Associate Partner at EY, Head of EYnovationTM
Joëlle Frijters
CEO | Non Exec. Board Member | Tech Entrepreneur | Outside Director
Johan van Mil
Serial entrepreneur turned European early stage marketplace, platform & SaaS investor at Peak
Program Committee ('23-'24)
Dr. Jonathan Sitruk (UvA)
Dr. Francesca Bacco (VU)
Program Committee ('20-'21)
Dr. Jonathan Sitruk (UvA)
Dr. Alyssa Xingye Liang (VU)
Diane Vitriolo
Philippe Bervoets
Program Committee ('19-'20)
Prof. dr. Nachoem Wijnberg (UvA)
Dr. Marco van Gelderen (VU)
Femke Tuijten
Gianluca de Varda
A selection of our valued guest speakers
Jacqueline van den Ende
Partner at Peak Capital
Johan van Mil
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Peak Capital
Jean-Paul van Oijen
Director TWICE Eindhoven
Tony van Velzen
Vice president Stork Power Services Division
Arjan van Os
Head of Group Innovation at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Vincent van der Pas
Senior Product Manager at Booking
Bas Lemmens
CEO at Meetings.com
Joël Dori
Startup Liaison at Startup Amsterdam
