Our lecturers are carefully selected from both universities.
A selection of the lecturers
Dr. Bram Kuijken (UvA)
Co-director Master Entrepreneurship
Courses: The Startup Project, Venture Challenge
Dr. Marco van Gelderen (VU)
Associate Professor
Courses: The Entrepreneurial Individual, Enterprising Skills
Dr. Neil Thompson (VU)
Assistant Professor
Courses: The Entrepreneurial Individual, Social Entrepreneurship
Dr. Alyssa Xingye Liang (VU)
Assistant Professor
Courses: The Entrepreneurial Venture, The Entrepreneurial Individual
Dr. Tsvi Vinig (UvA)
Associate Professor
Courses: Entrepreneurship in Science & Technology
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
Ruben Nieuwenhuis
Managing Director at TechConnect
Chairman of the board
Irene Groenink-Verboon
CEO and Owner at Annatommie MC
Erik de Heer
Associate Partner at EY, Head of EYnovationTM
Joëlle Frijters
CEO | Non Exec. Board Member | Tech Entrepreneur | Outside Director
Olivier Lieshout
Alumnus, founder at Olivier Kookt
Arthur Oudendijk
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics at IBM
Program Committee ('20-'21)
Dr. Jonathan Sitruk (UvA)
Dr. Alyssa Xingye Liang (VU)
Femke Tuijten
Philippe Bervoets
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
