what we are all about

Hi, we are Rockstart. We love startups and the people in them. We think they’re great because they are doing exactly what everybody should do: find the stuff you really love, believe in and fight for -no matter what. And get going. That’s why we love them.

It’s any startup we love, in any industry, with any product or service. In technology, food, entertainment, transport or fashion… You name it. Keywords: New. Innovative. Great fun. And of course: Belief. Stamina. Staying power.

That’s why we are building this startup machine. For the people, the dreams, the pain, the struggle, the freedom, the joy…. The lifes startup people live, the way they think, how they talk, work, relax and of course, succeed. And sometimes fail.

Why we started this? Our beliefs are best expressed in the ‘Step Forward. Start’-manifesto we wrote earlier this year.

We love startups. That’s why.

This is who we are:

(we all get our mail at firstname at rockstart.com)

Oscar Kneppers – Founder
@oscarkneppers

Gregor Noltes – Business Manager
@gregornoltes

Alexander Overtoom – Rockstart Spaces
@AJOvertoom

Suzan Fluitman – Business Development Director

Koen Wagemakers – Chief Operational Officer

Interns:
Fabian Liebig, @fabianliebig

Thom Rietberg, @thomrietberg

Maisha Andriessen

Wout Laban, @woutlaban

Tom Ravesloot, @tomravesloot

Don Ritzen – Co-founder/Strategy & Operations
@donritzen

Rune Theill Knudsen – Program Director
@RuneTheill

James Digb – Co-founder/International
@digbyj

Finn Hansen – Operational Director

Cecile Kroes – Operations Manager
@SurpriseTravels

Elefteria Karyoti – Marketing/Communications Manager
@e_karyioti

Dimitri Haussmann, @dimitrihaus

Andra Jinx

Katalin Peterfi, @misspeterfi

Koen Oosterbroeck, @koenoosterbroeck

Daniel Guzzo

THANKS TO ALL OUR ROCKSTART FRIENDS

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