Co-founders in Amsterdam
127 founders based in Amsterdam, open to meeting a co-founder right now. Browse their answers below — what motivates them, the kind of partner they want, the business they'd build — and reach out directly.
Looking in person beats looking online. The shorter the commute to the first coffee, the more often the second one happens.
“Fall in love with the problem, not the solution.”
“Small trade businesses lose their evenings to paperwork. A painter finishes at five, eats, and then sits at the kitchen table until eleven writing quotes he won't get paid for. That's the part of the …”
“My main motivation is autonomy, freedom and to find meaning in the work that I do. To put my skills to use and invest my creative energy in a product that I, and others, value.”
“I've spent the last few years working inside major energy-transition infrastructure projects and watched up close how badly the tools and processes serve them: manual, document-heavy, siloed, running …”
“Building things that didn't exist yesterday. I'm energized by turning a rough idea into a real product people actually use — the process of creation matters to me as much as the outcome”
“I'm energized by turning a rough idea into a real product people actually use, the process of creation matters to me as much as the outcome.”
“Being an entrepreneur, put ideas into production”
“The adventure and the desire to be different, to dream big”
“Finding elegant solutions to seemingly intractable problems”
“Software engineering with all its aspects is what I breath. I've worked as a tech lead at major corporations where I had the responsibilities to keep the system robust. After two decades in highly sca…”
“I already have created a fully working platform www.handgemaekt.nl (with payments, chat, marketplace, bidding, events etc). This platform is generically coded so within 2 days I can duplicate it and r…”
“Having worked for business customers for many years, my most thrilling experiences were at early stage startups and scale-ups. I enjoy the ability to design and contribute in the most meaningful ways.”
“Seasoned marketeer (founder comms agency with b2b focus) turned ai builder, interested in -and building- tools with healthy business models that inspire & add to quality of life. One in pre-beta, two …”