Ideamaker pur sang, concepter, strategic thinker, e- business, firestarter, do-er , very networked and armed with a strong customer sense, Jan Karel is a seasoned Internet entrepreneur striving to create new online and offline products and solutions.
Owner of: ACE, Youi.nl, Ideabroker.nl, Slogo.nl. He’s a firestarter, ideabroker and investor in various online projects. Creating momentum, ideas and concepts and consulting on various topics to start-ups and other clients.
He’s a no-nonsense, hands-on, client-minded, result driven, flexible, self-employed entrepreneurial type of person, but moreover, he’s a man of many ideas. He teaches and speaks on social networks at various venues.
Active member of Ideabroker, Facebook, Nextstage, Digikring, Freelance Fridays/Factory, LinkedIn, OpenBC, Club of Amsterdam and IPAN. and many , many more. Motto: Love it or leave it.
Future:
I like to see myself as a fire starter in the genesis of authentic and radical new concepts, methods and ideas. Creating momentum for effective product and business development to find facts, flaws, fellows, and funds would be my essential contribution to a community of practice. Shock, shell, shout and listen the tools of my trade. Setting new horizons my goal.
Present:
ACE: New music platform founded together with buddy Ulf Ekberg of Ace of Base. Check it out soon! Open for angel investment.
Result: International growth management we export your success to 20 different countries/markets
Ideabroker: Together with Bram Alkema, Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Bob Stumpel we've started a new organization that blends our mutual experiences, strong points, facts, opportunities, and investments in a sound and fun packed vision on innovation.
Past:
FirePond Eu&Asia| ABNAmro | Gibus China | Image editing | Industrial design | BA Industrial Design Rietveld Academy 1992
6 Years of teaching at the Rietveld and TU Delft After 3 years of Industrial Design and various assignments as a designer and image editor he transferred in '96 to the online community as designer and fire starter. Jan Karel worked as Creative Director: in China for Gibus.com, in Amsterdam for ABN AMRO IT, and globally as Creative Director Europe & Asia and co-founder of FirePond Europe. He lead global professional service teams and managed the FirePond Creative dept. (+35 people) in both Minsk (Belarus) and Naarden (Holland). At FirePond he successfully executed 1 million plus sales automation software implementation projects globally for ABB, Ford, NEC, Compaq, Daf, RenaultVI, Sarah Lee, Scania UK and Ricoh amongst others.
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Worked for:
FON, Plazes, Web Power, Bidster, Ace of Base, TCS, Colorjinn, Letsbuyit, Netlog, Caliber Media, MediaPlaza, OpenBC, Glife, ABB, Ford, SBLI, NEC, Renault-VI, Ricoh Europe, Scania UK, WOL, AFC AJAX, ABN AMRO IT, Sarah Lee, Unity-X, Decido.com, Sandy Dress, Sogyo, SKBX, Your Finance, De Kredieter, Springwise, Trendwatching.com, Beursbulletin, Opel, PTT, DMB&B, PMS.Y&R, PointNet, Face-IT, Verkerke posters, Gibus Asian Ltd, Otis, Bodyshop, Pandata Software, R.W Records, Volvo, Opel NL, De Ster, Veronica, Polydor, Gall&Gall, TU Delft, Mediamatic, OakLeaf, Tobias Reymond Fotografie, Tak & van der Zaag , Digitale Stad, De Balie, Pascal Gatzen, Veronica, Marco Borsato, Christopher Yavelow, Akzo Coatings, InHolland, HES consultancy, IPAN, Rietveld Academy, VPRO, City of Amsterdam, Sanoma, Syntens, Ilse.nl, Casema and others.
Open for:
Investors in ACE 3.0, ideas, partners, fun projects, contracted or hired, interim or semi-perm, temp positions anywhere in EMEA.
