Thomas J. Vles

Serial Entrepreneur | Director Dutch Startup Association | | Business Consultant | Startup Investor & Advisor

[Thomas J. Vles @thomasvles]

Het Nationaal Monument op de Dam werd beklad, de nacht voor de dodenherdenking.
Respectloos. En compleet contraproductief.
Je verandert hier niets mee. Je duwt mensen alleen maar weg, precies de mensen die je nodig hebt.
Demonstreren is een recht. Maar het moet strategischer.

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GoDutch just raised €3.6M! 🚀
From launching in my closet 18 months ago to serving 12.5K businesses, processing €1.5B+ a year, and growing 40% MoM.
Grateful to our investors, partners, users & the GD team. 💙
We’re just getting started. LFG. ⚡️

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Big news, we are transforming all our products, brands, and teams into one company!

For the last months the entire team has been working on this below the radar, and yesterday we reached our first big milestone. We revealed our new brand Ageras, where we…https://t.co/ByTise2akt

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Our data team conducted a cool analysis and found that every Tellow user saves an average of 16 hours per month by automating their bookkeeping and taxes. As we just reached 80k users last week, this is a significant amount of time that entrepreneurs can…https://t.co/iFjR3ilkPR

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Wow wow wow, ImpactCEE was awesome. It is rare to see such a great collection of tech companies, startups, media, and politicians all in one spot! It is so important for Central and Eastern Europe to showcase how important this region is for the future of…https://t.co/PGccRrC7a7

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Would you take tax advice from AI?

I asked our AI bookkeeper this question, and it even sold me Tellow 😂. The screenshot is actual output from the self learning algorithm that trained itself, no photoshop or predefined answer. We did not program it to s…https://t.co/wPs8MJ44AT

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Afgelopen zaterdag was het de “Dag van de Zzp'er”. Vanuit Tellow mocht ik op uitnodiging van Stichting ZZP Nederland op de conferentie en de radio spreken over het belang van een goede administratie, goed boekhouden en omgaan met belastingen.

We hebben…https://t.co/1eEDkMNRoF

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About to hit 75.000 users in Tellow 🚀 🚀 🚀

Well done René, Ecaterina, Xander, and the entire Tellow team!

Super proud, especially with the many economic challenges we faced over the last years! Super proud!

#team #win https://t.co/ZE0FsMW6C8

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Next week, I will depart on another climbing adventure. This time we wanted to make it more meaningful by connecting one of the charities I'm involved in: Moving Beyond Limits Foundation ❤

On the border of Congo and Uganda, we will ascend Margarita Peak…https://t.co/cVL73UsINs

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It has been one crazy year, and I am super proud of my team!

Tellow growth has largely surpassed "hyper growth" levels defined by the World Economic Forum for the second year in a row. We are trending truly incredible numbers in 2022.

We were the first…https://t.co/RW14h9prhR

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I was interviewed by Het Financieele Dagblad on Tellow Banking and our vision of the future of embedded finance. As first mover, we are off to a good start, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us!

The technological possibilities that come with addin…https://t.co/nqLIBezQ5T

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"Is it really worth the risk?", and I replied, "yes, it's super cool." 😎

Sometimes it is good to be bold and just keep pushing while your team says: "Live on stage??? Please don't do it!"

But, I still wanted to show off our quick new banking onboarding…https://t.co/JFGNdB2LKJ

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Last Wednesday, we launched banking…

Today, we already have over 700 applications 🚀 🚀 🚀

It is fantastic to see that our new offering matches the needs of freelancers and entrepreneurs. When you are first, it is always exciting to see how it will be…https://t.co/H52J5OMIKP

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I was thrilled to present at the 2022 Mastercard Innovation Forum in the Stedelijk Museum last week.

It was great to talk about open banking and our collaboration with Mastercard, but also to learn about the current state of the economy from the Masterc…https://t.co/7nTVv1zhPm

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I am so proud of my team, yesterday we went live with banking ahead of schedule! Go Tellow!

We are the only software in The Netherlands offering accounting, banking, and filing taxes all from one single platform.

Current and new users can from now on:…https://t.co/W3MHFI8kcZ

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We don't know how we got mentioned in Inc. Magazine, but it is a huge compliment to be named next to Zoho, one of the biggest SME bookkeeping software platforms in the world with 15K employees 💪

"Poor money management is one of the biggest reasons start…https://t.co/C9hvyCcRoV

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A good depiction of what taxes feel like for entrepreneurs… https://t.co/eNAbLH0WC8

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A good depiction of what doing taxes feel like for entrepreneurs… https://t.co/2LioOOMjlC

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We now offer free workspaces and meeting rooms for our users in our brand new water-front office at the Houthavens in Amsterdam for all Tellow users!

Working from home is a new standard, but sometimes it is nice to get out of the house for a day of focu…https://t.co/lKSF6EfQ8h

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Yesterday I was invited by BNR Nieuwsradio to talk about Tellow becoming a bank and have their business partner of the week evaluate our plans.

The verdict: “genius move” 🎉 🎉🎉

Thank you Thomas van Zijl for having me on the show again and…https://t.co/X0hST9VaAV