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Bits vs Bytes is a podcast by Amer Grgic. Amer Grgic is CTO at Tevreden.nl and founded Livebytes. This podcast is about business, leadership and tech and will revolve around important leaders within these fields. Want to be on the podcast? Got something interesting going on? Go ahead and mail amer@b…

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    • Sep 28, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 44m AVG DURATION
    • 180 EPISODES


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    090 – Future of Mobility with Bolt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 31:48


    Lars Speekenbrink is the Country Manager for The Netherlands for Bolt (bolt.eu). Bolt provides ride-hailing and scooter sharing services all over Europe and Africa. In this podcast we discuss their launch in The Netherlands but also their plans and vision for the future of mobility.

    090 - Future of Mobility with Bolt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 31:48


    Lars Speekenbrink is the Country Manager for The Netherlands for Bolt (https://bolt.eu). Bolt provides ride-hailing and scooter sharing services all over Europe and Africa. In this podcast we discuss their launch in The Netherlands but also their plans and vision for the future of mobility.

    089 – Education and Great Places to Grow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 43:49


    Ingrid van Rossum (www.linkedin.com/in/ingrid-van-rossum-4471b8/) is innovator at Fuenta, Co-Founder of the I AM College and Co-Founder for Great Places to Grow. In this podcast we discuss education and how the I AM College is evolving the way students learn and also Great Places to Grow, which are companies that help their employees grow in the […]

    089 - Education and Great Places to Grow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 43:49


    Ingrid van Rossum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingrid-van-rossum-4471b8/) is innovator at Fuenta, Co-Founder of the I AM College and Co-Founder for Great Places to Grow. In this podcast we discuss education and how the I AM College is evolving the way students learn and also Great Places to Grow, which are companies that help their employees grow in the best of ways.

    088 – Branding and Change with Marilijn Boumeester

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 43:42


    Marilijn Boumeester is a brand strategist, coach and author of the book “Wennen aan Wenden”, which translates to “Getting used to changes”. In this podcast we discuss everything about branding, but also how people can get more used to an ever changing world. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one I did with […]

    088 - Branding and Change with Marilijn Boumeester

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 43:42


    Marilijn Boumeester is a brand strategist, coach and author of the book "Wennen aan Wenden", which translates to "Getting used to changes". In this podcast we discuss everything about branding, but also how people can get more used to an ever changing world.

    087 - Socio-Technical Systems with Xebia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 52:27


    Evelyn van Kelle is a Strategic Software Delivery Consultant at Xebia. In this podcast we will discuss all about Socio-Technical systems like Domain-Driven Design and we'll also go into interesting topics like hiring technical people.

    087 – Socio-Technical Systems with Xebia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 52:28


    Evelyn van Kelle is a Strategic Software Delivery Consultant at Xebia (https://xebia.com). In this podcast we will discuss all about Socio-Technical systems like Domain-Driven Design and we’ll also go into interesting topics like hiring technical people. Some of the ways to reach Evelyn: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvelynvanKelleLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynvankelle/Website: https://evelynvankelle.com/  Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the […]

    086 – Venture Capital with Index Ventures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 50:05


    Damir Becirovic is a Principal at Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/). In this podcast we talk all about investing, how to spot a great startup but also the future of investing. Index Ventures is a venture capital firm and Damir talks about the companies he helps, companies like Bird, Boulevard and Rec Room. Liked this podcast? You […]

    086 - Venture Capital with Index Ventures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 50:05


    Damir Becirovic is a Principal at Index Ventures. In this podcast we talk all about investing, how to spot a great startup but also the future of investing. Index Ventures is a venture capital firm and Damir talks about the companies he helps, companies like Bird, Boulevard and Rec Room.

    085 – Todo’s, Asynchronous and Remote Work with Doist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 40:39


    Amir Salihefendic is the Founder and CEO for Doist (https://doist.com/), the company behind popular tools like Todoist and Twist. In this podcast we will talk about their beginnings, their remote-first culture and asynchronous work. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one I did with Job van der Voort from Remote.com.

    085 - Todo's, Asynchronous and Remote Work with Doist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 40:38


    Amir Salihefendic is the Founder and CEO for Doist, the company behind popular tools like Todoist and Twist. In this podcast we will talk about their beginnings, their remote-first culture and asynchronous work.

    084 – Equality and Public Speaking with Leila Prnjavorac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 71:12


    Leila Prnjavorac (https://www.leila.nl/) is a presenter and public speaker. In this podcast we talk about how she got to be a presenter and public speaker but also about topics like equality and freedom. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one I did with Marjolijn de Boer from The Human Factor.

    084 - Equality and Public Speaking with Leila Prnjavorac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 71:12


    Leila Prnjavorac is a presenter and public speaker. In this podcast we talk about how she got to be a presenter and public speaker but also about topics like equality and freedom.

    083 – Talents and Leadership with The Human Factor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 48:29


    Marjolijn de Boer is the Founder of The Human Factor (https://thehumanfactor.io/). With The Human Factor she helps organisations in terms of their company culture, leadership and finding the people with the right talents for the right positions. In this podcast we discuss how leadership is changing, the way to look at talents within your team […]

    083 - Talents and Leadership with The Human Factor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 48:29


    Marjolijn de Boer is the Founder of The Human Factor. With The Human Factor she helps organisations in terms of their company culture, leadership and finding the people with the right talents for the right positions. In this podcast we discuss how leadership is changing, the way to look at talents within your team and some of the ways you can become a better leader.

    082 – On-Demand Labor with Veryable

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 54:17


    Noah Labhart is the Co-Founder and CTO for Veryable (https://veryableops.com). With Veryable they provide a marketplace for on-demand labor for manufacturing. Noah is also the host for Code Story (https://codestory.co/), a podcast featuring a lot of exciting and interesting guests from people in the technology field. In this podcast we discuss his journey of starting […]

    082 - On-Demand Labor with Veryable

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 54:17


    Noah Labhart is the Co-Founder and CTO for Veryable (https://veryableops.com). With Veryable they provide a marketplace for on-demand labor for manufacturing. Noah is also the host for Code Story (https://codestory.co/), a podcast featuring a lot of exciting and interesting guests from people in the technology field. In this podcast we discuss his journey of starting a podcast and being an entrepeneur and CTO.

    081 – Client Videocalling with 24sessions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 39:04


    Rutger Teunissen is the CEO of 24sessions (https://24sessions.com). With 24sessions clients can leverage videocalling for calling their clients. In these times of quarantaine, that is of course something that is extra highlighted and important to do sales. We also talk about validating ideas, and the importance of personal face-to-face interaction. How has all of this […]

    081 - Client Videocalling with 24Sessions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 39:04


    Rutger Teunissen is the CEO of 24sessions. With 24sessions clients can leverage videocalling for calling their clients. In these times of quarantaine, that is of course something that is extra highlighted and important to do sales. We also talk about validating ideas, and the importance of personal face-to-face interaction. How has all of this affected their business? Find out in this podcast!

    080 – Community-Driven Engineering with the Open Compute Project

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 38:30


    Steve Helvie (steve@opencompute.org) is the VP of Channel for the Open Compute Project (OCP). In this role he helps to educate organisations on the benefits of open hardware designs and the value of “community-driven” engineering for the data centre. In this podcast we discuss how Open Sourcing hardware is helping innovation and creation of more […]

    080 - Community-Driven Engineering with the Open Compute Project

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 38:30


    Steve Helvie is the VP of Channel for the Open Compute Project (OCP). In this role he helps to educate organisations on the benefits of open hardware designs and the value of “community-driven” engineering for the data centre. In this podcast we discuss how Open Sourcing hardware is helping innovation and creation of more efficient and better data centers.

    079 – 100% Slave Free Chocolate with Tony’s Chocolonely

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 38:43


    Ynzo van Zanten is the Choco Evangelist for Tony’s Chocolonely (https://tonyschocolonely.com/). Tony’s mission is to create a world of 100% slave free chocolate. We talk all about the challenges of doing this, by not just creating chocolate, but also creating a network. Ynzo also tells us about some tips for public speaking, as he does […]

    079 - 100% Slave Free Chocolate with Tony's Chocolonely

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 38:42


    Ynzo van Zanten is the Choco Evangelist for Tony's Chocolonely. Tony's mission is to create a world of 100% slave free chocolate. We talk all about the challenges of doing this, by not just creating chocolate, but also creating a network. Ynzo also tells us about some tips for public speaking, as he does a lot of presentations.

    078 – The Future of Football with the KNVB

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 47:16


    Giel Kirkels is Captain of Innovation and Knowledge Development at the KNVB (https://knvb.com). In this podcast we will discuss the future of the most popular sport in the world: football. We talk all about the new KNVB Campus, testing new rules, improvements on the VAR and also how they use data to create competition schedules […]

    078 - The Future of Football with the KNVB

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 47:15


    Giel Kirkels is Captain of Innovation and Knowledge Development at the KNVB. In this podcast we will discuss the future of the most popular sport in the world: football. We talk all about the new KNVB Campus, testing new rules, improvements on the VAR and also how they use data to create competition schedules for amateurs.

    077 – The Future of Remote Working with Remote.com

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 42:24


    Job van der Voort is the Co-Founder for Remote.com. With Remote.com, companies can hire people in different parts of the world, without having their own company based in that specific country. All of this is done remotely, and the company pays a fee to remote.com. In this podcast we discuss how they do this, but […]

    077 - The Future of Remote Working with Remote.com

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 42:24


    Job van der Voort is the Co-Founder for Remote.com. With Remote.com, companies can hire people in different parts of the world, without having their own company based in that specific country. All of this is done remotely, and the company pays a fee to remote.com. In this podcast we discuss how they do this, but also what the future is for remote working.

    076 – Diversity and Inclusion with the Do Good Only Company

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 51:01


    Caroline Williams is the Founder for the Do Good Only Company (https://dogoodonly.nl). With her company, they provide tech courses for underrepresented groups like women and immigrants. Their courses focus on things like Data Science and Analytics. In this podcast we discuss what they do as a company but also why it’s extremely important to diversify […]

    076 - Diversity and Inclusion with the Do Good Only Company

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 51:00


    Caroline Williams is the Founder for the Do Good Only Company. With her company, they provide tech courses for underrepresented groups like women and immigrants. Their courses focus on things like Data Science and Analytics. In this podcast we discuss what they do as a company but also why it's extremely important to diversify your team or the people working inside of your company.

    075 – Tech, Evangelism and Remarkable People with Guy Kawasaki

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 38:45


    Guy Kawasaki (https://guykawasaki.com/) is the Chief Evangelist for Canva, Mercedes-Benz Brand Ambassador and author of many books, including his new book Wise Guy. We talk about all kinds of things like being an Tech Evangelist, his new book, but also his amazing podcast called Remarkable People. A big shoutout goes to Zachariah Moreno from Squadcast […]

    075 - Tech, Evangelism and Remarkable People with Guy Kawasaki

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 38:45


    Guy Kawasaki is the Chief Evangelist for Canva, Mercedes-Benz Brand Ambassador and author of many books, including his new book Wise Guy. We talk about all kinds of things like being an Tech Evangelist, his new book, but also his amazing podcast called Remarkable People.

    074 – The Internet of Touch with TU Delft

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 72:56


    Venkatesha Prasad is Associate Professor at TU Delft (Technical University of Delft). He has been involved in something they call Internet of Touch, which wants to bring more tactile applications through the Internet. We also talk about his upbringing in India and his fascination with all things technological. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like […]

    074 - The Internet of Touch with TU Delft

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 72:56


    Venkatesha Prasad is Associate Professor at TU Delft (Technical University of Delft). He has been involved in something they call Internet of Touch, which wants to bring more tactile applications through the Internet. We also talk about his upbringing in India and his fascination with all things technological.

    073 – Bringing Tech to Sensitive Communities with TechGrounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 40:22


    Ruben Nieuwenhuis is Director at TechGrounds (https://techgrounds.nl). With TechGrounds they are bringing education in Technology, for example courses in AWS to sensitive communities in The Netherlands. We talk all about how they have setup their programs, how they are funded but also what the big difference is between them and traditional schooling. Enjoyed this podcast? […]

    073 - Bringing Tech to Sensitive Communities with TechGrounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 40:21


    Ruben Nieuwenhuis is Director at TechGrounds. With TechGrounds they are bringing education in Technology, for example courses in AWS to sensitive communities in The Netherlands. We talk all about how they have setup their programs, how they are funded but also what the big difference is between them and traditional schooling.

    072 – Blockchain Development with Bitcoin Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 40:23


    Edward Buchi is the Co-Founder for Bitcoin Bay (https://bitcoinbay.ca). Bitcoin Bay is a Toronto-based company that specialises in creating solutions built upon blockchain. In this podcast we go into how blockchain as a technology can be used, the cryptocurrency market and the need for new tools like IDE’s and SDK’s for blockchain development. Enjoyed this […]

    072 - Blockchain Development with Bitcoin Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 40:22


    Edward Buchi is the Co-Founder for Bitcoin Bay. Bitcoin Bay is a Toronto-based company that specialises in creating solutions built upon blockchain. In this podcast we go into how blockchain as a technology can be used, the cryptocurrency market and the need for new tools like IDE's and SDK's for blockchain development.

    071 – Brand Humanizing and Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 42:43


    Ferry Hoes and Jonathan Flores are the founders for Brand Humanizing (https://brandhumanizing.com). With Brand Humanizing they do research for other companies in fields like Artificial Intelligence. This research revolves mostly around the human part in these new and exciting technologies. We talk all about AI, and how the government plays a role in these technologies. […]

    071 - Brand Humanizing and Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 42:43


    Ferry Hoes and Jonathan Flores are the founders for Brand Humanizing. With Brand Humanizing they do research for other companies in fields like Artificial Intelligence. This research revolves mostly around the human part in these new and exciting technologies. We talk all about AI, and how the government plays a role in these technologies. Other topics include chatbots and how they impact the human interactions we need.

    070 – Remote Podcasts with SquadCast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 46:21


    Zach Moreno is the Co-Founder for SquadCast (https://squadcast.fm), a very interesting application that makes it easy for podcasters to conduct interviews remotely in high-quality. In this podcast we’ll of course discuss SquadCast, but also the state of podcasting and what the future will hold. We’ll hear all about how to build your audience and also […]

    070 - Remote Podcasts with SquadCast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 46:20


    Zach Moreno is the Co-Founder for SquadCast, a very interesting application that makes it easy for podcasters to conduct interviews remotely in high-quality. In this podcast we'll of course discuss SquadCast, but also the state of podcasting and what the future will hold. We'll hear all about how to build your audience and also how to find new guests.

    069 – Building Your Network with LinkedIN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 58:57


    Marcel Molenaar is the Country Manager Benelux at LinkedIN (https://linkedin.com). In this podcast we discuss how you can use the tools provided by LinkedIN to not only network with other but also learn and improve yourself. Marcel shares his tips and creative ways that people are using their social network to better build their brand, […]

    069 - Building Your Network with LinkedIN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 58:57


    Marcel Molenaar is the Country Manager Benelux at LinkedIN. In this podcast we discuss how you can use the tools provided by LinkedIN to not only network with other but also learn and improve yourself. Marcel shares his tips and creative ways that people are using their social network to better build their brand, but also how they have impacted the HR market.

    068 – Social Media and Getting Back Focus with Brian Solis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 24:48


    Brian Solis (https://briansolis.com) is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders in business innovation. As a digital analyst, anthropologist, and futurist, he studies disruptive technology and its impact on business and society. More so, through his research reports, articles and books, he humanizes technology’s causal effect to help people see people differently […]

    068 - Social Media and Getting Back Focus with Brian Solis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 24:48


    Brian Solis is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders in business innovation. As a digital analyst, anthropologist, and futurist, he studies disruptive technology and its impact on business and society. More so, through his research reports, articles and books, he humanizes technology's causal effect to help people see people differently and understand what to do about it. In this podcast we talk about the effects of Social Media and some of the things you can do to focus more on your life. Brian has written a new book called Lifescale that focuses on this particular topic.

    067 – Self-Steering Teams with Enrise

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 49:02


    Hermen Heinen is the Founder and Owner of Enrise (https://enrise.com/). Enrise provides professional development services and does so by a pretty unique model within their company. A few years ago they changed to a way of organising they call ‘self-steering’ teams. This basically means there is no central management, and the teams have to do […]

    067 - Self-Steering Teams with Enrise

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 49:01


    Hermen Heinen is the Founder and Owner of Enrise. Enrise provides professional development services and does so by a pretty unique model within their company. A few years ago they changed to a way of organising they call 'self-steering' teams. This basically means there is no central management, and the teams have to do their own sales and do their own hiring.

    066 – Building an Agency with DotControl

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 42:16


    Mark Landman is the Co-Founder of DotControl (https://dotcontrol.com), a large digital agency in The Netherlands with more than 90 digital creatives, developers and growth hackers. We talk about their challenges in the last 19 years they have been in business and how they brought professionalism in their agency. Some other topics we cover are Quantum […]

    066 - Building an Agency with DotControl

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 42:16


    Mark Landman is the Co-Founder of DotControl, a large digital agency in The Netherlands with more than 90 digital creatives, developers and growth hackers. We talk about their challenges in the last 15 years they have been in business and how they brought professionalism to their agency. Some other topics we cover are Quantum Computing, AI and Voice.

    065 – Digital Transformation with Transavia

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 45:41


    Rik Farenhorst is the CIO at Transavia (https://transavia.com). Transavia is a big Dutch airliner that focuses on the customer and does so with digital innovations. In this podcast we discuss how Transavia made the change to a more flat organisation for their IT and how Rik played a role in this transformation. We also talk […]

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