Bastiaan Zwanenburg Bastiaan (17 yrs) started his first company when he was 9 years old. He sold bottles of sauce from his dad’s company via a website he made by himself. He continued making websites for tens of clients, including one of the biggest law firms in The Netherlands, and a telecom provider for youngsters, which is actually being run by youngsters: bliep. At bliep, he met Robert, who was marketing manager at the time.
Together, they started Woodify, a webshop in which they sell Wooden Sunglasses, purely just to find out what it takes to start a webshop. It went quite well, they sold almost 5000 pairs of glasses in 2013, generating €200,000 in revenue.
Besides from that, he advises the Dutch government on topics concerning the internet. He visited the IGF (Internet Governance Forum, organised by the UN) in Bali, Indonesia in 2013, as part of the Dutch Delegation. He also advised EU- Commisioner Neelie Kroes on young entrepreneurship.