As a woman in the Netherlands, if you want to find out what the state of your fertility is, you first need to have tried to conceive for at least a year. This will finally change thanks to the Grip Fertility self-test, according to CEO and founder Anne Marie Droste. “Of course, we cannot...
She would prefer to have all roofs decked out with solar panels. In any case, the aim is to have at least 1 in 4 households covered. Roebyem Anders (51), founder of Sungevity and BNR entrepreneur of the year 2019, does not want to stop before that happens. One thing is for sure, thinking on a...
Yvette Watson (37), the co-founder of PHI Factory, finished second in the Dutch bank ABN AMRO Sustainable Top 50 competition in 2019 and was nominated again for the award this year. Sustainability has always been in her blood, ever since she started pursuing all kinds of green goals at a young...
Corien Oenema, CEO and founder of Coobly was already focusing on online entrepreneurship with her company before the outbreak of the corona crisis. However, now perhaps more than ever she sees her (potential) clients struggling to make that step. Especially in order to be able to keep on providing...
Door Vonk, co-founder and CCO of ‘Tired of Cancer’ ran her own consultancy firm for many years. There, she raised funds for all kinds of projects, mainly charitable organizations such as the Ronald McDonald Children’s Fund. Through her work for the Helen Dowling Institute she got...
Tamar Neter-Gans worked for many years in the marketing & sales department at an online marketing intelligence agency. Since 2017 she is founder-owner of RobotWise. A start-up that currently has four employees and about 20 self-qualified trainers, together with whom she provides all kinds of...
Ingelou Stol, co-founder of Female Tech Heroes has seen this initiative skyrocket over the past year. Yet it’s not just supposed to be a bunch of women discussing issues, so now it’s the men’s turn. Diversity in the technology sector is ultimately something we have to do...
Innovation Origins is delving deeper. In addition to our regular news on innovation and technology, our journalists will routinely cover important themes in depth across the week. Our first dossier featured start-ups founded by women. And today we present the final article from this series. Read...
As a young girl, Milou Knierim (26) wanted to become a fashion designer and would spend hours drawing. But in the end, she chose to go to law school. However, you really can’t deny what’s in your blood and becoming a lawyer wasn’t really what she wanted to do anyway. During her...
Innovation Origins is delving deeper. In addition to the usual news items about innovation and technology, our journalists spend a week zooming in on important topics. Our first dossier about start-ups founded by women. Read all our articles here. During her law and economics studies in Rotterdam,...
Innovation Origins is delving deeper. In addition to the usual news items about innovation and technology, our journalists spend a week zooming in on important topics. Our first dossier about start-ups founded by women. Read all our articles here. Consumers are more frequently making a conscious...
Innovation Origins goes more in-depth. As of today, our journalists will regularly – in addition to our usual news on innovation and technology – be examining important topics for a week. Our first dossier is about female start-ups. Read all the stories here. More on this Dossier This...
Innovation Origins is delving deeper. As of today, in addition to our regular news on innovation and technology, our journalists will routinely cover important themes in depth across the week. Our first dossier features start-ups by women. Read all our articles here. More on this Dossier This...
Facade panels that allow you to generate energy, made from sustainable materials and which also look attractive. Instead of glass and the usual black and blue solar panels. Studio Solarix designs, develops and realizes these kinds of unique panels with a variety of colors and patterns. They can be...
Interim targets have been set for 2020 and 2030 in the run-up to 2050 European climate targets. The member states must specify their intentions for achieving these targets in a national climate and energy plan. Hungary is not exactly at the forefront when it comes to these proposals. Recently, the...
Hungary has a huge potential for solar energy. In order to achieve the European climate targets, the country would do well to invest in Photovoltaics (PV). This development is gradually getting off the ground, and foreign investors are more than welcome. In the land of Orbán, however, vigilance is...
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