991: The Fear of Not Acting Is Way Higher than the Fear of Acting with Martin Verwijmeren Co-Founder and Co-Owner of MP Objects BV

Martin Verwijmeren is co-founder and CEO of MP Objects, a leading multi-enterprise cloud platform for digital order management and supply chain orchestration with offices in Boston, Rotterdam, Tokyo and Hyderabad. He was previously vice president of IT for CEVA Logistics. He has a PhD in distributed object technology for integral inventory management from Eindhoven University of Technology

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

Steve Jobs

When business started difficulties overcame:

“I didn’t want to be alone and that’s why I contacted a friend of mine who stepped in and together basically we could polish a topic and also reinforce ourselves and each other in creating momentum because we just started off with hardly any funding. We needed to still make a living whilst leave our corporate careers”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Book by Yuval Noah Harari

Favourite Quote:

“A happy man is in love with life”

Recommended Online Resources:

• SAASTR
• Star Walk App

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Look at the stars, understand your once in a lifetime opportunity and dream away and also dare to fear, there is a fear of not acting on your dream to be an entrepreneur and succeed and the fear to act upon it and maybe fail or succeed and once you discover that the fear of not acting is way higher than the fear of acting you have found your sweet spot then step in and enjoy living your dream”…[Listen for More]

More About Martin Verwijmeren:

MP Objects BV

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer to them. It’s just that scientists haven’t found the answer yet.” Mark Haddon

Other Quotes From the Chat with Martin Verwijmeren:

• “If you want to be happy you need to embrace all the aspects of life which is a balance of personal challenges but also your business view points, it’s very important to have your friends and family”
• “Appreciate what you get day by day”
• “Build your company, in good times and in bad times, even if you might not succeed then still be comfortable because you have followed your dream and made a great lesson which will be a strong foundation for a next step and if you succeed you took the right decision and you’re being rewarded for it”
• “Act upon it, don’t be different to be different”
• “Keep on driving towards that ultimate goal”

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