Currently, Juriaan works with a group of highly motivated and talented people at Parkeagle. Their mission at Parkeagle is to make cities more livable, reachable and cleaner by solving hard infrastructure problems with real-time data.
Juriaan’s secondary job is to stay curious about everything, write about his findings, his projects, and side projects. He will enthusiastically share what he has learned, as well as why you might care.
Main Projects
- Founder @ PARKEAGLE – Parking made simple, fast and fun
- Economic History Student (but dropped out) – The Erasmus University
- Blog writing – I post when I can, but only when I want to
Retired, Emeritus, or On-Hiatus Projects
- Grader App – IP sold
- Qubes App – To little time
- NLfunding.co – IP sold
- HomeDroneVideos – Advising when I can
Future side projects
As mentioned before, Juriaan is addicted to learning. That is why he keeps a list of skills he would like to learn. His reasons vary, but it’s mostly skills he needed but lacked while doing his projects.
Juriaan follows a self-created framework when doing projects. It’s called the Checklist Framework. When doing a project, he will always follow this guiding framework.
Writing skills:
Write 10 blogpostsWrite 50 blogposts- Write 100 blogposts
- Publish an info ebook
- I want to write an e-book on momentum.. Let’s see if this will work out…
- Publish an ebook about WhatsApp for businesses
- Publish a novel ebook
- Write a how-to-outsource app building ebook
- Start a newsletter
Creative skills:
Design a checklist framework pdf- Learn how to design an infographic in InDesign
Learn how to design a proper investor deck- I think I will share some of my Investor Decks soon.
- I have a bunch of versions from three years+ of working on parkeagle.
- Learn how to design a flyer in InDesign
- Learn how to design a website in InDesign
- Learn how to design an app in InDesign
- Learn to make a Powtoon explainer video
- Learn to make a drawing explainer video
Learn how to edit a video in iMovieLearn how to make Facebook adsLearn how to make Instagram adsLearn how to paint
Functional skills:
WordPress- Blogging
- Google Analytics
SEO- Newsletter
- Copywriting
Negotiation- This is something you learn by doing. Become an entrepreneur, get funded, negotioate with partners, read Getting to Yes and you’ll know what negotiations are about.
- My best finding in the past years is this: When the subject is money, or when things are about money. No one is to be trusted and no one is your friend. Trust me 😉
- Speedreading
- Fast typing
- Brainstorming
- Mindmapping
Idea generation- Project planning
Excell- Doing finances
Company financesBusiness law- Business accounting
- Networking
- Trendspotting
- Writing a sales email
Side business projects (I’m doing none of these atm…):
- NewBusinessSkill.com — A directory of ebooks and courses based on the skills that you need in the future
- Make Powtoon movies — Outsourced workers make the movies
- Ebooks on demand — Outsourced workers write your e-books for you
- Qubes for enterprise — Make Qubes into a successful enterprise product and service
- We make Powtoon films — setup highly automated animated video shop
- ASA calendar — make a fresh small Amsterdam startup agenda
- New economy business directory — small Startup Stack like list of new economy businesses
- Connectinator app — an app that keeps track of your contacts
- Juices delivery subscription — Deliver fresh juices on a monthly basis
- Get motivation website — Website that shows a single motivational speech every day
- Email diary — Send an email to your journal and fill in your diary through your mail