Waking up with more than just a hangover
Together with Alex Hersée and the guys from HUIS! we started Stem van de Nacht (Voice of the Night). Stem van de Nacht is bringing depth into Amsterdam nightlife. We do this by provoking our visitors on a playful manner so that they move aside their daily thoughts and open up for new insights. Interactive […]
BeCiclos wins the Dutch Final of Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards
As most of you already know, we can’t stop sharing our latest achievement. We have won the Dutch final of the GSEA (Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards)! This prize is given to the students that apart of studying can make time to build projects with future. There were six finalist selected to showcase their projects in […]
Crack the case
By Maikel Botterman It’s almost 10 in the morning, and a bright and warm sun is battling his way through the clouds. Our two cars are driving down to yet another client, anticipating a hard challenge once again. Ask anyone in our team, and they will probably tell you we have never had such a […]
San Francisco, absorbing as much as I can
Friday 26th of February our second learning journey of Team Academy started! Besides that San Francisco has a 9 hour time difference compared to Amsterdam, Team Academy knew we as teams were strong enough to face an even bigger challenge, a trip of 25+ hours. We first flew to Istanbul for 3.5 hours and arrived […]
Saving rainforest with drinking water
By Niklas Hildebrandt Often I’m confused for being Dutch because of my accent and the way I look, but the truth is that I am zero percent Dutch; I’m actually for Denmark. However, what never ever happens is that people confuse me for being Latin. I don’t look Latin, I’m not entirely sure that I […]
It’s 4 AM and I’m wide awake and jet-lagged in San Francisco
I have been asked as team coach to write blog for our new fantastic Team Academy site. And what is a better time to write a blog post in this nice and hectic life than at 4 AM in the morning; wide awake and jetlagged in San Francisco! I arrived two days ago and will […]
“Hong Kong feels like a city of the future”
This month we’ve got the 2nd and 3rd year teams going abroad to San Francisco, Hong Kong & Cape town. Read about some of Manus’s observations in Hong Kong to see what’s going on with him & his team on the other end(s) of the world. ‘Hi’ I say to the bus driver. He looks […]
#Live it
So, there we were, a first year team, at the beginning of a 24 hours challenge. We naturally strived for chaos, worked our ass of for assignments and had discussions about life that were so deep that Jesus couldn’t even understand. No sleep, lots of fast food, a crate of redbulls and a bunch of […]
How is life after Team Academy?
Usually we give our students the opportunity to share their experiences, but to shake some things up a bit we asked Jelmar Starkenburg, one of our Team Academy graduates, to share his experiences about life after Team Academy. So, Jelmar, how’s life treating you? Hi there! I’m doing great, thanks. Thanks for giving me the […]
Personal development in 3 weeks
Hello, my name is Rick Vlaar and I am a student of MBO. This is my first year at Team Academy. When I first came here I didn’t know what to expect. But it is exactly as they told me it would be. From the first moment you get to work on your own business. […]