While I was writing the about page for this website today (yeah… it was about time 😅 pun intended), I was browsing through a bunch of my old pictures and videos. Of all the material in there, there was one video that stood out to me. This one, it's actually the full...
Hi friends, Phew, I had a mountain of work planned this weekend. Repetitive work. The kind where you shut off 90% of your brain, but still need to be sharp enough to not make any mistakes. So yeah, the worst kind… pretty much. It didn't turn out to be all that bad...
This article is part of the Work in Progress series, in which I discuss my projects in their “unfinished” state. Learn from my fuckups and successes in real-time or become part of my journey by sharing your own experiences and advice. This is the first entry in the...
“How is it going with your business?” In the 7 years that I’ve been involved in different communities of entrepreneurs, I’ve heard a few responses to this question a lot more than others. One of them being: “I’m looking for a co-founder.” Personally, I don’t believe...
In my entire post-graduate career, I only ever worked for a boss once – for 1 year. And now, that’s already 5 years ago. All the other time, I’ve been either setting up businesses or I’ve been working as a freelancer. Usually a combination of both. Going back to work...
When we talk about the metaverse, we talk about NFTs right now. And I say right now, because in a couple of months, it could be something else already. Developments towards Web3 are moving incredibly fast and before we know it, it could be our new normal. Oh and if...
I was in hyper-focus mode today as I was trying my best to meet a deadline for a client. To give you an idea of my day: ✅ I created 153 new graphics in Affinity Photo.✅ I manually updated all audio, texts and graphics of 84 videos in Final Cut Pro.✅ I attended a...
Yesterday I announced my weekly experiment to start exploring the metaverse and its application a lot more. Today, I was thinking about what actually appeals to me about that decision. I reflected some more on my career and my interests. Then I got reminded of a...
Hi friends, I just reached the 2-week mark with writing daily articles for marcrodan.com (yay!) and so far I've noticed a few things. 1️⃣ It's not as hard as I thought it would be, even though I'm usually up until late to finish my daily post. 2️⃣ I want to get more...
Over the course of my – still relatively short – career, I have reinvented myself more than most of my peers. Here is a brief history. 2013: I enrolled for a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication at the University of Amsterdam2014: I moved to Sweden and started...
At yesterday’s monthly KREW Meeting in The Hague, I met a photographer from Israel. It was his first time at one of our meetings (I organise them) and I ended up being in a mastermind group together with him and three others. During our masterminds, entrepreneurs get...
It's 11:30 pm. I just got back from an offline event I organised. I had a few beers. By the time I'll post this it'll easily be 1 am. So I'm sitting here on my bed thinking: "should I even start writing?". Then I thought: "well, it's not like I have an alarm in the...
One of the businesses I’m working on is KREW – a community of creative and driven entrepreneurs who like to connect beyond the business card. At the moment, we host one offline KREW Meeting every 4th Thursday in The Hague, so there will be one tomorrow. That means...
I bought a new domain name today. Yay! Of course, it’s no big deal. But… it kind of is. I bought the domain name for a new project that I’m working on, which I’ll share more details about soon. In the process of starting it and choosing a domain name, I realised that...
Even though I’ve been working remotely for over 5 years now, with covid-19 it became the norm for just about everyone. That meant a lot of people had to rethink the way they collaborate, which tools to use and how to use them. And as you might’ve noticed, working...
Hi friends, Some of you already know that I’m great at procrastinating. That’s why this week I was a little bit proud of myself, because I finally picked up something I had been procrastinating on for a couple of weeks. I started cold calling again 🙌🙌 In my case that...
After posting yesterday’s article about the value of starting small and learning on the go, I was reminded of how I got started creating online courses. It was actually through a small project too. A test, if you will. It’s one of those things I look at now and feel...
How is that for a catchy title, right? It’s not clickbait, though. A bit of context: today I’m writing my sixth article on this website. I wrote one every day for the past week. This is what my website currently looks like:I know, it sucks. The page you see is...
Call me silly, but I love personality tests. Some of my favourites are 16Personalities and PrinciplesYou. While they are very similar, the former takes less time to complete than the latter. Today I have a new favourite to add to this shortlist of personality tests:...
Do you also have that thing that even before you know what’s going on in your life, your subconscious brain is already playing a related song in your head? “525,600 Minutes. How do you measure a year?” This is what I’ve been hearing today as I had to say goodbye to...
At the moment, I’m in the middle of wrapping up an e-learning project for a big client. Specifically, I’m working on translations. One of the translation tasks I’m working on is creating French and German voice-overs (dubs) for over 40 separate videos. These videos...
On this special day of celebrating love and relationships, I’m sharing an article with four reasons why you should always ask your clients for feedback. And it’s actually more related to Valentine’s Day than you might think! To illustrate, here is part of an e-mail I...
Hi friends, It’s 7 am on a Sunday morning. I’m eating my oatmeal and I’m writing my very first newsletter. The idea of starting a newsletter of my own has been circulating in my head for years. I finally took the plunge. Why? Well, to be completely honest, because I...