TribeX

After seeing the need for entrepreneurs to come together and support each other, Rachelle & I decided to create a tight-knit family of business owners. People who want to co-elevate each other personally and professionally. Not once, but by being true partners in each other's journeys...

TribeX is an international collective of impact-driven entrepreneurs who are into personal development.

A community for:
- masterminding
- expertise sharing
- accountability
- collaborations
- business friends around the globe

Online-first but with 2 yearly global gatherings and quarterly chapter meetups in major European cities 🏙️ 

Members are selected with great care based on Character & Integrity.

We believe those are the key factors for a supportive business family🫶🏽

We kicked off in September 2023 with 14 founding members spread across Europe!

If you want to join us (first session = free), go to www.tribex.community

Co-Founder & Leader @ TribeX

Growtribute

Do you want a business empire AND personally thrive while building it? We help ambitious entrepreneurs to get on the fast lane to business success & personal happiness.

I founded Growtribute together with my wife Rachelle Leerling. Our journey of "Rollercoaster Entrepreneurship" (the highs and the very lows) inspired us to create an academy for ambitious entrepreneurs - enabling them to have a massive business impact in a sustainable and enjoyable way.

Results while working with us:
✅ Feel completely in control of the business & your days
✅ Step into your CEO role - execute on a clear vision, strategy and momentum.
✅ Be indistractable, less available & needed in the business
✅ Have more time for yourself, family, friends & sports by working smarter
✅ Truly turn off your head and be present on evenings and weekends

What other entrepreneurs say:

⭐ "I'm being stronger with clients, setting boundaries. And as a result, having more space to think and not feel overwhelmed. Old me might have panicked a lot more last week. But I had the structure behind me this time. Now it's about making the structure stronger & stronger and I feel clearer about how to get there, improving week by week" - J. | UK 

⭐ “My first week was literally amazing, no joke. I feel so much better mentally & physically. My gf says the same, she hasn’t seen me like this in a long time" - J. | Germany 

⭐ ”It was my most productive day in the last few weeks. I’m beginning to notice the first signs of improvement from having the new structure of my day. I fall asleep faster, and I wake up with greater energy”. - M. | Poland

⭐ "I read enough about habits and routines to know what I needed to know. But I needed to make it happen. I needed that push from you guys. And in these 3 months, I can really build something for the future." - M. | Israel

www.growtribute.com

Co-Founder | Business Confidant for High Performing Entrepreneurs

Travis the Translator

The original creator of the AI pocket translator. In 2017 we took the pocket translator concept from ideation to successful launch & shipment. In the same first year we've achieved a milestone of 50,000 units sold, with clear insights on proof of market validation. In 2018 we reached another milestone of 120,000 units and we were chosen as Startup of the Year by Dutch media channel Sprout.

Founder & CEO

Travis Foundation

We’re on a mission to empower people by bringing lesser-resourced and underprivileged languages into the digital world. Everyone has the right to be understood - whether we speak a common or minority language, whether we are in our country of origin or on the other side of the world. Communication and understanding are core aspects of being a human and Travis Foundation is there to close the gap of language inequality and preserve culture.

Founder & Board Member

Venture Café Rotterdam

The Venture Café Foundation is the not-for-profit sister organization of Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). It aims to create a climate of learning and collaboration for the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative communities through spaces, programs and conversations. More info on www.venturecafe.nl.

Founding Program Manager

Erasmus Trustfonds

Erasmus Trustfonds and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) have combined forces to generate the largest university philanthropic fund in the Netherlands in order to create the 'University of the Future', with leading scientists, renowned research, and world class education.

Marketing and Communication

Sana Commerce

Managed the department (15 nationalities/20 FTE) that generates leads for ISM’s sales and marketing teams all over the world. Simultaneously implemented an extensive action plan with structural changes.

Manager Lead Generation Department

Under direct supervision of the CEO (recommendation above) I launched new webshop software with SAP-integration in the market and prepared our own organisation for it. To get this done I selected and managed my own team (5 people/4 nationalities).

Project Manager

I co-founded TribeX & Growtribute together with Rachelle Leerling to change the way entrepreneurship is done. We stand for 'humanpreneurship' - the opposite of 'hustlepreneurship'. 

TribeX is an entrepreneur collective across Europe - a caring business family & business booster

Growtribute is an academy for entrepreneurs who want to be unchained from their business & own limitations.

We don't believe that your business should decrease your life quality & freedom and that doing it all yourself (aka the lone wolf) is the way to go.

Instead, what if entrepreneurship could provide you with wealth, freedom, fulfillment, and a rich social life? Having an amazing human experience while you run a meaningful business.

Our academy teaches entrepreneurship based on setting boundaries, stepping out of operations, high-impact moves, and leading a team really well. We do that through courses, retreats, and group coaching

Our tribe is a tight-knit collective of successful and kind-hearted business owners who are all into personal development. We help each other to drive more positive change through our businesses and share each other's best strategies.

Prior to this, I've been a tech startup founder/CEO. I co-founded Travis, the original creator of the AI pocket translator back in 2016. We proudly shipped over 200,000 devices all around the globe.

I've been living abroad since 2020, in Cyprus, Portugal, Mexico and Spain. 

Just hit me up if you want to know more or for a (virtual) coffee!

Lennart van der Ziel

Lucia Kanter St. Amour

Under the Sisterhood

UTS is a social impact company that addresses the critical gaps in women’s health education, diagnosis, and treatment. As CLO, I'm responsible for: legal guidance on general business operations, partnerships, and organizational practices; contract review and negotiation with vendors and partners; policy development ensuring legal, ethical, and privacy compliance; risk awareness and mitigation; recommending practical strategies that project the organization’s integrity and vision; addressing potential legal issues related to employment and board members; liaising and supervising outside counsel; partnering with cross-functional teams to effectively communicate the organization’s mission, support its programs, and amplify its social justice initiatives.

Chief Legal Officer

Pactum Factum

Chief Legal/Negotiation Officer for various corporations, NCAA athletes, and organizations; U.S. mediation liaison to Supreme Court of India 2022-2023; have mediated/negotiated 1000+ cases; host of "Forces of Good" podcast. Seasoned employment law and negotiation expert. Pactum Factum Press publishing.

Attorney | CLO | Publisher

UN Women

VP, San Francisco  - the birthplace of the United Nations in 1945. UN Women USA is the official, membership-based non-profit organization that raises funds and awareness for UN Women, the United Nations agency that advances gender equality and female empowerment globally.  Events and projects include: Cities for CEDAW a nationwide, grassroots effort to encourage local governments to become more gender equitable; EVAW - an effort to End Violence Against Women; The Gender Equal Pay coalition; HeForShe, a social movement campaign providing a systematic approach and targeted platform through which men and boys become agents of change for the achievement of gender equality; Women In Climate Change Gender Action Plan; Bi-annual Global Voices Film Festival

Vice President - UN Women USA

Spectrum Strategies for Autism

501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing sibling programming; and rescue dog matching, placement and training to families with children with Autism and other special needs.

University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)

Teaching:  Negotiation / Mediation Clinic / Mediation Certification for Professionals / Special Education  Law. 2003-2012 taught regular course(s) on-site each semester. I tried to retire, but noooooo. They wouldn't let me 😂 2013-present continue on faculty as hybrid (remote and on-site) coach and instructor

Law Professor (Adj.)

International Chamber of Commerce

Serving as judge and mediator for ICC mediation competition in Paris, France

Mediator and Judge

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Teaching Negotiation practical skills course and supervising independent studies

Lecturer

EEOC

One of the small team of original designers of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s pilot mediation program in 1996 for the San Francisco Regional Office, and later mediated EEOC cases from San Jose to Sacramento

Mediator

Judicial Council of California

In-house employment law attorney for the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), the policymaking body for the entire California court system for 58 counties and the Supreme Court of California. I advised the Judicial Council, the Chief Justice of California, and trial and appellate court judges and court officers, contributing to major policy and legal decisions on employment and labor issues that affect the entire judicial branch of California. During that time, I was also selected by the California Division for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) as a representative attorney for the judicial branch to conduct ongoing discrimination and harassment training through live, televised, satellite broadcast programming to court employees statewide. The target 20,000-member audience consisted of judges, human resources professionals, court directors and court staff. Broadcasting live with a studio audience, I also co-hosted CJER’s production of “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:  A Celebration of Justice,” as part of the Division’s Continuing The Dialogue television series. The content of many of the broadcasts drew upon expertise in the field of Civil Rights and various discrimination and fair employment laws.

Attorney - Office of the General Counsel

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Upon dissolution of boutique labor & employment firm in San Francisco, joined Orrick's Employment Law group and handled all aspects of litigation and client counseling. Closest clients I worked with included Gap, Apple, Oracle, Electronic Arts

Employment Litigation Attorney

VP Emerita UN Women | Attorney Action Figure 🦸🏻‍♀️ | Arresting Author | Chief Negotiation Officer | Plucky Podcast Host | Irreverent Int'l Keynote | "What Box?" Bellwether

📚 World domination through literary seduction. Elegant. Defiant. Irresistibly true. Are you ready for what's next (October 13, 2025)? MY WRITING IS ORGANIC USING REAL INTELLIGENCE (AI wishes it could write like me)

I'm not bossy. I'm BOSS. A UN Women VP, provocatrice, attorney/law professor turned negotiation GOAT . . .

(Buckle up. This is ..."a lot")

🦸🏻‍♀️ I help women harness the power of everyday negotiation—from conning a toddler into eating peas to running the boardroom. I authored the Little Black Dress of negotiation books. Why?

Because negotiation isn’t just for business. It’s everybody’s business 🧐

(But you don’t need me to “empower” you. Nor do I sell a “masterclass” or certification from my own “institute”)

🌍 World Mediation Peace Activist. Benevolent & incurable explorer (dubbed “creative savant”—you know who you are). A bit wild at ❤️‍🔥, I struggle with purpose and disrupt with goodwill—through advocacy, teaching, writing, broadcasting, philanthropy, art & sports.

🗣️ Polyglot. Passionate about people & social progress. JEDI agent (not a Star Wars ref). I’ve practiced law in private, public & non-profit sectors; have taught internationally, including over two decades as faculty at two University of California law schools.

I get that people are messy multitudes—and how they actually behave in conflict & decision-making.
What makes me next-level? Decades of deep experience in negotiation, behavioral economics, game theory, plus dope training in:

✔️ Emotional micro-expressions
✔️ Lie detection
✔️ Neuroscience & decision analysis

Oh, and I know the #1 most stealth negotiation skill. 😎

(Kinda like x-ray vision. Hint: it’s NOT “speaking your truth.”)

WHAT I’M NOT:

❌ A sales/marketing bro who built my expertise off a “masterclass”
❌ A brand
❌ Your income stream
❌ After your 💰 or approval
❌ One to trademark words. Ahem™ 🙄 (you know the type)

Special needs parent & dog whisperer—chaos doesn’t faze me, and persistence is my default setting. CEO of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing dogs & sibling support for families with special needs kids.

🫶 Turn-ons: Cake, shoes, pour-over coffee, decent literature
🤢 Turn-offs: NIMBYism, vapid buzzwords, elitism, posers

💡 Meyers-Briggs type? ENFJ-A (same 2% club as Obama & Oprah).

🕸️See more on pactumfactum.com, but TLDR: 
I’m 95% human Labrador (begs the question: what’s the other 5%?). Find it endearing or annoying. That's on you. Either way, I’ll be me because, as Oscar Wilde said, “Everyone else is taken.”

P.S.
❌ I don’t do casual Zoom coffee chats
✅ I’ve already overpaid it forward

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