Manu Vollens

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30-day microSaaS sprint

ImpactGenie

Co-Founder

Kill the Dinosaur

Helping mission-driven founders in launching & growing new business opportunities.

Founder

Airborn

We’re on a mission to support and fund impact driven startup founders.
Rome wasn’t built in a day… expected to launch soon

Co-Founder & Venture Partner

ClimateCamp - hiring!

Decarbonising the food industry and its supply chains by making it easier for companies & their suppliers to exchange carbon data.

Member of The Board of Advisors

Dripl

Venture Coach

Aquafin

New Business Developer - Riothermie

switchrs

Switchrs is a multidisciplinary innovation collective that focuses on social-circular economy.

At switchrs we believe in sustainability as a positive story. That's why our focus is on designing positive impact. We make, show, facilitate and talk about things that regenerate our planet, society and economy.

bundl

Long term collaboration as a Strategy Designer for the Bundl team and its network of clients.

(*) via Kill the Dinosaur

Sr. Corporate Venture Builder (*)

Thea Swing

Thea swing is a design product that gives children with a disability the chance to experience swinging in a safe way, mountable on any classic swing! To swing in a free, safe and comfortable way; that's what the Thea swing stands for.

www.theaswing.com

Co-founder

Launching Impactful Micro-Businesses 🌱🌎 I Venture Building👷 I Circular Economy ♻️ I AI for Good 🤖 I Angel Investing 💸

I’m not a productivity guru.
I’ve launched 10+ ventures, started 100+ side projects, and abandoned at least as many.

Like many creative generalists, I live between sticky notes, Notion docs, WhatsApp reminders, and new startup ideas that always feel more exciting than the last.

So I’m doing what I do best: building for the mess I live in.

For the next 30 days, I’m building a micro-SaaS focused on one core challenge:
Helping creative generalists (like me) stay focused without feeling boxed in.

I’ll be building and sharing in public.

Follow me for transparent updates, lessons learned, and real progress from someone who’s deep in the chaos (and finally doing something about it).

With True Nature and Proovd, I uncover the stories that matter: authentic, sharp and grounded. 

Stories that inspire people, strengthen leaders and convert because they’re true.

Greg Carrette

Testimonials zijn geen ‘nice to have content’.
Ze zijn een strategische keuze.

Ik koos voor Proovd om één duidelijke reden:
om te tonen dat testimonials geen zoveelste contentactiviteit zijn,
maar een strategische keuze over welke klanten je laat spreken, over welk probleem, op welk moment in je groeifase.

In veel bedrijven worden testimonials uitgesteld.
Niet uit onwil, maar omdat marketeers weinig tijd hebben
en men de klant “niet wil lastigvallen”.

Wat daarbij vaak vergeten wordt:
goede klanten willen hun ervaring delen.
En we weten allemaal dat social proof één van de sterkste manieren is om te verkopen.

Ik zag het ook in mijn eigen werk:
referrals zorgen quasi voor 100% conversie: sterker dan eender welke inbound of outbound strategie.

Daar zit exact de rol van Proovd.
Wij nemen het volledige proces over en leveren:
– een sterke case
– LinkedIn-copy
– social snippets
– strategische inzichten

🫶 Omdat we hier zo sterk in geloven, doen we de eerste case volledig gratis, zolang het aanbod strekt.
Gewoon om te tonen wat het verschil is tussen “een testimonial”
en doordacht customer proof.

Go Proov'd! Go Thibo Christiaens!

PS: “We moeten nog eens iets doen met testimonials”
is zelden een strategie.

PPS: WDYT?

Strategic content creator at proovd - Psychedelic retreats at true nature - Storyteller at life

💥 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝐤+ 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. 
F𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐢𝐬: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?

First of all, thank you to all of you who read or engaged with my posts.
𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭, and I don’t take that lightly.

I’m genuinely happy with the personal brand I’m building.
𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧.
Even though I have to admit that engagement could be a bit higher. That’s a first working point.

At the same time, I hardly converted any of those views or engagements into customers.
𝐒𝐨: 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭.

In 2026, I want to do a little better on that front.
𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Not to become transactional or overly sales-oriented.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝.

Practically, this means that for a subset of my posts, I’ll focus on
𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞,
𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐨-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

Not for all posts. I want to keep sharing reflections that resonate with many.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

⁉️ 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬: who else here is building a personal brand that gets read and appreciated, but doesn’t (yet) translate into real-world traction?

When I became VP, I was intellectually ready for the job, but emotionally immature.

That immaturity cost me my job.

I burned out.
And I was asked to leave.

Emotionally immature meant this:
I couldn’t set boundaries.
I said yes to everything.

Every opportunity.
Every request.

Because I wanted to prove myself.
To the world.
And, if I’m honest, to my dad.

Fast forward almost 7 years. I no longer feel the need to prove anything.

Saying no is not a weakness.
It’s emotional maturity.
It’s being okay with yourself and your limits.

Do I still relapse sometimes?
Yes.

But I’m grateful for my burnout.
It taught me the real cost of not setting boundaries.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
#leadership #burnout #mentalhealth #boundaries

I asked 200 customers why they chose a plant medicine retreat.

The answers were far more diverse than I had anticipated. 

Very few mentioned things to be biohacked or optimized.
Almost none talked about features.

Some were looking for clarity or direction.
Others for creativity.
Many wanted space to process emotions they had been carrying for years.

Fortunately, plant medicine rarely leads where we expect,
but often where it is needed.

Do any of these speak to you too?

 #founders
 #customerinsight
 #decisionmaking
 #trust
 #plantmedicine

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