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Ever since I watched Roger Federer lift the Wimbledon trophy in 2003 I wanted to become a professional tennis player. Now, a few years later, I can conclude that tennis has brought me more than any trophy ever could. I moved from Amsterdam to the United States to play college tennis and earn a degree in Entrepreneurship and Management. However, a career-threatening injury changed my perspective completely. My dream of becoming a pro tennis player was in jeopardy and I started to actively think about a career in business. As I refused to give up I was able to return on court, but also expanded my horizon outside of it. I combined my commitments as team captain with various extracurricular activities, while achieving great success on court and in the classroom. I finished my tennis career with a bang: leading my team to its first NCAA appearance in 21 years. I graduated in May 2019 with a double BS in Entrepreneurship and Management from the University of Utah upon which I started as a Content Analyst at Google via Vaco in San Francisco. During that time, I optimised ads for live release on the Google Search Engine, specifically for Dutch customers. During the pandemic I moved to Denmark and started my Master’s degree in Organisational Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School. During the first class we were asked to pitch business ideas. It was during this class that my now co-founder Peter pitched the idea for a way to eliminate the sweat stain you get from wearing your backpack. Fast forward 2 years later and we are now a team of 4 co-founders about to officially launch our product! While studying, I started working in Software Sales at Clerk.io. First, as BDR and shortly after as BDR Team Leader for the Dutch market consisting of 10 employees. Later on I moved into the role of Customer Success Manager, managing a portfolio of 100+ Dutch and Belgian clients. Currently, I am an Account Executive for the Benelux markets at Pleo, helping the company become the go-to spending solution in the Benelux!