All entrepreneurs - The self-made story

All the entrepreneurs we featured on The self-made story.

Alexandra van Eck-Samarina | copywriter and translator based in Rotterdam, NL

Anne-Monique Schouten | social media manager from Zierikzee, NL

Bart Boonstra | video producer from Utrecht, NL

Charles Wicklander | visual artist and keyboardist from Seattle, WA

Cindy Groenestein | business owner from Rotterdam, NL

Danielle Ryce | violinist, singer, and songwriter originally from New Orleans, USA.

Denise Roobol | vegan bag designer from Rotterdam, NL

Elles Hagens | owner Bij Elles from Nieuwe-Tonge, NL

Juul Op den Kamp | documentary filmmaker currently living in Amsterdam, NL

Karen van Gilst | photographer from Rotterdam, NL

Karlijn de Vries | singer from Amsterdam, NL

Koen Smits | trumpeter & one of the faces behind Make-It Jazz Festival in Tilburg, NL

Lisa Landman | owner Frenchie from Haarlem, NL

Lot Bouwes | poet from Rotterdam, NL

Maïté Diesel | beauty expert from Rotterdam, NL

Marcel Fakkers | recording engineer, mixer, and producer from Rotterdam, NL

Mark Jordaan | coffee roaster from Rotterdam, NL

Milou van Roon | travel blogger from Den Bosch, NL

Moniek Kuipers | photographer from Rotterdam, NL

Myrthe van de Weetering | violinist from Utrecht, NL

Naomi Louwerens | online marketer & Authentic Chica from The Hague, NL

Nathalie Janssen | owner of La Rêverie from Roermond, NL

Niels Bourgonje | film director based in Amsterdam, NL

Nyna Nelson & Trevor Tunison | indie-folk musicians living in their van, ‘Gypsee Bungalow.’

Ritchie Riekerk | photographer and backing singer from Amsterdam, NL

Rokus Wilmink | owner of multidisciplinary bike studio ‘Rook’ in Rotterdam, NL

Sarah Martinson│singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and recording artist from Alaska, USA

Sofie Habets | co-founder of theater company De Vrouwen van Wanten from Roosendaal, NL

Steffie van Rhee | documentary filmmaker & producer living in New York, USA

Sun-Mi Hong | drummer from South-Korea currently living in Amsterdam, NL

Thomas Pol | bass player from Rotterdam, NL

Tiara Nataf | granola girl from Rotterdam, NL

Vyella Kaptein | online marketer from Oud-Beijerland, NL

Xena Maria Evers | filmmaker from Amsterdam, NL

Yara de Graaff | food blogger from Vinkeveen, NL

Yvet Stroy | small business owner of ‘Double-Delicious’ in Rotterdam, NL

Yvette Noorlander | owner of Rotterdam based jewelry brand, ‘My Bendel.’

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