Bio

Prior to becoming a startup entrepreneur in 2008, Lucien Burm worked with many web, new media, and cross-media companies after founding an internet consulting business in the mid-1990s. Lucien also actively helped setting up the first few accelerator programs in the Netherlands and has been mentoring many startups ever since. His drive for improving the Dutch startup ecosystem was first shown by him organizing the first Amsterdam Startup Week in 2013. Now, as a Chairman of the board of the Dutch Startup Association, he will help make the Netherlands the #1 startup state of Europe.