Mahdi Khan: Gen Z and the Workforce

Mahdi Khan, Social Media Manager at Urban MBA, graduated college after completing his A-levels and spent ten months with Kofi Oppong, Founder of Urban MBA, where he gained industry experience in social media marketing. Mahdi shares with us at Velvet Collab how his experience at Urban MBA landed him an apprenticeship at Google. Mahdi has […]
Alex Zelinsky: Advice And Lessons To Startup Owners

For Alexander Zelinsky, Chairman of the Board at Angel Ventures BV, it all started when he wanted to buy property in East Europe. He soon realised how time-consuming the process is and he felt like he was running to the bank 20 times a week just to get paperwork completed. He hated every step of […]
How to Successfully Run Your Business

Kofi Oppong, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Urban MBA, shared some industry secrets with us here at Velvet Community on how to work towards a successful business. The road that he has walked and the many entrepreneurs he has supported as part of Urban MBA give him deep knowledge of the things business people often miss or […]
Founder of De Kamer, Jeannine van der Linden, on Being a Third Generation Entrepreneur

De Kamer is a network of coworking spaces in the Netherlands, offering businesses, nonprofits, and independent workers home for their work in the Netherlands. De Kamer offers a home base from registered business addresses to private rentals and everything in between. Jeannine van der Linden, founder of De Kamer shares the ups and downs of being a founder […]