One year Vandebron

By:  February 10, 2015 Categories: 

On my first day at Vandebron — or Republiq, as it was then called — I had to construct a password that contained numbers, for which part I picked the date, ’10_2’, which is today.

Working here, as a writer, blogger, brand journalist — or whatever you would could call what I do — is useful, yet as a person, it’s much more.

Today signals one lap around the sun — and here’s to making a damn difference.

May, working in the stand-in De Groene Bocht canteen.
May, working in the stand-in De Groene Bocht canteen.
June, the new office readies.
June, the new office readies.
With Jerry Greenfield — 50% of Ben & Jerry’s — after we won the international Join Our Core competition in London.
With Jerry Greenfield — 50% of Ben & Jerry’s — after we won the international Join Our Core competition in London.

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