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The Kingfish Company

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The Kingfish Company (Euronext Growth Oslo: KING), The Future of Fish, reports increased sales price and production in the first six months of 2021, resulting in strong revenue growth of 95 percent compared to same period in 2020. Read more about this in this latest financial update.

A-INSIGHTS. Be in the know

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Annual Insight continues to write history under the name A-INSIGHTS and will help its clients to be in the know. The name change comes as part of the company’s overall rebranding, following its rapid growth and further consolidation of services to deliver a continuous flow of industry insights.

The new brand positioning includes the introduction of the new brand claim: “Be in the know” and a distinctive visual brand identity, all developed by VENGEAN. Co-founders Jeroen Lustig and Bart Zirschky: “Over the next few years, we will focus on expanding our business internationally. We want to step onto this bigger stage with a clear message: gut instinct no longer cuts it for key strategic decision making. Our clients benefit from always being in the know with our industry insights-as-a-service.”

Branding MBA in 1 Day

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Namens de Groeneveld Academy en het Institute for Branding and Business Development (IBBD) presenteer ik met trots de Branding MBA in 1 Day! Tijdens dit intensieve, eendaagse programma presenteer en bediscussieer ik de laatste inzichten op het gebied van branding. Hij biedt niet alleen food-for-thought, maar geeft merkenbouwers ook praktische handvatten waarmee ze meteen de volgende dag aan de slag kunnen.

“A brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room”. Het belang van branding kan wellicht niet beter worden verwoord dan in deze uitspraak van Amazon-ceo Jeff Bezos. Het bouwen van sterke, relevante merken wordt er binnen onze huidige vluchtige en disruptieve wereld echter niet eenvoudiger op. Wil jij als merk- en marketingprofessional binnen één dag helemaal connected zijn met de state-of-the-art kennis en ontwikkelingen op het gebied van branding? Meld je dan aan voor de Branding MBA in 1 Day, op woensdag 30 juni of donderdag 30 september 2021, Kasteel Groeneveld te Baarn.

Startup Branding

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‘Wat Tribes dag in dag uit bewijst, is te lezen in het lekker geschreven boek Startup Branding van Andy Mosmans: ‘A good story can travel in time and borders; it hits you no matter where you are.’ Eduard Schaepman, Chief & Founder Tribes


‘Priceline en Expedia besteden ieder 4 miljard aan marketing per jaar. Het enige dat wij daartegenover kunnen stellen is ons idee, ons product en ons merk. Dag in dag uit moet de merkbeleving van TRVL de “waarom?” vraag impliciet beantwoorden. Het boek Startup Branding biedt zowel strategisch als praktisch veel inspiratie hoe dit daadwerkelijk te realiseren.’ Jochem Wijnands, Founder & Ceo TRVL


‘A book on a sometimes forgotten but oh so powerful tool for startups; branding! Read and be inspired to go from high tech to high touch on how to become a successful startup.’ Marie-José van den Boomgaard, Liaison Manager Startups & Incubators KPN


‘Startup Branding gaat terug naar de principes en trekt de lijn naar de groeiers van nu: nuttig en praktisch en indien niet toegepast volgt een zekere, langzame dood.’ Alexander Ribbink, General Partner Keen Venture Partners


‘Andy’s nieuwste boek is een must read voor startup ondernemers; Gone branding!’ Jan-Willem Sintnicolaas, Founder & Head of Design J. Guillem

‘Een must read voor startup ondernemers en niet minder van belang voor scale-ups. Aan een sterk merk werk je continu, in elke levensfase van de onderneming’. Ruud Hageman, CEO Milgro


‘Andy schets in dit boek op een voor hem kenmerkende manier het waarom en hoe van startup branding. Niet een 10-stappenplan, maar juist een fijne wirwar aan inspirerende voorbeelden en denkrichtingen waardoor je op een verfrissende manier naar (je eigen) branding gaat kijken.’ Jochem Cuppen, Global Director Get in the Ring Foundation, Partner Unknown Group

Een goed begin is het halve merk! Lees een integrale recensie van het voor Managementboek van het Jaar genomineerde Startup Branding hier, een artikel van SWOCC hier en koop het boek hier.

From CSR to CSI

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We have to change from thinking Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to doing CSI. And then I don’t mean we all have to become crime scene investigation experts, although challenging and intriguing, but that we have to do more in terms of Corporate Social Innovation (CSI). 

Inspired by the SDG’s – the Social Development Goals – we should start to set up impactful Social Development Gangs: result oriented ecosystems in which startups, scale ups, corporates, governmental organisations and cities join forces to turn the world’s most challenging problems into opportunities, creating solutions for a better and more sustainable future.

We need lots of plan B’s for planet A, and lots of BrandAid (pro logo power driving business for better).

Like the Livekindly Collective; that was founded on the belief that plant-based alternatives have the power to make the global food system sustainable and that – through their brands and lifestyle media platform, is trying to make plant-based eating the new normal. With brands like The Fry Family Food Co., LikeMeat, Oumph!, No Meat, Livekindly is helping to drive major growth in the plant-based movement. Each of these brands was created by a passionate and purpose-driven founder, who joined the Livekindly Collective to scale their businesses with like-minded partners.

In these Years of Living Dangerously, we have to Kiss the Ground, unravel the Seaspiracy, Go Beyond, engage in the New Energy Challenge, Unlock, Challenge and Collaborate.

At Unknown Group we are on a mission to team up with the people that have a natural tendency to not just want to become the best of the world but also for the world: founders. We’re there to unlock the unknown by fuelling founders to answer their calling.

Moreover we believe every company should have a calling. A purpose that speaks to the imagination in terms of planet, profit & people and can be put into practise; because visions without actions remain hallucinations.

Established in 2008, Unknown Group has therefore developed a global entrepreneurial network to ignite innovation and impact. Unknown is an early-stage venture capital and business development firm, supporting founders and industry leaders to successfully bring innovations to the market: a “Venture Engine®”. With a fresh approach delivering venture success, lining up the industry and creating a pool of solutions ready to be adopted by the market; in the field of alternative food, hydrogen, media and adtech, wellbeing, and insurtech.

Take for example Unknown Workforce Technologies, driven to create a better world of work by investing together with the industry in technologies that make the future of work safer and healthier. With more than 20 partners, offering access to a powerful network of leading industry players looking for innovative solutions. Bringing technologies to the human body, enhancing the worker with exoskeletons and power gloves and bridging the physical and the digital.

We worked with countless startups and scale ups and partnered with more than 200 corporates, governmental organisations and cities to scale open innovation; such as Unilever, Shell, DSM, Fujitsu, NATO, Rotterdam and Singapore.

Last but not least, Unknown’s global startup competition, “Get in the Ring”, provides access to startups and talented founders in more than 220 cities, offering a global platform for thousands of founders every year to test, validate and scale their solutions every year.

Watch the Global 2021 Final here.

Dutch MadMen

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De serie Mad Men geeft een beeld van hoe Madison Avenue eruit kan hebben gezien in de jaren ’60. Marketing waaide over vanuit Amerika, net als televisiereclame. Fred Kolsteeg, reclameman in rustte en mede oprichter van het Rotterdamse bureau ARA, is in de pen geklommen om een beeld te geven hoe de Nederlandse reclamewereld zich in de eerste decennia ontwikkelde. Het boek Dutch MadMen is het resultaat. Cor Boonstra schreef het voorwoord en ik de inleiding; als vervanger van de recent overleden reclamelegende en MerkMan Giep Franzen. Lees er meer over hier en bestel het boek hier.

The Farm Kitchen

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The Farm Kitchen is a deliciously holistic food movement, founded by star chef Jonathan Karpathios and enlightened entrepreneur Xander Meijer. On a mission to reconnect people with Mother Earth and the lessons of the land while promoting regenerative agriculture. Experience Earth’s Own Cuisine here.