Season 07 of Startup Passport by Frontwalker continues with Episode 06 – Joris Meijaard, Academic Director of the MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship Programme at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

With two decades of experience in entrepreneurship education and as a founder himself, Joris has dedicated his career to helping the next generation of founders turn ideas into successful ventures. In this episode, he shares why entrepreneurship is learned through experience rather than theory, how universities can create environments where innovation thrives, and why the best founders are those who continuously test, adapt, and learn.

Joris also discusses the importance of customer validation, the value of feedback over assumptions, whether entrepreneurs are born or made, and why there is no single path to building a successful startup. His insights offer a practical perspective on developing entrepreneurial mindsets and preparing founders for the realities of building and scaling businesses.

This new season brings conversations with founders, innovators, investors, and ecosystem leaders shaping the future of entrepreneurship, recorded at the Upstream Festival in Rotterdam in partnership with Erasmus Enterprise.

These conversations are powerful, inspiring, and game-changing, and we can't wait for you to hear them.

Stay tuned! New episodes dropping soon!