Gijs Verheijke

 

Me in ten seconds

I am an entrepreneur, adventurer, amateur musician, investor, and armchair philosopher. I grew up in the Netherlands, currently live in Singapore and have also lived in Bangladesh, Myanmar and on Bali. Really love learning new things and jamming on everything I think I know with others. For decades I thought I was not creative, but I know better now.

What I'm doing now

I look after Customer Experience, Trust & Safety at Carousell, the acquirer of my previous startup Ox Street. On the side I write on Substack and here, and build new startups ideas. In 2024 I learned to code with AI, and now I'm building things by myself. See my "now" page for more detail.

Quotes that I like

I read a lot, both online and in books. Oftentimes I come across something that inspires me in some way. I keep a collection of quotes that I browse through from time to time.


Here is one random quote from my collection.

I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous.
General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

Writing

I started writing almost daily in 2018. Most of it is for myself, and I don't publish most of it. The stuff I do publish, is spread across LinkedIn, Substack and this website. My blog on this website is an attempt to integrate across platforms.


Here is my latest Substack post:

Me in ten minutes

For a lengthy story of my life, read about me page

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