World’s largest independent IM service eBuddy has hired former Google Netherlands executive Marc Duijndam to stimulate its international growth. Duijndam will work together with eBuddy’s senior management team. His focus will be on rapid development of eBuddy’s worldwide revenue and expansion of the partner network.
Marc Duijndam
From a national point of view, I’m proud to see a Dutch web company actively working to sustain and develop its international top position. But to hell with this pride, I’ll save it for the Dutch blogs. So here’s some more information that’s not just interesting for the Dutchmen.
Duijndam has six years of Google experience (2001-2007) and will play an important role in transforming a young fast-growing web company into a solid and really profitable player. Or, like eBuddy co-founder and CEO Jan-Joost Rueb says, “Duindam will take eBuddy to the next level”.
It’s part of every successful start-up’s growing curve. After gaining some traction, a round or two of funding, and some more traction; a careful selection of experienced business executives is made to turn the popularity into revenue.
eBuddy’s decision to hire the former Google executive matches with the international promise the company made when it secured a Series B round of 6.5 million euro from Prime Technology in February.
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Congrats to eBuddy! Duijndam is a great guy (although I never met him in person)
I also think we will see more ‘transfers’ like these in the near future of big shots from big companies to upcoming and profitable young companies.
Marc Duijndam, I don’t think so. He’s a good player in powerful and well established companies, like Google, but small and little “eBuddy’s” nah …. won’t be able to cut the cake here….
eBuddy small? with all respect but under what rock have you been sleeping?
eBuddy has grown tremendously and imho now reached a cross-point at which they have to decide what road to follow.. i just hope they make the “right” choice and follow the path that leads more towards their users and not the advertisers (then success will follow).. But surely Marc can have a important and huge impact there. it’s going to be an interesting one to follow.
Nitpick: I think that’s normally called ‘disclosure.’ (Instead of disclaimer.)
how do u get into ebuddy or msn or that withouth the website being blocked/ like to to it at school ? ty