Amsterdam · Entrepreneur · Father

Mathys
van Abbe.

Builder of companies, father of four,
watcher of things.

Serial entrepreneur since 1999. I've built 30+ companies — from Mobypicture (mobile photo-sharing before Instagram) to Kinder (tech-for-good, honest failure) to Playbook (how teams do creative work). I live on a houseboat in Amsterdam.

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Mathys van Abbe
Right now
BuildingPlaybook — creative tools for teams
StealthPeter's Pan — kids & the internet
LivingHouseboat · Amsterdam · four kids
MentoringStartupbootcamp & Rockstart
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30+
Companies founded
25yr
Building online
4
Kids on a houseboat
∞
Things still to figure out
Two children stand on a wet, cobblestone street in Amsterdam, specifically Oostersekade, Uilenburg, with classic canal houses lining the background
Two children stand on a wet, cobblestone street in Amsterdam, specifically Oostersekade, Uilenburg, with classic canal houses lining the background
A young child wearing a Pikachu shirt stands on a blue and white boat, looking down at something on the deck
A young child wearing a Pikachu shirt stands on a blue and white boat, looking down at something on the deck
Four fluffy cygnets swim gracefully in the dark water of the canal
Four fluffy cygnets swim gracefully in the dark water of the canal
A child on a boat is gently feeding a group of cygnets and their parents in the water
A child on a boat is gently feeding a group of cygnets and their parents in the water
Two children are seen on a canal boat in Oudeschans, Uilenburg, Amsterdam, actively feeding a large white swan and its cygnet
Two children are seen on a canal boat in Oudeschans, Uilenburg, Amsterdam, actively feeding a large white swan and its cygnet
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