E3 - How to become the CEO of a family company and step down from your role

Welcome to the third Episode of Meet-a-CEO, where we have brought
two CEOs from the same company! On today's episode, Ollie Smeenk
and Robbert Woltering will bring us down the rabbit hole of IoT
and the interesting structure of their company, SODAQ.


Ollie Smeenk is the co-founder and project sales director at
SODAQ. With his focus being on sales, he used to be the former
CEO of SODAQ, having taken over the role from his Father. In this
episode, he gives useful insights into what values and
characteristics are important to run a company, and what he
learned before and after giving his role to Robbert.


Robbert Woltering is the current CEO of SODAQ, having taken over
the role from Ollie Smeenk. He talks about his experiences, how
it was compared to his former job (he used to work for a big
American corporation), and how he structures his current
processes inside the company.


Furthermore, you will gain insights into what exactly SodaQ does,
how its monetization is structured, and its vision and mission.


As for the Topics of today's podcast:


- 3:20 The start of the company and the role of Ollie


- 6:10 The process of getting into the Role of CEO for Robert


- 11:00 The Characteristics and Background of Robert


- 13:00 The difference to an American corporation to a
medium-sized Dutch company


- 19:00 The differences in structures after the CEO-change


- 23:00 The Key factors of how to run a successful company as a
good team


- 33:30 Introduction of SodaQ: products


- 37:30 Monetization of Customers


- 41:30 Vision and Mission of SodaQ





Links to SodaQ, Ollie and Robbert:


SODAQ :https://sodaq.com/


Ollie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olliesmeenk/


Robbert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbertwoltering/





Links to us:


Pascal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-lehnert/


Lehnert Media: https://lehnertmedia.com