"In my spare time, I was constantly working on projects that never amounted to anything."

"For our first four years, no one had even the slightest idea of what we were doing."

"Using TrendMining as a verb — the way we use 'to Google' today — would be the highest form of praise."

"My goal is to build a strong brand that people identify with. A brand they can be proud of."

"Everybody wants change but nobody wants to change."

"My son, my inspiration"

"The idea for Andaman7 originated from my own personal experiences."

"75% of the strokes can be prevented by early detection."

"One should not be afraid to spend money to keep your business in order."

"You don't get a second chance in a startup."

"Sir Richard Branson once commented on our pitch: 'Kristof, this is a no-brainer. If you ever need money, call me'."

"Electricity democratized energy. The Internet democratized knowledge. Deep learning democratizes expertise. And blockchain will democratize trust."

"You have to eat your own dog food. By developing our own brand, we know the pros and cons of our platform and we know what the end users expect from it."

"Use your resources efficiently, gain insights into the lifespan of your structures, and make sure they are built to last."

"Entrepreneurship is top sport. A marathon with a lot of sprints in between."

"StoryMe makes complicated things simple."

"Increasingly, data is today's real business. Tangible products are a means to collect that data."

"Ideally, every company should continuously be in startup mode."

"I think about the future far more often than I think about the present."

"We don't just market a product, we sell accessibility."

"Because we let customers pay upfront, we probably miss out on deals, but I'd rather lose a deal than my company."

"You get the best outcome when combining the human touch with hi-tech."

"Our product is a cloud-based, customizable software platform that helps companies to manage their fleet and assets."

"When all restaurants appear the same, it is your online customer care that can set you apart."

"If we were the only ones doing this I would be concerned about market size and potential."

"We focus on the engineer, not on the chip, and help him focus on the design, not the language."

"We were InsurTech before the word even existed."

"We grow faster in countries where we have more competition."

"Technology has changed everything, but not human nature. We communicate through stories, not through models or algorithms."

"We are unique in that we do textmining to get the meaning out of the published."

"In order to get ahead of the competition, organizations need to understand what their competitors are doing and how their competitive environment is evolving over time."

"Don't underestimate the way in which professional education organizations all over the world invest in new ways of learning that are location based, yet no longer location fixed."

"A significant part of our sales cycle consists of proving to our prospects that our technology is indeed accurate within 10 centimeters."

"In hindsight I must say we were a little naïve."

"Our goal is to demonstrate another way to produce: on demand and tailor-made."

"In the future we hope to act as the virtual HR assistant providing predictive analytics."

"There are a lot of bias against investors; that they only speak Excel, for example. But our experience was very different."

"In Belgium prospects often ask us why they should move to the cloud, whereas in the US, the UK and The Netherlands we never get this question: the cloud is just obvious."

"It's when all is going wrong and 99% of the people would give up, whereas you push through and find a solution."

"Creating the ultimate garment is my life mission."

"It took two years of preparation to get our first paying Japanese customer."

"Americans, as individuals, tend to focus on looking up at the blue sky, beyond the obstacles."