Maarten Aelvoet

Gent Area, Belgium, België Belgium

Business Designer at True North | marketing innovation

I am a young innovator obsessed with what the future beholds for our day-to-day commercial, social and political life. I feel at home in the intersection between people, business, technology and government. Starting as an entrepreneur working for Belgian start-up Carambla and founding Quruu I discovered how new ideas can generate impact for people. I was awarded as one of the Flemish Rookie Entrepreneurs of the year 2013 by VOKA, but the story of Quruu ended in the beginning of 2014. "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed" (Theodore Roosevelt). As a Business designer at True North I currently help companies define how they can mark the world of tomorrow. ...