Eelke Pollé – Build Businesses Mission-First: The Secrets to Success & the Seductive Pitfalls of Scaling Up Your Company
In this keynote, serial entrepreneur Eelke Polle shares the raw lessons from two dream exits – and one massive failure. Through her personal journey, she reveals how building businesses around a clear mission leads to long-term success, while scaling for money alone can spiral into disaster (including losing nearly €20 million).
With candor and humor, Eelke emphasizes why staying rooted in your values matters more than chasing growth for growth’s sake, and how mission-first entrepreneurship creates both financial freedom and fulfillment.
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Eelke PolléSerial EntrepreneurEelke Polle is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and unapologetic pirate at heart. She believes the world would be a better place if everyone focused on doing what they truly love.
For her, the key to unlocking that freedom is financial independence – something she learned the hard way through decades of building and scaling businesses. With two successful exits and one high-profile failure behind her, Eelke now shares the recipe for creating freedom without taking 20 years to figure it out. Her mission is to inspire others to dream big, align their businesses with their values, and build ventures that change lives – starting with their own.