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Networking, Emerging Technology, Business Development, Quality Connections, Entrepreneurship, Gadgets, Triathlon, Running, Sports (general), Literature, People, Sports, Fitness & Health (see blog marionfreijsen.com)

Websites

http://www.efactor.com
http://www.marionfreijsen.com
http://www.ohmbusinessdevelopment.com

Personal Affiliations/Clubs/Groups

SEP (Studiegezelschap Economische Politiek)

Biography/Misc

Marion Freijsen (Founder & CTO E.Factor and Executive Board Member OHM) has had over 20 years of extensive entrepreneurial experience in International business with a primary focus on Technology and Sales Management. From an early start in Merchant Banking in London in 1987, she has worked solely in commercial roles at technology companies, at five different hi-tech start-ups. Throughout her career – Marion has been successful in expanding the organisation's activities in greenfield regions across Europe. She has sold, or managed a wide variety of technology solutions ranging from highly complex enterprise solutions to serving the specific demands of on-line trading markets. During the course of the past 20 odd years, Marion has set-up and managed offices in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands and built an extensive network amongst the financial services industry and blue-chip multi-national corporates across Europe and the US. Marion is co-founder and Executive Board Member of OHM, and co-founder of E.Factor and Cranevision. At E.Factor she is responsible for the entire build from concept to finished product of the website and continues the development on an ongoing basis. Marion is author of the book "The N-Factor - how Networking can change the dynamics of your business", which she wrote with Adrie Reinders and which was published in the US in May 2007. She is a frequent speaker at events on Technology and Entrepreneurship and Business Plan competition judge and panellist at Business Schools globally. Marion writes a weekly blog on "Do's and Don'ts in Entrepreneurship" on www.Efactor.com and a (ir)regular blog on Sports, Health & Fitness on www.marionfreijsen.com Marion holds a degree in International Sales & Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Marion's main passion outside of E.Factor is sports - she participates in sports from waterskiing and paragliding to more regular sports such as running, mountainbiking, swimming and fitness. Her main achievements were in Triathlon - culminating in her participation in the 1994 World Championships for the Netherlands (Amateurs).

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Keywords

Global Network, particularly strong connections and expertise in Telco, Security and Financial Services. Solid background in Technology Sales (software/service); global marketing; Legal expertise in setting up offices in various european countries. Strong Business Development skills and networking expertise. Speaker on global speaker circuit.

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My Videos

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• Just do it!!
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• National Product or National Happiness?
• It's your LIFE...
• Questions, questions, questions
• HAITI - how entrepreneurs will make the difference
• Exit Strategy - part 2.
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• Agreements
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• "A kinder, gentler philosophy of Success"
• Preparing the perfect pitch
• Trustworthiness & Integrity - do you value it enough?
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• Banking in a new world
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• SciFi or History?
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• Building your Business: Banks and Bawling
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• Build your Business: the Fear Factor
• Building your business: About a Glass Ceiling, Football & Tennis Players...
• Build your Business: The Power of Words
• Building Your Business: Hear no Evil, See no Evil
• Building Your Business - Knowledge is Vital to your survival
• Building your Business: The Art of being Visible
• Building Your Business - Building Hope
• Building your Business: New Year's Resolutions
• Buiding Your Business: Women Power...
• Building Your Business: It's Christmas Time
• Building your Business: a Partnership in a Pear Tree?
• Building YOUR Business - This is a Time of Opportunity
• Breathing as Prevention of War??
• Fit to Lead?!
• DO: Measure your Success!
• DO: Crisis vs. Opportunity in Advertsing
• DO: Time Management
• Do or Don't: be on a list?
• Do or Don't: a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
• DO: Grow your Business despite the economy
• DO: Be Inspired
• DON'T: Gaggenau ...or Gagge-later?!
• DO: Be Prepared
• DON'T: Can Decisions be forced?
• DON'T: Be complacent
• DO: the power of Events
• DO: build the best team
• DO: Cultivate Culture
• DO: Use Social Networks for your Business
• DO: THINK!!! (like your customer)
• DON'T: be like Nokia in a downturn
• DO: Aim for the Stars
• DO: Get bored!
• DON'T: pitfalls vs. pitstops at BMW
• DO: Learn about Web 2.0 and be creative
• DON'T: become a company to hAT&Te
• Do: be a believer
• DO: Follow up
• Do: Break the rules
• Mini-Seminar: Raising Capital
• Do: Enjoy extending great service
• Don't: Surveys - don't ask silly questions
• Do: Anticipate your customers' needs
• Don't: UPC Customer Service
• Don't: Even at Apple people make the difference
• Do's: Great Customer Service
• Do's and Don'ts for Entrepreneurs - The Series
• E.Factor - a little history....

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