Marion Freijsen

Industry: IT/Technology Region: United States

"Enthusiasm, Drive, Determination, Will to Succeed...and to making sure we continue to stimulate other entrepreneurs to make their business dream come true!"


Updates

1 day, 5 hours ago
To achieve success, you have to have the right tools. Here's one to use for you: http://ping.fm/naAzW
2 days, 5 hours ago
Learn all about what Angel Investors look for - this will make your next pitch that much more succesful! E.Factor http://tinyurl.com/yeuymal
2 days, 8 hours ago
Want to feel great? Read my blog on how to look your very best :-) http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/03/your-best-accessory/
2 days, 8 hours ago
#Personallife #MyNetwork #RodneySampson #RobertDoornbos #Cloudcomputing #Lastnight #Oscars #Entrepreneurs #Jewellery #Fitness #Sampson
2 days, 9 hours ago
RT @adriereinders: E Factor radio, Rodney Sampson about de E Lounges, http://bit.ly/31uNp9
2 days, 9 hours ago
Checking out "Great network for (budding) female entrepreneurs and business ow" on StartupSpace - The Business Soci: http://ning.it/bURlaK
3 days, 12 hours ago
watched the Oscars last night?? Do you want to know what can make you look better then anyone you saw? http://bit.ly/9AYS6n #oscars
3 days, 12 hours ago
watched the Oscars last night?? Do you want to know what can make you look better then anyone you saw? http://bit.ly/9AYS6n
4 days, 5 hours ago
have you seen the new My Network functionality yet? Grow your network and search new connections across the E.Factor with ease
4 days, 10 hours ago
More yummie food reports from Adrie: http://bit.ly/add8zl
4 days, 11 hours ago
For those looking to expand abroad - this is a great read! http://www.efactor.com/p/blogs/id=1471
5 days, 7 hours ago
Just posted my latest blog on Fitness & Health - learn more about TRX training and it's amazing results: http://bit.ly/clZ86B
5 days, 11 hours ago
My latest passion in fitness: TRX training. It gives you amazing results with v. little equipment http://ping.fm/KCXKD
5 days, 11 hours ago
need funding? Want to learn what investors are looking for? Join us on 20 aprl in London! E.Factor http://is.gd/9Prdf
6 days, 11 hours ago
Have you checked out the great new "My Network" capability on E.Factor yet? #efactorglobal
1 week, 12 hours ago
This is so neat! http://ping.fm/QZGpJ
1 week, 12 hours ago
Have you checked out this great link? Fantastic discount on fashion by Farhi, Bllack, Luno & Jewellery WoutersHendrix http://bit.ly/clxe8D
1 week, 12 hours ago
Great article on Girls-in-Tech http://bit.ly/c2kQd0 wow!!!
1 week, 1 day ago
Do you know what you are eating? http://bit.ly/cj4t9g
1 week, 1 day ago
have you been in the argument of Quality vs. Quantity? Read my blog on 2 wheeled cars :-) http://www.efactor.com/p/blogs/id=1463
1 week, 3 days ago
Love our new homepage - see www.efactor.com!!!
1 week, 3 days ago
Read about Cloud Computing on E.Factor E.Factor http://tinyurl.com/y9uzumv #efactorglobal
1 week, 3 days ago
Check out: great pictures of our E.Factor event "17,000" with Bastiaan van Schaik, Robert Doornbos etc http://www.efactor.com/p/groups/id=25
1 week, 4 days ago
Frustrated with waiting for people to respond?? Check out new blog on "Call to Action" - http://ping.fm/8PriA
1 week, 4 days ago
#Nationalproduct #Twitter #Surinam #Maar #Meer #Entrepreneur #Happiness
1 week, 4 days ago
Are you an entrepreneur?? If so, why are you not on E.Factor yet? join over 810,000 members and share ideas and find answers!
2 weeks, 19 hours ago
I love the new Twitter functionality!! #efactorglobal
2 weeks, 2 days ago
New blog posted: http://marionfreijsen.com/2010/02/the-importance-of-protein/
2 weeks, 2 days ago
and now I can even update E.Factor and post them to Twitter simultaneously - how cool is that! Before you all look - I am merely testing :-)
2 weeks, 2 days ago
this is so great, just sending Tweets from my own E.Factor page!!
2 weeks, 2 days ago
For those of you wanting to set up your own retail franchise - this is your chance! http://www.efactor.com/p/rfpslisting/id=1
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Do you live in Surinam and understand insurance? Then this is the job for you: http://www.efactor.com/p/rfpslisting/id=7
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Would love to find the right interns. Earn good money, but even better experience!!! http://www.efactor.com/p/rfpslisting/id=9
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Are you that great Event Manager looking to branch out in your spare time? http://www.efactor.com/p/rfpslisting/id=11
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Interesting Job for the right entrepreneurial minded person in German! http://www.efactor.com/p/jobdirectory/id=95
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Come and join us in London this Wednesday! www.efactor.com/measure
2 weeks, 2 days ago
RT @efactorglobal: New E.Factor Blog: http://tinyurl.com/y96zmr2 - "National Product or National Happiness?"
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Read recap and see upcoming pics on E.Factor event JimmyWoo by joining the Amsterdam Group on E.Factor http://bit.ly/cn8hWV #EFactorglobal
2 weeks, 2 days ago
What would you choose?? RT @tweetmeme E.Factor :: Blogs http://tinyurl.com/y96zmr2
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Miracle equipment - the Wundachair, I would love to have this piece of equipment at home! http://bit.ly/9au8PJ #exercise #sport
2 weeks, 2 days ago
#Time #Positivepsychology #TomShaker #Entrepreneurship #Lastnight #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #Shaker #Blogs #Amsterdam #Indonesian
2 weeks, 2 days ago
great stuff!
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Events for Entrepreneurs need to provide relevant contacts/info - yes or no? RT @tweetmeme E.Factor :: Blogs http://tinyurl.com/ycwza66
2 weeks, 2 days ago
had a great time at the E.Factor event last night, wow - what a buzz!!
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Great blog on the markets....RT @tweetmeme E.Factor :: Blogs http://is.gd/8Etom
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Just using the new "Share" Feature to post my fav. E.Factor pages on the web...
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Post your ping.fm updates also on E.FActor!! Get us added by www.ping.fm/submit
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Just posted my blog "It's your LIFE"... and am still thinking about it...
1 month, 6 days ago
Are you coming to one of our upcoming events? Amsterdam, London, Paris, New York, SF...all coming soon!!!
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Just posted my latest blog: How Entrepreneurs will make the difference....
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Join us in our support for HAITI - Entrepreneurs unite...
1 month, 4 weeks ago
great events coming up all over the world, Ottawa, New York, Amsterdam, London, Berlin!
2 months, 1 week ago
Have you signed up yet to become our first Member of the Month?? You have till end of January to participate and win US$2000 in prizes
2 months, 1 week ago
about to launch a great contest
2 months, 2 weeks ago
reading all these great blogs!
3 months, 1 week ago
Have you Recommended someone today? Put two people in touch with each other via your Dashboard - Recommendations!
3 months, 1 week ago
Writing my blog...on, what else, Networking!
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sitting in our absolutely fabulous Amsterdam Lounge, I love this place...full of busy entrepreneurs.
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Excited about the G-Star campaign - what an amazing opportunity this is for Entrepreneurs in the US! www.efactor.com/p/rfps
3 months, 3 weeks ago
bringing more joy to E.Factor... and all before Thanksgiving :-)
3 months, 4 weeks ago
getting settled here in Palo Alto - our new HQ!
4 months, 2 days ago
Don't forget to check out and register interest for the G-Star franchisee project and win a ticket to the NY Fashion Show!
4 months, 3 days ago
Have you looked at our new BizXchange yet? The way to gain $$$$ for your business! Right here on E.Factor under Do Business.
4 months, 3 days ago
Have you looked at our new BizXchange yet? The way to gain $$$$ for your business! Right here on E.Factor under Do Business.
4 months, 5 days ago
Do you have friends that want to launch their own business? Share E.Factor with them!
4 months, 1 week ago
Getting a Fabulous Franchise Campaign going with G-Star....
4 months, 1 week ago
Have you heard our Radio Interviews with Entrepreneurs yet? Click Media in top Navigation!!
4 months, 1 week ago
Launching the most exciting campaign yet on E.Factor - looking for new Franchisees for G-Star!
4 months, 1 week ago
Preparing the upcoming London Event - Adjiedj Bakas speaking!!
4 months, 2 weeks ago
working on new developments on E.Factor - hope to hear your ideas!!
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Excited about a new opportunity to build you own business we can offer E.Factor members!!! Watch this space
4 months, 2 weeks ago
getting through the day - just so much to do
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Back in Europe... gorgeous autumn day!
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Watched the Chicago Marathon - man, those guys are fast!!!
5 months, 2 days ago
packing my stuff to move to California!!
5 months, 3 days ago
watching the sun set over the Lake....how gorgeous
5 months, 3 days ago
have you got a Group you'd like to set up? Watch this space...
5 months, 4 days ago
Had an amazing day of meetings...so much exciting stuff coming up!
5 months, 5 days ago
finally posted that blog I promised : A Nomad's Life...
5 months, 1 week ago
waiting for the results to come in...did Chicago win the bid for the Olympics??
5 months, 1 week ago
waiting for the results to come in...did Chicago win the bid for the Olympics??
5 months, 1 week ago
still working on my new blog :-)
5 months, 1 week ago
working on my new blog
5 months, 1 week ago
reviewing Finance Requests...
5 months, 1 week ago
E.Factoring...
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ticking the box on Notifications so I can see comments on my blogs!
5 months, 2 weeks ago
getting ready for the weekend!

Interests

Networking, Emerging Technology, 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 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 The E.Factor and Cranevision. At E.Factor she has been 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 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).

Business Directory

Founded in 2008

E.Factor

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Founded in 2004

OHM Business Development

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Work History

1994 - Current

OHM Business Development, Executive Board Member

Co-Founder and Executive Board Member Responsible for assisting Technology Companies globally with their Sales Strategy and leverage in Fortune 1500 companies.
2008 - Current

E.Factor, Co-Founder/CTO

Responsible for everything relating to building, designing and functioning of the site.
2007 - Current

Crane Vision, Co Founder

Providing pre-investment advice from experts in the fields of technology, retail, CPG, telecommunication, hospitality, energy and alternative energy, semiconductor. CraneVision facilitates indepth background checks by investors with these experts and top executives in the industry to which the investment is related.
2007 - Current

the N Factor, Co-Author

Co-author of "the N Factor" written with Adrie Reinders.
2004 - Current

OHM Business Development, Executive Board Member

OHM acts as a bridge between emerging technology companies/divisions of technology providers and the Fortune 1500 corporates. The partners' combined network extends to both US and Europe across. OHM connects parties through highly qualified and personal introductions.
2009 - Current

Glimpse Games, Board Member

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.

Résumé/CV

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Schools/Degrees

1988 - 1991

Chartered Institute of Marketing

CIPM - International Marketing and Sales -
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My Videos

  • Support for Haiti
    Posted: Feb 12, 2010 03:55 AM

    Tags: Entrepreneurship, Haiti, Support
  • Why join E.Factor?
    Posted: Dec 25, 2008 11:26 AM

    Tags: membership, E.Factor, services, deals, entrepreneur

My Blogs

My Library

EFMD Presentation "Social Networks"

Theme: Do Business Schools have to be on Social Networks? Presentation given at CASS University in London on 24th April 2009 by Adrie and Marion For more info or advise on how to set up your online strategy, contact us

E.Factor Core Values

E.Factor presentation as given in Silicon Valley on 29th July 2009.

How to Create a Group on E.Factor

Guide to adding a Group on E.Factor

My RSS Feeds

Sports, Health & Fitness

my small contribution to making the world a fitter, healthier and more inspired place.

Your best accessory

Whether you are an Oscar winning actress, or simply someone like me – I can tell you exactly which accessory will always work and make you look your very best. You don’t need expensive dresses, amazing bling-bling jewelry or even a goodlooking guy on your arm . The world’s best accessory is Self-Confidence. Hold your head [...]

TRX training

In the last year, I have been introduced by my PT Nando to TRX training. Yesterday I continued on the learning path with Chris Dovale at Equinox San Francisco. TRX training is a great way or working out and can literally be carried with you anywhere. I just love it. Instead of using all sorts of [...]

Healthy options

Giving people advice on eating and sports is my passion – I am happy to answer questions and make suggestions any day. But sometimes I have to admit to wondering why I am doing it. Those days you see that you have shared all you know on good food, and then the person who asked [...]

the importance of Protein

There are tons of myths about protein and sports. For instance, that simply eating more protein will increase your muscles. Now – it would be nice if it worked like that but then again, when have you ever found something to be that easy? No, unfortunately, eating protein alone will not build all that nice [...]

Wundachair

No, I didn’t make a spelling mistake- this piece of torture is called the Wundachair. It’s part of the standard Pilates session – and it is really quite amazing. A simple piece of “furniture” invented by Joseph Pilates, it is a box of wood with a moving pedal on one side that resists movement based on [...]

E.Factor Blogs

all I have written on E.Factor

E.Factor - a little history....

So, what is so cool about the E.Factor?? Well - let me start this blog by giving you a little bit of history and a short vision. We, that is Adrie...

Do's and Don'ts for Entrepreneurs - The Series

"Local" - SoHo New York I am sure we all do it - we make mistakes. We are human after all - even though the breed of Entrepreneur often thinks of...

Do's: Great Customer Service

How to treat a customer! In the series "Do's and Don'ts" for Entrepreneurs this time an example that everyone should take note of. This is one...

Don't: Even at Apple people make the difference

The Apple Experience.... One of the very first things I did when I became an Entrepreneur myself, was purchase an Apple computer. For many years, the...

Don't: UPC Customer Service

Sometimes you feel as if you ended up in a Kafka novel. Earlier this week, I came home from my travels, only to find I could not for the life of me...

Do: Anticipate your customers' needs

Another week of travel. Life in the virtual world is remarkably like a real life! All of you with ambitions to build a multi-national emporium in the...

Don't: Surveys - don't ask silly questions

I love filling out forms. It must be one of those weird things that gets passed down in your genes, although I think in our case it skipped a...

Do: Enjoy extending great service

Business travel is exhausting. "Today, every business by virtue of the internet  is a multinational". A serial entrepreneur I greatly admire, once...

Mini-Seminar: Raising Capital

All entrpreneurs at some point will need financing of their business. I think this is a fact that is pretty much written in stone - very few of us...

Do: Break the rules

Were rules ever intended for Entrepreneurs?This question frequently plays through my mind. I mean - it's all very well to have rules for Society,...

  • Adrie Reinders - involvement United States
  • Roeland Reinders - business development connecting networking deals helping other members Netherlands
  • Caroline de Kleijn - Netherlands
  • Irthe Schurink - By working energetically with you on our strategic marketing formula, we create consistency in who you are and... Netherlands
  • Mohan Ramani - To engage with other kindred spirits, explore new business opportunities, to learn from others and perhaps to... Netherlands
  • Nico Veenman - partners for setting up portal based concepts in various verticals Netherlands
  • Thomas Christel - My entrepreneural goals are to expand my network and help bring technology and innovation to other enterpreneurs... Italy
  • Alon Ben Joseph - Love to learn and to teach! Any business is people's business, so love to meet new people! Netherlands
  • Menno Rigterink - Netherlands

About the E.Factor

E.Factor was formed in 2007 by Roeland Reinders, Adrie Reinders, and Marion Freijsen - all highly skilled and well-connected entrepreneurs. "E.Factor" stands for "The Entrepreneur Factor" and represents a vibrant online community and virtual marketplace designed for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Read More.

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