What I’m all about
Opportunities & entrepreneurship
Early on in life, I quickly noticed interesting opportunities. For example in boarding school. I was away from home for a whole week, just like the other students. But more importantly, away from sweets. For that reason, my little self-started (lucrative) candy business did very well. And made my fellow students happy.
Similarly, I organized covert pizza nights. So I made deals with the local pizzerias to secretly provide tens of pizza’s, at the edge of the woods surrounding the school grounds. Now, imagine this: a dozen highschool boys, hiding in the bushes not to be discovered and anxiously waiting for the pizza delivery guy. Then, the pizza guy arrives, dims his moped’s light (he was in on the deal too, of course!) and completes a near silent money transaction. The best meal of the week! You get the picture, right?
Expert among peers
Later, at university my friends and fellow students loved gaming over the internet. So I set up an in-house network, routing and firewalling included. Hence, I looked after my friends and fed my inner nerd! Soon after, a more advanced project followed: I created a rendering farm for friends who were into 3D modeling.
Non-nerdy too
No, it is not only technical stuff. Playing golf for example. Although I have discovered an obvious and apparent lack of top talent, I enjoy it. Recently, some of my friends started playing golf too. Therefore, over a pint and mostly laughs, I organize a bi-weekly training session with them. Then we display the ‘progress’ of our swings. At the very least, my main objective is helping them get a handicap. However, the end goal is a golfing trip abroad.
First of all, karting gives me my adrenaline rush. Next, stand-up comedy makes me laugh. At Cafe The Joker in Antwerp, I love discovering new and upcoming talent. Finally, as a wine-lover, I have successfully completed a training that makes me ‘master wine taster’.
About me
My name is Benoit Vandevoorde. Since 1977 my birthday is on April 15. I’m the proud father of two children: a year old girl and a year old boy. I live in Brasschaat, the green surroundings of Antwerp, Belgium.
Contact Details
Phone: +32-468-151757
Email: cv@benoitvandevoorde.be
Web: cv.benoitvandevoorde.be
Antwerp area, Belgium
Inspired by
It is wiser to light a candle than to complain about the darkness.
Conservons par la sagesse ce que nous avons acquis par l’enthousiasme.
A life without parties is like a long road without pubs.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Le véritable artiste est celui qui simplifie tout.
Focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.
Überzeugungen sind gefährlichere Feinde der Wahrheit als Lügen.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Experience is the comb that life gives you when you are bald.
Denken ist schwer, darum urteilen die meisten.
La tolérance est une vertu du coeur, non le privilège d’un point de vue.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Un lac réfléchit mieux les étoiles qu’une rivière.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
C’est par la logique qu’on démontre, c’est par l’intuition qu’on invente.
Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.
Il ne faut pas attendre d’être parfait pour commencer quelque chose de bien.
A Personal Note
What I'm all about Opportunities & entrepreneurship Early on in life, I quickly noticed interesting opportunities. For example in boarding school. I was away from home for
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