Crijn Bouman is a pioneer in EV charging. In 2005 - long before EVs were a hype - he co-founded Epyon, one of Europe’s first fast-charging startups. That company later sold to ABB, where he grew their EV charging business in over 50 countries.

In 2019, he founded Rocsys, making EV charging fully autonomous through a smart combination of Computer Vision, Soft Robotics and AI. With offices in the Netherlands and Portland, Rocsys serves fleet operators: From automated trucks in the port of Rotterdam to robotaxis in the streets of San Francisco.

He’s a man on a mission — and if all goes to plan, one day he’ll fall asleep in a robotaxi in Rijswijk and wake up in St. Tropez.

In this episode, we'll talk about:

• Picking the right niche to serve a future market;
• Selling your startup to a corporate…  and coming back for round two.
• How to build a team across two continents, to scale in Europe and the US

Links mentioned:

• People: Crijn Bouman, Hans Streng, Ras Lalmy, Parya Lotfi, Herbert ten Have, Job Nijs
• Companies: ROCSYS, EPYON, ABB, TU Delft, Source, Meatable, Revolut, Ampelmann, Rivion
• Books: Clayton Christensen - Innovators Dilemma, James Collins - Good to grade, Andrew Growth - High Output Management 
• Other: www.hackyourcareer.com, Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder