Friends. Even though we all have our struggles, and this year has been a rollercoaster for most of us, we have to move forward and continue to amaze each other. So earlier this week we've announced some roaring news!

We are refreshing our entire brand identity to reflect the leaps we've made forward in the last few years. Moving forward, we'll be known as Builders startup studio — a wonderful place where happy and hungry people make s**t happen.

During our rebranding process, we’ve emphasized a lot on our story; who we are today, and what we will build in the future. Over the last five years, we’ve explored the startup studio model in-and-out and launched dozens of software products in the process. Our new brand identity captures everything we’ve learned along the way in a transformative, inspiring and digital-first brand.

Our new brand identity marks a new era at Builders — explore our universe at builders.studio.

Studio news 📣

This month we also announced that Michael Steinmann had joined our studio as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). Michael is an experienced CCO with a strong track record in scaling teams in hyper-growth scale-up and start-up companies. As an EIR at Builders, Michael is working on a promising business concept in the prop-tech space.

As a part of his journey, Michael is publishing a mini-series about the knowledge he is obtaining while diving deeper into this specific field. The first part of the series is now live on our Medium blog. Make sure to follow us on Medium as the series proceeds in the next few weeks!

What we’re following 👀

• The latest data indicate that investment activity in new startups is stronger than ever.

• Mollie, Dutch-based payment processing startup, reaches €1 billion in valuation, further establishing the Netherlands as the hub for tech unicorns.

• We agree with the writing on the need to consider the risk profile of potential startup co-founders as a part of the hiring process.

• Bangaly Kaba, former VP growth at Instagram, shares his experience on the importance of adapting a product to attract new groups of users.

• We welcome fellow studio Hashed Health as the newest addition to the GSSN family.

Come build with us 🧑‍💻

• Operations Manager at Builders

• Digital Product Design Lead at Builders

• Full-Stack (Symfony, React) Developer at Builders

• Account Executive at Influentials (NL)

Internships 🎓

• Online Marketing intern at Builders (NL)

• Influencer Brand Research intern at Influentials (NL)

• Customer Success intern at Influentials (NL)

As our brand launch continues in the next few weeks, we’ll share more about our new brand system, the importance of branding for startup studios and our refined studio manifesto.

Michael van Lier

Managing Director at Builders