Raoul van Lennep

29.5K posts

Raoul van Lennep banner
Raoul van Lennep

Raoul van Lennep

@bcnorange

Dutch Blood, English-educated, born in Singapore and living in Barcelona. Startup Expert in SaaS. @ChicagoBooth alum.

Barcelona Katılım Mayıs 2014
1.6K Takip Edilen779 Takipçiler
Sabitlenmiş Tweet
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
Every day do at least one good thing to a stranger; help them cross the road, give them money if they are homeless, smile when they are having a tough day and listen to them if they are in pain or anguish. Be a #humanitarian not an ordinary #human !
English
5
1
52
0
@levelsio
@levelsio@levelsio·
I don't know any digital nomad who ever did crime and I know probably a lot in my 10+ years Like literally I can't think of one story I know lots that became victim of crime when traveling though, got robbed etc I got burglared ironically in 2014 at home coming back from DN'ing when immigrants in Netherlands broke into my parents house and stole everything while I was staying there (MacBooks, iPhones, jewelry)
Brucabbro 🧑‍🍳 menumagic.ai@brucabbro

Do nomads "ruin the safe and friendly culture", or do they spend money in a different country. You could argue about damaging the local economy because of a possibly different purchasing power, but what does it have to do with friendliness and safety? Digital nomads won't rob you if you walk at night near a train station lol

English
46
8
340
56.1K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@jinijane_ You seem to pick the wrong men. My libido is very fine and I am 56 but then it depends on your relationship and who you are with - in terms of attraction and chemistry
English
0
0
0
71
Jini Jane
Jini Jane@jinijane_·
Van de Nederlandse mannen die ik langer dan een maand heb gedate hadden twee wel echt een laag libido en was het allemaal moeilijk moeilijk en de derde had totaal geen problemen, maar hij was wel ook homo. Maar ik denk dat mijn ervaring extreem gekleurd is door het type mannen dat ik aantrek
Nederlands
3
0
12
3.6K
Old World Explorer
Old World Explorer@archi_tradition·
What is your favorite capital city in Europe?
Old World Explorer tweet media
English
279
24
341
129.9K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@ky__zo At least you don't see homeless people or people drugged in in Bali so keep telling yourself you're in the 1st world
English
1
0
1
98
kyzo
kyzo@ky__zo·
thinking about flying to SF from Bali soon, but want to visit the 1st world before moving from the 2nd to 3rd. do i have any friends in Guangzhou?
English
10
0
34
10.5K
Raoul van Lennep retweetledi
Gandalv
Gandalv@Microinteracti1·
Let’s be honest about the résumé here. The United States has not won a war since 1945. Korea: stalemate. Vietnam: fled. Iraq: created ISIS. Afghanistan: handed the keys back to the Taliban after twenty years and a few trillion dollars. That is not a winning streak. That is a participation trophy collection of weaknesses. Oh, and 1945? They needed a formal invitation. Germany declared war on America. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The US did not ride in on principle – it got dragged in because refusing would have looked embarrassing. Three years of sitting it out while Britain bled, Canada crossed oceans, and the rest of the Allies held the line. By the time American boots hit Normandy, the back of the Wehrmacht had already been broken on the Eastern Front by the Soviets at a cost of twenty million lives. The US arrived at a table that others had set, ate well, then spent the next eighty years telling everyone they won the dinner. So yes. Keep the lectures about European dependency coming. Just maybe check the scorecard first.
English
118
668
2.8K
35.8K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@Irenezhao_ Not a bad list Irene. Problem with Singapore is the intense heat all year round - no seasons and lacking historical footprints as most of it has been wiped out since I was born there.
English
0
0
0
60
Irene Zhao
Irene Zhao@Irenezhao_·
Singapore is the best country in the world I like it all: 🇸🇬 Culture: Joining a 45-minute queue because "if there is a line, it must be good." 🇸🇬 People: Professional complainers who will still defend the country to the death if a tourist joins in. 🇸🇬 Hawker food: Sweating under a plastic fan to eat a $5 Michelin-starred chicken rice 🇸🇬 Safety: Using a $2,000 iPhone to reserve seat at a food court. 🇸🇬 Efficiency: Touching down at Changi and being home before the flight crew has even left the plane. Name a better country, I’ll wait
English
273
78
1.2K
194.4K
Phantom Stays
Phantom Stays@PhantomStays·
The downfall of America is very real Profits over people mindset will kill this great country. Every American thinks it’s interesting that I moved to Spain🇪🇸 but no one would consider it The only play for the US any longer is to run ur biz out of it. DO NOT live there. Quality of life is hanging by a thread
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes

American shows that Hersheys Chocolate Bars have changed textures “Guys, I don't think chocolate's supposed to look like this. Why is it so like elasticy? — It's like slime — this is fake” Hersheys has made major changes to their formula, including changing replacing cocoa butter with cheaper vegetable oils like palm oil, shea oil and sunflower oil

English
3
1
25
11.2K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@FrazierKay perhaps Kay, than you make up for the rest of it all year round when it is pretty dire. I prefer the Spanish weather and if we have a hot Summer, I seek cooler climes.
English
0
0
0
20
Kay
Kay@FrazierKay·
Not sure how to explain it to people overseas but UK summer beats any summer anywhere else in the world.
English
332
183
3.2K
723.2K
Klaas Meijer
Klaas Meijer@klaasm67·
A Dutch crime against humanity.
Pulp Librarian@PulpLibrarian

In my continuing doomed attempt to promote more 1980s Dutch pop music on X, may I present Frizzle Sizzle and their 1986 hit Alles Heeft Een Ritme! Frizzle Sizzle was a Dutch teen group whose members started out in the Kinderen voor Kinderen choir, before becoming pop stars. Their biggest single, Alles Heeft Een Ritme, represented the Netherlands at the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest (it came a respectable 13th) and also reached No 21 in the Dutch charts. In 1990 they also teamed up with Jack van Gelder to release Alles Is Oranje for the World Cup.

English
19
1
55
6.1K
emirate🕊️
emirate🕊️@clinton_emirate·
Is she Korean, Japanese or Chinese?
emirate🕊️ tweet media
English
6.2K
457
9.7K
24.9M
Ruslan Khairullin
Ruslan Khairullin@Rus_Khairullin·
Let me be honest about Dubai. No income tax. Zero. You keep everything you earn. Safest country on earth - Numbeo 2025. Crime index 16. London is 45. Paris is 50. Sun 365 days a year. The city never sleeps. Infrastructure that makes European capitals look like they’re still in 2005. You can build a company in a free zone with 100% foreign ownership and zero corporate tax on most structures. World-class hospitals. Best malls. Restaurants from every corner of the planet. You want a Michelin-starred dinner at midnight - done. Every major crypto exchange, fund, and Web3 company is setting up here. The ecosystem is real. And the people? 200 nationalities living in the same city. Nobody cares where you’re from. Only what you’re building. People ask me why I came back here after the recent situation. The question should be - why would I leave? There is no better city on earth right now for someone who wants to build, earn, and actually live well. That’s not marketing. That’s just the reality of living here. 🇦🇪
English
1.8K
393
3K
1.7M
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@EylonALevy I guess you ought to look at the history books and see that your govt has put its hand in a hornet's nest.
English
0
0
0
2
Eylon Levy
Eylon Levy@EylonALevy·
The European Union is waking up to news that the Iranian regime has missiles that can reach the whole of Western Europe. It should say THANK YOU to the United States and Israel for destroying Iran’s nuclear weapons program and obliterating its ballistic missile industry.
Eylon Levy tweet media
English
4.5K
4.4K
13K
413.5K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@GuillemBalague @LaLiga Guillem you can't compare La Liga with the EPL as they have certainly more games in the EPL and don't have a Xmas break. Compare apples with apples instead of pears.
English
0
0
0
42
Guillem Balague
Guillem Balague@GuillemBalague·
So @LaLiga has managed yet again to do exceptionally well in Europe Six teams in the quarters. No other league has been that successful Still the league with the biggest amount of European titles this century (52 for 33 of the PL and 14 of Serie A) The fact that it is is the most competitive domestic league in Europe (with regularly the shortest point difference between top and bottom sides) helps. Having to get close to Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two biggest clubs in the world, makes everyone better. And it also helps the clever usage of money and control of finances, the focus on match understanding and the continuously rich production of the quarry of players #Vamos #LaLiga
English
126
168
1.1K
136.7K
Alessandro Colombo
Alessandro Colombo@Leaxandros·
@DaveKeating Spain is not smaller than Germany, the Kingdom of Spain has been sleeping, but it is on the Rise. It is the only growing European Country. On the other hand, Germany is sinking and fast. I believe the difference is their leaders. Viva Sanchez! Viva España! No mas guerras!
English
5
4
140
10.8K
Dave Keating
Dave Keating@DaveKeating·
This was the first time the leader of Spain and the leader of Germany met since the latter insulted the former by not defending him in the Oval Office. Sanchez strode right up to confront 🇩🇪Merz, who apparently didn't call the 🇪🇸PM after the Oval Office incident because he 'had the wrong phone number'. The conversation looked tense, even if there were smiles initially. In the background was Irish leader Micheál Martin, who could have given Merz some lessons on how to defend your fellow Europeans to Trump. Earlier in the week on St Patricks Day he defended 🇬🇧PM Keir Starmer while in the Oval Office, after Trump again attacked the British prime minister. It's hard to imagine that Starmer would have done the same for Martin. Some of the leaders of Europe's smaller countries may have something to teach the leaders of Europe's large countries about dignity, self-respect and European solidarity.
Dave Keating tweet media
Franz M Ruiz@Franzmruiz

Este es el Presidente del Gobierno de España, no espera a coincidir con el canciller alemán, va directamente hacia él nada más entrar en la sala, las cosas es mejor hablarlas a la cara que por teléfono. Esta valentía es la que ahoga a los votantes de la extrema derecha española.

English
67
524
3.5K
339.9K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@juanbuis Being Dutch myself, we can be much more direct and offensive than that ;)
English
1
0
9
1.5K
juan
juan@juanbuis·
if you've ever met a dutch person, you know this is him being polite
juan tweet media
English
21
55
741
33.2K
Raoul van Lennep
Raoul van Lennep@bcnorange·
@levelsio But keeping it in house who knows how they would have developed or grew !
English
0
0
1
14
@levelsio
@levelsio@levelsio·
The biggest fumble in business ever might be Philips spinning off ASML, TSMC and NXP Philips co-founded ASML in 1984, then co-founded TSMC in 1987, then they founded NXP They sold each of them for short term profits in the 2000s ASML is now worth $545B TSMC is worth $1.76T NXP is worth $50B Philips today is worth just $27B If they'd never sold, Philips would be the largest company in the EU today, worth $650B Philips CEO Cor Boonstra called it "making money with the success of the past" 🤡
English
218
419
5.4K
521K

Keşfet

@levelsio @jinijane_ @goddek @archi_tradition @ky__zo @Irenezhao_ @PhantomStays @FrazierKay