Geert Jan van Zwieten
Director, co-founder and consultant
Knew from the very start that he wanted to run his own business, and has never worked for a boss. When he has time to spare outside work, he goes sailing.
Two sailing friends, start-up capital from trading boats and a lot of phone calls.
Esdoorn de Vries is a sales agency in Amsterdam: the flexible sales team of B2B companies, for more than five years.
Before 2021
Trading boats
Geert Jan van Zwieten and Roderick van Es spend two summers earning their start-up capital by trading boats.
2021
Founded
They found Esdoorn de Vries as a prospecting agency. It starts with Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) lists and, above all, a great deal of calling.
The years that followed
The LinkedIn method
Calling alone takes a lot of energy. They develop their own method for LinkedIn lead generation, which produces warm leads faster. One client calls to say he no longer has enough staff to follow up all the leads.
Recently
Our own AI
We build Radar: our own AI that finds companies with a current reason to buy, and supplies our callers with fresh leads every day.
Today
Three languages, three countries
With a team of about thirty people, we call in Dutch, English and German, for clients in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. They approve every appointment in their own client portal.
Seasoned sales professionals
No call centre here. Our team consists of seasoned sales professionals, most with experience in B2B or software sales. They get all the tooling and support they need to do their work well.
- Experience in B2B or software sales
- Radar delivers companies with a current reason to talk every day
- Our management checks every meeting before it reaches you
Our directors
Roderick van Es
Director, co-founder and consultant
Helps clients think through their target group and still enjoys making calls himself. His friends call him "the grandad of the group": he loves a DIY project and watches political talk shows on Sundays.
“We are a partner and become part of the business. Clients come for the quality, and stay because we are committed.”
The team in numbers
- people in our team
- ~30
- people in our team
- campaign languages
- 3
- campaign languages
- founded
- 2021
- founded
Why companies work with us
Committed
We become part of your business. We join sales meetings if you want us to, and give tips where needed.
Specific
No generic leads sold to ten companies at once. We look for the right leads for you.
Transparent
Fixed prices, qualification criteria agreed in advance, your own client portal and a report every week.
Our office
You'll find us at Dynamostraat 44 in Amsterdam Westpoort. Feel free to drop by for a coffee and a look at the sales floor.
Dynamostraat 44, 1014 BK Amsterdam
Google MapsPart of the VZVE Groep
Esdoorn de Vries is part of the VZVE Groep. Sister company Young Corporate provides tailored recruitment, and Slim Folderen runs door-to-door leaflet campaigns. At Slim Folderen we also train young people in sales, mainly interns at vocational (MBO) level. Looking for staff rather than clients? Young Corporate can help.
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