{"id":32719,"date":"2025-03-17T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/initium.be\/maarten-bynens-in-vkw-magazine-entrepreneurship-with-vision-and-impact\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:38:08","slug":"maarten-bynens-in-vkw-magazine-entrepreneurship-with-vision-and-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/maarten-bynens-in-vkw-magazine-entrepreneurship-with-vision-and-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Maarten Bynens in VKW magazine: Entrepreneurship with vision and impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]Maarten Bynens, founder and CEO of INITIUM, was invited for an interview in VKW magazine. He shares his experiences with taking over and scaling up companies in various sectors and explains how INITIUM focuses on sustainable growth and stability. His hands-on approach is central, with a strong focus on innovation, digital transformation and market expansion. Within the group, he encourages collaboration and knowledge sharing as a driving force behind growth.<\/p>\n<p>As a strategic investor, Maarten is also active in the Renardmont and C for Growth funds, with a clear focus on companies with high growth potential and international expansion opportunities. He believes that adaptability is crucial in a world that is constantly evolving due to geopolitical and technological changes.<\/p>\n<p>His personal life played an important role in his entrepreneurial journey. A drastic event within his family inspired him not only to grow his business, but also to make a social impact. This led to the founding of Tuki vzw, a foundation that supports families confronted with life-threatening illnesses in their children.<\/p>\n<p>Maarten remains undiminished in his drive to take on challenges \u2013 whether in business or in his passion for cars. His philosophy is clear: <i>\u2018We take companies on a journey of growth, not for short-term gain.\u2019<\/i>[\/vc_column_text]\t\t<div id=\"wd-67e17b28c845b\" class=\"wd-image wd-wpb wd-rs-67e17b28c845b text-center \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/initium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/INI-nieuws-1703.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/initium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/INI-nieuws-1703.jpg 720w, https:\/\/initium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/INI-nieuws-1703-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"wd-67d83b187bc2a\" class=\" wd-rs-67d83b187bc2a  wd-button-wrapper text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/vkwlimburg\/docs\/good_company_jaargang_27_n_3_maa_2025\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-color-primary btn-style-default btn-shape-round btn-size-default\">Read the full magazine (in Dutch)<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"wd-67d83b0913fe7\" class=\" wd-rs-67d83b0913fe7  wd-button-wrapper text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/initium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/164922_VKW_MB.pdf\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-color-primary btn-style-default btn-shape-round btn-size-default\">Read the full article here  (in Dutch)<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]Maarten Bynens, founder and CEO of INITIUM, was invited for an interview in VKW magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32719"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32730,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32719\/revisions\/32730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initium.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}