Isolation
Many starters work in silos. Without peers facing similar challenges, progress slows and motivation fades.
About Founders Table
Build Together, Not Alone.
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Many students dream of starting their own thing. But they hit the same wall: they're on their own.
Our mission
To create a recurring community where students and starters meet, exchange feedback and help each other move forward faster.
- Working on real ideas and projects
- Honest, constructive feedback
- Practical learning
- Collaboration between motivated students
Create a place where anyone with entrepreneurial dreams can grow together.
The challenge
The problem we're solving
Why students and starters get stuck between idea and reality.
Late feedback
Students work in a vacuum for months before realizing they need to adjust. Critical flaws are found too late.
Limited practical talk
Programs focus on pitch decks and theory. You need tactical answers: how do I tackle this concretely, which tools, and how do I find my first customer?
Fragmented ecosystem
Existing initiatives are excellent but often temporary. Students lack a continuous community between programs.
Who we are
The people behind the table
Three founders who complement each other: from plan, to product, to market. For any venture, IT or not.
The Secundra duo
Co-founders of Secundra. Ian turns your idea into a plan, Brian turns your plan into a product.
Brian Schaumburg
Community Lead · Co-founder @ SecundraBrian builds. He helps you go from plan to working product: the right tools and stack, set up securely and scalably, and actually shipped instead of endlessly polished. Not an IT venture? Then he shows you how digital tools and automation get you ahead of your competition.
Build & ship productsSecurity & infrastructureDigital tools & automationScalable setup
brian@secundra.be
Ian Nauwelaers
Community Lead · Co-founder @ SecundraIan structures. He helps you turn a loose idea into a plan you can actually execute: sharp choices, feasible steps and the business side of entrepreneurship, from founding to organisation. He asks the critical questions that make your plan hold up, whatever you're building.
Idea to planStrategy & choicesBusiness & organisationCritical questions
ian@secundra.beThe market side
And the man who makes sure what you build actually sells.
Ken Vernallen
Community Lead · Startup MentorKen sells. He owns the market side: positioning, product strategy and go-to-market. From your very first customer to real growth, with the concrete steps in between. For IT and non-IT ventures alike, because everyone has to sell.
PositioningGo-to-marketFirst customers & growthMentoring
ken@digitalexpertise.beWho we are
Founders who build and facilitate
Real projects · honest feedback · entrepreneurial drive. We keep the sessions practical and concrete, for anyone with an idea.
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