History

Summer 2009 a group of entrepreneurs and educators sat together on a boat in Rotterdam. Their wish was to combine years of experience and experiment in creating the best possible education. That night the name ‘Knowmads’ was born. In a series of network meetings the colours and flavours of this new one-year education were born. Everybody contributed from their expertise: companies, students, teachers, coaches and many more. Pieter Spinder took the lead as our firestarter.

February 2010 we opened the doors for our first tribe of students. Just two weeks before the municipality had found a building for us near Westerpark, Amsterdam. Our students came from all corners of the world: South Korea, USA, Brazil, Swiss, Germany and Netherlands. In a very short time the building transformed: paint, furniture and a kitchen made it into a homey environment.

After two months the first assignment came in: KLM had a challenge that they wanted the students to work on. Soon the second assignment followed for Royal Haskoning. Are you curious how the story continued? Read more about us on our blog.