Education
A graduate of VU University Amsterdam, Stolze earned his Master of Business Administration from the Lemniscaat Business School.
A graduate of VU University Amsterdam, Stolze earned his Master of Business Administration from the Lemniscaat Business School.
After founding several companies he is now the Chief Strategy Officer of Singularity University in the Netherlands. Jim Stolze is an active leader in the community. Together with his team he organized three editions of Amsterdam with an international cast of speakers, including technology visionairy Kevin Kelly, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, former astronaut Wubbo Ockels, professor Barry Schwartz and Commander in Chief Peter van Uhm.
He also played an active part in Binnenhof, Delft, Maastricht, Doha and Muscat. is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
In 2012 he moved for five months to Doha (Qatar) to work for TED and the Doha Film Institute to help set up an organization that fosters TED"s mission of "ideas worth spreading". With Bruno Giussani as the curator and Stolze as the executive producer the biggest outdoor TED Session took place.
This opening night was live streamed on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English. Together with the European Commission he created a program called "Ideas from Europe" (2015).
On this platform aspiring entrepreneurs from 28 member states joined together to see how their business ideas could have a positive impact on society.
In 2016 Jim Stolze was asked by former Vice-president of the European Union Neelie Kroes and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands to create a festival of match making between startups, investors, corporates and developers. As a result Startup Fest Europe will take place between 24 - 28 May.