Available for conversations Rotterdam, NL

Maximiliaan
Dahmen.

IBA student at RSM and founder of Bijlesmaatje — an AI-first Dutch tutoring platform. Building things that help people learn faster.

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Currently
Year 3 IBA Rotterdam School of Management · GPA 8.4
Founded
Bijlesmaatje AI-first tutoring, live at bijlesmaatje.nl
Also
Scouts chief Non-formal learning, outdoors, leadership
01 / About

A short bio.

I'm a 20-year-old entrepreneur reading International Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam — top 10% of my cohort, operating at the intersection of finance, strategy, and AI.

Outside the lecture hall I run Bijlesmaatje, lead external relations for the Socrates business society, and serve as a Scouts chief — setting clear expectations, structuring programs around proven practices, and developing people beyond the conventional classroom.

I build at the intersection of sustainability, non-formal learning, and technology — creating products that feel inevitable in hindsight.

Sustainability Non-formal learning AI-first products Finance Strategy Outdoors
How I Think
01
First Principles
Break assumptions to fundamental truths, then reason up from there — not from analogy.
02
80 / 20 Rule
Identify the 20% of inputs driving 80% of outcomes and ruthlessly prioritise those.
03
Second-Order Thinking
Ask not just "what happens next?" but "what happens because of what happens next?"
04
Inversion
Define failure first. Avoiding the worst outcome is often the clearest path to the best.
Currently Reading
The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
Michael D. Watkins
Strategic thinking is a trainable skill built on pattern recognition — the ability to see what others miss, then act on it decisively.
Personal anchor

The three shapes that guide everything.

A logo is not decoration. Mine encodes the qualities I want to embody, the values I refuse to compromise, and the aspirations I am quietly working toward.

Cross
Quality
Resilience
Strength through hardship.
Value
Sacrifice
Giving for a higher purpose.
Aspiration
Transcendence
Rise beyond the mundane.
Diamond
Quality
Clarity
Clarity of thought and purpose.
Value
Integrity
Unbreakable ethical character.
Aspiration
Excellence
Pursuit of the highest form.
Circle
Quality
Wholeness
Harmony, balance, inclusiveness.
Value
Unity
Equality, community, connection.
Aspiration
Eternity
Create something enduring.
03 / What I'm building

A tutoring platform that feels like 2026.

Live · 15+ active students

An AI-first tutoring platform for Dutch university students — where intake, scheduling, progress reports and study prep all run on an automated layer, so every hour spent with a student is actually spent teaching.

AI-automated ops. Client intake, scheduling, and progress reporting run on Zapier, Typeform and Chatbase — ~3 hours saved per week.
Built from zero. Self-designed site, SEO funnel, and social playbook — top-3 local search rankings inside six months.
Measured outcomes. 90%+ of tutored students report a one-point grade improvement after a structured cycle.
RSM-native. Coverage across 5+ RSM courses — accounting, finance, strategy, statistics, methods.
Visit bijlesmaatje.nl
bijlesmaatje / ops
Active students15+
Courses covered5+
Grade lift rate92%
Ops hrs / wk saved~3h
Local SEO rankTop 3
Sponsorship Pipeline · Socrates 6 won
Prospects
22
Outreach
18
Meetings
12
Proposals
8
Won
6
04 / Experience

Things I've done.

2023 — Present
Rotterdam School of ManagementYear 3 · BSc International Business Administration
Top 10% of cohort, GPA 8.4/10 with a Top Performer award in Accounting. Coursework concentrated in corporate finance, strategy, and methods & research in R.
2024 — Present
BijlesmaatjeFounder & Tutor
Founded and grew an AI-first Dutch tutoring platform from zero — 15+ ACTIVE STUDENTS via self-built SEO and a fully automated intake funnel. 90%+ of students improve by at least one grade point.
2025 — Present
Socrates NederlandBusiness Relations Manager · 200+ member society
Lead external relations for the business society. Source and close corporate sponsorships (€500–€2,000/partner), manage a pipeline of 15+ RELATIONSHIPS, and organise networking events connecting RSM to Dutch business.
2024 — 2025
Van Herk GroepAccounts Payable Administrator
Processed 100+ INVOICES / MONTH with 99%+ accuracy across REMS and Excel. Ran monthly reconciliations, resolved billing disputes with 20+ vendors within 48 hours, and built a discrepancy log that cut recurring errors.
2023 — 2024
RekenmaarAcademic Content Author
Authored commercial academic summaries across accounting, statistics and strategy — used by 50+ STUDENTS / SEMESTER. Standardised formatting and structure to reduce average revision time.
05 / Let's talk

Working on something interesting?

Happy to chat about entrepreneurship, AI in education, Dutch tutoring, or anything at the intersection of finance, strategy and non-formal learning.

maxdahmen7@gmail.com LinkedIn bijlesmaatje.nl