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About // Operator file

Hi, I'm Nico.

I plug into small teams and multiply what their go-to-market can ship. I work the strategy and positioning, then build the systems that carry it all the way into the output.

Barcelona-based Async-native Available for work

I'm in Barcelona, Spain

Thanks to Josh for the inspiration

I'm originally from ARUBA ARUBA
POST CARD I was a digital nomad for almost 3 years. CORREOS NICA
Languages I speak — click a flag

NL · ES · EN

Three native languages

19

countries worked from

~90%

creative production time cut

Mission log

How I got here.

  1. 2018 – 2020 · Pre-game

    Learning to sell, the hard way

    Events, BDR work, and stints in Santiago and Hangzhou. At Global Beats I grew revenue 50% and margin from 40% to 70%. The lesson that stuck: nothing matters until someone says yes.

  2. 2020 – 2024 · Rock.so

    First marketing hire → Product Marketer

    Built the marketing function from scratch. 150+ pages, 9,600+ keywords ranked, 350K+ search impressions, and the PLG comms behind 100K+ signups.

  3. 2024 – 2026 · bunq

    B2B Product Marketing Lead

    Product marketing for the business arm of a European neobank unicorn. Launched expense management, 10+ accounting integrations, and paid plans. An inbound motion that added 1M+ EUR in SME deposits.

  4. 2023 – now · SignalRoads + Qollab

    Solo, and building in public

    Full-funnel growth systems for fast-moving teams (Rock, Creditstar, Bash, Peers), plus co-founding Qollab, a community for quantum developers. New build shipped every Friday.

Off the clock

The non-work bits.

When I'm not building systems, I'm usually somewhere with patchy wifi and a better story. A few things that are true about me:

Born in Aruba, a tiny Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Now planted in Barcelona, with a lot of stops in between.

Languages I actually speak

Dutch Native Spanish Native English Native
Nico sledding down the black ash slope of Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua
That's me sledding down an active volcano in Nicaragua. Cerro Negro: a plywood board, a jumpsuit, and questionable judgment. Highly recommend.

Want to see the full loadout?

Forty go-to-market capabilities, mapped on the home page. Or skip the map and just tell me what's slowing your team down.

Or follow the builds. One marketing system, fully open, every Friday.