Life & Business Profile: Jan van der Lande of Kikkerland
Some of my favorite gifts and products over the years have come from Kikkerland. Think cat butt magnets (a best seller), solar powered waving garden gnomes and multi-species nail clippers. I recently caught up with Jan van der Lande, the man behind the cheeky design company. Jan started his company back in the early 1990s […]
Some of my favorite gifts and products over the years have come from Kikkerland. Think cat butt magnets (a best seller), solar powered waving garden gnomes and multi-species nail clippers. I recently caught up with Jan van der Lande, the man behind the cheeky design company. Jan started his company back in the early 1990s on a houseboat in NYC and delivered his orders by bicycle — a nod to his former life in Holland, where he’s originally from. Jan shared a little bit of his own history and how he came to be a master of quirk and of a thriving design business. I hope you enjoy his take on business as much as I did! — Caitlin Why did you decide to start your own thing, versus working for someone else"
I studied environmental engineering and was working at NYC DEP for 3 years and I did not particularly like it. It was always my dream to be my own boss.
Can you remember when you first learned about your field of work" How did you discover what it was, and how did you know it was what you wanted to do"
I came into this field through a friend in Amsterdam who was making vases. I quit my job to sell his vases in NYC. ...
Some of my favorite gifts and products over the years have come from Kikkerland. Think cat butt magnets (a best seller), solar powered waving garden gnomes and multi-species nail clippers. I recently caught up with Jan van der Lande, the man behind the cheeky design company. Jan started his company back in the early 1990s on a houseboat in NYC and delivered his orders by bicycle — a nod to his former life in Holland, where he’s originally from. Jan shared a little bit of his own history and how he came to be a master of quirk and of a thriving design business. I hope you enjoy his take on business as much as I did! — Caitlin Why did you decide to start your own thing, versus working for someone else"
I studied environmental engineering and was working at NYC DEP for 3 years and I did not particularly like it. It was always my dream to be my own boss.
Can you remember when you first learned about your field of work" How did you discover what it was, and how did you know it was what you wanted to do"
I came into this field through a friend in Amsterdam who was making vases. I quit my job to sell his vases in NYC. ...
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