Hi, I’m Marieke van de Rakt. I am one of the partners at Emilia Capital and the founder of Progress Planner. I’m also a teacher at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Venlo. I teach online marketing. Next to that, I am involved in local politics.
Up until 2021, I was co-owner and CEO of Yoast. In 2021, we sold Yoast to Newfold Digital. I am married to Joost de Valk (founder of Yoast). This is my personal blog. On this blog, I write about my life as an entrepreneur and a CEO. Read more about me here.
Recent posts
- From Problem to Progress: Why We Created Progress Planner Pro
- Hyperfocusing on Procrastination
- Coaching for growth
- Beginning a new chapter at Yoast
- Yoast joins Newfold Digital!
- 16 reasons why I love Joost de Valk
- A new era of Yoast: a new board
- Yoast’s daily ‘working from home’ vlogs
- Block editor: woohoo!!!
- Challenge accepted: switching to remote-working because of COVID-19
- Block editor for the win!
- Gutenbrain – Gutenberg never was so easy
- Keeping your employees
- Why your name should be your job title
- Company culture: be good to your employees
- Company Culture: knowing your colleagues
- Empowerwoment project at Yoast
- I am the new CEO of Yoast!