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hub.brussels and the art of a cheaper first mistake
Brussels built an agency that helps entrepreneurs test ideas, find funding and cross borders. Budget cuts are now putting parts of that hands-on model to the test.
AppTweak wants every app download to earn its keep
The Brussels company built its business helping apps get found. Its next act connects keywords, advertising and customer feedback to a harder question: which growth is worth paying for?
Soda Wants Your Data to Rat On Itself Before It Wrecks the Dashboard
The idea behind Soda is almost rude in its simplicity: software gets tested before it ships, so why does data get to skip the exam? Two Belgians decided it shouldn't.
The Brussels Nonprofit Growing 118 Million Trees
Founded in 2009 to stop global warming "in our lifetime," WeForest has restored more than 100,000 hectares across four continents — and it is quietly proving that planting trees was only ever half the job.
Mehdi Ouazza
Mehdi Ouazza is a Brussels-based Data Engineer and Developer Advocate at MotherDuck with 10+ years in the data space. He is the first DevRel hire at MotherDuck, a DuckDB-powered cloud analytics startup, where he grew social media by 450% and built a YouTube channel to 900K+ views. Creator of the 'Mehdio's Tech (Data) Corner' newsletter on Substack, founder of DataCreators.Club, and a prolific speaker and open-source contributor, Mehdi is known for demystifying data engineering and AI careers with humor, playfulness, and radical honesty.