🗣️ Investor Talk #30: Thijs van der Spil

Founder - Hppn

Welcome to Investor Talk — where we interview successful investors to uncover their journeys, strategies, and the lessons they've learned. Get inspired by real stories and gain valuable insights to sharpen your own investment approach.

Every interview follows the same set of sharp, insightful questions — such as “What is your investment strategy?”, “What are your highest conviction stocks?”, and “What’s the biggest investment mistake you’ve made?”

In this edition, we have the pleasure of interviewing:

Name: Thijs van der Spil @thijsvanderspil
Age: 45
Residence/Country: The Netherlands
Invests since: 2022

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
I've been helping businesses in the real estate and facilities management sector use data and technologies (both current and new) more effectively for the past two decades.

I have worked for various consultancies and started an innovation startup with my last employer. The startup did well, won awards, and I was invited to become a partner, which was something I had always wanted and had saved money for. However, I realized that the startup would never truly be mine, and that the work would only get harder and crazier, leaving me with even less time for myself to do other things I wanted, like spending time with loved ones and being a parent. So, I quit, set up my own consultancy, and decided to invest the money I had saved for becoming a partner. This sparked my interest in investing.

What started as a hobby has since gotten completely out of hand, as I love researching companies and absorbing everything there is to know about investing.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆?
My investment strategy is a work in progress, but I basically look for good tech companies that will make money from AI, and I buy them when they're not too expensive. Then I try to manage the risk because these stocks are volatile. So I buy and sell when the market gives me an opportunity. Of course, sometimes I get it right and sometimes I don't, and I look like a fool.