Niels Desot

Odoo Gold partner & Shopify Premier partner ➤ Co-founder & CEO at dear digital

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Hiring ERP Consultants and Project Managers, more info here: https://www.deardigital.com/pages/jobs Niels Desot is the co‑founder and CEO of dear digital, a fast-growing Shopify & Odoo partner based in Ghent. Since launching in 2020, he has scaled the company from a small founder-led startup to a 45+ strong, award-winning team, guiding over 100 brands across Belgium, the Netherlands, and even beyond. Before founding dear digital, Niels built deep expertise in digital marketing, e-commerce, and scaling and funding start-ups. He started his career at PwC Belgium, and went on to found several other companies, both B2C and B2B. Niels prioritizes building high-performance teams, maintaining a transparent and human-centered culture.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & CEO at dear digital
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

    With dear digital we want to help e-commerce companies grow in Europe by being the best possible partner for them. We offer both digital marketing and development services. As a Business Lead I focus achieving the most important milestones in the growth of our agency. With my start-up funding background I guide our clients in their finance and funding stories.

  • Co-Founder at Puzzle in a bag
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Scaling our own DTC brand in Europe, we won "Starter of the year 2020" in Belgium. We try to reinvent the puzzle by making culturally relevant puzzles by young designers. We sold 3.000 puzzles in our very first month.

  • Lid raad van advies at BeerSelect
    Feb 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • CEO & Co-founder at Birdhouse Services
    Jun 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Executive Masterclass Corporate Finance at Vlerick Business School
    Nov 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo