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Eric Bond has been involved with the Vivantus Group for over 30 years, most of those years as a general manager. Under Eric, Vivantus has grown to become the largest real estate agency in the Netherlands. Eric tells how he started working for the organization at a young age, took over the company and how the company grew through acquisitions.
02:35 Starting in the real estate agency
03:40 Start at Hoekstra & Van Eck
06:50 First shares
10:45 Takeover of Hoekstra & Van Eck
13:20 Dealing with the death of a partner through the help of Gerard de Gier
15:50 Merger with Hendriks from Henk van de Broek
19:05 Responding to the credit crisis
23:25 End of crisis & start of acquisitions
28:40 The requirements for a takeover
35:35 Current focus points for Vivantus
37:20 From the Board of Commissioners to the position of General Manager
41:36 Looking for commercial people
43:20 The future of the real estate agency
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