{"id":8723,"date":"2014-07-08T14:22:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T14:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?page_id=11074"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:28","slug":"the-pitch-studentlens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2014\/07\/08\/the-pitch-studentlens\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pitch: Studentlens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/100215964\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"typo3-heading-2\">The Pitch: Studentlens<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Every month, an entrepreneurial EUR student is put in the spotlights in \u2018The Pitch\u2019. The entrepreneur answers five personal questions related to entrepreneurship and gets thirty seconds \u2013 and only one take \u2013 for a video pitch. This edition, third-year Economics student Joost Schreurs (22) presents his company Studentlens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Not everyone is blessed with perfect eyesight. Like many students, Joost fixed this problem with contact lenses. He paid a high fee for his lenses and the accompanying six-monthly eye check at an optician, and figured there had to be a cheaper way out. Joost found various foreign websites offering the exact same lenses you buy at an optician, but for a much lower price. He also saw that this concept was not well-known, poorly marketed and relatively expensive in the Netherlands. Joost: \u201cIt surprised me that this idea had not yet really taken off in Holland.\u201d The idea for Studentlens was born. On his website, you can order monthly disposable contact lenses, half a year of lenses costing you \u20ac40,- to \u20ac70,-, roughly \u20ac40,- less than at an optician. Joost recently went into business, and the first customers have placed their order. <\/p>\n<p> <strong>What are your entrepreneurial qualities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \u201cMy way of thinking is very commercial. That\u2019s partially a result of my studies of course, which really had an influence on me. Also, I think I\u2019m quite good at selling myself, as well as my product.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Is entrepreneurship an inherent skill, or something you can learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \u201cA bit of both. I think an entrepreneur cannot be risk-averse, and a small part of it is luck. Obviously, these are things you can\u2019t learn. But I do believe that entrepreneurship is becoming more rationalized, there is a lot you can learn and control. I took part in the ECE (Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship) Get Started programme this year, where I learned a lot about entrepreneurship from an academic perspective, for instance about the many different ways to test an idea or a product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <b>What are the negative aspects of being an entrepreneur?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI do everything on my own, which is challenging and can feel a bit lonely sometimes. As I was one of the three winners of this year\u2019s last Get Started programme, I can use their office space and support for another year, which fortunately allows for a bit of interaction as well. I don\u2019t consider getting a co-founder involved at this point because I can handle the workload alone, and it would not be a smart move from a financial point of view.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>  <b>How much time do you spend working on your company?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI have more time than I had before because my university courses just finished, and I plan to spend three days a week at the Get Started office the coming summer. A lot of little things add up, like sending a few emails in the weekends, so I usually work on Studentlens 25 to 30 hours a week in total. I also have a job on the side two days a week, so I can\u2019t invest all my time in my company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <b>What are you going to do with the money you earn?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI want to expand Studentlens, for instance by broadening the range of contact lenses I offer. I also aim to expand to France at some point. There is a lot of potential there, as the online shopping market is still relatively small and there are several big cities with a lot of students, which makes it easier for me to reach my target group. Also, I want to partner up with some opticians in Rotterdam, who could offer eye checks for a small price to students.\u201d IS<\/p>\n<div class=\"typo3-img-div\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/ASSETS\/em\/EM\/Nieuws_2014\/Joost-pitch.jpg\" border=\"0\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/wk-2026_curacao_winst_duistland_studenten_dca_dutch-caribbean-association_Matthew-Gibbs-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1782388035 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/wk-2026_curacao_winst_duistland_studenten_dca_dutch-caribbean-association_Matthew-Gibbs-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1782388035 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/25\/wk-deelname-betekent-veel-voor-curacaose-studenten-je-ziet-voor-het-eerst-dat-je-land-wordt-herkend\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tWorld Cup participation means a lot for Cura\u00e7aoan students: \u2018For the first time you see your country being recognised\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-25\">25 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple 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