Hugo Fransen.

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Commercial Economics student focused on execution. From reselling sneakers to a SaaS exit: I learn by doing.

Background

It started simple: 11:00 AM at school, phone under the desk, refreshing the . As soon as it went live: item in cart, checkout and . It worked. My first profitable 'flip'.

Fast forward to 2020. The frustration grew. Winning manually became impossible; everything sold out within seconds. I discovered the world of bots and scripts. Then it clicked: the real profit isn't in searching for gold (the sneakers), but in selling the shovels (the software). I saw peers making serious money with simple scripts. I wanted that too.

That combination isn't really surprising. In high school, I already chose Science & Technology with Economics. Looking back, it was a logical choice, as I apply that exact combination every single day.

Today I combine those two worlds. I'm fascinated by technology and hardware, but always with a goal: finding an . Just like with reselling, I now use AI and software to be just a bit faster and smarter than the rest.

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How I Work

No fancy words, just what I do.

Commerce & Growth

Learned by doing. How do you sell something without a marketing budget? How do you create hype for a drop? My studies provide the framework, my experience with reselling and SaaS taught me how to actually make money.

Speed & Experimentation

If I have an idea, I want to test it immediately. I don't wait around; I use the very latest tech (LLMs, Agents, Cursor) to skip development time. For me, code isn't the end goal, but the fastest route to market validation.

My Focus

Tech never stands still. Currently I'm building with AI Agents, experimenting with Event-Driven systems and looking for new opportunities in Web3.

Projects

Things I've built and shipped.

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Micro-SaaS (Exit)

SOLD

Bluesky Threads

2024-2025

Spotted an opportunity during the X → Bluesky migration. Built a tool to enable my own growth strategy. Went viral (5,500+ visitors/24h), sustained retention, and sold.

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B2B Automation (Beta/MVP)

Offermize

2025-Now

An AI platform that plugs 'revenue leaks.' Far beyond a simple wrapper, this is a complex, event-driven application. The frontend runs on the Edge (Cloudflare), while Trigger.dev orchestrates asynchronous AI agents in the background for deep strategic analysis.

Next.jsAI AgentsB2B SaaSStategyFull-stack
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Community & Go-to-Market

ElementMeta

2021-2022

The power of momentum. After much trial & error with partnerships, one viral post triggered the breakthrough with major 'Alpha Groups'. Scaled to 200+ private users with my co-founder.

NFT / Web3Product MarketingPartnershipsCommunity
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Technical Origin

Iolite Solutions

2020-2021

My technical start. A browser extension built via 'StackOverflow engineering'. No revenue, but the most important lesson in web development.

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R&D Labs

Here I test new technologies, purely to learn.

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On-Chain Analyzer

Solana Data Analysis
PythonHelius WebsocketsOn-Chain DecodingRisk Scoring

My unfair advantage. While others waited for the slow public API, I tapped directly into on-chain data via Helius Websockets to spot 'gems' seconds earlier.

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Arbitrage Bot

DeFi/TradFi Arbitrage
PythonWebSocketHyperliquid APITrade.xyz

profit in Python. A script exploiting real-time price spreads between TSLA markets on Hyperliquid (HIP3) and Trade.xyz/Felix.

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Education

My academic journey and professional internships.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Marketing / Commercial Economics (CE)

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Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

2022 - 2026Zwolle, Netherlands

HAVO (Higher General Secondary Education) with focus on Science and Technology

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De Nieuwe Veste Hardenberg

2020Hardenberg, Netherlands

Minors

Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology

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Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

Sep 2024 - Jan 2025Zwolle, Netherlands

Financial Decision Making

Minor
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Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

Jan - Jun 2025Zwolle, Netherlands

Internships

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Unica Building Services

Research & Development Intern

Sep 2023 - Jan 2024
5 months
Part-time · Hybrid
Zwolle, Netherlands
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Vitens

Strategy & Innovation Intern

Sep 2025 - Jan 2026
5 months
Part-time · Hybrid
Zwolle, Netherlands
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Perron038

Intern Marketing & Strategy

Sep 2025 - Jan 2026
5 months
Part-time · On-site
Zwolle, Netherlands

The Timeline

The Foundation: Trade & Hype

2018 - 2021

  • This is where it started. No textbook theory, but learning by trading. I bought and sold exclusive sneakers. I learned 'the hard way' how scarcity, pricing, and customer psychology work. The lesson: supply and demand wait for no one.

The Switch: From Gold to Shovels

2021 - 2023

  • Realizing software scales better than shoeboxes. I stopped manual trading and taught myself to build. I co-founded my first SaaS companies (Iolite & ElementMeta). Less physical stock, more digital leverage. This is where I went from trader to maker.

The Synthesis: Business + AI

2024 - Present

  • Everything comes together. I combine my commercial perspective with the raw building power of AI. Not to build simple 'wrappers', but to realize complex visions like Offermize. AI enables me to build full-scale software as a solo founder that usually requires a full team.

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Overview

Hugo Fransen

Commercial Economics @ Windesheim University

2022 - Present

Blockchain & Financial Technology

Minors & Projects

Gramsbergen, Overijssel

Netherlands

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Available for Graduation Internship (Feb 2026)

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I am available from February 2026. What you see here is the result, but I'd love to share the full story in a conversation. About these projects, the experiments not listed here, and the mistakes I learned from.

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