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Ollie Micek — Founder
The Architecture Years
Master's from Melbourne. Studied at TU Delft. Five years designing buildings across Rotterdam and Melbourne—two harbour cities that get design.
Lost 10 days once when a spec'd material got discontinued. Sample vanished. No supplier contact. That happened more than once.
The Factory Year — 2023
Left architecture. Joined Plasticiet, making recycled plastic sheets and furniture. Same problem, opposite side: 200 samples out per month, 80% vanished.
The Build — 2024
Plasticiet's co-founder said, "If only we could attach a code to each sample." Dutch practicality. I thought: I can build this.
Started a CS degree before architecture. Taught myself to code properly during COVID. Built the first version in 9 months.
Now
Working from De Kroon in Rotterdam—a workspace where practicality meets creativity. SampleSync is 20% of my week, freelance dev is 80%. Goal is to flip that.
Target: 3 more paying customers by end of 2026. You could be customer #2. No hiding that this is early—that's the Rotterdam way.
No one else building sample-tracking software has manufactured material samples and watched their own products vanish into architectural firms.