Jan studied Business Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and the Melbourne Business School in Melbourne,Australia.After his studies at age 23 he foundedYourNews,an international Internet content syndicator. Jan left YourNews (now active under the name MoMac, www. momac.net) in 2001 to start Yarosa Entertainment (www.yarosa.com). Yarosa is worldwide one of the leading providers of SMS and MMS to television formats with TV broadcasters as customers in over 50 countries. In 2004, Jan sold 20% of Yarosa to Jasdaq listed Index (. In 2006 Yarosa was sold to TMG and Jan started Adjustables, online video advertising technology. In 2008 Adjustables was sold to zoom. in. In 2009, Jan started ZappoTV to focus on the growth of the connected TVs and smartphone market. In December 2010, ZappoTV was launched in beta trials, which have been given rave reviews by users around the globe.