# Dimitri Oosterlynck - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Dimitri Oosterlynck for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-07-31

## Identity
- Name: Dimitri Oosterlynck
- Role: Founder & CEO
- Company: Gimber
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-oosterlynck-3180089

## Expertise
- employee-ownership
- founder-health
- founder-mindset
- scale-up
- go-to-market
- resilience

## About
TLDR

Dimitri Oosterlynck is Founder & CEO at Gimber.

Background

In episode 26 of the BlackBird podcast, host Andy Coomans interviews Dimitri Oosterlynck, founder of alcohol-free ginger drink Gimber. Dimitri recounts starting Gimber without a business plan after a burnout in his previous animation business, selling the first 25 hand-brewed bottles in his wife Sylvie's concept store and deliberately choosing concept stores over the traditional horeca/distributor route. Five years later Gimber sells ~1.5 million bottles annually, generates nearly €20M revenue with ~80 employees in 18-20 countries, backed by an Austrian investor and PMV. He explains why he handed the CEO role to Tim after only months, framing his own role as the composer/playmaker who reports to the CEO, and why the management ESOP creates 'skin in the game'. The conversation is rich on founder psychology: playing to win vs. playing not to lose, letting go of your 'baby', and separating ownership from the operational role.

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Appears alongside

Andy Coomans (https://techwiki.ai/people/andy-coomans/llms.txt)

Talks about

Employee Ownership · Founder health (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/founder-health/llms.txt) · Founder mindset (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/founder-mindset/llms.txt) · Scale Up · Go To Market · Resilience (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/resilience/llms.txt) · Scaling (https://techwiki.ai/concepts/scaling/llms.txt)

From public interviews and talks · updated 2026-08-01.
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## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [person] Andy Coomans: https://techwiki.ai/people/andy-coomans/llms.txt
- [concept] Founder health: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/founder-health/llms.txt
- [concept] Founder mindset: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/founder-mindset/llms.txt
- [concept] Resilience: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/resilience/llms.txt
- [concept] Scaling: https://techwiki.ai/concepts/scaling/llms.txt
- [investor] PMV (ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen): https://techwiki.ai/investors/pmv/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-oosterlynck-3180089
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/dimitri-oosterlynck/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/dimitri-oosterlynck/llms-full.txt

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