Rick Mans was born in 1979 in The Hague, The Netherlands. During his early years he started swimming, and eventually became a successful long distance swimmer who won several national championships and crossed the the IJsselmeer three times (a swim of approximately 25km). Besides that he studied Management Economics and Law with a focus on online communication and behavior, graduating in 2002.
During his study he and three costudents started a company called eMagin in 1999. The focus was based around the web and merely at content management and already at collaboration software. Customers were the municapel for The Hague, several sportclubs and small and medium enterprises.
In 2007 he s...