“I try to work with my hands as much as possible” – Bastiaan de Nennie
In 2015, Bastiaan de Nennie graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven. And then he just started creating. With his 3D printed artworks, that embrace both the physical and digital world, he and his Phygital Studio are not only making a name for themselves in the art world, but also in the office industry. At…
Charging expenses to your client
When you’re doing a job for a client, you may incur various costs. Things like travel costs, such as taxis or car use, but also materials, literature or shipping costs. If you’ve agreed with your client that you can charge these expenses afterwards, you need to add them to your invoice. How to process these…
“We can now research things that previously seemed impossible” – Laurens Vreekamp
Laurens Vreekamp is specialized in artificial intelligence and machine learning. He was a teacher at Hogeschool Utrecht for eight years, worked for well-known Dutch media companies and broadcasters, and did research for Google at their News Lab. In 2020, he founded his own academy: Future Journalism Today. Through various workshops and courses, Laurens prepares “storytellers,…
What is the Healthcare Insurance Premium (ZvW)?
If you’ve filed your income tax return as an entrepreneur before, you will undoubtedly have come across the term Healthcare Insurance Premium, or ZvW in Dutch. Every year, you pay your ZvW contribution to the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, in addition to your income tax. But what exactly is this premium and why do…
“It really is all up to yourself” – Jordy Vonk
Jordy Vonk is one of the Netherlands’ most successful windsurfers, and therefore also one of the most successful entrepreneurial Dutch windsurfers. After all, being able to make a living out of your passion isn’t possible without creating the conditions to do so yourself. And that requires hard work, there really is a lot more to…
Deducting business expenses – the what, when and how
As an entrepreneur, you pay tax over the profit you make via the income tax return. Your profit is the sum of the sales you’ve made minus your business expenses. This means it’s wise to include these expenses in your accounting. In this blog we’ll explain which expenses are deductible and how this procedure works….
“I like stories that make you wonder: Wow, did this really happen?” – Lex Boon
Lex Boon works as a freelance journalist for, among others, Amsterdam-based newspaper Het Parool. He’s also building a reputation for himself as a writer of non-fiction stories that have proven to be real page turners (De Diepvriesman, 2014; Ananas, 2019 & Mr. Kaor Yamamoto, 2020). By asking questions with an almost childlike curiosity, Lex manages…
“I’d never thought I would import tortillas” – Let de Jong
For a long time, Let de Jong (46) worked as a concept developer and designer. But she always had a great passion for food as well. She took a year off, threw herself into Mexican cuisine and came up with Let’s Salsa. Natural, flavoursome and pure sauces that go well with a tasty quesadilla or…
“The dream is to be able to make a living from my art” – Linsey Ladru
Linsey Ladru is a part time make-up artist – for commercials as well as more extravagant work for popular festivals. While she mainly works as part of a team in the make-up world, she also exchanges the bustle of Amsterdam for the calmness of the Veluwe every now and then. There, she has her own…
