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Use the KVK Krachtmeting to gain insight into your entrepreneurial skills. The test consists of questions about entrepreneurship, marketing, networking, and finances. KVK Krachtmeting is only available in Dutch.

KVK Krachtmeting

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With networking, you get to know new people who can recommend you to others at a later date.

Do not immediately start agressively pitching your company, first show interest in the other person.

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How can you use networking to promote your business? Read our networking tips.

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Networking: building valuable relationships

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Is starting your own business for you? Here are 9 benefits of being an entrepreneur - maybe they can convince you. 

Benefits of being an entrepreneur

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Sample quotation

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In an international quotation, you and your foreign business partner lay down agreements on products, prices, transport, and delivery times. Find out what to include.

An international quotation: what agreements to include

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Prepare your company for succession

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If you fall ill or have an accident as an entrepreneur, you run the risk of not being able to work and not having an income. You can limit the consequences with insurance and a living will.

How to limit the impact of incapacity for work

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Want to start your own business from home? This can be done quite easily, but do not forget to check and arrange the following things.

Things to arrange when starting a business from home

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When should you register as an entrepreneur and how do you combine this with a salaried job?

Webinar: Do I have a hobby or a business?

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General terms and conditions. Read how to create them and what rules apply to entrepreneurs.

How to draw up general terms and conditions

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The Small Businesses Scheme (KOR) is a VAT exemption scheme. Find out if it is right for your business.

Making use of the Small Businesses Scheme (KOR)

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As of 1 January 2024, businesses in the Netherlands will have to deal with several new laws and regulations. Find out what it means for your company.

New rules and laws for businesses as of 1 January 2024

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Use the KVK Krachtmeting to gain insight into your entrepreneurial skills. The test consists of questions about entrepreneurship, marketing, networking, and finances.

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Government information and advice for business owners. KVK, Belastingdienst (Tax Administration), Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO, Statistics Netherlands, IND, and others.

Starting your company

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Annemieke Postma of AOVdokter explains retirement for entrepreneurs.

Pension | Managing business risks

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Good news: a potential client asks you for a quotation. Here is how you ensure that your quotation stands out.

Making a winning quotation: 9 tips

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How do you come up with a unique company name? Floris Hülsmann of name creation agency Namarama gives tips.

Come up with a super business name

Video: Come up with a unique business name

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The moment your phone starts ringing and emails start pouring in, that’s when the work really begins. Read about how to find customers and clients.

How to find potential customers and clients

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Financiers often reject loan applications. Find out what their criteria are, and see if your application is up to spec.

Borrowing for business? This is what lenders look for

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The Employment Relationships Deregulation Act (DBA Act) aims to give clarity about the employment relationship between the client and entrepreneur. Find out more.

The DBA Act: avoid false self-employment

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Telesales rules

Sending a card will stand out because people receive little mail.

Everything starts with figuring out who your customer is and what your customer wants.

Proven ways to find clients

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How should you approach customers and sell your product or service? Read our tips for effective customer acquisition strategy.

Strategies for customer acquisition

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Filing a VAT or income tax return, how do you do that? Watch this 3-minute tutorial to see how to file a tax return if you have an eenmanszaak or a vof.

How do I file my tax return?

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Even minors can start their own business, but there are some important considerations to keep in mind. With this checklist, you can make sure that you are fully prepared, and do not miss anything.

Starting a business as a minor: a checklist

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Are you starting your own business? Then prepare well. We have listed what to consider.

Starting a business: what to arrange?

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If you are a minor, (under 18-years-old), in the Netherlands you are ‘legally incapable’. But if you want to run your own business, you can apply for limited legal capability. Find out how.

Limited legal capacity: your own business before you turn 18

Limited legal capacity: running your own business before you turn 18

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Rules and laws

KVK Guide for business financing

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Are you a zzp'er, and do you want to take out a loan of between 5,000 and 50,000 euros? Find out what your options are.

Applying for a loan as a self-employed professional

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Do you want to work as a zzp'er in the care sector via an agency? Find out what you need to know.

Working in healthcare through an intermediary: what you need to know

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Read how to attract new clients through online marketplaces and what to do about terms and conditions, costs, and creating sales accounts.

Selling items on online platforms

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Use social media to interact with your customers and increase your brand awareness. Read more about using social media for business.

Customer contact via social media

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Two entrepreneurs explain how they started as zzp’ers and what to look out for when you start freelancing.

Starting as a freelancer

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If you are a zzp’er and start working for an employer, this affects how you accrue your pension. So get your pension forms aligned. This article takes you through the main changes.

How switching from salaried employment to self-employment affects your pension

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KVK pays a lot of care and attention to the user-friendliness and accessibility of www.kvk.nl/en/.

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If you have been in business for less than 3 years, lenders will not always consider your full qualifying income.

More and more parties are targeting entrepreneurs.

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Mortgage options for self-employed professionals

Zzp and freelance

Zzp and freelancer: the basics

Starting as a freelancer: 7 important steps

Determine your hourly rate

Making use of the Small Businesses Scheme (KOR)

The Dutch hours criterion for self-employed professionals

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Starting as a freelancer

Starting as a freelancer

Starting your company

Starting your company

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