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Dutch Taxes & Finances
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Healthcare in The Netherlands
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Healthcare & Health Insurance in The Netherlands
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Let’s Touch BASE: SUSTAIN your businessStartDock Coworking Singel, Amsterdam
Join us for Let’s touch BASE: SUSTAIN your business, where entrepreneurs come together in a collaborative and inspiring environment to learn, share insights, and build meaningful connections.
At BASE, we believe in a business model that aligns profitability with sustainability, ensuring long-term success while staying true to your values. This event focuses on strategies for sustainable growth through smart financial management, innovative practices and impactful connections with like-minded professionals.
Event Highlights
Workshop: Profit is Predictable: Profit by Design, Not Default, run by Michael Knulst
Profit isn’t a mystery — it’s architecture. In this strategic 60-minute workshop for business owners, Michael H. Knulst (author of Corporate Secrets) reveals a proven profitability framework used by elite companies to turn chaos into clarity and cash.You’ll learn why most entrepreneurs unknowingly scale loss-making activities, and how to reverse-engineer a profit engine that delivers consistent, margin-rich growth.
This session cuts through theory and sentiment. You’ll walk away with practical tools to diagnose your most profitable segments, plug margin leaks, and structure your business to generate predictable profit — regardless of market conditions.
Michael is a growth-oriented leader, specialized in delivering lasting performance at the sharp end, where your business meets its customers. He is a Business Growth Strategist, Executive Coach, Transformational Mindset Facilitator, Speaker and Author. Throughout his extensive career, Michael has had the privilege of working closely with hundreds of motivated and ambitious women. And he observes that women in general and his clients in particular, are now embracing a new phase of evolution, aiming to achieve more than just success. They yearn to fully embrace their true selves, tap into their unique talents, discover their life’s purpose, forge meaningful connections, unlock their spiritual potential, and create a positive impact on others’ lives.
Michael is the founder of Beyond Profits, where he helps female entrepreneurs to transform their company into purpose driven organizations that thrive, engage and contribute in a better, easier and more fun way. Over the past 30 years Michael has built 4 multi-million-dollar businesses and generated more than 75 million dollars in revenue for his clients. Together with his wife, he also runs a Mental Health Institute for young adult women. Michael’s mission is to unlock people’s potential; One soul at the time.
Fireside Chat: Sustainability and profitability, finding the balance
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Maite Ibarretxe, an accomplished sustainability expert and leader in integrating sustainable practices into business models. With extensive experience in helping organisations balance environmental responsibility with financial success, Maite will share actionable strategies on how sustainability can drive profitability and long-term growth.Maite brings a wealth of knowledge to implementing impactful, eco-conscious initiatives that make a measurable difference for both businesses and the planet. This last edition before the annual conference will leave you inspired and equipped with practical tools to create a more sustainable and profitable future for your company.
Why Attend?
- Gain actionable strategies for profitability and sustainability.
- Learn from industry leaders and sustainability experts.
- Network with a diverse community of entrepreneurs committed to innovative and value-driven business practices.
At BASE, we are on a mission to create a safe and collaborative space where entrepreneurs can exchange ideas, build relationships, and grow their businesses in ways that matter. We also strive to help and encourage entrepreneurs to do business with one another, fostering a community where mutual support leads to shared growth and success. Let’s support each other and grow together!
- Buying Your First House in The NetherlandsLink visible for attendees
It’s no secret that the Dutch housing market has been insane over the past few years. But that shouldn’t discourage you from making that very special purchase: your first home!
Buying your first property has loads of advantages, both financial and emotional. It also provides you with a sense of accomplishment, the knowing you aren’t simply flushing money down the toilet on rent.
Making that special purchase, however, is not always an easy task. In this webinar we aim to make the process easier for you. In it, we’ll discuss:
- An overview of the Dutch housing market
- Securing a mortgage and how much you can borrow
- For employees
- For freelancers (ZZP’ers)
- The financial advantages of buying a house/property
- The costs involved
- Searching for a property
- Bidding, negotiating and important strategies to consider
- Signing & notarizing the contract (and other important documents)
- Getting the keys and moving in
- Tips & tricks you can’t find anywhere else! ;)
The journey to home ownership can be one of those joyful moments in life and the key to making it so is being armed with the right knowledge and help. That’s why we have enlisted our friends at Expat Home and Loan
Agenda:
19:00 – 19:30 Presentation by Expat Home and Loan
19:30 – 20:00 Q&ARegister
FREEAbout The Speaker
Buying a home in a new country can feel overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. The Home & Loan Solution is designed for expats who want simplicity, expert guidance, and great value. From financing to final keys, Expat Home and Loan take care of everything, in one straightforward, English-speaking service. - Discover Life Coaching as a Career – Online SessionLink visible for attendees
During this online session, you’ll learn all about the many exciting aspects of a coaching training program and find out if this career path is the right fit for you.
Special thanks to our friends at the Academy for Coaching and Counselling (ACC) for hosting this event.
ACC in a Nutshell
- Almost 30 Years of Experience: Since 1996, the ACC has trained thousands of successful coaches and counsellors. Most of them still hold a thriving practice, work as a teacher in the profession or have excelled in their professional careers.
- Comprehensive Training: Develop your coaching and counselling skills from foundational techniques to advanced specializations with the ACC’s flexible two-year English training program, tailored to support your unique learning path.
- National and International Recognition: Exemplary recognition for its institute and educational programs.
- Flexible Learning Options: The ACC training programs take place in various cities in the Netherlands or in a live online setting, accessible worldwide.
- Learn from Experts: The ACC teachers are experts in the field, so you will be taught by the best and learn from their experiences.
Join the Online Information Session
Would you like to discover whether a coaching or counselling training program suits you? Or are you already a coach and would like to level up your skills?If so, join the ACC-team at the online information session on Thursday, 4 September, 2025. The event will take place from 7.00 pm until 9.00 pm. Participation is free of charge.
During this online session you will:
- Receive information about how to become a coach or counsellor in The Netherlands.
- Discover the ACC’s training programs and what can be achieved with them.
- Meet teachers and staff.
- Get informed about the ACC’s accreditations and recognitions.
- Learn more about the new Addiction and Recovery Coaching and Counselling programme.
- Receive advice on which training program suits you best.
Register
FREEAbout ACC
The Academy for Coaching and Counselling (ACC) has offered training programs in the field of coaching and counselling since 1996. We stand for a personal approach with a focus on our students’ unique life paths. At the ACC, we attach great importance to quality. This is also reflected by our various accreditations, certifications and quality marks.We offer a two-year training program in English. This program will teach you the basics of coaching and counselling (Year 1) and become a more specialized coach/counsellor (Year 2). You can choose to participate in Year 1 only, or follow both years. Our training programs are available either in-person (classroom) or Live Online (via Zoom). The online program gives you the possibility to be guided by a teacher and practice with your fellow students onscreen from anywhere in the world.
- Open Day – Learn Dutch the fun wayMBO College Centrum - ROC van Amsterdam, Amsterdam
During the Open Day, we would like to give you a chance to get to know us and our teachers, see how we work, and we will tell you about our unique ‘out-of-the-classroom’ teaching method. Our doors are open from 18.45 till 21.00 at Da Costastraat 36 (!), and the free trial lesson takes place between 19.00 and 20.30.
What you will learn in this webinar
➡️ Trial lesson for beginners
➡️Level assessment for advanced levels
➡️ Meet the team and ask all your questionsRegister
FREE
