The Human Prototype Lab

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An intimate speaker event featuring immigrant business owners who crossed continents to build something new, personally and professionally.
What does it really take to start a business in a country that is not your own? This event brings together immigrants who arrived in the Netherlands, decided to become business owners, building from the ground up. They come from different continents or countries, different professional worlds, and different cultural contexts, and they share a common drive to create, contribute, and connect in their new home.

Through candid conversation and personal storytelling, our speakers will explore what it means to be solopreneurs in the Netherlands (and worldwide, virtually): the challenges of navigating an unfamiliar market, the advantages of a fresh perspective, and the practical tools and strategies that are shaping the next generation of one-person businesses.

In this live webcast episode, we invite our first guest speaker, Sevgül Sümer Dielemans, an illustrator and owner of Evil Strawberry Arts & Illustration, to speak with us about being a creative who has lived in multiple countries and how it is to balance life with human intelligence and artificial intelligence.

This event has been designed with whole heart and mind for:

• Aspiring and current solopreneurs curious about AI-driven and people-centered business models
• Immigrants and expats in the Netherlands exploring entrepreneurship as a path forward
• Business owners seeking fresh perspectives on courses, systems, and operational tools
• Professionals interested in the intersection of organizational development and technology

Whether you are new to another country, new to business ownership, or simply looking for inspiration and practical insight, this event offers honest, experience-driven conversation from two people doing the work in real time.

🇹🇷 Sevgül Sümer Dielemans

Sevgül is an illustrator and creative entrepreneur based in the Netherlands, running her own practice across children’s books, editorial illustration, and creative workshops. With a background in fine arts and teaching, she places creativity at the core of both her work and her business. Her international path through Turkey, the United States, Belgium, and the Netherlands continues to shape her perspective.

🇮🇷 Ahad Saeidi, DBA

Background: AI Business Growth Adviser with a DBA in Fintech and over a decade working alongside startup founders and entrepreneurs. Has spent his career on the same side of the table as the people doing the work, mentoring founders, evaluating early-stage businesses, and walking the path of building from zero himself.

Business Focus: Believes AI is an executor, not a strategist, and that every working AI system starts with the human work behind it. Helps small business owners and solopreneurs map, document, and optimize their business first, then power it with AI. Teaches a Business-First framework that treats AI as a tool in service of the owner, not the other way around. As an immigrant founder building in Europe, brings a fresh perspective on what it takes to systemize a business from scratch in a new market. Shares real experiments and results daily on LinkedIn.

🇺🇸 J.W. Nadolski, MSc, PHR
Background: MSc in Organizational Leadership (SNHU), BS in Economics (University of Utah), and PHR-certified people operations professional. Founder of The Human Prototype Lab and JWN Creative Coaching in The Hague, with decades of experience in training, cultural development, hospital administration, non-profit leadership, and creative arts.

Business Focus: Helping business owners, active or aspiring, to get creative, not give up. He helps business owners to unlock collaboration, culture, and leadership potential through workshops, immersive events, coaching, and strategy sessions. Combines business consulting with artful, unconventional approaches to spark real innovation and build sustainable ways of working.

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