Entrepreneurship 2.0

White-knight or grey-mouse approach in crisis management

2009-02-26T08:53:00.004+01:00

Bottom-up or top-down in times of severe crisis.What is a truly innovative approach? Launching the idea of a war cabinet in which you, not so secretely, dream of being part of? Or do you prefer the idea of a company that collectively decides to cut back 20% of their wages (and labour time) in order to avoid staff-reduction?Both are hot items in the Belgian press. The war-cabinet (launched by

Design London stirs it up

2008-11-11T10:57:00.007+01:00

Are you looking to get clothing out of a spray? Just air-spray the content of the bottle over your body and when the stuff dries you'll end up with a sweater. The technology can be used in medical applications to automatically create disposable bandages.Or maybe you fancy floor tiles that illuminate when you walk over them. Used in interiors they can function as safety lights or way-leaders in

Entrepreneurs to the rescue

2008-10-29T21:54:00.003+01:00

The credit crunch is no longer a problem solely to the financial sector. Other industries to are facing the consequences. Some have reduced production, others even shut down complete production plants (cfr car production facilities). We have even had the first bankruptcies. Unemployment is on the rise and at the same time it’s getting increasingly difficult for organizations

"Peeters & Pichal" on top management remuneration

2008-10-23T20:48:00.008+02:00

This morning I was invited by "Peeters & Pichal", the popular Radio 1 show about money, personal finance and everything related, to discuss the remuneration and severance packages of top managers. It proved to be very interesting. You can still listen to the radio item here (only available in Dutch).

Are executive's compensations imoral?

2008-10-22T23:13:00.007+02:00

The financial crisis is submerging us and recent events have led to enormous discussions on the compensation packages of ceo's and the like. Senior managers of close-to-bankruptcy-banks receive golden parachutes to leave their company and are scapegoated for the amounts they receive. The ready-to-critique public opinion is inventing unheard terms to describe the unlimited greed of these

Size does matter

2008-10-10T20:54:00.001+02:00

For the past few years, we've seen numerous mergers & acquisitions in every market and industry. Whether you're in banking, insurance, it, utilities or travel; consolidation is the key. Until recently. It seems the sky has its limits after all. Within just a few weeks, 'scalability' has become highly overrated. Is it really? Or have we simply been overambitious, neglecting what was so obvious:

Who dares, wins

2008-10-02T20:02:00.000+02:00

For once we have found something our politicians, captains of industry and media fully agree on: Belgium needs more entrepreneurs. If we don’t find them, we’re soon to see our economic fertile soil turn into a desert. But despite all measures and initiatives such as Flanders Enterprise (VLAO) or Flanders DC, we’ve seen hardly any successful start-up, let alone one that made