Why Dutch House Prices Are Skyrocketing Again (And You’re Probably Too Late) by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 22, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN The Cold Number, the Warm Truth In June 2025, Dutch existing home prices rose by 9.3% compared to June 2024. That’s not subtle. Month-over-month (May to June), the increase was 0.9% . If you’re just t... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE Read more
How Dirty Money Sneaks into Your Business (and Why Your Bank Thinks You Might Be In On It) by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 22, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE Let’s cut the fluff: if you think the rules your bank throws at you when opening an account are “just paperwork,” you’re missing the plot. What’s really going on? They’re checking if you’re you and if... AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK Read more
The Ethics of Outsourcing for Dutch SMEs by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 21, 2025 WISE The van arrived at 03:47 in the morning. No logo, no sound. A man in a blue hoodie dumped two black containers behind our office. By the time the sun came up, they were gone, along with three years of... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why Smart Entrepreneurs Are Ditching Buildings and Betting on Machines in 2025 by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 21, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN A dip in the numbers. But what story do they tell? May 2025: investment in tangible fixed assets in the Netherlands fell by 4.0% compared to the same month a year earlier. Headlines stop here. But num... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Your Website Is Illegal and You Don’t Even Know It by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 21, 2025 ASK PAOLO You built a site that looks sharp. Clean design, strong messaging, visibility on search. But what most entrepreneurs don’t realise is this: in legal terms, a beautiful website can still be a loaded we... AUDIO ES IT LEGAL NL Read more
Your Gut Is Lying to You: Why Founders Who Trust Instinct End Up Bankrupt by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 18, 2025 WISE Years ago, I sat across from the founder of a promising scale-up. Charismatic, sharp-witted, and visibly proud of his instinct. “I don’t need risk reports,” he said with a grin. “My gut tells me what’... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Read more
Unmasking Corporate Vehicles: What Every Dutch SME Must Know by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 18, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE Corporate vehicles, trusts, BVs, shell companies, aren’t just tools of global finance. They’re also magnets for abuse. If you think this has nothing to do with your small business in the Netherlands, ... AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK Read more
The Dutch Pension Bomb No One's Talking About: Why Your Taxes Are Now Paying Grandma’s Bills by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 18, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN Act I: The Quiet Crossing Nobody Noticed In 2024, something historic happened in the Netherlands. Not dramatic. Not viral. But structurally seismic: for the first time ever, more than half of all AOW ... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why Ethical Founders Start Alone and Often Stay That Way by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 17, 2025 WISE The Solitary Spark of Entrepreneurship: Where It Really Begins Forget the glossy team photos and pitch decks. The real start of entrepreneurship is not collective. It’s private. Almost sacred. It begi... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Read more
Source of Funds vs Source of Wealth: What's the Difference and Why It Matters for Your SME by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 17, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE If you're running a small business in the Netherlands and dealing with large payments, new clients, or unexpected financial flows, chances are you've heard the terms Source of Funds (SoF) and Source o... AUDIO ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK Read more
The Hidden Truth Behind the Netherlands’ ‘Stable’ Unemployment Rate: What 386,000 Jobless Really Reveal by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 17, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN When Stability Is the Mask of Movement 386,000 unemployed people. 3.8% unemployment rate. Flat for three consecutive months. To the untrained eye, that signals equilibrium. To anyone who runs a compan... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
The Truth Nobody Tells You: Why Real Sustainability Starts with Calm, Not Carbon Credits by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 16, 2025 WISE Introduction: Sustainability Is Not a Strategy, It’s a Nervous System Sustainability in business has become synonymous with dashboards, ESG ratings, and CSR checklists. But the real foundation of sust... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Read more