Paolo Maria Pavan Why the Dutch Are the Happiest Burnouts in Europe There’s a silent ledger that no accountant keeps, yet it tallies our days with relentless accuracy. On one side: hours worked, invoices issued, deadlines met. On the other: dinners missed, books unope... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 25, 2025 NL MARKET PULSE
Paolo Maria Pavan Role Separation in Micro-Companies In 2022, I watched a bakery in Utrecht lose its soul. Not its recipe. Not its clients. Its soul. The founder, warm, tireless, beloved, was the baker, the bookkeeper, the HR manager, the delivery drive... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 24, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch Women Avoid Their Own Streets And CEOs Should Care Welcome to the Netherlands, land of gezelligheid, bikes, and... silent detours. You might think safety in your own neighborhood is a given, but for nearly half of the women aged 15 to 25 , that assump... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 24, 2025 NL MARKET PULSE
Paolo Maria Pavan Sustainable Starts with Restraint My grandfather never threw away string. Every time he opened a package, he’d untie the knots carefully, roll the twine around two fingers, and hang it on a nail in the shed. “Because one day,” he’d sa... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 23, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch Consumer Confidence Is Still in the Gutter, Even When the News Pretends It’s Not Every number is a confession. Especially when it pretends to be neutral. Take this one: -32 . That’s where Dutch consumer confidence landed in July. Better than June’s -36, but still buried deep benea... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 23, 2025 NL MARKET PULSE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why “We’re a Family” Can Be a Red Flag Years ago, I visited a small printing business run by two brothers. At first glance, it felt warm, colleagues called each other “auntie” or “uncle,” birthday cakes were mandatory, and staff often stay... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Jul 22, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch House Prices Are Skyrocketing Again (And You’re Probably Too Late) 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 Jul 22, 2025 NL MARKET PULSE
Paolo Maria Pavan The Ethics of Outsourcing for Dutch SMEs 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 Jul 21, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Smart Entrepreneurs Are Ditching Buildings and Betting on Machines in 2025 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 Jul 21, 2025 NL MARKET PULSE
Paolo Maria Pavan Your Gut Is Lying to You: Why Founders Who Trust Instinct End Up Bankrupt 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 Jul 18, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The Dutch Pension Bomb No One's Talking About: Why Your Taxes Are Now Paying Grandma’s Bills 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 Jul 18, 2025 NL MARKET PULSE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Ethical Founders Start Alone and Often Stay That Way 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 Jul 17, 2025 WISE