— Other — 4 minutes read
“Tell me what I have to do to have you finance me.” A sentence uttered in the 1970s in California by a bearded, funnily dressed, young and naïve college drop out. The man in question was looking for the first investment in his project. Together with his partner, he planned on revolutionizing the market of personal computers... read more
— Updates — 1 minute read
Great news for entrepreneurs! As part of the economic recovery from the COVID19-pandemic and in order to provide additional support to start-ups and scale-ups in their development, the Belgian government has recently decided to double the maximum amount that can be collected under the tax shelter scheme... read more
— Startup successes — less than a minute read
— Other — 3 minutes read
[hammer-spread.jpg] The moratorium on forced bankruptcies (filed by a creditor) ended on 31 January 2021 and will not be renewed a third time... read more
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— Startup successes — 3 minutes read
[billy-spread.jpg] We took some time with Pierre de Schaetzen, CEO and co-founder of the company Billy, to look back on his fundraising with Spreds which helped him raise €223,100. What was your fundraising experience with Spreds? The experience with Spreds was very very good. You have a multidisciplinary team that was able to support us on different aspects... read more
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— Startup successes | Other — 5 minutes read
[crisis-spread.jpg] A message from Gilles van der Meerschen, co-founder & Chief Business Officer of Spreds. Within my activities I see about 80 project leaders per month, with solutions that are both very valuable and (sometimes) far-fetched. They all have the merit to try, to risk, to expose themselves, to innovate and to be passionate... read more
— Other — 6 minutes read
[covid-spread.jpg] We have noticed that in many companies (very) little attention is paid to (annual) general meetings. Sometimes the members of the governing body consider these meetings as a waste of time, with a lot of formalities, without any added value. As a result, statutory or legal rules and deadlines are often not respected... read more
— Updates | Other — 4 minutes read
[solidarity-spread.jpg] "There will likely be more SME bankruptcies than physical deaths." - Trends-Tendances. Dear members, As you already know, our main mission has always been to boost the Belgian economy and its job creation by supporting young entrepreneurs... read more