Award winning entrepreneur Sifra Geijtebeek of Ukje shares her journey as she expands her business to the USA. Selling in the US is different from selling in the Netherlands. From packinging to customer service and everything in between, Sifra discusses how she sells her product in the USA.

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with Sophie Boutelegier of Expandify about what a US partner looks for in successful partnership and what European companies should do to find and maintain a successful cooperation.

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with immigration lawyer Steve Maggi, who shares the most important steps to take when applying for a visa to do business in the US

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with Nancy Grossman who shares her insights on how Americans can successfully do business with the Dutch

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with Carl van der Zandt, a Dutch lawyer in New York who helps scale ups with the legal aspect of their US expansion

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with Pierre Janssen of LUSHmedia about branding and websites when expanding internationally. He discusses the differences between a Dutch, European and American website.

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with Jaap Donath, the Assistant Executive Director at the Levan Center of Nova Southeastern University in Florida. The Levan center supports entrepreneurs and early-stage startups for the buildout and scaleup of their business. Jaap is an expert on the factors that help determine the best location for foreign scale ups. Factors include drivers for success, tax incentives, accounting rules, employment law, talent pools, center of excellence, cultural differences and time differences.

In this episode of The Dutch American Connection podcast, Annette van der Feltz has a conversation with Floor Bergshoeff of TABS about the year-long research project she did on Dutch Ventures in the US (DIVTUS). Floor describes what makes a Dutch venture in the US successful, including how to pitch to your American partner or investor, how Dutch and American marketing strategies differ and the secret to managing US employees - to name a few of the many tips and tricks shared in this podcast.

The ROI of preparing for Dutch American Cultural differences. Preparation is everything. But what and how to prepare when you don’t know what you don’t know? Learn from a Dutch Expat and Repat as he shares his lessons learned on preparing for working with Americans, and how preparation would have increased employee satisfaction and profitability sooner. As an added bonus, we will also discuss what he learned in the US and has implemented in the Dutch office.

Director of DEI Paula Robinson discusses why DEI is important, how it can increase productivity and how to implement DEI policies, while keeping leadership accountable. She compares how DEI policies in the Netherlands are different than DEI policies in the US

Americans generally place a lot of value on getting to know their business partners. But what should you not talk about, outside of the office? Here are 3 things NOT to talk about with your American business partner. The first two may be obvious, but they have some interesting aspects to them

Praktische tips voor Nederlandse ondernemers in de VS van Tim Beyer, CEO Americas, Global COO Sana Commerce. Tim vertelt over hoe hij op een succesvolle manier de culturele verschillen tussen de Nederlandse en de Amerikaanse manier van zaken doen overbrugt en voordeel haalt uit de verschillen.

Why is intercultural communication important, and what is intercultural communication? Annette van der Feltz explains and provides examples!

Speaking is not the same as communicating. Learn from a Harvard educated English teacher in Amsterdam how you can avoid embarassing and costly mistakes when speaking English or when translating your marketing materials from Dutch to English!