Entrepreneurship Toolbox.

In one sentence

Practical “how-to” content, checklists and templates about starting up, administration, taxes/VAT, pricing, legal basics and pitching.

Category summary

The Toolbox is a collection of concrete resources that help you start and run a business faster and correctly: from step-by-step guides (getting started, VAT), to pricing and legal basics (terms & conditions, shareholders’ agreement), to tools/templates (financial plan), pitching and validation material, and thematic pages (social entrepreneurship, e-invoicing).

Classification (based on tags)

• Administratie & formaliteiten
  • Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
  • Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
  • Deductible business expenses 2026
  • General terms & conditions: how to draft them
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • Filling in and submitting a VAT return (Intervat): step-by-step guide
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • Opening a business bank account: what does it cost for a sole proprietorship, company, or vzw?
  • Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
  • VAT & the small-business exemption
• How does a tax audit work (Belgium) – what can the tax authorities ask for?
• Belastingen & BTW
  • Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
  • Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Deductible business expenses 2026
  • Flat-rate professional expenses as a self-employed person: pros and cons
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
  • Filling in and submitting a VAT return (Intervat): step-by-step guide
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • Opening a business bank account: what does it cost for a sole proprietorship, company, or vzw?
  • When does the tax authority consider a non-profit association (vzw) to be a company?
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
  • VAT & the small-business exemption
• How does a tax audit work (Belgium) – what can the tax authorities ask for?
• Coaching & begeleiding
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
  • Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
• Creatieve beroepen
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
• event locations
  • Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues
• Funding & VC's
  • Financial plan
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
• Ideation & Validation
  • Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
  • Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
  • Cultural Value Scan (Cultuurloket): introduction + download
  • From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
  • SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
• Impact & Duurzaamheid
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
• Intellectual Property Rights
  • Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
  • From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
  • Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
  • Intellectual property (IP) – overview & support (VLAIO)
  • Intellectual property for starters and entrepreneurs (VDAB – online)
  • Pre-diagnostic service for intellectual property (FPS Economy)
• Juridisch
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
  • Cultuurloket Knowledge Base: start page & theme overview
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
  • When does the tax authority consider a non-profit association (vzw) to be a company?
• Netwerk & events
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
• Subsidies
  • Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
• Pitchen
  • Pitch guide – Pitch your social innovation
• Sociale bijdragen
  • Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
  • Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
• Student-zelfstandige
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
• Tools & templates
  • Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
  • Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
  • Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
  • Cultural Value Scan (Cultuurloket): introduction + download
  • Cultuurloket Knowledge Base: start page & theme overview
  • Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
  • Financial plan
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • General terms & conditions: how to draft them
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • SD Worx Starter Guide (BE/NL): practical guide to getting started as an employer
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
  • SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
  • VLAIO Starter Guide: your guide to success as an entrepreneur
  • Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues

Table of contents (all articles)

1. Accountable blog (Practical Help): homepage with articles for self-employed people
2. Branding for starters: lessons from The Girlfriend Experience
3. Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
4. Business expenses (Dexxter): overview of deductible costs for sole proprietors
5. Company forms & non-profit (Belgium)
6. Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
7. Cultural Value Scan (Cultuurloket): introduction + download
8. Cultuurloket Knowledge Base: start page & theme overview
9. Deductible business expenses 2026
10. Deductibles.be / Beroepskosten.be: search engine for deductible expenses (self-employed)
11. Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
12. Filling in and submitting a VAT return (Intervat): step-by-step guide
13. Financial plan
14. Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
15. Flat-rate professional expenses as a self-employed person: pros and cons
16. Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
17. Freelancing in the cultural sector: self-employed or via employment?
18. From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
19. General terms & conditions: how to draft them
20. Gentrepreneur FAQ
21. How does a tax audit work (Belgium) – what can the tax authorities ask for?
22. Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
23. IT and copyright in 2026: which activities (again) qualify?
24. Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
25. Intellectual property (IP) – overview & support (VLAIO)
26. Intellectual property for starters and entrepreneurs (VDAB – online)
27. Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
28. Opening a business bank account: what does it cost for a sole proprietorship, company, or vzw?
29. Pitch guide – Pitch your social innovation
30. Pre-diagnostic service for intellectual property (FPS Economy)
31. SD Worx Starter Guide (BE/NL): practical guide to getting started as an employer
32. Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
33. Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
34. Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
35. Starting a business (VLAIO)
36. Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
37. SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
38. VAT & the small-business exemption
39. VLAIO Starter Guide: your guide to success as an entrepreneur
40. VI.BE: platform and support hub for artists & the music sector
41. When does the tax authority consider a non-profit association (vzw) to be a company?
42. Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues