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
  • General terms & conditions: how to draft them
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • 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
• Belastingen & BTW
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Flat-rate professional expenses as a self-employed person: pros and cons
  • Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
  • Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
  • Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
  • VAT & the small-business exemption
• Coaching & begeleiding
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
  • Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
• Creatieve beroepen
  • 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
  • Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
  • 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
  • Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
• 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
  • Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
  • Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
  • Starting a business (VLAIO)
• Student-zelfstandige
  • Gentrepreneur FAQ
• Tools & templates
  • Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
  • 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)
  • 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. Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder): 9 building blocks + step-by-step guide
2. Company forms & non-profit (Belgium)
3. Creative professions: copyright (Creative Shelter), artist certificate & miscellaneous income
4. Does your brand name already exist? (Early Trademark Screening tool)
5. Financial plan
6. Finding an accountant: AccountantMatch (Xerius)
7. Flat-rate professional expenses as a self-employed person: pros and cons
8. Freelancer hourly rate (Creative Shelter)
9. From idea to concept (Gentrepreneur – Startium Board)
10. General terms & conditions: how to draft them
11. Gentrepreneur FAQ
12. Information obligations for webshops (FPS Finance FAQ)
13. IT and copyright in 2026: which activities (again) qualify?
14. Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk (European Commission)
15. Intellectual property (IP) – overview & support (VLAIO)
16. Intellectual property for starters and entrepreneurs (VDAB – online)
17. Mandatory e-invoicing (Peppol)
18. Pitch guide – Pitch your social innovation
19. Pre-diagnostic service for intellectual property (FPS Economy)
20. Setting up a non-profit association (Belgium): step-by-step plan, formalities & cost
21. Shareholders’ agreement for your startup
22. Social Innovation Atelier (online modules)
23. Starting a business (VLAIO)
24. Support for Ghent Associations & Civic Engagement (City of Ghent)
25. SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (VLAIO)
26. VAT & the small-business exemption
27. VLAIO Starter Guide: your guide to success as an entrepreneur
28. Zalenzoeker (City of Ghent): finding venues and applying for city venues