Godfried van Loo

September 7-13, 2010 I visited Silicon Valley, California USA. Together with over 10 other innovative companies from the Netherlands we went on a mission with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. An extremely busy schedule with several appointments with companies and venture capital but also a one day Entrepeneur Bootcamp with several great speakers and [...]

The word ‘swamp’ doesn’t sound very romantic, but the Weerribben are beautiful. And very Dutch! An area no smaller than 35 km² forming one of the biggest nature reserves in Europe.

Once upon a time… Founded in 910 by William I, Count of Auvergne, run by Abbot Berno and under the immediate authority of Pope Sergius III. Back then, everything went well. The power of Cluny soon went from a small abbey in France all the way from Scotland, Germany to Italy. But the decline went [...]

Like last year, I attended a fashion show at the Amsterdam Fashion International Week. Last year it was Daryl van Wouw and this year we (together with my girlfriend Imke) were invited to see the show of Dagmar. Compliments to Dagmar… I liked the outfits. Wearable, light and simple.

Trekkertrek is a very regional event where one has to pull heavy machinery with a tractor (or truck). You’ll have to pull as far as possible and as quick as possible in case two tractors get it to a “full pull”. Funny to attend

One of the first tips I ever received when I started snowboarding, over ten years ago, was “don’t eat the yellow snow”. A well-know sentence and hard to forget. The last few weeks, it has been snowing in the Netherlands so the line popped up in my head again. I found this traffic light on [...]

Being a web developer, the word “cookie” I mostly use when referred to as ‘http cookie‘ which can be used to track a visitor while visiting a website. The English word ‘cookie’ comes from the Dutch word ‘koek’, or better the word for ‘small cookie’: koekje. But today, my girlfriend Imke and I made real [...]

Ruurlo. A small town in the east of the Netherlands where I lived about 7 years and left when I was 9. Today I went back, almost 19 years later, which was weird in a way. In my memory, everything was big, large, long and such. Our street was long, the house and garden were [...]

Sometimes, you may need advice but once given, a decision seems even harder to make. The last few months have been pretty busy, hard, difficult and sometimes even depressing. Having worked on a new service the last 8 months, spoken to many enthusiastic clients, the last few months didn’t work they way I hoped they [...]

Montcabrier (near Cahors) is a very small french town in the département Lot. Hills, a creek (the Thèze), castles (like Bonaguil) and trees. We visited the Festival de théâtre au château de Bonaguil at night. “Le timide aux Palais” was the name of the show on Tuesday night at the castle. A friendly, funny and [...]