Hello

[Meerski]

Hello SBF community!

I'm Dries and I live in Belgium. At the moment I study Trade Science at the university of Ghent. I already got a bachelor degree in Accountancy & taxes.

Besides my studies I'm active in my dads car rental business. I take care of the marketing, webdesign, SEO, ... This year I've been able to start up 2 new locations for our business. I'm also a co-owner of two other companies. The first one is BSM (www.bluesnowmedia.com) we're we do the webdesign, marketing, SEO, complete refreshements, social media, .... for new or outdated companies. We're still a growing company but we do offer a great price/quality! The other business I'm a co-owner off is TW (TehWebz - Affordable hosting solutions. (http://www.TehWebz.com)), which is specialised in hosting (mainly VPS packages).

My hobbies are computer, consoles, going out, watching movies/ tv series, hanging out with my friends.

I hope I'll be able to get the maximum out of this forum, and hopefully I can contribute to the community!

Thanks,

Dries

[vangogh]

Welcome to the forum Dries. You might be our first member from Belgium. Sounds like you're pretty busy with school and the 3 businesses too. You'll find a few of us here work in similar industries so I'm sure we'll have plenty to talk about.

Thanks for joining the community.

[cbscreative]

You may also be the first who does web design yet also has a degree in accounting and taxes. I view that side of business as cruel and unusual punishment. I'm glad there are people who enjoy those tasks because I hate them with intense hatred. My view is, just tell me what needs to be done so I can make it happen, I don't need to be dragged down with details that sabotage my productivity.

Welcome to the SBF.

[Spider]

Welcome aboard, Dries.

[Meerski]

Thanks for the friendly welcome! :)

I have to admit I'm that enthousiastic about accounting & taxes either, it's just plain boring to do it as a job. There was one main why I choose to study that degree: gaining more knowledge into my future business. I want to know when I can afford to do an investment, I want to know when things are running good or not (having a profit/loss doesn't always represent you're doing well!).

A few months ago I had the possibility to invest into BSM, something I don't regret for a single second. While I take the financial tasks on me, I get the chance to gain some experience in the webdesign/SEO world.

I know one thing for sure, I will never ever .... ever want to be employed. Working for your own business gives me such a stimulance to get the best out of myself! :)

[vangogh]

I think its great you're willing to learn things you don't enjoy because you know it'll help you in business. That's not easy to do, but it's definitely worth it.


I will never ever .... ever want to be employed. Working for your own business gives me such a stimulance to get the best out of myself!

Same here. I don't think I could ever go back to working for others.

[cbscreative]

I know one thing for sure, I will never ever .... ever want to be employed.

An enthusiastic Amen to that! I think you'll find much agreement here on that sentiment.