Tilburg is the city of its makers. The movers and the shakers. A city that can help your business flourish. But that doesn't happen by itself. Guts are needed to create a commotion. Standing out requires creativity. Not everyone manages to turn the world upside down. Some stand out. Putting rusty ideas in a new light. Stick out their heads above the ground. Making an impact. We are proud of these entrepreneurs and tell their story here.
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Black paint is made with yellow, red and blue. No matter how pitch-black the paint appears, colour can always be found in the darkness. Artist Nikè Marchand knows that darkness inside and out.
Are you an artist? Then the municipality of Tilburg has a great art assignment for you. They are looking for an artist to design and create a work of art for the renovated Stadswinkel on Koningsplein.
Inspiration does not fall from the sky, it is in the street. Those who keep looking can pick it up in an instant and set something in motion. The living proof is Sidney Marte. As a living spark, he moves through Tilburg to light creative fires.
Marijn van der Laan, commercial director and partner at Cardan Technobility is clear about it: with the digital barriers that currently exist, many companies are missing out on opportunities.
Read more about Dear future: What does a digitally accessible future (for everyone) look like?
Counting names like Ahold, Reed Elsevier and BAM among your regular clients, and working in crisis areas like Ukraine, Colombia, Lebanon and Afghanistan? That is the daily reality for the Tilburg-based company UNLOQ.
Real problems from real companies, where a solution from a student helps them move forward: that's true according to Erdinç Saçan, specialist and speaker on digital marketing, lecturer at Fontys ICT and practor at ROC Tilburg and more.
Read more about Dear future: What does the future of our education look like?
For Silicon Valley you no longer have to get on a plane, you just land around the corner. Spoorzone Tilburg offers plenty of room for visionaries, the experts of the future. With them, we cast a glance into the crystal ball.
Read more about Dear future, what does our digital landscape of the future look like?
Esther Croes was asked to work for Quiet in 2015: "After a career in the events and musical industry, I was looking for more meaning. Quiet immediately ignited that flame." Now there are already 9 Quiet Communities in the Netherlands.
Since 2012 artist and social-artistic entrepreneur Sander van Bussel travels around the world to have the 6773 letters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights tattooed on 6773 people. Conceived in Tilburg. Read the story of Sander.