Ben Koot

Current

Chief inspiration officer at Andernemend Nederland (Self-employed)
Owner TimeDesk at Timedesk (Self-employed)

Past

Independent Professional at Ben's HotelReservations (Self-employed)

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Ben Koot’s Summary

TimeDesk,my new company motivates long term unemployed people in Holland to take charge of their own destiny and end their dependence on state benefit. The goal is to turn the human humiliation of Work First initiatives into a vibrant, stimulating and fun way of taking care of your own life by saying goodbye to bureaucracy. http://benkoot.tumblr.com/

Timedesk is project desk for VillageTalk, a creative network of forward thinking people looking for alternative ways to coach the African Cheetah generation about how to connect their community to the Internet and create a sustainable business model to move into the 21st century without leaning on charity and development aid.

In an earlier life I worked for a number of travel agents and tour operators and a brief period at the Radison SAS Hotel in Amsterdam before I started my own hotel reservation service. I was representative for LRI Hotel reservations, until it is was bought by UTELL and pioneerd Landlink, a dynamic packaging system created by Jetset tours in the pre- internet era. I have now switched career and concentrate microblogging and related technology.

Ben Koot’s Specialties:

I operate out of a strong sense of vision, while letting the detailed course of implementation emerge from the evolving situations being faced. I build on ideas, actions and events that they create, or spontaneously come their way.
I have “plans;” but don’t implement plans and don’t want to be constrained by plans. I know where I would like to go but do not always know the route by which I am going to get there!

Ben Koot’s Experience

Chief inspiration officer
Andernemend Nederland (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Het doel is niet de uitkering, maar het scheppen van ruimte om daar zo snel mogelijk van af te komen. Andernemend Nederland helpt instanties positief om te gaan met ideeen die mensen zelf hebben voor hun toekomst, iets wat nu niet vanzelfsprekend is.

Dit onderstreept de noodzaak van andernemerschap, een status die als een soort groene zone de basis legt voor een goede presentatie, aan zowel uitkerings instanties als werkgevers of opdrachtgevers. Het doel is tenslotte niet het krijgen van een uitkering, maar het scheppen van ruimte om daar zo snel mogelijk van af te komen.

Uitganspunt is dat andernemers, binnen de wettelijke kaders, de regie in eigen hand nemen in plaats van genoegen te nemen met niet altijd zinvolle standaard dienstverlening en daarmee zelf invulling geven aan het overheidsstreven naar maatwerk in arbeidsmarkt beleid.

Zie http://andernemendnl.tumblr.com
Owner TimeDesk
Timedesk (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Just Euro 5000.00 startup capital, how do you build your freedom?

On Jan 11 2008 I am starting my second career. The plans are coming together, and the people I need to make things work are lined up. All I have to do now is start and prove it’s possible to build a new future starting from scratch. If it works, this will will help hundreds of people to achieve their goals as well. The voyage starts on Jan 11 - 2008.
Independent Professional

Ben's HotelReservations (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Hospitality industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

I provided hotel reservation services to travel agencies and represented overseas companies. Due to unforseen circumstances I had to end the service

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Just Euro 5000.00 startup capital, how do you build your freedom? On Jan 11 2008 I am starting my second career. The plans are coming together, and the people I need to make things work are lined up. All I have to do now is start and prove it’s possible to build a new future starting from scratch. If it works, this will will help hundreds of people to achieve their goals as well. The voyage starts on Jan 11 - 2008. It's now May and the TimeDesk is slowly being turned into a an on-line magazine. Many last years ideas are now beeing turned into real projects and Eric has started setting up the backoffice.