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Resilience

Resilience is the capacity of a company or a founder to absorb a shock and keep operating, or to start again once the shock has landed. On this wiki the theme runs through 28 videos and 21 linked entities, and the Belgian material treats it as survival after failure more than avoidance of failure.

Overview

Resilience works on two layers that are often collapsed into one. At company level it is structural: how much fixed cost the business carries, how long the cash lasts, how much revenue a single lost customer removes, and whether a test is large enough to prove anything. Dieter Penninckx states the sampling problem plainly: 'Statistisch gezien is één gelijk aan nul. Met ene winkel testen niks.' At founder level it is what happens once the structure gives way, and in Belgium that is a legal procedure before it is a psychological one, because Boek XX of the Wetboek van economisch recht has governed insolvency since 2018 and lets a bankrupt natural person petition the court for kwijtschelding of the remaining debts. Lorenz Bogaert argues that the structural layer itself has shifted: 'We zijn echt in een wereld waar je met een team van 10, 15, 20 mensen perfect een zeer goed draaiende business kunt gaan runnen.' Ruth Janssens, a founder who went through a bankruptcy and now invests, reduces the lesson to documentation: 'Zet u afspraken op papier, ook al kende met jaar heel goed.'

Stated facts & numbers

  • Entities tied to the concept on the wiki: 21 (15 people, 0 companies)
  • Videos discussing the theme: 28
  • Legal basis for a second start: Boek XX, Wetboek van economisch recht, in force since 1 May 2018; kwijtschelding of remaining debts on petition to the court
  • Free advice for entrepreneurs in difficulty: Dyzo, free in Flanders with VLAIO support and partnerships with 253 of 285 local authorities
  • Founder who is listed as having gone through bankruptcy and now invests: Ruth Janssens
  • Quote on the size of a valid test: Dieter Penninckx: 'Statistisch gezien is één gelijk aan nul. Met ene winkel testen niks.'
  • Quote on failure culture: Jeroen Poels: 'Wij leven in Vlaanderen en in België in een angstcultuur rond falen.'
  • Quote on small teams: Lorenz Bogaert: 'We zijn echt in een wereld waar je met een team van 10, 15, 20 mensen perfect een zeer goed draaiende business kunt gaan runnen.'

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