At the New Year's reception of the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam, I was asked to present The Dutch Creative Industry Fund and give an outline of the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs in the digital creative industries.

Joost Veenhoff of the Amsterdam Fashion week and I shared one of the session visited by some 150 attendees interested in the topic. We were both stood a little out of the crowd by our clothing. Joost much more then I of course with a suit made of jeans material from Japan and made by new tailor of Amsterdam. I was wearing a corduroy jacket....

Later we spoke to Bernadette Veenhof, an entrepreneur in the creative industry that shared some of her work with us.

2006 will have lots of opportunities for the creative sector and might transfer some of the innovation and flair into other industries.