About this Event
What can you anticipate?
Following five successful editions in Prague, COPS Ventures, in partnership with JetBrains, is launching this format in the Netherlands.
We are shifting the focus to professional service providers seeking to transition from traditional billable hours to scalable, recurring revenue models.
As we move through 2026, the traditional service growth model is facing two primary challenges:
- A chronic shortage of senior talent in the Dutch market, creating a hard ceiling for headcount-driven growth;
- Rapid commoditization of manual work, putting increasing pressure on billable-hour margins.
This session focuses on how boutique firms are addressing both by converting internal know-how into digital assets that scale independently of people.
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Key Discussion Points
Decoupling Revenue from Headcount
How firms are breaking the 1:1 link between staffing and growth to increase margins without additional senior hires
Institutionalizing IP
Turning “people-based” expertise into proprietary digital tools that remain a long-term asset of the firm
From Internal Tool to Market Offering
How to transition from internal automation to client-facing products — without turning your firm into a software agency
The full agenda and confirmed guest speakers will be shared with invited participants.
Agenda
đź•‘: 05:30 PM - 06:15 PM
Meet & Greet
Info: Registration, welcome drinks, refreshments & informal networking
đź•‘: 06:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Opening remarks by COPS & JetBrains
Host: Ondřej Dvořák
Info: Introduction to venture building and the emerging opportunities in the consultancy sector
đź•‘: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Keynote by Gidion + fireside chat
Host: Gidion Peters
Info: From building a consultancy to navigating the startup world
đź•‘: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Interactive workshop & moderated discussion
Info: Practical perspectives on scaling expertise into digital assets
đź•‘: 07:30 PM
Networking
Info: Open networking & peer exchange
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gelrestraat 16, 16 Gelrestraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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