About

Ten years behind my own bar. Now on your side of the table.

I opened my own place in Amsterdam and ran it for ten years. I did the build-out, the renovation halfway through, the permit rounds, the supplier negotiations, and the 6 a.m. phone calls when something leaked. I know exactly how it feels when everything depends on you and nobody around the table is neutral.

Ready to Open exists because I kept meeting founders making the same expensive mistakes I made — not because they weren’t smart, but because they were doing it for the first time. So now I do the part I turned out to be good at: getting places open, calmly and on purpose.

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How I work

Plain language

If I can’t explain a decision simply, it isn’t ready to be made. You’ll never get a report you need a dictionary for.

Your money like my money

I’ve spent my own savings on a build. I treat your budget with the same suspicion I treated mine.

No team, no hand-offs

There’s no account manager and no junior. The person you meet on the first call is the person on your site.

Let’s talk about your project.

Ready to Open

Opening and project coordination for hospitality founders. From location to launch, with someone experienced on your side of the table.

© 2026 Ready to Open

Based in Amsterdam