Companies planning to enter a new market
When you want to check if Poland or the Netherlands are the right direction for sales, services or the development of B2B relationships.
International Business Partner
I connect entrepreneurs, investors and business opportunities between Poland, the Netherlands and international markets. I build relationships that open up new possibilities and support the effective growth of companies.
Poland · Netherlands · Europe
Who am I
My name is Barbara Śmietana. For 16 years I have been living and developing my professional career in the Netherlands. I started with physical work, learned the language, got to know the work culture and step by step built my own position as an entrepreneur.
Today I run Polsolide, a company that organises employee accommodation in the Netherlands, and I am developing my personal brand, which helps Polish entrepreneurs better understand the Dutch market, B2B relations and real opportunities for cooperation.
I understand the Polish entrepreneurial energy and the Dutch expectation of practicality, transparency and accountability.
I don't start with a random contact list. First, I check the objective, the argument, and who really needs to sit down for the conversation.
Who for
I work with clients who aren't looking for general inspiration, but practical insight: where to enter, who to talk to, and whether a given direction has real business potential.
When you want to check if Poland or the Netherlands are the right direction for sales, services or the development of B2B relationships.
When evaluating a location, partners, operational facilities or project potential before taking the next step.
When you need to understand input channels, partner conversations, offer readiness and local market expectations.
When a contact list alone is not enough and preparation for conversations, selection, and relationship management.
When you compare regions, infrastructure, real estate or project facilities and want to see the broader context of the decision.
In figures
In my work, experience, the right context, and calm conversation management are the most important things. Numbers organise what usually determines the quality of entering a new market.
A perspective built on daily market contact, a conversational culture and local decision-making.
Poland and the Netherlands as the main axis of talks, relations and business projects.
Goal, context, and conversations: a simple structure that separates an opportunity from a casual contact.
To initiate a conversation that makes business sense and could pave the way for the next step.
Markets and opportunities
International cooperation does not happen in a vacuum. Behind every conversation lie locations, infrastructure, the supply chain, capital, real estate, and people who have the ability to accelerate or halt a project.
Therefore in the area markets and investment I combine potential analysis with practical insight: where it is worth talking, with whom to initiate contact, and how to prepare the company for entering a new business environment.
How I assess potential
Not every opportunity requires immediate action. Before I connect the parties, I clarify the objective, check the environment and assess whether contact can translate into real traffic for the company, investment or partnership.
I determine what the client is really looking for: a market, a partner, a location, an investor, or entry into a specific conversation.
I am looking at the market, infrastructure, local dependencies, company readiness and conditions that can help or block the project.
If I see potential, I prepare the initial contact so that the first conversation is concrete, calm and credible.