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The holidays are coming up again. Where one chooses a relaxed, carefully planned holiday in a pre-booked place, the other opts for adventure without a day-to-day mapped route, destination unknown. The latter way of travelling requires entrepreneurship and reminds me of the road trip we have taken as ARV Group to date.
You don't just start an entrepreneurial journey. Thorough preparation, a trusted travel group, the right luggage and a flexible attitude are essential. At ARV, we have chosen from the start to pursue clear goals based on our own vision and approach. Knowing that we were going to learn and experience along the way. Once on the road, we were therefore always open to unexpected insights, surprising encounters and new challenges. It has led us to sometimes choose different routes than we had thought beforehand. It is precisely on these routes that we have discovered more and more who we are. New paths brought us ever closer to our own service DNA.
During our road trip we also make regular stopovers. Stop for a moment. Take a good look around us. And above all, engaging in conversation with our customers, who we see as our most important travel companions. Driven entrepreneurs who operate in the heart of the business. They constantly present us with new issues that they encounter on their own entrepreneurial journey. The conversations about these issues lead to new inspiration, new insights and innovative ideas. It is the basis on which we continue to navigate together, facing new challenges.
We have taken an adventurous, valuable and enriching journey so far. And the group we started with has grown considerably. Looking back, the paths we have taken along the way now seem very logical. Especially because we have always stayed on our original ARV compass: the integral development of organizations, cooperation in all organizational layers, impact on the total organizational result and customer ownership. In our vision, he or she is always at the wheel when it comes to his or her own entrepreneurial journey.
Our journey together has made our own company what we are today. A close-knit group of companies that want to make a difference for the process industry independently, but sometimes also in close cooperation, as integral sparring partners: ARV Consulting, Development Partners, i4o and XTR Operations. The great thing about entrepreneurship is that it never stops. So we continue our journey. On to more inspiring moments and encounters with familiar and new faces. This will undoubtedly lead us to choose new directions in the future which where not part of our original roadmap.
Want to join us? The best travel plans often start with a casual conversation and a cup of coffee. You are very welcome!
Roelant van Herwaarden
Partner ARV Group
'Next autumn we will launch our new websites: one for ARV Group and also separate websites for the companies that now form this group. We'll keep you posted!'