Compliance
Compliance: the practical floor, not a fear tax.
GDPR, NIS2, data residency, contracts. Compliance can quietly make every product choice heavier than it needs to be. This is where I help founders find the practical floor.
- GDPR concerns.
- Do I need NIS2?
- Does hosting have to stay in Europe?
- How much compliance is actually required?
Frameworks for this area
Compliance for startups
Most startups either ignore compliance completely or overengineer it. A decision framework for founders deciding what to actually implement, and what to safely defer.
Do I need NIS2?
Many companies spend money on NIS2 before determining whether NIS2 applies. A decision framework for founders deciding whether the regulation applies, and what to do first.
Do I need European hosting?
European hosting is sometimes a real requirement and often an assumption. A decision framework for founders weighing data sovereignty, GDPR data transfers and EU data residency, without buying compliance theatre.
Ronald Founder advisor · the Netherlands Should your data really leave Europe?
Data sovereignty, GDPR and geopolitical risks increasingly influence infrastructure decisions.