Gewerbe oder Freiberufler*in - was sind die Vor- und Nachteile? Pauschal lässt sich die Frage, ob ein Gewerbe oder eine freiberufliche Tätigkeit besser ist, nicht direkt beantworten. Dies hängt ganz speziell von deinem Vorhaben und deiner Tätigkeit ab. Welche Vor-
How to run an efficient two-person company A lot of people are surprised when they hear that Uplink is run by only two people - Nick and me. We do everything ourselves: talking to clients, posting jobs,
cooperation Announcing our cooperation with DBITS We are very excited to announce our cooperation with DBITS (Deutscher Bundesverband Informationstechnologie für Selbständige e.V.) and thereby to be able to represent our members' interests even better by
cooperation Interview mit Ben und René von unserem ersten Recruiting Partner Nemensis 💁♂️🙋♂️ Wer sind die Gesichter hinter Nemensis?Die Nemensis ist eigentlich ein etablierter Dienstleister und seit 2007 am Schweizer Markt. In diesem Jahr haben wir die bis dahin brach liegende Nemensis
cooperation Announcing our first Recruiting Partner Nemensis tl;dr - Nemensis is the first of our partners who will be able use our system to publish jobs in our community, and interview and introduce freelancers to their
Announcing our cooperation with Expath About half of the projects published in our community don't require the candidates to speak German. This means that, if you work as an IT freelancer in Germany and don't
cooperation Announcing our cooperation with Accountable Time and again we have noticed in conversations with our freelancers that there is a high demand for an English-speaking accounting solution with which you can easily complete your tax
Warum Unternehmen gerade jetzt mit Freiberuflern zusammenarbeiten sollten Die Mehrheit deutscher Unternehmen und Startups würde das Jahr 2020 verbunden mit dem erforderlichen Handlungsbedarf durch die COVID-19 Krise wohl als sehr herausfordernd bezeichnen. Welche Auswirkungen hat die Krise für
cooperation Webinar and refreshed cooperation with Kontist We are happy to reactivate our cooperation with the Berlin-based FinTech startup Kontist. We are still big fans of their business bank account designed for freelancers! Nowadays they're offering even
Announcing our cooperation with sevDesk Recently we have noticed several discussions about accounting topics in our community. The duties of a self-employed person include, besides the actual core project business, project acquisition as well as
(Re-)Announcing our cooperation with Exali There is hardly a market that is as intransparent and saturated as the insurance market. If you google "insurance for freelancers", you'll get 1.040.000 results in 0.42
Announcing our cooperation with Vantik Recently, some of our members have expressed the wish to learn more about different savings and retirement options for freelancers. A survey during our webinar also revealed that most of
Announcing our Community Wiki One of the features, that many members of our community have asked for over the years, was a way to "bookmark" certain posts from our Slack workspace to make it
Start and redesign of our Remote Community Meetups With our "Remote Community Meetup" concept we are already entering the 8th round. We came up with the idea, as it was no longer possible for us to meet face-to-face
Launching our webinar series Organizing a webinar on a topic relevant to IT freelancers was something we have had in our backlog for a long time, and now we finally got around to it!
Covid-19 resources for freelancers in Germany Numerous companies have put current projects on hold and are trying to keep expenses as low as possible, which has had an immediate effect on the income of freelancers. In
Community jobs Update June 2020 - #jobs-community is now also open for Uplink members, who started their own startup and are looking for co-founders or a CTO in exchange for shares! Every
community-meetup January "IPAs and APIs" Community Meetup in Berlin What better way to start the roaring 20s than to meet some fellow freelancers for a nice evening of cold drinks and inspiring conversations? On January 10, we did just
cooperation Announcing our cooperation with Modis Update July 2020 - Our cooperation with Modis has now ended and will not be renewed as of right now. tl;dr - Starting today, we'll run a 6-month trial
cooperation Announcing our cooperation with Welance Update July 2020 - the Welance coworking space does not exist anymore unfortunately! In times where working remotely is becoming more and more normal among freelancers as well as regular
member-interview Meet the Uplink Community – Interview mit Sandor Farkas Die Uplink-Community wächst und wächst. Zeit, euch unsere Mitglieder einmal persönlich vorzustellen. In unserer Interview-Reihe "Meet the Uplink Community" gehen wir darum mit einem unserer Mitglieder ins Gespräch und hören
member-interview Meet the Uplink Community – Interview mit Niels Madan Die Uplink-Community wächst und wächst. Zeit, euch unsere Mitglieder einmal persönlich vorzustellen. In unserer Interview-Reihe "Meet the Uplink Community" gehen wir darum mit einem unserer Mitglieder ins Gespräch und hören
community-meetup October "IPAs and APIs" Community Meetup in Berlin For our last community meetup in Berlin we returned to one of our regular bars - the Straßenbräu in Friedrichshain! It turned out to be a great night again, and
member-interview Meet the Uplink Community – Interview mit Thomas Krüger Die Uplink-Community wächst und wächst. Zeit, euch unsere Mitglieder einmal persönlich vorzustellen. In unserer Interview-Reihe "Meet the Uplink Community" gehen wir darum mit einem unserer Mitglieder ins Gespräch und hören
Check your recruiter contracts with Uplink! Some of the most common questions we have seen over the years in our Slack workspace had to do with recruiter contracts and how hard it is for a freelancer