We're stoked to be able to organize our regular community events again! 🥳

On October 14, we returned to our beloved craft beer brewery and bar Straßenbräu, which has hosted our meetups many times before.

As expected, it turned out to be a great evening with many tasty beers, and a chance for us to meet some new members from our community!

We are very excited to announce the brand new cooperation with Qonto, a startup that is also part of the Factory Berlin network!

Today, we're launching referral links, which enable our members to easily refer clients and freelancers to Uplink. We're also increasing the reward for referring clients, and introducing a reward for referring freelancers.

Before Corona hit Germany in early 2020, we organized a monthly community meetup in Berlin, and it was honestly one of the most fun and energizing party of running Uplink! 😄 Meeting so many like-minded freelancers and enjoying a few delicious craft beers together reminded us why we had started this community in the first place!

Der traditionelle Weg der Unternehmensgründung ist meist sehr linear - zuerst muss ein Businessplan erstellt und das nötige Geld beschafft werden, bevor dann im Nachgang der strategische Plan umgesetzt wird und die tatsächliche Reaktion des Marktes beurteilt werden kann. Dieser Ansatz eignet sich besonders gut für bereits etablierte Unternehmen mit der Absicht, neue Geschäftsbereiche zu erschließen. Oft merkt man jedoch erst in der entscheidenden Phase des Markteintritts, ob die zuvor entwickelte Idee oder das Geschäftsmodell auch wettbewerbsfähig sind. Kann sich das Geschäftsmodell am Markt dann doch nicht durchsetzen, hat ein Unternehmen bereits viel Geld und Ressourcen verloren. Der Ansatz des Lean Startups setzt auf eine radikale Orientierung an dem Markt. Im Wesentlichen wird eine Geschäftsidee durch einen MVP schnell auf den Markt gebracht und anschließend immer wieder getreu dem Zyklus "Build-Measure-Learn" angepasst. Also einfach gründen oder wie?

We would like to say thank you for the great joint event we had last week with three freelancers from the Uplinkverse, which was attended by more than 50 people. Especially the interactive part was a lot of fun! 🤗

I love reading posts like these, in which startups talk about the tech and tools they chose to run their businesses. Even if you don't find something new to use for yourself, it's always interesting to learn about the thought and reasoning that goes into the choices small startups make.

As many of you noticed, we moved from our old office in Berlin-Friedrichshain to the Factory Berlin at Görlitzer Park a few months ago. We intentionally chose Europe's largest coworking space, as it is packed with freelancers as well as exciting startups, and we like to network and shout out to the world: "We are Uplink"! 🥳

For a long time, we've been fans of FinTech startup Kontist's business account, which is specifically tailored to the needs of freelancers and includes many useful features such as accounting and invoicing integrations.

One of the key responsibilities of a company regarding an innovative corporate culture is to ensure an efficient knowledge management. Employees should always be willing to share their knowledge with all other members of the organisation. This involves permanent employees as well as freelancers. The only difference between them is the average length of time they stay with the company.