Last week, we had the please to host our last IPAs & APIs Freelancer Meetup for the year! 🥳 🍻

The location was our tried and trusted bar Straßenbräu, which we've been to a few times before, and it turned out to be a great evening with many old and new faces!

This time, the whole Uplink team (Manuel, Nick, Lea and Maike) was there, since we took the opportunity to get everyone together in Berlin for some team activities in the days after the meetup. As you might know, we are "remote first", so it was the first time in a while that all of us were in the same room! 👯‍♀️ 👯

We are more than happy to announce our new cooperation with Movers and Makers, who offer a comprehensive set of tools and resources for freelancers providing digital and creative services. Their approach helps freelancers and small agencies to step out of the "time for money" circle and support them to implement value-based services for their businesses. Clients accomplish this through individual consulting, training and workshops about the possibilities of hybrid models of standardized offers.

Our partner Expath offers relocation services including support with authorities, language courses, visa issues and workshops for freelancers and companies. After 16 relocations across the globe, and many stints under her belt as a freelancer, Shirley McDonald-Link is now working for Expath as a Customer Success Manager. We are more than thrilled that she shared her insights to help freelancers to shape their next move.

Freelancing in Germany: Is it really as good as it’s sometimes cracked up to be? Or is it actually something to steer clear of?​

I was recently asked to outline the classic challenges that foreign freelancers are most vocal about when venturing into the freelance market in Germany. Here’s a quick peek at the first 3 that came to mind.

Last week we hosted the third “Deep Dive” webinar in our joint long-term event series "How to scale up your business" with our partnerQonto. The topic this time was "Powerful Sales Strategies" - Nick from the Uplink team talked to Antoine Tzavaras, Sales Expert of Qonto, and Tino Keller, Co-Founder & Managing Director of our partner Accountable.

Der Begriff Company Culture wird heutzutage oft inflationär genutzt, aber was steckt wirklich alles dahinter?

In einem Interview hat uns Torben Rabe verraten, wie die Company Culture bei Qonto gelebt wird. Torben habt ihr bereits in unseren Deep Dive Webinar Serien kennengelernt, er leitet als Country Director die Erfolgsgeschichte von Qonto in Deutschland und teilt mit uns regelmäßig Insights aus der Startup Branche.

Die Eröffnung eines Geschäftskontos bietet für viele Gründer die Grundlage für die eigene Selbstständigkeit. Grundsätzlich gibt es jedoch keine gesetzliche Vorgabe, die Selbstständige dazu verpflichtet ein Geschäftskonto zu führen. Warum es trotzdem empfehlenswert ist und wie du das passende Geschäftskonto für dich findest, erfährst du in dem Gastbeitrag von unserem neuen Partner FYRST! 🚀

Wir freuen uns auf eine neue Partnerschaft mit dem Buchhaltungstool Papierkram. In einem Interview haben wir 7 Fragen an Rainer Rapp gestellt. Rainer Rapp arbeitet seit mehr als 6 Jahren bei der odacer finanzsoftware GmbH für das Buchhaltungstool Papierkram. Vor 8 Jahren entstand das Buchhaltungstool aufgrund mangelnder Alternativen und erleichtert mittlerweile die Buchhaltung für viele Freelancer. Im Interview erfahren wir mehr über das Buchhaltungstool und das Team hinter Papierkram.

Dies ist ein Gastbeitrag von unserem Partner insureQ, einem Versicherungsanbieter, der maßgeschneiderte Versicherungen für Freelancer und Kleinunternehmer anbietet.

Ein unzufriedener Kunde oder ein Missgeschick bei der Erfüllung eines Auftrags können für Freelancer zur existenziellen Bedrohung werden. So können sich Schadensersatzforderungen schnell im sechsstelligen Bereich bewegen. Effektiv vorbeugen kann man nur mit einer maßgeschneiderten Risikoabsicherung für Freelancer. insureQ bietet eine individuelle Versicherungsberechnung und beantwortet in diesem Beitrag die wichtigsten Fragen zu verschiedenen Policen.

Update from November 2022 - insureQ has discontinued its operations.

We are very happy to announce our brand new cooperation with insureQ, a insurance service for your freelance business that wants to revolutionize the insurance market with their digital approach.

The Munich-based InsureTech offers customized insurance solutions for self-employed entrepreneurs and small business owners. They focus on providing a digital solution that is both transparent and easy to understand for their customers. The vision of insureQ is to simplify commercial insurance for SMEs, startups, and self-employed people while adapting it to specific industries and professional requirements. 🚀

Last week we hosted already the second "Deep Dive" webinar about recruiting strategies in our joint long-term event series "How to scale up your business" with our partner Qonto. Nick from the Uplink team talked to Torben Rabe, who is leading the growth story for Qonto in Germany as Country Director, and Sebastian Britz, the CEO & Co-Founder of DIGITTY, whose AI solution for project management reduces the complexity and unpredictability of digital projects.