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In eigener Vertragsangelegenheit

Published on Januar 20, 2012 in contractix by Alexander Kluge. 0 Comments

Seit einiger Zeit versuche ich mit meinem Partner den ganzen Vertragskram in die Cloud zu bringen. Weg mit dem Aktenordner, Übersicht schaffen, Transparenz, Kostenkontrolle – und weg mit dem Papier. Lust hat ja niemand auf den Vertragskram.

Im letzten Jahr haben wir mit contractix ein Startup gegründet, was mir den lästigen Vertragskram abnehmen soll. Und nicht nur mir, sondern allen interessierten Nutzern. Dafür haben wir viel Geld und noch mehr Arbeitszeit geopfert.

Es ist nun ein netter Erfolg, das wir bei dem einen oder anderen Business Plan Wettbewerb dafür Anerkennung bekommen haben. Nach der Vorrunde zu enable2start sind wir nun gestern in der Endrunde beim BPW Berlin Brandenburg gelandet.

Wir haben noch viel vor. Viele Dinge sind noch unter der Haube und gar nicht sichtbar. In den nächsten Wochen und Monaten wird das Team noch viel zu berichten haben. Also schaut auch mal bei uns vorbei.

Sprachlos am Spreeufer

Published on Januar 12, 2012 in contractix and Kluges Leben by Alexander Kluge. 0 Comments

Gestern im NTV Hauptstadtstudio. Licht. Kamera. Leere. Blackout.

Sieht gut aus. Fühlt sich aber nicht gut an, wenn man da steht.

Founders, STAND UP!

Published on August 10, 2011 in contractix by Alexander Kluge. 0 Comments

Look at this cool initiative by 6wunderkinder:

Before now, the whole thing was a vicious cycle. Entrepreneurs began to recreate US products, European investors funded these copycat companies and made a return, and this further influenced new entrepreneurs to do the same. The two sides were pointing the finger at each other, and in the end both parties were to blame. Investors couldn’t fund startups anymore as… well… there wasn’t any. It was just the same of the same. The tech scene here was being strangled, both in terms of money and creativity.

Well, the arguement isn’t important anymore. We’re now in an era of immense innovation and, in the words of Dylan, the times they are a-changin’. Germany, and in particular Berlin Mitte, is growing organically once again – in a crazy, outside the box kinda way. Fresh ideas are now finally bringing fresh money.

“You used to bump into startups that were doing the typical German thing of building a clone. Now the whole city is one crazy startup — chaotic, unstructured and with a counter-culture vibe.” – Alex Ljung, CEO of Soundcloud

As one of the founders of contractix.de we second this. We are very proud to be part of Berlin´s startup ecosystem.

Berlin – a startup ecosystem

Published on Mai 24, 2011 in contractix, Enterprise2.0 and Kluges Leben by Alexander Kluge. 0 Comments

Wow, TechCrunch visits Next11 and fell in love with Berlin: London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups:

Ecosystem-wise, Berlin has some things going for it that most Western European capitals lack. For starters, it’s cheap to work and live there. Culturally and historically, Berlin is a more natural gateway between Europe’s mature Western economies and the surging talent in Eastern Europe. And Berlin has a surging creative class, largely made up of transplants. It’s become the place where misfits in Europe– people who want to be artists and creators, people who don’t fit in rigid social structures of cities like London– flock to do what they want.

That risk-taking, misfit creative class doesn’t always give rise to out-of-the-box startups, but it was a crucial ingredient in the development of startup ecosystems in San Francisco and Tel Aviv. It’s also something that London has long been criticized as lacking.

If London feels like a European New York; Berlin feels like a European Portland or an Austin or a Boulder. And perhaps one day a European San Francisco.

So we feel we are at the right place to start our new venture. Stay tuned.