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How I Started A $16K/Month Business Connecting Companies and Tech Freelancers

December 15th, 2019

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Manuel Meurer

Founder, Uplink

$16K

revenue/mo

Founders

Employees

Uplink

uplink.tech

from Berlin, Germany

started August 2016

$16,000

revenue/mo

Founders

Employees

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1. Uplink Update: How Grew Our Online Community To 1600+ Members (2021) ➜

Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hi, my name is Manuel and I’m the founder of Uplink, a network for IT freelancers in Germany.

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We just crossed the 1.000 members threshold and the main service we offer to our members is simple, fair and transparent job placements.

Basically, companies contact us when they are looking for a freelance developer. Then we talk to them to find out what the freelancer’s tasks will be, whether they can work remote or onsite, what their budget is etc. and afterward we post the job in our community.

Our members can then apply for the job, we vet them to see if they are really a good fit, and if they are, we introduce them to the client. The client then checks out the freelancer’s profile and can either propose an interview time or reject the profile. If they propose an interview, from that point on the...

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