Aspiring Founders Meetup #8 by Employed.World
Are you an aspiring founder in Berlin who sometimes feels overwhelmed by the journey of launching a startup or becoming self-employed? You’re not alone.
Employed.World is here to create a safe, supportive space for people—especially those affected by layoffs—who want to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Whether you’re exploring a self-employment initiative or building your next big thing, we’re building a community that offers know-how, networks, and access to help you go further, together.
Important: Our meetup is within the amazing Venture Café Berlin Thursday Gatherings, please ask or look for the session event room on the reception/check-in and navigate to the room quickly after grabbing your drink :) Then we come back after our event to the network with the beautiful Venture Café community!
🌟 This month’s speakers:
1. Johannes Bader
Co-founder & CEO @heyroom
Title: “Let’s solve the housing crisis by fighting patriarchy and capitalism!”
Description: I started with a simple idea: helping people find the right roommates. We kept hitting walls, wondering why every f***ing dating app got all the hype and word-of-mouth — while we were solving something so fundamental, and nobody seemed to care.
Digging deeper, I realized: it’s about systems that keep us from truly caring for each other — and that’s why we also have a housing crisis. If we keep acting as isolated individuals, just chasing status, we’re lost. Patriarchal thinking and capitalist incentives will push us straight to hell if we don’t build a future rooted in care and solidarity.
I want to spark the courage to reject the status quo and create real impact — together.
CEO & Co-Founder at WeekOne
Title: Navigating layoffs to building your Tech startup as international in Berlin
3. Viviana Pereira
Co-Founder & Marketing Director
Title: How to Get Users Before You Exist
4. Supporter: Enrico Kalinka & Pascal winter
Independent insurance broker | Expert for Expats
Enrico will be presenting Win Insurances at the meetup: " Your experts for insurance and investments as an expat. We help you develop customized concepts – whether as an employee or founder – to secure and shape your future."
We are forming a collaboration with WIN Insurances to offer better support and transparent pricing and group discounts for Legal and other insurances for self employment or personal insurances in Germany for our community
🗓️ Agenda
17:00 – 17:15 – Check-in, Grab a drink and get to 1. Floor Playground (Our Event room)
17:15 – 18:00 – Welcome Intro, Audience interaction and co-founder matching session
18:00 – 19:00 – Talks
19:00 – 20:00 – Open Networking
There is no food at the meetup this time hence please bring-in your snack but thanks to Venture Café Berlin drinks are available in the networking area :)
💼 Support for People Affected by Layoffs & Pursuing Self-Employment
Employed.World is here to help with:
Business coaching (funded by the Agentur für Arbeit for people on ALG)
Registering as self-employed or founding a business
Navigating German taxes (with expert tax advisors)
Visa challenges for international founders
Applying for the Gründungszuschuss or other startup subsidies
Connecting you to founder-friendly coworking spaces, VCs, and communities
Discount to Co-working space like CIC
📸 Photos & Videos:
We’ll be capturing moments from the event. If you’d prefer not to be photographed or filmed, just let one of our team members know on-site.