Techtelmechtel Talks #1 – Lukas Rieder: Freelance or GmbH? A Solo Tech Founder's Story.

​Techtelmechtel Talks is our monthly evening series at Techtelmechtel. We are a Coworkingspace & Eventlocation at Ostkreuz in Berlin-Friedrichshain. One guest speaker from our community, one honest story about working on your own terms: freelancing, founding, going solo, building a life in product & tech without a traditional office. A ~30-minute talk, an open Q&A, and drinks after to keep the conversation going.

​Free to attend. Bring a friend & you get a little surprise!

📍 Techtelmechtel, Gürtelstraße 25,10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain (Ostkreuz) · 22.09.2026 · 6pm - 9pm

​#1 with Lukas Rieder: Freelance or GmbH? A Solo Tech Founder's Story.

​For ~15 years, Lukas worked as a freelance software engineer. Then he founded a GmbH. Why make that jump? And would he do it again? Lukas Rieder (Founder & Managing Director of Parlant GmbH; Data, Cloud & AI architect) shares the real reasoning behind choosing a legal form for self-employment, the trade-offs, and what he'd tell his earlier self. Followed by an open Q&A.

​Who it's for: freelancers, solopreneurs, and anyone in product & tech weighing how to structure their own working life.