Co-founders wanted for Platform21

Rather than opting for the classic C-titles, we are looking for people with a complementary focus to then together define and adapt to our specific roles in a continuous process. In particular, we are looking for:

1. A person with a focus on organizational and business development.
2. A person with a focus on product development and building up our tech team.

Here are a few telltale signs that you are the one we need:
- A deep interest in social change and transformation
- Experience in building and leading teams
- Entrepreneural spirit and a passion to aim for large scale impact
- Openness to explore new ways of financing and building up resources
- Openness to working at a high pace within a relaxed and healthy atmosphere
- Openness to share responsibility for creating and maintaining an open and cooperative team culture, where respectful critique is welcome and everyone feels free to develop and contribute their individual strengths
- Your own ideas and perspectives to co-shape our company.

• Coaching
• Design
• Organisation
• Community-Building
• Enterpreneurship
• Logistic
• Fulfillment
• Strategic Planning
• Crowdfunding

You have strengths in...

• getting in touch with people
• networking and business relationships
• words and communication
• numbers, data and logic
• design and visuals
• organizing and keeping stuff tidy
• pushing and getting things done
• structuring and strategic thinking

You already have...

• founded a company
• raised an investment round
• exited a startup
• participated in an accelerator/incubator
• worked as fulltime employee
• lead fulltime employees

Once we are a sufficiently strong, diverse, and complementary team, we will collectively revise our focus. Together, we will pick the most promising projects that we want to support in order to work towards our common vision. We will also raise funds and resources in order to be able to work at the necessary pace.

- A small and motivated team
- Working from wherever you are
- If you are based in Berlin, a welcoming co-working and community atmosphere in our self-managed Coopspace will be at your disposal
- A strong network in the social business, cooperative, and conscious community scene in Berlin and globally
- An invitation to co-shape our company on eye-level as a co-founder, including joining the “Gesellschaftervertrag” and sharing formal ownership
- Salary tbd, depending on our ability to raise funds and acquiring new customers
- Option to work with us in our cosy CoopSpace in Berlin or remotely from wherever you are.

We believe that a sustainable digital age requires new types of platforms that enable thriving communities, common ownership, and regenerative business models.

We create:
- Community Marketplaces with
- Integrated Social Networks with
- Inbuilt Currencies & Token Systems

We offer:
- Platform Development & Customization
- Setup & Maintenance of Digital Tools
- Practical Help & Consultancy

We support:
- Common Ownership
- Regenerative Business Models
- Collaborative development

Challenges

Stable funding that enables us to transform significant proportions of our ideals into concrete actions.

Target group

Teams who want to establish new types of digital platforms should be able to focus on their vision, on developing sustainable business models, and on building their community.