Who we are
The Coopreneurs are a cooperative of professionals from various fields, who seek to transform current startup mechanisms and make work human again.
The Coopreneurship Principles
Collaboration over competition
Collaboration over competition
We believe that if everyone cares for everyone else, everyone is taken care of. We are driven purely democratically (one human one vote) We don't negate the existence of the outside world, we want to be a part of its evolution. We engage together with monetocratically driven organisations (one dollar one vote) to gradually form a better world. We believe in the right decision making for the right system.
Participation over compensation
Participation over compensation
We believe that everybody should have the possibility to be a founder regardless of funds, network, founder experience or background (social, ethnic, etc.). Join a team of thoroughly and democratically selected individuals. Work in the way of the future: Coopreneurs are owned by the people who take care.
Contribution over delegation
Contribution over delegation
We believe in self-management and learning. We invest our time and skills in multiple projects to maximize on our common and individual skills and experience. We acquire stakes by taking time to care and therefore every Coopreneur benefits from collective outcomes. We care about all our futures and work towards providing passive income.
Sustainability over hamster wheel
Sustainability over hamster wheel
We believe in growing startups sustainably without burning out yourself or others. We accept everyone as a whole individual with strengths, weaknesses, quirks, history and diversity. Every Coopreneur chooses what and when to care about. Coopreneurs accept that their own as well as the others’ experience and skills will always be limited. Therefore we rely on the wisdom of the collective.
Purpose over ROI
Purpose over ROI
We believe in the evolution of society. We depend on this society. To take part in its evolution we want to drive purpose in what we do and how we engage. We believe that economically strong ideas should support social strong ideas wherever possible.
Our Members
Richard Abendroth
Richard Abendroth
Digitalization Manager, Government Scientist by Training, Handyman. Former Startup Tech Lead in IoT and FinTech, Accenture, Deloitte and Economics Researcher
Sascha Thiergart
Sascha Thiergart
Tech and Cloud Entrepreneur in IoT, Mathematician and Engineer by Training, Bike Adventurer. Former Finance Researcher, Adventurer, Corporate Investment Banking Deutsche Bank
Shai Schiff
Shai Schiff
Shai loves design, ideas and new ways of design thinking. Problem solving and detailed focus are key to building products that customers love.
Sven Bischoff
Sven Bischoff
Sven is a software developer, accessibility-evangelist and team leader. Powered by VS Code and earl-grey he solves all/some/one of our problems and builds beautiful simple things.
Tom Packebusch
Tom Packebusch
Tom is a product leader with a passion for collaboration and empowering people. It's good, if it's fun.