About once a quarter we get asked why we don't move to Berlin or central Cologne. Here's the short answer, once and for all.
Frechen is a 50,000-resident town on the edge of the Cologne-Bonn commuter belt. We sit above a bakery, in a former notary's office with ceilings that are too high and an old phone exchange we haven't picked up yet. It's not glamorous.
But: our employees all live within 15 minutes. We have a baker on the ground floor. The rent for our studio is lower than what Berlin studios pay per desk. And our customers — tax advisors, driving instructors, mid-sized publishers — feel at home with us because we're geographically and mentally close to their reality.
What Frechen means for our clients
Concretely: if a tax advisor in Cologne-Lindenthal wants a demo, we're there in 25 minutes. We drop by, see how the firm actually works, talk to the clerk who'll really use the tool. That doesn't happen from Berlin in half an hour.
And when someone comes to us: we don't have a reception desk, no coffee with logo foam. We have a table that seats ten, a chalkboard, and a baker two flights down. That's enough for the kind of conversations we run.
