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Kathleen Parker

Kathleen has helped hundreds of people navigate the system and knows what needs to get done. Not only can she accompany you to appointments and make phone calls on your behalf, she can also guide you through bureaucratic processes, making sure you don’t miss any steps along the way. Whether you’re just getting settled in Germany, setting yourself up as a freelancer, getting married or facing another bureaucratic challenge, she’s done it all and can help you through it.

FrauFuture

BBI coach Verena Metzler

Together with her co-founder and fellow BBI coach Yvonne Bäldle-Agboton, Verena manages a team of coaches and advisors at FrauFuture.

Verena offers advice on pensions and certain insurances. She is licensed as a Tied Insurance Agent registered with the German Association of Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) with unrestricted assumption of liability for brokerage activities by the ERGO company.

Verena is also advises on funds investments as a licensed Financial Investment Agent.

GoBusiness

BBI coach Sebastian Müller

Sebastian is the expert in navigating the German funding landscape.

As an advisor recognized by the Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA), Sebastian can guide you through creating a business plan ready for German banks and funders, identifying and applying for government subsidies, and even securing government support for your advising costs with GoBusiness, such as the 50% Beratungszuschuss subsidy from BAFA or the 100% AVGS Gründercoaching subsidy from the Agentur für Arbeit.

Lisa Goder

I combine tax law and coaching

— and I do it with passion!

“I’ll have to discuss that with my tax advisor first.” → Statements like this will soon be a thing of the past, because after coaching with me, you’ll understand your tax affairs and no longer be confused by what others say.

I’m a tax advisor with 15 years of professional experience in tax law and primarily support women who are just starting out on the path to self-employment and want or even need to handle their tax affairs on their own at first. The shortage of skilled workers, the pandemic, etc. make it extremely difficult to find a tax advisor at all. Business start-ups in particular are often still too “small” to be lucrative for a tax advisor. Nevertheless, tax obligations must be fulfilled, and this is where my coaching comes in.

I want to empower you and show you that you can do a lot on your own and that you don’t need a tax advisor from the get-go.

So I teach you what you need to do, how to develop a good structure, and ultimately how to submit your VAT return to the tax office yourself—without a tax advisor (that was just an example with the VAT return; it also applies to other types of taxes).

And once you’ve found a tax advisor, I’ll be happy to stay by your side and act as your interpreter if you need me.

Juliane Linke

I combine tax law and coaching

I studied law in Berlin and Istanbul. I completed my legal clerkship in Berlin in 2018 with the second state examination.

My main area of practice is migration law. In addition, I am also happy to represent you in personal status law proceedings. As a lawyer, I am particularly concerned with strengthening the rights of women* and people who are discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

In addition to my work as a lawyer, I am active in the specialized office for LGBTI* refugees and give legal advise at the Turkish Association Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.