This document discusses the challenges faced by freelance language professionals and their clients in finding reliable translation services. It outlines wordycat's mission to create an exclusive network and virtual co-working space where language professionals and clients can find each other through recommendations and build trusted business relationships. The document describes wordycat's tools and services including a searchable marketplace, virtual office space for collaboration, and an academy for skills development. It concludes by introducing the founders and providing contact information.

1. words
+ etiquette
= [w’3rdiːkæt]
meet wordycat
Anja Müller
Marie-Luise Groß
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2. effective collaboration is a strategic imperative
for freelancers in the language industry…
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• Price deterioration
• Competition with laymen
• Little job prestige
• Little visibility
• “Quality“ is not tangible
• Software providers and agencies
benefit from technology – but do
freelancers, too?
It’s hard to earn
a living as a
translator.
Thousands of
fake profiles
exist online.
Anyone can
offer language
services…
How do I find clients?
How much is my
expertise worth?
Language professionals’ pain points
I want to work
closely together
with my clients.
Implications

3. … and their clients
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It’s hard to find a
professional
translator
I need to more
marketing
experts on my
team!
I don’t have time
to skim through
100s of profiles
Who can recommend a reliable
language expert?
I don’t trust
anonymous
platforms
Clients’ pain points
I want to easily
collaborate with
freelancers
Implications
• Can’t assess quality of the
translation
• Don’t know how to find reliable and
skilled language professionals
• Under deadline pressure
• Don’t know what service they need

4. our Mission
our Vision
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Together we shine: wordycat is an exclusive network and
virtual co-working center where language professionals and
their clients find each other through recommendations and
build trusted, sustainable business relationships.
wordycat is a fair marketplace where professionalism, mutual
appreciation and efficient collaboration are fostered through
process innovation and knowledge sharing.

5. 5
pretty on the outside, strong on the inside:
wordycat offers you powerful tools and services
SearchHi, Anja Müller! Have a nice day.wordycat
Virtual office
Dashboard
Projects
Team rooms
my Account
Marketplace
myProfile
Academy
Community
Dashboard Projects Team rooms
my Account
Welcome to your virtual office!
4 open
2 closed
IBG Corp.
Vitte Ltd.
Happy Hotel
Upgrade
My user data
Quotes
Projects
Billing
SearchHi, Anja Müller! Have a nice day.wordycat
Virtual office
Dashboard
Projects
Team rooms
my Account
Marketplace
myProfile
Academy
Community
Dashboard Projects
Team roomsmy Account
Welcome to your virtual office!
4 open
2 closed
IBG Corp.
Vitte Ltd.
Happy Hotel
Upgrade
My user data
Quotes
Projects
Billing

6. Finalist at the
Falling Walls Lab 2013
our way towards wordycat was a great journey (so far…)
20142013
Freelance career
Anja
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20162015
Ph.D. project Marie
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6
2017
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The idea:
We need a fair
marketplace
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…plan our start-up
& deal with
formalities…
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…attend start-up
events & trainings…
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…check possible
sources of finance
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The first steps:
Get professional
advice…
6
Start technical
development
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Launch wordycat
community
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Launch wordycat
marketplace &
collaboration
platform
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First clients are
coming!
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Decision:
continue w/
bootstrapping
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7. to build a start-up means to learn something new
– every day
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1 Build a trusted
team!
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• Committed co-founders
• Driven developers
• Trustworthy tax consultants and lawyers
Plan as you go!
• Do a market test asap
• Think in small steps and follow a
big vision
• Focus on your goals
Don’t be shy!
• Talk to the people in your industry
• Tell everyone in your personal
network about your business
• Fail early, often, then move on

8. Anja Müller
Founder & Managing Director
Language Professionals Relations
anja.mueller@wordycat.com
! @anjamue
Thank you for your attention!
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Dr. Marie-Luise Groß
Founder & Managing Director
Business Clients Relations
marie-luise.gross@wordycat.com
! @marieluisegross

9. wordycat.com
facebook.com/hi.wordycat
! @hi_wordycat