Oliver Eidel

Most-linked posts?

1. Regulation Is Killing Medical Software Innovation
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-08-27
2. Notes and Hacks on Germany's Exit Tax
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-07
3. Making My Own Glasses
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-10-04
4. From One to Two
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-04
5. The EU AI Act Is Here. We're Screwed
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-13

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1. olieidel · 2025-08-07

   True! The purpose of my post was more to zoom in on the very specific case of people with small businesses, and not explain exit tax in general. I wrote up another post with more generic notes on the exit tax [1] which might be a better post to compare to your link. The minor benefit of my post is that I don't have an incentive to sell you expensive tax advice, chuckle.. [1] https://eidel.io/notes-and-hacks-on-germa…

   Comment linking /notes-and-hacks-on-germanys-exit-tax/

   on “Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big”
2. olieidel · 2024-04-07

   Submitted How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain as a story · 633 points

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3. olieidel · 2026-01-05

   In most developed countries, you should incorporate at your place of residence. That's because incorporating in a foreign country will introduce tax issues regarding the so-called "permanent establishment". As an example, if you'd be living in Germany and choose to incorporate in Estonia, then it's likely that your Estonian company has a permanent establishment in Germany, because you (as an owner and managing direc…

   Comment linking /estonias-e-residency-is-awesome-and-sucks-too/

   on “Founding a Company in Germany in 2026 Apparently Takes Three Months”
4. olieidel · 2019-10-04

   Submitted Making My Own Glasses as a story · 629 points

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5. olieidel · 2025-08-07

   Submitted Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big as a story · 399 points

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6. olieidel · 2020-01-31

   Submitted Pioneers vs. Process People as a story · 122 points

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7. olieidel · 2023-07-09

   Submitted Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company as a story · 118 points

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8. olieidel · 2026-09-23

   Submitted My German Exit Tax: 13 Tax Advisors, 1.5 Years, 18.7k€ to leave the country as a story · 34 points

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9. olieidel · 2025-05-10

   Submitted Digital Dinosaurs Supervising Medtech: Getting Audited by the Berlin Authorities as a story · 12 points

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10. Bluestein · 2024-09-04

    Submitted The EU AI Act Is Here. We're Screwed as a story · 7 points

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11. olieidel · 2020-08-27

    Submitted Regulation Is Killing Medical Software Innovation as a story · 7 points

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12. olieidel · 2025-10-06

    Submitted 4 SQLite Databases: Is Rails 8 Taking SQLite Too Far? as a story · 5 points

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13. olieidel · 2024-09-04

    Submitted Vitamin B12: You Should Probably Be Injecting Hydroxocobalamin as a story · 5 points

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14. olieidel · 2019-09-22

    Submitted Abstracting Light Switches: How to Solve Real Problems as a story · 5 points

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15. olieidel · 2025-11-12

    Submitted The Rise of Exit Taxes as a story · 4 points

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16. olieidel · 2024-09-17

    Submitted All My Hacks for Founding a Company in Germany (and Running It) as a story · 4 points

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17. olieidel · 2022-06-13

    Submitted From Clojure to Ruby as a story · 4 points

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18. jawns · 2020-10-05

    Submitted Regulation Is Killing Medical Software Innovation as a story · 4 points

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19. olieidel · 2025-11-17

    Submitted Transparency, with a Paywall: The German Transparency Register as a story · 3 points

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20. olieidel · 2025-09-08

    Submitted What Amsterdam's Prostitution Taught Me About B2B SaaS Sales as a story · 3 points

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21. olieidel · 2025-04-20

    Submitted Build a Consulting Business Before You Build a Product Business as a story · 3 points

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22. olieidel · 2024-08-13

    Submitted The EU AI Act Is Here. We're Screwed as a story · 3 points

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23. excerionsforte · 2022-07-08

    Submitted Making My Own Glasses as a story · 3 points

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24. olieidel · 2019-10-09

    Submitted Don't Be an Engineer, Be a Producer as a story · 3 points

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25. olieidel · 2026-07-08

    Submitted German Exit Tax: What to Do Before Your First Funding Round as a story · 2 points

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26. olieidel · 2026-04-02

    Submitted Self-Hosting Cap (Loom Alternative) for 8.32€ / month: Hetzner and S3 and Caddy as a story · 2 points

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27. olieidel · 2026-03-06

    Submitted How to Found a Company in Germany: 16 "Easy" Steps and Lots of Pain as a story · 2 points

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28. olieidel · 2026-02-18

    Submitted The Ricoh Printing Experience as a story · 2 points

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29. olieidel · 2026-01-05

    Submitted Founding a Company in Germany in 2026 Apparently Takes Three Months as a story · 2 points

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30. olieidel · 2025-06-17

    Submitted Equal Salaries for Remote Workers: What Is Equal, Anyway? as a story · 2 points

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