Work at Buena
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Buena is looking for driven people to completely change the largest asset class in the world: residential real estate. Are you one of them?
We are building the best property management software on the market: web-based, intuitive, easy to learn, and constantly evolving.
To go to market, we acquire property management companies and integrate our software there to increase revenue and profit.
Why is this exciting?
“The rising tide lifts all boats”
The most important factor for your success is a successful environment – and that’s exactly what the property management market offers:
- €15 billion annually in Germany alone: We can become a unicorn before even considering the US.
- Approximately 22,000 property management companies: A fragmented market with many small players making it difficult for them to stay at the forefront of technology.
- >80 property management software companies that are largely stuck in the early 2000s and make their money mostly through seminars and not software licenses. As a result traditional software used in the market today looks like this:
Software screenshot currently used in dozens of property management companies across Germany
Where does the Buena journey lead?
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat”
In the medium and long term, we will expand in all directions:
- Depth: We will increasingly handle and improve more property management tasks through our software solutions.
- Breadth: We will enter new, adjacent business areas—from brokerage to deposit management.
- Global: Germany is only our MVP (minimum viable product). While we can become a unicorn with the German market alone, we aim to enter the US market. Whoever has conquered Germany can either expand linearly through the EU… or take another leap and go to the USA.
Intensely non-remote & hardcore
"The world you desire can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."
We are in our office at Immanuelkirchstraße 26 a lot. That’s why we also live close to the office. In fact, we even pay you a bonus to live near the office.
Individualist
"To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'"
We appreciate individuals and individualism. We believe in the 'Great Men and Women Theory', positing that it's a few Great individuals that change the course of history - not the swaying moods of the masses. As such we thrive to bring together many such Great individuals to build this company - and incentivise them accordingly:
- You'll work with your manager to make sure you have a clear and exciting vision for your personal progression at Buena. "Show me the incentives and I show you the outcome" - Charlie Munger
- You will participate in possible exit scenarios through accelerated vesting of your share options.
- You have the leadership team's commitment to ensure that you are surrounded by other Great individuals to raise the bar.
- Lots of our team members have founded before - many more want to found again. You'll be in good company if you plan to build something from the ground up - and a place where you can train to become the best version of yourself.
The Buena principles
Stay fierce. Call them today. Annoy people until it’s done. It’s always urgent. Think crazy big. Buena is the destination, not a stepping stone. Lead from the front. Don’t avoid mistakes - find success. No consultants. Have peripheral vision. Resentments? Resolve them. Why? Why? Why? Be specific – ideally with numbers. Assume everyone is wrong. Avoid jargon. Outresearch and outthink everyone. Grow fast or die slow. Win win over zero sum. Speed leads to scale and quality. Learn through osmosis. Communication must be net positive. Small meetings. Single source of truth. English first. Everything has one owner. Priority, not priorities.
Impressions
Our office in late summer
CEO Din met with Sam 1:1 at OpenAI headquarters in Silicon Valley—after his cold email worked.
Harry Stebbings (20VC), one of our investors during a Q&A session at our three week Portugal offsite 2024. Quote from Harry: “Din is the most talented founder I ever worked with”.
Everyone works with a Studio Display and Macbook setup. Design matters.