Hi, I’m Sander—Managing Director at SCALIVO. We help Europe’s top e-commerce brands reduce customer service costs without compromising quality.

At SCALIVO, my co-founder Stephen Delisle and I lead a skilled team that delivers multilingual, 24/7 written support. We focus on cutting costs, improving efficiency, and building customer loyalty by combining smart tools with human expertise. The result? Exceptional customer experiences at a fraction of the usual cost.

Our transparent, per-ticket pricing ensures predictable costs and consistent quality across European languages. With scalable, modern solutions, we replace outdated customer service models, enabling businesses to grow without being tied to long-term contracts. Our remote-first team, based mainly in Ukraine, operates efficiently and ethically to deliver real results.

I thrive on driving growth, solving complex problems, and helping businesses achieve operational excellence.

Outside of work, I’m a proud partner of my girlfriend and father of our son. I’m also fly fishing enthusiast. When I don't work or spend time with my family, I am likely wading through a trout stream, ideally somewhere high up in the Alps! I’m equally passionate about electronic music production and release from time to time techno tracks on obscure labels.

Other notable work related highlights:

★ Played an integral role, as a Sales leader, in helping several companies to achieve significant growth.
★ Designed and implemented successful sales strategies for several bootsstrapped startups.
★ Hired many top performers in various roles over the years.
★ Established long lasting partnerships with various enterprises and thousands of SMBs over the years.

I love meeting people and learning new things so feel free to send me an invitation to connect.

Let's connect! → scalivo.co / sander@scalivo.co / +49 160 946 964 00

Sander Bohlen

What if you paid your operations team like salespeople?
And held them to the same standards?

I spent years in sales leadership wondering: 
Could the high-pay, high-accountability model work outside of sales? Would people feel better or burn out?

Now we have the answer. We run our entire operations team like a sales floor. 
You know, the results surprised me.
We offer excellent pay.
We can attract the best talent available in Ukraine by just outpaying everyone.
That part is actually easy.

But we also have an attrition like a Sales team: 35 - 50% don’t make it through the first month. 
We are not a charity, and 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲: If you don’t hit the high target, you are out. It is tough.

The interesting part: 
• Zero turnover among top performers in 2025 - not a single person who hit target has left
• Every payday, we get thank-you messages from our team.
• Our best people stay with us, because we give our best.
• Our clients notice the outstanding quality (at a great price) and we constantly grow

In sales, generous compensation is easy to justify - the ROI is obvious. In operations, you're expected to cut costs, not increase them. 

The only way to pay great in Operations is by having the workforce outside of the EU high-cost market. 

Yes, we could find good people for half the price. But we chose to work with the best instead.  And the best team delivers an output at a quality so much higher than what good teams can achieve.

And maybe interesting to know: you could have these extremely capable people working for you as well.

Immediate Ops Relief | Ops-as-a-Service | Managing Director at SCALIVO

Accounting Alert: During our recruiting process for another client we talked to a very senior profile. Too senior for this client short term. Let’s see if the network effect is happening:

CFO with +20 years experience. Worked in international settings. Has passed Big 4 audits very regularly. Ready to do whatever work you need in accounting. Top motivated. Excellent English, no German. Available short term. And a very nice person to talk to, that’s why I spread it here.

Cost: 25% of what you expect. 14 days Free Trial. Monthly contract.

DM me if interesting. Thank you!

Customer Service That Cuts Costs, Not Quality | Managing Director at SCALIVO

Founder @ Setting HQ | Building workspaces that feel like home | Making the Office Search Simple

I’ve lived and worked across five continents - Malaysia, Australia, the US, Eastern Europe, and now Germany. 
Every time I moved, I had to start from scratch, trying to find a space, meet people, and begin again. 

That’s what led me to build Setting HQ - not just offices, but spaces where teams feel like they belong.

Today, we help hundreds of startups and scaleups build their homes in Germany, through offices that reflect their identity, support their growth, and make the chaos of scaling a little more human. My work lives where real estate meets momentum, helping founders turn blank space into something that actually works. 

I care about how teams grow, how culture shows up physically, and why the office still matters (especially when you’re building across borders). 
If you’re expanding into Germany, or just tired of offices that don’t reflect who you are, let’s talk.

Johnathan Teh

Everyone talks about the American Dream..
but the American Dream might be dead.

Because there is another emerging dream…

The European one..
Precisely, the Berlin Dream.

For years, Berlin was seen as Europe’s edgy little startup cousin.

Cheap rent.
Clubs.
Creative chaos.

That version is outdated ❌

Berlin today is:
- A €4.5 trillion economy’s capital city
- Part of a 100M+ DACH market
- One of Europe’s strongest startup ecosystems
- A magnet for international talent
- A city that added over 250,000 residents in recent years

While people debate remote work and economic slowdown, Berlin keeps attracting founders, operators, engineers, creatives.

Because this city has the fundamentals you need to scale:
📈 Access to Europe’s largest economy
📈 High quality of life
📈 Serious technical talent
📈 Strong regulatory stability
📈 And a cost base still lower than London or Paris

The American Dream was about moving somewhere to build something bigger. Now, Berlin IS that place in Europe.

But it’s not easy here, and that’s kind of the point.

Berlin forces you to think long-term.
But if you crack Berlin, you get a gateway to Europe.
That sounds better than the American Dream to me 🤷‍♂️

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