Christoph Hollauer https://christophhollauer.de COO & Co-Founder at CloudStage. Former SVP Operations at ARRI. Turnaround operator, marketplace builder, Dr.-Ing. TUM. en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:26:13 GMT From Operator to Founder: What Changes and What Doesn't https://christophhollauer.de/blog/2026-05-operator-to-founder/ https://christophhollauer.de/blog/2026-05-operator-to-founder/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT On my last day as SVP Operations at ARRI, I had an org chart, a budget, and a team of 90. On my first day as a founder, I had a co-founder, a Google Doc, and th founder cloudstage The Phone Call Problem: Why B2B Transactions Stay Analog https://christophhollauer.de/blog/2026-06-phone-call-problem/ https://christophhollauer.de/blog/2026-06-phone-call-problem/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The production equipment rental industry runs on phone calls and PDF quotes because the analog system optimizes for relationship-based trust that digital platforms typically destroy. digital-transformation cloudstage Why Playbooks Fail https://christophhollauer.de/blog/2026-07-why-playbooks-fail/ https://christophhollauer.de/blog/2026-07-why-playbooks-fail/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every restructuring starts with a playbook. You've seen it: the consulting deck with the three phases, the implementation timeline, the expected savings. Here's turnaround operations