Culture and team
11 episodes5 hr 35 min of it
Working in small teams, benefits, stock options and writing the culture down. Until it is written, everyone has a different version of it.
Every episode on this
11 of 30- 3028:40
Getting Real, small teams and technical debt
Getting Real, Küçük Ekipler ve Yapay Zekâ
Getting Real gets read chapter by chapter and held against how Hardal actually works.
Culture and teamOpen startup
- 2933:08
Stock options, benefits, and why perks do not travel
Stock Option, Şirket Yan Hakları ve Ramazan Kolisi
Hardal wrote its stock option plan and published it in the handbook. The episode starts by simplifying the concept: this is not giving away shares, it is granting the right to buy them later.
Culture and teamOpen startup
- 2719:14
Running a startup like a game of Age of Empires
Age of Empires ve Start Up Yönetimi
Short and pleasantly scattered.
Building from TurkeyFunding and VC
- 2639:53
A hat is the backbone of a startup
Şapka Bir Startup’ın Bel Kemiğidir
The title is a joke and the episode is not.
Culture and teamBuilding from Turkey
- 1933:20
Does a hobby have to be good for anything?
Hobiler, Ego ve Özgürlük: Boş Zaman Her Zaman Üretken Olmalı mı?
Recorded ten minutes after the previous episode and entirely about not working. The question underneath is whether a hobby has to give you something.
Ways of workingCulture and team
- 1841:01
Everything we got wrong in 2025
2025’e Bakış: Öğrenimler, Ekipler ve Sürdürülebilir Büyüme
The last episode of the year, and a list of mistakes.
Culture and teamBuilding from Turkey
- 1737:36
It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy at Work, applied to Hardal
It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy at Work: Sakin İş Kültürüne Dair İlhamlar
The book gets reread and held up against the company.
Culture and teamWays of working
- 0929:27
Remote or office, argued by a team with no office
Uzaktan Mı, Ofisten Mi
Hardal has no office. The team is spread across Ankara, Istanbul and Spain. This episode is the two founders arguing about whether they want one anyway.
Ways of workingCulture and team
- 0822:10
Who we take our cues from
Kimlerden İlham Alıyoruz
Almost nobody on the list works in Hardal’s industry.
Culture and teamWays of working
- 0726:43
Why we wrote a handbook
Neden Handbook Yazdık
Hardal’s handbook was written by two people over a public holiday week and published for anyone to read.
Open startupCulture and team
- 0124:05
Why we run Hardal as an open startup
Neden Open Startup Modeline Geçtik
The first episode. Barış Gürbüzler and Berkay Demirbaş explain why Hardal publishes its financials, targets and strategy where anyone can read them.
Open startupCulture and team