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

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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