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Building from Turkey

10 episodes5 hr 49 min of it

Bootstrapping, the operational friction of running a company from Turkey, and the decision to incorporate abroad.

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  1. 2850:47

    Ali Karabey on burn, hype and what actually motivates founders

    Ali Karabey: Yapay Zeka Hype’ı, Yatırım ve Gerçek Başarı

    Ali Karabey of 212 opens with a fast answer: he has no chance of being in a bad mood, because someone reading eighty to a hundred applications a week is constantly meeting energetic people.

    Ali KarabeyFunding and VCBuilding from Turkey

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 2339:11

    Günce Önür on how a VC fund actually works

    Günce Önür: Venture Capital, Girişimcilik ve Start-up Ekosistemi

    Günce Önür runs a fund that invests in early-stage startups, and explains that the job has two sides: finding the company, and convincing the person who provides the money.

    Günce ÖnürFunding and VCBuilding from Turkey

  5. 2153:35

    Ozan Uysal on AI decisions made out of FOMO

    Ozan Uysal: Yapay Zeka, FOMO ve Girişimcilikte Yeni Dönem

    The episode opens on Netflix redesigning its shows around shorter attention spans, and connects that to the same fragmentation at work.

    Ozan UysalArtificial intelligenceBuilding from Turkey

  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. 1128:53

    Fırat Berber on discovery, rejection and telling people not to buy

    Fırat Berber: Türkiye’de SaaS Satış ve Büyüme Süreçleri

    Fırat Berber started in sales by being let go and told he might be better suited to something else.

    Fırat BerberB2B SaaS salesBuilding from Turkey

  8. 0615:44

    Walking from San Francisco to Palo Alto

    San Francisco, Palo Alto Günlükleri, VC’ler, Startuplar

    The only episode recorded on foot. Barış and Berkay are in California with Türk Telekom’s PİLOT programme, walking towards Palo Alto with a microphone.

    Funding and VCBuilding from Turkey

  9. 0528:05

    What finally pushed us to incorporate abroad

    Neden Amerika’da Şirket Kurduk

    Why Hardal’s Turkish company ended up being acquired by one incorporated in the United States.

    Building from TurkeyFunding and VC

  10. 0432:26

    Bootstrapping, and raising without wanting to be a unicorn

    Türkiye’de Bootstrap ve Girişim Ekosisteminin Zorlukları

    Hardal’s funding story.

    Funding and VCBuilding from Turkey