Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

Being acqui-hired can be seen as a ‘fundraising++’ because the local team receives money to expand faster (like any fundraising) and a robust and proven product and tech platform. The acquiring company must find a team with the skills and passion to accelerate growth exponentially.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. They are also driving down the margins they make and are offering products that are initially lower functionality than their competitors. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Prices down.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2019

And, we have become a leader in personal and professional health testing through innovative medical diagnostic products. Since emigrating from Turkey to San Diego with her husband and business partner Serhat Pala, Zeynep has amassed great success. And, as we all know, innovation is the true driver of business growth.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2018

Years ago, you create a product, service or solution, propose it to the market and become a millionaire. Everything flows from it, including strategy, operations, staffing, team building, product development, branding and PR. Ask yourself what the quantifiable basis is for which you’ll determine if you have a winning idea or a turkey.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

I’d like to do a few posts on what life looks like on the way up and perhaps how to keep your head on straight and avoid drinking your own Kool Aid because as I often advise entrepreneurs on irrational exuberance, “ In a strong wind even turkeys can fly.” How frequently they’re using the product?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Incubators and accelerators have provided a tremendous boost to the start-up ecosystem, but the arena also requires another medium to step in for those accelerator graduates – one that helps them scale, go global, and gain critical traction to attract market interest and investment. In Turkey alone there are 200+ Groupon-like companies.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And finally there are the “micro” distractions that bubble up from our businesses themselves - i.e. the varying levels of productive and unproductive interactions (texts, chats, e-mails, phone calls, meetings, etc.) is far better to just "cold turkey" it all. Then there are the distractions of entertainment and social media.

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Brandanew

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

GoPro The best example of displaying product performance ever. They run a photo of the day, naturally using the product that gets astonishing number of likes as well as commentary. Surely, the product is line with the visual power of Instagram but it’s also executed very well to have two-way engagement. . Photo of the Day!

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

It is a repository of global data that has as its primary purpose to quantify the role of digital in the consumer journey from research to purchase. How do consumers research and purchase products (online and offline)? #4. You can do this analysis for a whole variety of products. The Barometer answers four basic questions: #1.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

Photoccino’s advanced image analysis and selection technologies will be integrated into products across the Shutterfly, Tiny Prints, Wedding Paper Divas, and Treat brands. generic drugmaker Perrigo stated on June 21st that it will invest $40 million in Israel over the next three years to expand its R&D and production here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Besides turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and family there is one more key holiday component: wine! After a few years of continued wine production using the same label, we wanted a change. Thanksgiving is just around the corner (next Thursday– it’s early this year). It’s just that time of the year.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 3, 2014

It’s like using a hammer to carve a turkey. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute says there’s “an opportunity to raise the productivity of interaction workers—high-skill knowledge workers, including managers and professionals—by 20 to 25 percent.” For more on the staggering cost of business email, go here. Email Less.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Inspiring nature and its position on the roads between Austria and Italy in north-west, and Greece and Turkey in south-east (German, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman culture), made this area rich in various influences, specially in fields of art and design. I’m no exception to this rule, as you’ll see from the works presented here.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Due to my effort I was featured on Inc, Iheart radio shows, the morning show by global news and many more. Another step we took was to establish a couple of international locations including Turkey and Cebu, Philippines, that are sought after by medical tourists seeking lower prices for their hair transplant procedures.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

You add that, now that they’re interested, you told them the story, they see the market, you’re demoing the product, you’re showing traction, they get it. You see pricing, product … Sabrina: Sorry. As we look at the categories, she’s not having ham sandwiches versus turkey sandwiches.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2019

So my biggest project was launching a global drop-in coaching program. John Jantsch: The term pivot is used quite often today in startups, in fact it’s sort of a joke that you’re expected to come out with your product, and then you realize nobody wants it, and so you now are this kind of company. So you pivot.

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Transformify

APRIL 5, 2022

I am the founder of Kizlar Sahada, a social enterprise that trains over 500 girls in 14 different locations around Turkey between the ages of 9-24 for free to empower them to challenge gender stereotypes. We like to call ourselves the Hubspot of employee wellbeing because the product can cater to all sizes of HR and across different needs.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 7, 2019

The industry if flooded with so many agents and brokerages who waste ample time competing with each other to snag clients while draining productivity. It hasn’t kept pace with global competition. The global automotive industry is going through an enormous disruption these days. For the most part, education is as it was.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Two of our companies have African-American CEOs; two have Latino CEOs.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Two of our companies have African-American CEOs; two have Latino CEOs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

These standards allowed global collaboration and expanded the boundaries of trade. Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. Enter the decentralized Internet. Enter blockchain.

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