Venture Capital

  • Butterfly Effect Business Plans

    From time to time, we meet super ambitious teams with a unique insight around a big…

  • Our First Unicorn

    Today UIPath announced its new round of funding taking the company to a post-money valuation of…

  • Intuition

    I am a product of a rationalist education. After my schooling, my career progressed in a…

  • Drama in VC Land

    Since the dot-com boom in the late 90s, the venture capital industry has become a popular…

  • Forecasting Out

    In the business of financing technology businesses, one of the most tricky areas is how you…

  • Online Retail Turning a Corner

    We have a love-hate relationship with online retail companies.  My partner Evren is the founding investor…

  • Startup Selection Bias

    It is not sexy to write about the $40m acquisition of an 8-year old company with $4m…

  • Time and “No”

    The word “no” is the most valuable tool for founders. It’s the currency with which you…

  • Snap Thoughts

    Since the Facebook IPO in 2012, I had not been asked to opine on any new…

  • Absorbing Daily Shocks

    It would not be controversial to classify 2016 as a tough year, both in Turkey as well…