Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Eren Bali arrived in Silicon Valley from Turkey in 2010 hoping to relaunch Udemy , his online education company. Eren came to the US from Turkey to work at a Silicon Valley tech startup, which is actually where I first met him a few years ago. EB : If you go really back, I was born in a small village in South-east part of Turkey.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Turkey Los Angeles California 60

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I spend 70% of my time in the US and for those discussions I'm primary looking at speed (connection above), mobile penetration (yes, 2007 was the year of mobile!), Finance, real estate, groceries, media, retail, technology, travel and health products … What is going on in Japan with health products?! :).

Global 136

Global Czech Republic Russia Norway 136

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. One is slightly better and priced at $1 million, which you know from Zillow is what they paid for it in 2007. Another is slightly worse but priced at $700k and was bought in 2007 for $1 million. Ready to talk turkey.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Dividend 289

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I don’t believe in cold turkey transition. Back in 2007 when I wrote my book Becoming Your Own Boss in 12 Months the first time, I started calling myself America’s number one small business expert all the way back in 2007. You want to fake it until you make it, you want to walk in there like you own the room until you do.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60