Founders in Berlin Ezgi Turhaner
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Hey there 👋
Welcome to 'Founders in Berlin', the hub of real-world founder stories. Each episode is packed with inspiring insights, valuable advice, and the raw truth behind how founders take the leap. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or just curious about the startup scene in Berlin, this podcast is for you. Don't miss out, tune in now!
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Founding Straight Out of University, From €10 Million Yearly Revenue to Launching a New Venture with Alex Eser of ZipDo
Alex tells Ezgi how he started his first company straight out of university, Global Commerce Media, and how much capital you need to do that. They talk about how he wanted to bootstrap the company since the majority of the revenue was profit. Tune in for the decision making moments, and Alex's second venture ZipDo.
Links:
Ladder of Wealth
About Alex:
Linkedin
Global Commerce Media
ZipDo
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From Musician to Founder: Event organization, and on "doing things that don't scale" with Adelina Tkesheliadze of Sul Pont
Adelina tells Ezgi her journey from the creative arts to entrepreneurship, diving into the creative industry and events. We talk about the concept of "doing things that don't scale" by Paul Graham. Listen in to learn how this principle can be applied in a startup context and glean insights from Adelina's own experiences
(00: 16) background
(04:55) the team
(09:56) Start and the Berlin effect
(12:02) Event organization and agencies
(18:09) How to validate your idea
(21:59) Doing things that don't scale - http://paulgraham.com/ds.html
(25:22) Future Plans
(27:05) Advice
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About Adelina
Contact: Linkedin
Company: Sulpont
More about Startup Incubator Berlin
If you want to know more about us, go to foundersinberlin.com
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Rising AI Wave, Privacy Threats and Building an Internal Document Search Engine for Companies using AI with Francesco of Deepfile
Francesco sits down with Ezgi to explore his journey of bridging his background in finance with a highly technical Artificial Intelligence startup. They talk about how they are changing the game of data privacy in the age of GPT-based models, and open discussions of business ideas.
Brought to you by Startup Incubator Berlin.
**I mention that Italy banned ChatGPT for a year. To clarify, the ban, of course lasted not for a year, but for one month**
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About Francesco
Contact: Linkedin
Company: Deepfile
More about Startup Incubator Berlin
If you want to know more about us, go to foundersinberlin.com
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Productized Service Platform for Self Publishing from Freelancing with Ceri Savage of Savage Edits
Ceri and Ezgi talk about how Ceri's freelancing career turned into a scalable productized service business with more than 80 books. A new marketing channel, BookTok, and the rise of self publishing are also in the agenda.
Brought to you by Startup Incubator Berlin.
Links:
About Ceri
Contact: Linkedin
Company: Savage Edits
Twitter
Instagram
About Startup Incubator Berlin
If you want to know about us, go to foundersinberlin.com
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Quitting a Steady Job, Solopreneurship, Building for Creator Economy with Felippe Wick from cliqe
Felippe talks about how viable being an indie hacker is, why you should build in public and what risks to take in Berlin. And of course we learn more about cliqe, the creator economy marketplace.
Brought to you by Startup Incubator Berlin.
Links:
About Felippe
Contact: Linkedin and Twitter
Company: cliqe
About Startup Incubator Berlin
If you want to know about us, go to foundersinberlin.com
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From Being a Jewelry Designer to Founding a SaaS For Gold Buyers: Selina of Sylbaa
Selina sits down to tell us the eventful journey from leaving university to starting a SaaS. We talked about how she went to India, found her jewelry company, importance of a cofounder and the multitude of opportunities for new founders to grab in Berlin.
Brought to you by Startup Incubator Berlin.
Links:
About Selina
Contact: Linkedin
Company: Sylbaa
More about Startup Incubator Berlin
If you want to know about us, go to foundersinberlin.com
Contact me here