Founder's FAQ

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Mark Peter Davis. Mark is a venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur, author, and community organizer. He is the founder of Interplay Ventures, an investment and incubation firm based in New York City. He is also the author of The Fundraising Rules, a handbook designed to help entrepreneurs raise capital. And lastly, he has a neat podcast dedicated to innovation, truth, and education; it's called "Innovation With Mark Peter Davis."

In this episode;

1-) Defensibility of AI startups, comparison to mobile upheaval in 2008

2-) Interplay’s playbook on blockchain

3-) What to look for before investing

4-) Capabilities to run distributed teams

5-) Interplay’s foundry

Here you can find Mark’s podcast, Innovation with Mark Peter Davis -> https://open.spotify.com/show/7qJuqYWAXr1kKhnXxfvVkk?si=5d647fe6d0114db8

And his book, The Fundraising Rules -> https://www.amazon.com/Fundraising-Rules-Mark-Peter-Davis/dp/1482761068

And lastly, Founder's FAQ is a book for founders, and you can order through the www.foundersfaq.com

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Karl Alomar. Karl is a tech investor, serial entrepreneur, and managing partner at M13, a full-service venture firm that provides the platform for founding teams to create and develop high-growth businesses. Previously, he was COO at DigitalOcean from the ground up, which is one of the fastest-growing cloud infrastructure companies.

In this episode;

1-) Scale a company 100x

2-) To build on Web3

3-) Leading companies through crises 

4-) Attracting A+ talent

5-) Follow on rounds

Founder's FAQ is a book for founders, and you can order through the www.foundersfaq.com

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Katelin Holloway. She’s the founding partner of the venture firm Seven Seven Six. Previously, Katelin was in many stunning companies. At Pixar, she worked alongside some of the most brilliant creative minds of the generation. She was also the head of people and culture at Reddit and Klout. She’s passionate about funding the companies that will shape the future of work, life, and sustainability.

In this episode;

1-) Following “Curiosity” and asking great questions

2-) Building a culture in a remote era

3-) Winter is for builders!

4-) Which founders to invest in

5-) Climate tech, Europe, world’s biggest problems to solve

Founder's FAQ is a book for founders, and you can order through the www.foundersfaq.com

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Dilan Mizrakli Landgraff. Dilan is the co-founder of Antler, a global venture capital firm enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people building the defining companies of tomorrow. They are in more than 20 cities across six continents, including in hubs such as Austin, New York, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Bangalore, Singapore, and Sydney.

In this episode;

1-) Antler's philosophy on investments

2-) How to scale founders to overcome their challenges

3-) Three main characteristics of an ideal founder

4-) Driving factors to look at for really matched co-founders

5-) State of growing, raising remotely

Founder's FAQ is a book for founders, and you can order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on LinkedIn.

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Barry Hinckley. Barry is the founder & CEO of BeachSweat, which is a virtual fitness platform. Previously, he was co-founder at Bullhorn and had an exit there. Barry ran as a candidate for US Senate as well.

In this episode;

1-) Story behind BeachSweat

2-) Mindset shift on fitness in pandemic

3-) Virtual fitness market

4-) Upcoming plans for BeachSweat

And lastly, BeachSweat is going out on Kickstarter.

Founder’s FAQ is a book for founders and you can order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Chuck Berkeley. Chuck is the co-founder and CEO of PathogenX, dedicated to reimagining regulated medical waste disposal. Previously, Chuck was the director at Grey Medical. And, lastly, he's also an Olympic bobsledder.

In this episode;

1-) Story behind PathogenX

2-) How to build a hardware startup

3-) The market of medical waste

4-) Upcoming plans for PathogenX

Founder’s FAQ is a book for founders and you can order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Ugur Samut. He’s co-founder at Gorillas, a q-commerce company that has recently raised $1 billion. Previously, Ugur was Co-founder & CEO at Medigo. And lastly, Ugur invests in startups as an angel investor as well.

In this episode;

1-) Story behind Gorillas

2-) Q-commerce market

3-) Scaling as a founder in the hyper-growth

4-) How to hire A+ people

5-) The elements of culture

6-) How to leverage board members

Founder’s FAQ is a book for founders and you can order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Eric Jorgenson. Eric is a product strategist at Zaarly, where he was one of the very first employees. Outside of his time at Zaarly, he has spent time writing and condensing ideas on his blog Evergreen, which has educated and entertained more than one million readers since 2014. And he is the author of Almancak of Naval Ravikant.

In this episode;

1-) Long term games

2-) The ideal team

3-) Managing micromanagement

4-) Managing disagreements

Founder’s FAQ is a book for founders and you can order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.