https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/Entrepreneurship, business and technologyenhttps://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-build-your-first-sales-team/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-build-your-first-sales-team/Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessJoseph H. Crane pitched sixteen merchants in Findlay and got no signatures. His notes became NCR's Primer. When should you hire your first salesperson, and how?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-franchise/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-franchise/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1891 Martha Matilda Harper, a former servant, let other women run salons under her name. What is a franchise, what does it cost and when does it pay?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-did-juicero-shut-down/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-did-juicero-shut-down/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIn April 2017 two reporters squeezed a Juicero pack by hand and got almost as much juice as the 400-dollar machine. Why did the startup behind it shut down?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-subscription-business-model/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-subscription-business-model/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1842 Charles Mudie stopped selling books and sold reading for a guinea a year. 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How do you build a startup's culture?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-scarcity-marketing/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-scarcity-marketing/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0000Marketing and distributionThe Dutch burned spices and limed nutmegs to keep them scarce, until Pierre Poivre broke the monopoly. When does scarcity build demand, and when does it burn trust?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-content-marketing/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-content-marketing/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Marketing and distributionIn 1867 a boiler insurer launched a paper explaining why boilers explode. What is content marketing, and how do you win readers before you sell anything?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-north-star-metric/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-north-star-metric/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIn 1902 Hanoi paid a bounty for rat tails and ended up with more rats. What is a north star metric, and which numbers show your startup is really working?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-did-markafoni-shut-down/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-did-markafoni-shut-down/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIn 2014 it had 7 million members and 20,000 sales on its worst days. Three years later Markafoni closed. Why did Turkey's private shopping pioneer fail?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-network-effect/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-network-effect/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1887 Zamenhof asked for ten million promises to learn Esperanto; a thousand unconditional users built it. What is a network effect, and how do you start one?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-find-a-co-founder/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-find-a-co-founder/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIn 1803 Lewis offered Clark an equal command; the army refused, but Lewis kept his word. How to find the right co-founder and test the fit before you commit.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-make-a-pitch-deck/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-make-a-pitch-deck/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1843 Samuel Morse's telegraph bill passed by six votes after years of failed demos. How do you build a seed pitch deck that leads investors to a decision?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/starting-a-business-without-quitting-your-job/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/starting-a-business-without-quitting-your-job/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessHenri Rousseau kept his Paris toll job for 22 years while he painted. When should a side project become your full-time business, and how do you get there safely?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-the-lindy-effect/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-the-lindy-effect/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Marketing and distributionIn 1767 Rousseau wrote that a herdsmen's tune was banned in Swiss regiments because it made soldiers desert. 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On 21 October 2026 it announced it was closing. Why did the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age shut down?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-fire-an-underperforming-employee/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-fire-an-underperforming-employee/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Leadership and working lifeIn 1781 Mozart was kept waiting four weeks over his resignation, then kicked out of the door. How do you let an underperforming employee go with respect?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-find-customers-with-cold-email/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-find-customers-with-cold-email/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Marketing and distributionIn May 1864, London MPs received an unwanted telegram advertising a dentist. How do you write a cold email that the person reading it won't mistake for spam?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-market-taboo-products/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-market-taboo-products/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Marketing and distributionIn 1912 an Odorono stand in Atlantic City went days without selling a bottle, because nobody talked about sweat. So how do you market a product nobody discusses?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-estimate-market-size/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-estimate-market-size/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessEveryone thought millions lived in London. Haberdasher John Graunt opened the bills of mortality and found 384,000. 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A year later it hired the company's CEO as its CTO. 25 days on, Character.AI filed for bankruptcy protection.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-bootstrapping/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-bootstrapping/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1903 Langley's 50,000-dollar machine fell into a river; nine days later a Wright Flyer paid for by a bicycle shop flew. What is bootstrapping?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/razor-and-blades-business-model/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/razor-and-blades-business-model/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1900 Kodak sold a cardboard camera for one dollar and counted on film for the profit. What is the razor and blades model, and how can you adapt it?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-product-market-fit/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-product-market-fit/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIn 1934 a publisher found nothing to read at Exeter station; a year later his books were selling out. What is product-market fit, and how do you spot it?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-did-quibi-shut-down/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-did-quibi-shut-down/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessOn 21 October 2020 its founders wrote: 'Quibi is not succeeding.' Why did a service that raised $1.75 billion shut down after just six months?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-pivot-when-and-how-to-change-direction/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-a-pivot-when-and-how-to-change-direction/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Entrepreneurial thinking and actionIn 1781 a musician thought his garden telescope had found a comet; it was a planet. What is a pivot, and when and how should you change course?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-give-your-team-feedback/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-give-your-team-feedback/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Leadership and working lifeIn 1504 the head of Florence thought David's nose too thick. Michelangelo let marble dust fall but never touched it. How to give feedback that helps.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-find-your-first-customers/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-find-your-first-customers/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Marketing and distributionAristotle noted that every bee returning to the hive brought three or four others. Frisch found the secret: dance. First customers come the same way.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/startup-pricing-how-to-price-your-product/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/startup-pricing-how-to-price-your-product/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1877 a critic was outraged that a painter wanted 200 guineas for two days' work. His reply holds the secret of pricing. How do you price yours?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/managing-runway-and-burn-rate/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/managing-runway-and-burn-rate/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Finance and business modelsIn 1860, explorers set off with two years of supplies and an oak table, then found their camp emptied nine hours earlier. Managing runway and burn rate.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-sehir-firsati-groupon-turkey-shut-down/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-sehir-firsati-groupon-turkey-shut-down/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIt launched in April 2010 with a 1-lira cinema ticket and aimed for 80 cities by year end. Why did Şehir Fırsatı, Groupon Turkey, close in 2015?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-hire-your-first-employees/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-hire-your-first-employees/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000Leadership and working lifeIn 1723 Leipzig hired Bach as its third choice, settling for 'mediocre'. 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How should co-founders split equity?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-run-a-customer-interview/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-run-a-customer-interview/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessIn 1904 Clever Hans, the counting horse, fooled a scientific panel by reading answers off faces. How to interview customers without falling into that trap.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-an-mvp-and-how-to-plan-one/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/what-is-an-mvp-and-how-to-plan-one/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000Starting and growing a businessBefore finishing his Bible, Gutenberg printed thousands of single-page documents. 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Who they are, what they share and why brands care.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/75-best-linkedin-creators-to-follow-in-2026/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/75-best-linkedin-creators-to-follow-in-2026/Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:45:32 +0000Marketing and distribution75 LinkedIn creators to follow for inspiration in 2026, covering business, human resources, personal development, entrepreneurship, leadership and more.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/linkedin-marketing-strategies-7-ways-to-grow-your-network/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/linkedin-marketing-strategies-7-ways-to-grow-your-network/Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:31:14 +0000Marketing and distributionHolbein's 1532 portrait of the merchant Georg Giese has every element of a LinkedIn profile today. Seven effective ways to grow your professional network.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/b2b-marketing-strategies/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/b2b-marketing-strategies/Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:16:25 +0000Marketing and distributionA 4,000-year-old letter from Kültepe is as detailed as a modern B2B order: price, measurements, a quality complaint. The lasting rules of B2B marketing.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/workfluencer-marketing-rising-b2b-strategy/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/workfluencer-marketing-rising-b2b-strategy/Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:18:42 +0000Marketing and distributionIn 1754 cabinet-maker Chippendale published a book selling his trade's secrets to his rivals, and his name became a style. What is workfluencer marketing?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-get-more-youtube-views/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-to-get-more-youtube-views/Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:54:10 +0000Marketing and distributionYouTube has millions of users, and views and subscribers are the numbers every creator watches. Ten practical ways to grow both, organically.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/careers-with-job-opportunities-abroad/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/careers-with-job-opportunities-abroad/Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:53:42 +0000Leadership and working lifeLiving, studying or building a company abroad is a common dream, but it need not stay one. The careers in demand worldwide and how to land a job abroad.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/linkedin-influencer-marketing/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/linkedin-influencer-marketing/Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:24:11 +0000Marketing and distributionLinkedIn began as a recruitment tool. Today it is where experts build audiences and earn money. Here is how B2B brands can partner with its influencers.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-linkedin-instead-of-job-sites/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/why-linkedin-instead-of-job-sites/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:47:29 +0000Leadership and working lifeIn 1812 bookbinder's apprentice Michael Faraday didn't ask for a job; he bound his lecture notes and sent them. Why LinkedIn beats job sites.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/warren-buffett-advice/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/warren-buffett-advice/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:31:19 +0000Success storiesMocked in Miletus, Thales rented every olive press over the winter. The real advice in Warren Buffett's shareholder letters has the same cool-headedness.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/highest-paying-jobs-in-turkey/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/highest-paying-jobs-in-turkey/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:22:14 +0000Leadership and working lifeTurkey's highest-paying jobs also tend to rank among the best careers of the past decade. Here are ten of them, the training they need and what they pay.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/entrepreneurship-podcasts-every-founder-should-hear/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/entrepreneurship-podcasts-every-founder-should-hear/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:17:39 +0000Marketing and distributionPodcasts have become one of the most popular formats in the digital world. 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What startups can learn from it.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/the-deaf-frog-story/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/the-deaf-frog-story/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:13:22 +0000Entrepreneurial thinking and actionLegend says a bad review killed Keats, yet his own letter tells another story. The fable of the deaf frog teaches you to tell noise from real feedback.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-you-spend-your-free-time-shapes-your-success/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/how-you-spend-your-free-time-shapes-your-success/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:08:37 +0000Personal growthThe painter Ingres played second violin as a boy and never gave it up; in French, "violon d'Ingres" now means a hobby. Why your free time shapes success.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/16-actions-to-reach-your-goals/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/16-actions-to-reach-your-goals/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:04:36 +0000Personal growthIn 1900 David Hilbert greeted the new century with a list of goals and set out what makes a good problem. Here are 16 actions, in four stages, for yours.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/6-ways-to-recover-from-a-mental-breakdown/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/6-ways-to-recover-from-a-mental-breakdown/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:00:45 +0000Personal growthIn 1693 Isaac Newton wrote that he had barely slept for a year and had lost his peace of mind. Six ways to recover from a breakdown, from his letters.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/jobs-of-the-future/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/jobs-of-the-future/Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:56:32 +0000Leadership and working lifeTechnology is reshaping career options and new professions are emerging. Here are the jobs of the future identified in a 2018 study by Turkey's İşkur.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/salaried-corporate-job-or-be-your-own-boss/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/salaried-corporate-job-or-be-your-own-boss/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:06:41 +0000Leadership and working lifeHogarth saw his father jailed for debt, built his own business, got a copyright law passed and ended up in a salaried post. Job or your own business?https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/grow-your-instagram-without-ads-in-10-steps/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/grow-your-instagram-without-ads-in-10-steps/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:59:09 +0000Marketing and distributionWin more Instagram followers without spending a penny on ads. The secret is an engaged audience: here are 10 practical steps to grow organically.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/15-turkish-linkedin-influencers-to-follow/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/15-turkish-linkedin-influencers-to-follow/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:54:59 +0000Marketing and distributionLinkedIn is a key platform for building an effective business network and supporting your growth. Meet 15 Turkish LinkedIn influencers worth following.https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/entrepreneurship-is-changing-how-young-people-see-university/https://girisimcikafasi.com/en/blog/entrepreneurship-is-changing-how-young-people-see-university/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:50:28 +0000Entrepreneurial thinking and actionGorky set off for Kazan University in 1884, never got in and sold bread to its students instead. 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