Murat Aktihanoglu

Growth Hacking and Growth Channels for Startups (Jan 10, 2016)

Growth Hacking and Growth Channels for Startups – Murat Aktihanoglu (Jan 10, 2016) from Murat Aktihanoglu

Goal-Driven Growth and Growth Hacking

ERA Startup Pitch Competition in Oslo, February 2015

Oslo is bursting with entrepreneurial energy. I was in Oslo from Feb 10th till Feb 15th, 2015 as the guest of Innovation Norway and Norwegian Consulate New York. I’ve done workshops with selected...

A Simple Guide to Startup Metrics

Startups Metrics by Murat Aktihanoglu from muratny

All you need to know about Bitcoin as a consumer

For those who don’t want to know anything about Bitcoin other than what is needed at minimum to use it: Bitcoin is a new type of currency that can be used to buy...

Tools and resources for first-time entrepreneurs

This is definitely not objective, top or ultimate at all, just some people and things I know. This is what I tell my friends who ask me “How do I do a tech startup...

Why Turkey is becoming the next hot startup scene

(Photo: demo of a proximity-sensor based marketing platform from office hours) I’ve just spent a week in Istanbul, attending conferences, hosting open office hours for two days, meeting with local investors and hosting...

Gangnam Style Startups

I think it’s all about the approach and the beginning. If a local 34-year old rapper from Korea can make the second-most viewed video on Youtube, your startup can also make it globally....

What every founder should know about convertible notes and calculating cap tables

What is a convertible note? A convertible note is a short-term loan that doesn’t get paid back like a typical bank loan, but converts into preferred shares when the company raises an equity...

50th Entrepreneurs Roundtable event!

  We started in 2007 with a simple thought: how can we be useful to entrepreneurs in New York City? (Howard Morgan, First Round Capital, ER10) The goal was to have a “take-away”...

How you can jump-start your local entrepreneurial community

 (ERA Winter 2012 class) Entrepreneurs Roundtable will have its 50th event next month in August, 2012. We started in 2007 and hosted a “free” event every month for entrepreneurs and investors. And we...

Before “Product-Market Fit”, start with “Team-Idea Fit”

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how the “team-idea fit” really defines a startup’s success. After making some investments through ERA (more than 30) and being fortunate enough to see and work together...