Founder's FAQ

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Jeff Gothelf. Jeff is the co-writer of the award-winning book Lean UX, author of Sense & Respond and Forever Employable. In this episode;1-) Resolving the uncertainty.2-) Protecting the willingness of the team.3-) Leveraging the risks.4-) Politics inside teams. Founder’s FAQ is a book...

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Niko Bonatsos. Niko is managing director at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that makes early-stage and transformational investments. In this episode;1-) Evaluating the founder.2-) Due diligence of co-founders.3-) Investing in second-time founder.4-) Right partner into the boa...

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Dennis Mortensen. He is the founder and CEO of X.AI, which is an AI-powered Scheduling Network. Dennis has raised more than $44M for X.ai. And previously, he has founded multiple companies and he has multiple exits. In this episode;1-) The right approach for fundraising.2-) Stick to t...

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is is Charles Hudson. He is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a seed-stage investment firm based out of San Francisco. Prior to launching Precursor, Charles was a Partner with SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed-stage investors in the Internet and mobile startups. He was a...

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Adam Cheyer. He is an inventor, entrepreneur, engineering executive, and a pioneer in AI and computer-human interfaces. He has been a co-founder of successful startups, including Siri (sold to Apple), Viv Labs (sold to Samsung), and Sentient. He is also the founding member of Change.o...

Hi, I'm Ilker. I'm 2x founder, Forbes 30Under Lister, and author of Founder's FAQ. Founder's FAQ is a book for founders and also having podcasts series. And in here, I will have notable guests; Impactful founders, top tier VCs and VPs of scaling startups. We'll cover the answers to all the possible questions of a founder in a startup journey—whether revealing lifesaving principles for the startup'...