ILKER KOKSAL

Founder's FAQ

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Founder’s FAQ covers the answers to all the possible questions of a founder in a startup journey—whether revealing lifesaving principles for the startup’s survival path, building A+ teams, creating an evolving machine, setting up a neat culture, or interpreting the true path for the fundraising.

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ILKER KOKSAL

Episodes

Jeff Gothelf | Co-writer of Lean UX, author of Sense & Respond and Forever Employable 13.07.2020 15:33

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...

Niko Bonatsos | Managing Director at General Catalyst 25.06.2020 15:24

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...

Dennis R. Mortensen | Founder and CEO of X.AI 10.06.2020 24:38

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...

Charles Hudson | Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures 01.06.2020 13:37

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...

Adam Cheyer | Co-founder of Siri & Viv Labs 26.05.2020 23:27

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...

Welcome to Founder's FAQ 23.05.2020 1:13

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'...