For the past six years, every September, I’ve had the privilege of reviewing SXSW* applications from some of the brightest minds in the world. Each year, I’m fascinated by the evolving trends and perspectives on current topics. Reviewing multiple tracks—such…
Transitioning an idea from the realm of dreams to the concrete reality of investment requires more than just enthusiasm; it demands a strategic approach. Just as translating between languages necessitates fluency in both, conveying your startup vision to potential investors…
Today, OpenAI announced Sora model, capable of creating realistic and imaginative scenes from text instruction. Every day, we are advancing one step further in empowering people to visualize and bring to life their thoughts and imaginations through technology. It has…
We can liken tech startups to balloons filled with helium gas. If we don’t tether them to the ground, they will ascend to the sky and eventually dissipate. Tethering them to the ground encompasses numerous dimensions, from micro-level approaches to…
Over the past two weeks, the criticism of Facebook has reached a boiling point, having simmered since the Cambridge Analytica data scandal was uncovered in 2018. Several global brands, including Unilever, Coca Cola, and Starbucks, have announced they are boycotting…
Türkçe çevirisi için tıklayınız. The article is originally published in the September 2015 issue of Harvard Business Review Turkey in Turkish as the only contribution from Turkey to the Design Thinking cover story. Consider the local context When I was rushing…
Türkçe çevirisi için tıklayınız. “So how does a company like Nest, creator of the mundane thermostat, earn accolades like ‘beautiful’ and ‘revolutionary’ and a $3.2 billion Google buyout? What did Nest do differently to create a household product that…
The article is originally published on The Atlantic Media’s Quartz in the U.S. Türkçe çevirisi için tıklayınız. This week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg joined the highly prestigious Neural Information Processing Systems academic conference in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. At the event, he announced Facebook’s artificial intelligence laboratory headed by Professor…
The article is originally published on The Atlantic Media’s Quartz in the U.S. and republished in Japanese on The Bridge in Japan. Türkçe çevirisi için tıklayınız. Some actors fully immerse themselves in their roles. They become their character for the duration of the shooting by…
The article is originally published on The Atlantic Media’s Quartz in the U.S. You can also find the related follow-up discussions at the end of this article. I left Istanbul in mid-June to join a 10-week program in Silicon Valley to solve…