Journeys

Founder journeys.

Growth stories from the community's founders, in their own words. Real decisions, real numbers.

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Journeys

How they actually did it.

Mehmet Caner Köroğlu
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Mehmet Caner Köroğlu
Co-Founder, Brandefense
Cybersecurity16 min read

We sold our cars to make payroll, then hired a CEO above ourselves.

World-class cybersecurity isn't reserved for global superpowers. Our team wins because we fight better at the table.

4,000
brands protected
28
countries
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Getmobil
Featured journey
Mehmet Uygun
Co-Founder & CEO, Getmobil
Recommerce32 min read

The Sunday meeting that rewired the company.

That Sunday we decided the company's growth would never be blocked by capital. We moved from a capital-heavy model to a technology and data driven platform. Don't be afraid to make the move; read the market and the customer, the rest follows.

~$30M
raised to date
4×
angel exit
180
team
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Why we do this

A founder's struggle is best understood by those who live it themselves.

We are founders, investors and operators. The questions, the bottlenecks and the hard calls that growth brings, we make them ourselves, every day. That is why we built the Circle: a trusted room where people on the same path carry each other forward.

Where this goes
  • Value, built fast

    A new generation of technology companies scaling at world pace, and proving what this ecosystem can build.

  • Jobs and economy

    Every company that grows here hires, exports and compounds at home.

  • Maps for the next generation

    The journeys lived in this room become the routes the next founders follow.

To walk together a road most people walk alone.

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Every seat is weighed before it is offered. That care is what keeps the table worth sitting at.

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