Girişim Fabrikası

Startup Factory

Istanbul | Turkey

Enabling entrepreneurs to build sustainable, high-growth startup companies

Turkey is in the midst of an uprising. Young people, united

and empowered by technology, are pounding at the gates of the old order and demanding that

their country's elites make room for their new ideas.

“ “

Rob SalkowitzFast Company, March 2011

Opportunity

Who are these entrepreneurs?

Abdullah (28)Uğur (25)Dilfer (27)

• Engineers with MSc. degrees

• National Business Plan Competition Winners

• 1-2 years professional experience

• Using internet technologies to solve societal and business issues… in the classroom, on the design floor, etc.

• Lack of a Formal Training Structure

• Insufficient and Opaque Sector Information

• Not Enough Resources in own Networks

PAINS

• Need More PR, More Coverage, More WOM

• Access to a Community of Like-Minded, Like-Motivated Young Entrepreneurs

GAINS

Get Feedback and Advise on Business IdeaLearn to build sustainable business models

Access to low levels of seed financingFocus on Code & Customers

(not office space, legal terms, accounting mumbo-jumbo)

What are they looking for? (jobs to be done)

Our Acceleration Process6 Months Across the Finish Line

bootcamp(2 weeks)

prototype development

(3 weeks)

product & bizdevelopment(4 months)

move tomarket

(1 month)

Fit Startup Canvasdevelop and validate sustainable & investable business models using an in-house model canvas* + badge-driven gamification process

We aim to help startups survive through the death valley, working with them throughout the commercialization process of Web, Mobile, ICT focused technologies, from the prototype to serial products.

GF Business Plan Competition

GF Virtual Open Lecture

Entrepreneurship Academic Programs

Social Media, Web PresencePartnership Activities & Events

* a blend of current entrepreneurial thinking, inspired by the work of Steve Blank, Alex Osterwalder, Eric Ries, & Ash Maurya

İhsan Elgin,Director & Entrepreneur

Our Value Proposition:

Accelerating and Redefiningthe Entrepreneurial Process

Murat Tortopoğlu,Supervisor

Jason Lau,Supervisor & Lecturer

PA

RTN

ER

SH

IPS

GovernmentSupport

Non-Profit &Incubators

Angel InvestorsVenture Capitalists

PrimarySponsors

Turkish culture is progressively opening up to entrepreneurship. Following impressive economic growth, Turkey has developed politically and institutionally, accommodating itself better to entrepreneurship.

80% of entrepreneurs say that Turkish culture encourages business.

Entrepreneurs Speak OutThe Nice Côte d’Azur 2011Entrepreneurship Barometer

Turkey

In Europe, 3rd in online engagement

(32.7 hours online per month)

1st in content consumption(3,706 pages per month)

5th in Facebook penetration

8th in Twitter penetration

3rd in Foursquare usage

72 million people

50% under 30

35 million online

13th internet economy

engaged

hungry

socially networked

8.8% economic expansion

57% increase in e-commerce

Results: 1st Year

727Applications

74Bootcamp Participants

17Startups

900,000 TL

580,000 TL

Angel Investment Raised (TL)

Government SupportReceived (TL)

40 People Employed

Investment

Opportunities

Sponsor the Factory and play an integral role in the growth of the program as well as benefiting from GF’s central position in the Turkish entrepreneurial ecosystem

Join our Investor Network and get early networking and investment opportunities with our dynamic startups

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