Investment and Finance
Pre-seed Pitch Deck: The 10 Slides an Investor Looks for in the First 90 Seconds
An early-stage investor screens a deck in about a minute and a half. Here are the questions to answer in that time and…
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Legal and Grants
Founder Agreements and Vesting: Six Things to Do on Day One
The issue that wastes the most time in an investment round is founder equity left unresolved at the start. A practical…
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Product and Growth
How Do You Measure Product-Market Fit? Five Metrics for the Early Stage
Product-market fit is not a feeling but a measurable state. The five metrics we track in the Filiz programme and their…
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Legal and Grants
Startup Grants: How Do TÜBİTAK BiGG, KOSGEB and Development Agencies Work?
Grants are a non-dilutive source and, if structured right, finance your prototype and market tests without giving…
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