Murat Aktihanoglu

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Speakers and Startups 2008 to 2016

Entrepreneurs Roundtable started in April 2008 as a free monthly gathering of entrepreneurs and investors in New York City and grew over the years with back to back events supporting the community. In celebration...

Growth Hacking and Growth Channels for Startups (Jan 10, 2016)

Growth Hacking and Growth Channels for Startups – Murat Aktihanoglu (Jan 10, 2016) from Murat Aktihanoglu

Goal-Driven Growth and Growth Hacking

ERA Startup Pitch Competition in Oslo, February 2015

Oslo is bursting with entrepreneurial energy. I was in Oslo from Feb 10th till Feb 15th, 2015 as the guest of Innovation Norway and Norwegian Consulate New York. I’ve done workshops with selected...

A Simple Guide to Startup Metrics

Startups Metrics by Murat Aktihanoglu from muratny

All you need to know about Bitcoin as a consumer

For those who don’t want to know anything about Bitcoin other than what is needed at minimum to use it: Bitcoin is a new type of currency that can be used to buy...

Tools and resources for first-time entrepreneurs

This is definitely not objective, top or ultimate at all, just some people and things I know. This is what I tell my friends who ask me “How do I do a tech startup...

Why Turkey is becoming the next hot startup scene

(Photo: demo of a proximity-sensor based marketing platform from office hours) I’ve just spent a week in Istanbul, attending conferences, hosting open office hours for two days, meeting with local investors and hosting...

Gangnam Style Startups

I think it’s all about the approach and the beginning. If a local 34-year old rapper from Korea can make the second-most viewed video on Youtube, your startup can also make it globally....

What every founder should know about convertible notes and calculating cap tables

What is a convertible note? A convertible note is a short-term loan that doesn’t get paid back like a typical bank loan, but converts into preferred shares when the company raises an equity...

50th Entrepreneurs Roundtable event!

  We started in 2007 with a simple thought: how can we be useful to entrepreneurs in New York City? (Howard Morgan, First Round Capital, ER10) The goal was to have a “take-away”...

How you can jump-start your local entrepreneurial community

 (ERA Winter 2012 class) Entrepreneurs Roundtable will have its 50th event next month in August, 2012. We started in 2007 and hosted a “free” event every month for entrepreneurs and investors. And we...