Archive | SCALABLE

Jun 10, 2026

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3 min read

📱 80% more apps. Zero more users.

👉 iOS app releases are up 80% year over year. The number of apps people actually use hasn't moved. Building is free now. Distribution is the only moat.

Egemen Eres

Go-to-Market

Jun 4, 2026

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2 min read

⏰ Not late, on time.

👉 I spent years racing a deadline that turned out to be made up. Build the thing, raise the round, exit before 30.

Egemen Eres

Company & Team Building

May 28, 2026

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2 min read

⚖️ Reliability = Capability

👉 Capability demos won 2024. Reliability metrics win 2026. Uptime, error rates, hallucination rates in production. Build the instrumentation before you raise.

Metrics & KPIs

May 27, 2026

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2 min read

Real Cost of Vibe Coding

👉 I think founders adopted AI coding tools faster than any developer tool in history. Speed is up 3-5x at most early-stage teams I talk to.

Product

May 26, 2026

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2 min read

The Pre-Seed Barbell

👉 I found a terrifying new stat: 41.7% of all seed capital is now going straight to AI startups. Here is how I adjust my pre-seed raise strategy to survive.

Financials & Fundraising

May 20, 2026

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2 min read

🧠 Founder Mindset Tax

👉 Your mindset is the OS the company runs on. I think underinvesting in it is the most expensive decision you'll make this year.

Mindset

Egemen Eres

May 17, 2026

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1 min read

🧑‍🚀 Launch Your Agents

👉 I've been running AI agents for months. The output is fine. Everything around it is exhausting. And I think there is a solution to this.

Egemen Eres

May 13, 2026

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2 min read

💰 Startup Salaries

👉 I explain why your next AI hire wants 60% more equity + PLUS: Sharing the fastest way to grow with influencer ads.

Company & Team Building

Egemen Eres

May 6, 2026

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2 min read

🌱 Seed is the new Series A.

👉 I think the seed market is split to two. One gets Series A money. The other gets the leftovers. Most founders are still pricing into the second one.

Financials & Fundraising

Egemen Eres

Apr 29, 2026

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2 min read

📝 Request For Startups

👉 If your "AI for XYZ" could be a feature inside someone else's product, you picked the wrong XYZ.

VCs

Egemen Eres

Apr 23, 2026

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2 min read

Less Product, More Moat

👉 Investors are paying for focus and punishing optionality. Seed rounds are bigger but 30% fewer founders got funded. The "all-in-one platform" pitch is dead.

Financials & Fundraising

Egemen Eres

Apr 21, 2026

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2 min read

🧪 86% accuracy. 30 minutes. $20.

👉 I stopped doing user interviews. Here's user research, rebuilt for founders who ship fast.

User Research

Egemen Eres

Apr 15, 2026

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9 min read

Q1 Funding Debunked

👉 Q1 2026 broke every funding record. I'm breaking down what's really going on. It also cut seed deal count by a third.

User Research

Egemen Eres

Apr 11, 2026

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2 min read

🧾 Read This Letter

Most annual reports are fluff and I stopped reading them some time ago. This is worth a read: Two founders grew a 37-year-old company and still talking about the hard parts.

Mindset

Egemen Eres

📱 80% more apps. Zero more users.

⏰ Not late, on time.

⚖️ Reliability = Capability

Real Cost of Vibe Coding

The Pre-Seed Barbell

🧠 Founder Mindset Tax

🧑‍🚀 Launch Your Agents

💰 Startup Salaries

🌱 Seed is the new Series A.

📝 Request For Startups

Less Product, More Moat

🧪 86% accuracy. 30 minutes. $20.

Q1 Funding Debunked

🧾 Read This Letter

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