Archive | SCALABLE

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.

Egemen Eres

Mindset

Apr 8, 2026

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8 min read

Pick an ugly problem

👉 Stop building for everyone. Pick one ugly niche, learn its workflows better than anyone.

Egemen Eres

Iteration

Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

🌱 Seed Stage Split

👉 A decade ago, $100M+ seed rounds were essentially zero. Now they dominate early-stage capital. Here's what that means for founders raising $3M to find their first 50 customers.

Pitching

Mar 25, 2026

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8 min read

🛑 Freemium trap

👉 If you are still relying on a freemium tier, you need to read this. Let me show you why free users give us a completely false sense of product validation.

Monetization

Mar 21, 2026

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3 min read

🤖 My new AI coworker

👉 I am completely changing how I handle spreadsheets and dashboards. Let me introduce you to the digital coworker that just took over half of my to-dos.

Tools & Resources

Mar 18, 2026

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7 min read

The Retention-First Roadmap

👉 Acquisition is too expensive right now. Here's my deep dive on why you need to focus on expansion revenue over growth.

User Research

Egemen Eres

Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

🌱 The Seed Gap

👉 I found out only 16% of seed startups make it to Series A now. Let me break down the ruthless new $2.1M revenue benchmark we must hit to avoid going under.

Iteration

Egemen Eres

Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

Venture Capital Outlook

👉 Life doesn't pause while you build. I'm breaking down the latest 2026 venture capital outlook so you can zoom out a little bit.

VCs

Egemen Eres

Feb 25, 2026

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7 min read

🦞 Lobster Madness

👉 Everything changed. Literally. Not clickbait.

Egemen Eres

Feb 18, 2026

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7 min read

🦠 Creep

👉 Stop confusing motion with progress. A packed product roadmap might be your startup's biggest threat, data shows adding more features cause churn.

Product

Egemen Eres

Feb 11, 2026

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7 min read

📍 Localized GTM

👉 Discover how top fintech startups raise $1B by shifting from global expansion to laser-focused, localized GTM strategies that investors now crave.

Pitching

Egemen Eres

Feb 4, 2026

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8 min read

🚪The Exit Doors

👉 We are seeing a massive difference between Jan 25 and Jan 26 funding numbers. I'm also sharing 200+ AI income ideas.

Financials & Fundraising

Egemen Eres

Jan 31, 2026

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3 min read

🚨 The unsexy problem that hurts founders (it's not what you think)

👉 Get a full-time support agent for $0. We partnered with Intercom to give startups a 100% discount on their AI suite to automate tickets.

Egemen Eres

Jan 28, 2026

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8 min read

💰 Funding Trends

👉 Investors are writing bigger checks but for fewer deals. Read the full breakdown of 2026 funding trends and grab 100 free ChatGPT prompts.

Financials & Fundraising

Egemen Eres

🧾 Read This Letter

Pick an ugly problem

🌱 Seed Stage Split

🛑 Freemium trap

🤖 My new AI coworker

The Retention-First Roadmap

🌱 The Seed Gap

Venture Capital Outlook

🦞 Lobster Madness

🦠 Creep

📍 Localized GTM

🚪The Exit Doors

🚨 The unsexy problem that hurts founders (it's not what you think)

💰 Funding Trends

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