Archive | SCALABLE

Jul 1, 2026

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1 min read

🖇️ Two Markets

👉 Look closer and there are two venture markets, and the one on your timeline isn't yours. Here's how to adjust your investor strategy.

Egemen Eres

Pitching

Jun 27, 2026

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1 min read

👀 The 70% problem

👉 Founders are quietly handing their inbox, calendar, and follow-ups to an agent and you will not catch up by hand.

Egemen Eres

Jun 24, 2026

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2 min read

🚨 Seed Crisis

👉 There's a massive structural crisis in venture capital today. Let me show you why the seed funding funnel is shrinking and how I am adjusting my strategy.

Financials & Fundraising

Jun 17, 2026

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4 min read

💺 Seats are gone

👉 For ten years you charged per user. AI just broke that math, and the data is brutal. Here's what the smartest software companies are quietly switching to.

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.

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.

Company & Team Building

Egemen Eres

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

Egemen Eres

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

Egemen Eres

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

Egemen Eres

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

🖇️ Two Markets

👀 The 70% problem

🚨 Seed Crisis

💺 Seats are gone

📱 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

Launch and grow winning startups.