Archive | SCALABLE

Aug 26, 2026

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🌱 4 Person Seed Round

👉 A founder asked me this on Thursday with a fresh seed round and three people.

Egemen Eres

Aug 22, 2026

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Borrow brilliance, make it yours.

👉 Found a powerful AI tool? Actually use it.

Egemen Eres

Tools & Resources

Aug 19, 2026

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Fundraising changed

👉 Pre-seed money barely moved this year. The count of checks written fell 22%. Here's why.

Financials & Fundraising

Aug 12, 2026

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6 month clock

👉 I've been telling founders to plan 24 months of runway but that changed in 2026.

VCs

Aug 5, 2026

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744-Day Runway

👉 I know this sounds ridiculous but 86% of every venture dollar goes to AI now.

Financials & Fundraising

Jun 4, 2026

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⏰ 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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⚖️ 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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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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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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🧠 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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🧑‍🚀 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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💰 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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🌱 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

🌱 4 Person Seed Round

Borrow brilliance, make it yours.

Fundraising changed

6 month clock

744-Day Runway

⏰ 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.