Our co-founders Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and Okan Şencan served as the lead instructors of Hukuk101 — Foundational Legal Training for Entrepreneurs, a structured 10-hour live training program run by Komünite for founders and operators preparing to put their ventures on stronger legal ground.
The central thesis of the program was clear: founders don’t need to become lawyers — but they need enough structural literacy to spot risk early, ask the right questions of their counsel, and avoid the half-dozen mistakes that turn into the most expensive line items at fundraising time.
The curriculum
The program is structured around five live modules: foundations of entrepreneurship and law; contract and employment law in practice; international incorporation; tax law and financial obligations; and investment strategy. Each module is delivered via live, interactive Zoom sessions with Q&A and real-world scenarios.
The Vircon Legal perspective
Mümtaz and Okan led the foundational legal modules and the international incorporation module — drawing on years of cross-border practice between Turkey and the U.S. for clients ranging from pre-seed founders to growth-stage companies. The investment-strategy module was led by Hüseyin Oğuz, and the tax module by Cenk Batur.
Why this format
Closing the program rationale, Mümtaz emphasized that most early-stage legal education in Turkey is either too academic to be useful in practice or too commercial to be honest about real risks. Hukuk101 was designed to occupy the middle ground — practitioner-led, structured, time-bounded, and honest about both opportunities and trade-offs.
