From emerging regulation to deal mechanics, we write about the questions founders and investors actually ask — practical analysis you can put to work.
A data subject (Turkish: ilgili kişi) is the identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by a controller or processor. Under Turkey’s KVKK (Law No. 6698) and the EU’s GDPR, the data subject is the holder of rights against organizations handling their information.
Founder-market fit is the degree of alignment between a founder’s background, network, instincts and the market the company is attacking.
Boil the frog is a metaphor for incremental change so gradual that the affected party fails to notice or react until it is too late. The image references an apocryphal experiment: a frog placed in cold water that is slowly heated does not jump out and eventually boils.
Skin in the game means having personal stake at risk in the outcome of an endeavour — most commonly capital, equity exposure or reputation.
Wood behind the arrow is SaaS and venture jargon for the financial and operational firepower a company has to push its growth strategy — the cash on the balance sheet, the runway it buys, the team strength and the channel investments already in place.
A hair-on-fire problem is customer pain so urgent the buyer grabs the first workable fix. How investors test for it — existing spend, deal speed, workarounds — and why compliance deadlines create it.
Founder mode is a management approach popularised by Paul Graham in a 2024 essay describing how successful founders operate companies differently than professional CEOs — staying deep in product, customer and operational details, skipping organisational layers when necessary, and resisting the co…
Cliff edge funding describes the state of a company with very limited runway — typically less than 6 months — where the next financing round is uncertain and operating without securing capital risks insolvency.
An up round is a financing round priced at a higher valuation than the company’s previous round — a positive valuation step that signals progress and is rewarded by both new and existing investors. The opposite is a “down round” (lower valuation) or “flat round” (same valuation).
The pre-money mafia is informal slang for the network of investors, founders, advisors and operators who participate in early-stage rounds together — typically operator-angels and seed funds that co-invest repeatedly, share deal flow and provide mutual references.
