Glocal

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Karoli is the founder of Jobbatical, the company that offers relocation and immigration services to top firms like Transferwise and Twilio. Karoli is passionate about creating a borderless world and re-designing the future of work. What’s in this episode? 1) How to receive DMs on Twitter from top-tier VCs and closing $10M 2) Pivoting after realizing that your service is a vitamin rather than a pill 3) Talent arbitrage opportunity and the talent shortage that will cost $8T globally 4) Re-thinking the main pillars of the society that we created artificially 5) Country most people are moving away from and where they relocate You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Fite is an independent digital combat sports network that started in Bulgaria and grew to more than 1.5M users. Started as a generalist entertainment streaming service, Kosta realized that he had to focus on specific verticals and dominate those. What’s in this episode? 1) Exiting and buying back the company in the early 2000s 2) Living through 2 great financial meltdowns as an entrepreneur 3) Pivoting to focus on a specific vertical and dominating that 4) Fundraising from local (Bulgarian), pan-European and US VCs 5) Evolution of the Bulgarian ecosystem over the past 2 decades You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis and Marton. Roland is the founder of IND Group, a fintech company that opened offices in 8 different countries and became one of the top 100 fintech companies globally. After 17 years as the Chairman, the company got acquired by Misys in 2014. What’s in this episode? 1) Moving from building websites to servicing financial institutions 2) Digitizing a legacy industry 3) Expanding regionally around Central Eastern Europe 4) Building partnerships with other fintech players in the value chain 5) Roland’s life after exit as an angel investor You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. But this episode is hosted by Marton. Balint is the founder of Team Distinction, a mobile software development company that was selected amongst the fastest growing in Europe by Deloitte and was bought by Skyscanner. What’s in this episode? 1) Starting a mobile dev-shop at the right time 2) Bootstrapping to exit 3) Life after exit; merging with a large organization 4) Motivations of becoming an angel investor You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Vladimir started Ubervu, a social media monitoring tool, in 2007 and grew it to 100s of customers with big names including Disney & Fujitsu. He sold it to Hootsuite in 2013 and stayed there for 3 years. He is now building Deepstash. What’s in this episode? 1) How to sustain the culture across 3 offices in Boston, London, and Bucharest 2) The exit process and why Vladimir stay at Hootsuite for 4 years? 3) Evolution of SaaS metrics and playbook over the past decade 4) Why did Vladimir bring in a professional CEO after launching the US office? 5) Vladimir’s new adventure, Deepstash You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Tatyana is the CEO of ClaimCompass, a flight delay compensation platform that has received more than 150k claims to date! The company aims to get become the leading player in the $100B/year market with 90% left unclaimed. What’s in this episode? 1) Competing with local mom and pop shops 2) Automating manual processes to beat competition 3) Partnerships and API strategy to further differentiate and scale customer acquisition 4) Impact of 500 Startups and fundraising from US investors as a European company You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Peter is the founder of NNG, the in-car connectivity company that has more than 1,000 employees across 12 offices and is one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe. Working with 30 car makers and almost all of the Tier-1 suppliers, NNG was founded in Hungary with a mission to make navigation easier. What’s in this episode? 1) The shift from services to a product company full of pivots 2) Advantages of bootstrapping and the customer-first mindset 3) Dealing with large car manufacturers and doubling down on car connectivity 4) Peter’s changing role from CTO to CEO 5) Evolution of the Hungarian startup ecosystem over the past decade You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Rina is one of the few people in our region who has done the full circle, going from investing to entrepreneurship and back to investing after 2 successful endeavors. This episode is full of insights from someone who has raised around $50M from VCs, raised her own VC fund and did 40+ investments. What’s in this episode? 1) Moving from white-collar to co-founder @ Peak 2) Raising €35M in 2 years and the explosion of social games 3) Running a highly operational marketplace business 4) Investing in 40+ early-stage startups in the region You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. Hande is the CEO of Insider, an end to end growth management platform for enterprises. Started in Turkey, Insider grew regionally and raised Series A from Sequoia. The company currently has more than 500 employees in 20 offices worldwide and generates more than $20M in annual recurring revenue. What’s in this episode? 1) Growth methodology and expansion playbook 2) Strategies to differentiate in a red ocean market 3) Sustaining the culture in 20 countries 4) Talent comparisons and why Insider built an AI team in Ukraine 5) The end goal for Insider and Hande’s motivation in growing the company You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. It is fair to call Eren a 10x entrepreneur. This episode covers Eren’s entrepreneurial journey from failed attempts in Turkey to building Udemy (raised $170M so far) and starting Carbon (raised $45M). What’s in this episode? 1) Eren’s background and desire to build products 2) Initial entrepreneurial endeavors in Ankara, Turkey 3) Early days of Udemy and consecutive funding rounds 4) Transitioning away from Udemy and starting Carbon Health 5) The vision behind Carbon Health 6) Story of an idealistic entrepreneur and his attempts to fix important yet broken systems in the society You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. It is fair to call Eren a 10x entrepreneur. This episode covers Eren’s entrepreneurial journey from failed attempts in Turkey to building Udemy (raised $170M so far) and starting Carbon (raised $45M). What’s in this episode? 1) Eren’s background and desire to build products 2) Initial entrepreneurial endeavors in Ankara, Turkey 3) Early days of Udemy and consecutive funding rounds 4) Transitioning away from Udemy and starting Carbon Health 5) The vision behind Carbon Health 6) Story of an idealistic entrepreneur and his attempts to fix important yet broken systems in the society You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis. This is a trailer episode for Season 2. It has been 3 months since the last episode, but we’ve been working hard… What’s in the episode? 1) Season 2 lineup. We have amazing guests again. 2) Mistakes from Season 1 and some self-criticism 3) Our multi-channel media efforts You can reach us through our website or follow Glocal on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  SaaSPass is an on-demand identity and access management company that found ways to differentiate in a highly competitive space through better product, partnerships and a developer oriented strategy. The company grew to more than 300 enterprise customers, including the Fortune 500. What’s in this episode? 1) Highly technical overview on the identity space 2) Detailed competitor analysis on identity access management 3) Deep understanding on identity access management, directory services, MFA, SSO 4) Focus on partnerships and system integrators 5) How blockchain affects identity management Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter.

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  Developed in Turkey, with management in London, Netsparker targeted the US market from its start and became one of the largest in the web application security space with 5k customers including Fortune 500 with $40M raised.  What’s in this episode? 1) Trends in security and opportunities 2) Importance of defining the early market 3) Bootstrapping your way to a $40M round 4) Finding openings to compete with behemoths 5) Horizontal expansion strategies in security Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter. 

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  Started as a meditation app, now moving towards a daily mental companion, Meditopia reached 4M members in 50 countries only in 2 years! Fatih is tackling the world’s ongoing psychological crisis, step by step.  What’s in this episode? 1) Building the company for the 22nd century! 2) 360 journey of localizing an intimate app experience 3) Vision behind becoming a mental companion 4) Advantages of starting and hiring in Turkey 5) Clashing with unicorns Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter. 

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  Marton is with Flashpoint Ventures, actively investing in Series A stage companies around CEE, Israel and Turkey. He’ll join as a co-host in the upcoming episodes. This is an introductory episode to Marton and CEE startup ecosystems. What’s in this episode? 1) Meet our new co-host, Marton 2) Flashpoint Ventures investment strategy and thesis 3) Central Eastern European Ecosystems: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey 4) What’s next for Glocal Podcast Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter. 

Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  App Samurai is a self-service mobile advertising tool for high-growth companies that grew to 50+ countries and processed more than 10B clicks annually. Now tackling the fraud problem, App Samurai spun-out its fraud detection and quality control tool, Interceptd. What’s in this episode? 1) Navigating in the very competitive ad-tech space 2) Servicing enterprises vs. long tail customers 3) War against fraud! 4) Mastering organizational structure 5) Fundraising and investor relations Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter.

 Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  Competera is a price management software that started in Ukraine and grew to $5M ARR from 26 countries. Alex and the team sold the product, even before having it; and faked having one by manually servicing their customers. Currently moving away from e-commerce, onto bigger things! What’s in this episode? 1) Declining acquisition offers 2) Problems and trends in e-commerce 3) Opportunities in brick and mortar 4) Talent differences between Ukraine, UK, Israel and the US 5) Competing with giants like PriceFX, Oracle and the big 4 Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter.

 Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  Tarkan is the Founder and CEO of Scotty, a ride-sharing, food delivery and package delivery app that has done more than 3 million transactions since its start 2 years ago. The company has raised funds from more than 30 investors and built a legendary team. What’s in this episode? 1) Turkish market outlook for a super app like Scotty 2) The defensibility of hyper-local businesses and expansion 3) Fundraising problems in Turkey and Scotty’s strategies to overcome them 4) How Tarkan convinced the best people to join the company 5) Regulation hurdles and accidents Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter. 

 Glocal is a podcast on locally incubated global startup success stories. Hosted by Enis.  Onur is the CEO of Countly, a very flexible analytics platform that works on-prem and on private cloud. The company currently tracks mobile analytics from more than 1 billion devices and works with large enterprises like Microsoft, Coca Cola and Verizon. What’s in this episode? 1) Open source strategy and power of community 2) Bootstrapping culture and its advantages 3) Managing a remotely distributed team 4) Differentiation from large players like Google Analytics 5) Resellers, partners and white label strategy 6) Potential acquirers for Countly and what’s next Follow Glocal through our website or on Instagram. Reach Enis directly on Twitter.