Episode Description

e2 podcast: growth journeys from emerging ecosystems to global markets.

Melih Odemis is the Co-Founder and previous CTO of Yemeksepeti, the largest food delivery platform of Turkey acquired by Delivery Hero in 2015 for $600M. Having co-founded Yemeksepeti only 1 year after graduating from college, Melih spent years at his first endeavor against many odds, both internal and macroeconomic. Currently Melih is an active angel investor and mentor, backing early stage tech companies with defensible and scalable products.

What’s in this episode?

1) Starting entrepreneurial journeys “too early” when your market isn’t ready or mature enough

2) Having a co-founding team with little to no professional working experience

3) The psychological difficulties and inner-battles in the early days of building a category leader

4) The importance of having technical people in founding teams

5) Building and retaining a technical team in a fast growth startup

6) The dynamics of ex-entrepreneurs in building vs investing co-founders