by Ekrem Duman | Jun 7, 2026 | Funding & Investment, Startup
⚡ TL;DRAngel investors are wealthy individuals who invest their own money in early-stage startups, often in smaller amounts and earlier than venture capital. Venture capital (VC) firms invest pooled money from others in high-growth startups, typically in larger...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 7, 2026 | Funding & Investment, Startup
⚡ TL;DRBootstrapping means funding a startup with the founders’ own money and revenue, preserving full ownership and control but limiting capital and growth speed. Raising external funding provides capital to grow faster but means giving up ownership and...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 7, 2026 | Funding & Investment, Startup
⚡ TL;DRStartup funding is capital raised to start and grow a business, typically in stages (pre-seed, seed, Series A, and beyond) from sources like founders, angels, and venture capital. Funding fuels growth but comes with trade-offs — giving up ownership and taking...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 7, 2026 | Building the Product, Startup
⚡ TL;DRA product roadmap is a flexible plan of what a startup intends to build and roughly when, while prioritization decides what to build next among endless possibilities. For startups, the roadmap should be flexible (adapting as you learn) rather than a rigid plan,...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 7, 2026 | Building the Product, Startup
⚡ TL;DRA startup’s technical team builds the product, making it one of the most important assets to get right. Building it well starts with strong technical leadership (often a technical co-founder), making excellent early engineering hires (who set the tone and...
by Ekrem Duman | Jun 7, 2026 | Building the Product, Startup
⚡ TL;DRA good startup product development process helps a team build the right things efficiently and learn continuously. For startups, it centers on a build-measure-learn cycle: discovering what to build (understanding customer needs), building in small iterations,...
