- Turkey has a lot going for it: growing economy, young -- and connected -- workforce, high credit card penetration.
Turkey is the 18th largest economy and 13th most attractive for foreign direct investment #startupturkey- Turkish market opportunity: 51M ppl w/credit cards, 39M internet users, half society is below 29! #startupturkey
- However, the ecosystem is still struggling to grow. Why is that? Lack of funds, lack of skills and lack of ambition, says the panel.
#startupturkey - Entrepreneur's in Turkey do not know how to scale a company, says Barış Aksoy
May sound boring but what Turkey startup scene needs is execution of a solid organization; a biz that can scale says @Baris #startupturkey
Only 162 startups on Angel List in Turkey, 1850 in UK says @rupechat #startupturkey
In Turkey,we have lots of opportunities.We have passion,youth,investors but we need to be more creative @corvorado @GalataBA #startupturkey- Turkey needs a defining company. Spotify is Sweden's, Rovio is Finland's. Where is Turkey's asks @bonatsos at #startupturkey
- Inevitably the question of Turkish clones came to the fore. Where are the unique Turkish companies?
- Turkey is a clone-friendly country says @startupturkey panelist. Does VC money follow? #startupturkey what happens to innovation?
Turkey : the next clone friendly country? Asks a panelist. Hope not only #startupturkey
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Ben Rooney
I am the Technology editor of the Wall Street Journal, Europe. The WSJ Tech Europe account is @wsjtecheurope. My personal account is @benry28
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