“It doesn't sell SMS or minutes anymore, it's important for users to touch 1,440 minutes”

2012 to regulate discussions and workshops in order to develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem since start-IST realized Turkey's leading companies, senior executives of each month, guests had the Executive Talks December fourth of the series 21 Thursday evening Warranty Partners hosted.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - Mine Dedekoca, the founder of Start-IST and Davetpostası.com, was the moderator of the event hosted by Turkcell CDAO Barış Karakullukçu.

Artificial intelligence, machine learning is started to be much more pronounced in daily life concepts such as telling Karakullukçu, Turkey is late for digital conversion, but he underlined that individual entrepreneurs should not be an obstacle to business ideas. Asked how Turkcell played a role in digital transformation, he answered: “Turkcell positions itself as a digital operator. We care more about how much we can touch the 1,440 minutes a user spends in a day, rather than how much SMS or minutes we sell. ”

Barış Karakullukçu, who started his conversation with a presentation that briefly summarized his 20 years of corporate work experience and continued to give lectures to share his experiences in different universities as well as his professional career, said, iden In the past, academia and business world were very independent from each other. But today they both need each other. Recently, the collaborations of the world's leading universities such as Harvard and MIT prove this. Innovative ideas cannot be produced without academic foundations. ”

saying that the important role of Karakullukçu want to be more intertwined with technology in the decision to transition from Mudo Turkcell, "We are working on the data of Turkey's most exciting!" he said. The question “Which sector gives you the most excitement? Ise and“ Each sector has its own motivating side. The retail sector called the combination of art and science; I find it very exciting both in terms of both visual aesthetics and the effect of the applications you make immediately. ”

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Founded in 2012, Start-IST, in order to develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem, through cooperation with companies from Turkey and abroad, organizing interviews and entrepreneurship-oriented training. Global initiatives to provide advice about the Turkey market and extended the service provider.