Building Your MVP and Finding the Right Co-Founding Team with Alper Yurder of Flowla

In the episode Alper Yurder, the co-founder of Flowla, Alper Yurder, discusses a range of topics from building a minimum viable product (MVP) and finding the right co-founding team, to solving real problems and connecting with investors.

Alper emphasizes the importance of having a well-rounded founder team, especially those who have built something from their own pain point. He also shares how FOMO can play a role in investors' interest in your product.

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Timestamps of key takeaways:

[00:03:58] Risk-averse person turned founder.

[00:06:50] Flowla: A sales tool.

[00:12:08] Building a successful MVP.

[00:16:00] Fundraising.

[00:21:25] Building a startup with VC.

[00:25:11] Sales resources for non-sales backgrounds.

[00:33:44] Taking ownership of problems.

Entities mentioned:

SaaS Insiders, MVP, co-founding team, problem-solving, investors.,Istanbul, Europe, consulting, sales, revenue leadership.,UK, US, co-founder, entrepreneur, Flola,sales, stakeholders, Flola, feedback, product builder,product, Flola, outreach, sales, fundraising,early stage investors, Flola, demo, feedback, MVP

Guest BIO:

Alper Yurder is a co-founder of Flowla, a travel management company. Prior to co-founding Flowla, Jur worked in consulting at Bain and Accenture, as well as in sales in a revenue role. He has experience in building a well-rounded founder team, solving real problems, and connecting with investors. Jur believes in solving your own problem as a way to become a founder, listening to user feedback, collecting broad feedback for MVP, and not outsourcing your problems. He encourages taking the leap of faith and finding investors with expertise and network.