Turkish Digest Advertising Rates

Annual Advertising options

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Seeds Are There if Turkey Is Ready to Take Big Risks - Tech Europe - WSJ

Seeds Are There if Turkey Is Ready to Take Big Risks

By Ben Rooney

ISTANBUL—One of Turkey’s main investors in start-ups has a tough-love message for entrepreneurs in his country.

“Now is the time for failure,” says Ali Karabey, a venture capitalist based in Istanbul. “Failure is a good thing for the ecosystem. Turkish entrepreneurs need to know what it is like to fail. And then having to get up again and start all over.”

More:Seeds Are There if Turkey Is Ready to Take Big Risks - Tech Europe - WSJ