I have joined the Ryerson University last year as ‘Special Projects Manager’ responsible for the Entrepreneur Opportunity Network (EON) program. I am shifting my focus towards economical development through entrepreneurship.
By leveraging the award-winning ecosystem of Ryerson University, we want to empower young people to become entrepreneurs. We offer a series of programs and resources, directly and through partners, to support young people in the province of Ontario. You may check our program here
We are also accepting applications for the first cohort of our Entrepreneur Opportunity Network (EON) Accelerator program, Ontario’s newest accelerator program for entrepreneurs 29 and under.
We are aiming to help product, retail, and service-based companies looking to scale their businesses. Our vision is to create opportunity and community for young entrepreneurs across Ontario. …
Let’s think about the future for a while…
You just wake up for a beautiful day. As you move towards the bathroom, you hear the voice from your AI home assistant. ‘Good morning’.
You say ‘Good morning’ and then instruct your assistant ‘What’s the weather like for today hourly?’. As you are having the conversation with your AI assistant, you drink your coffee and take a look at the news. Many technological inventions, many different business models and yet people are having too many challenges in their life.
You feel obliged to solve them in a way…
You suddenly come up with an application idea. You take some notes on the napkin with excitement. And then you sit down at your computer. You provide the specifics of what you need. …
Everything started in the Christmas Eve of 2007, when I first visited Toronto. I had no idea about Canada except the long yet cold winter stories :)
My first visit turned out to be an interesting one which actually triggered my idea of moving to Toronto one day…
Of course, years have passed and there were many life incidents and dynamics that I had to pay attention so Toronto seemed to be out-of-focus for some time.
Sometimes when something is in your destiny, life really finds a way to bring it to you…As you are reading this Medium post, I am sitting in my Condo in Toronto enjoying my coffee :) I can’t believe it has been more than 2 months since I moved here. …
It has been some time since I last wrote a Medium post…
Recently I made a presentation to startup founders at GBA Mentor Clinic V event by Galata Business Angels, one of the foremost angel investment network, held in Raffles Istanbul on 23rd of May, 2017.
I believe it has nice insights for startups depending on our growth journey at iyzico along with some information about the startup program that I am running.
You may read the presentation here: https://www.slideshare.net/cagdasonen/5-key-takeaways-for-startups-iyzistart
For any questions, you may always reach me at cagdasonen (at) gmail.com
NOAH15 Berlin
This is my first Medium post and I am rather excited to be using this platform.
For some time, blogging was a regular thing for me but as the workload, life matters appear, one finds many excuses. That happened to me as well.
Anyway I am back again…
I am also excited for another reason. This year I am going to be attending NOAH15 Berlin. I have always been a keen follower of the NOAH Conference and I am glad that I got the opportunity to be a part of it.
In case you have not attended before, the NOAH Conference is the preeminent European event for senior executives from Internet-related sectors and investors gain deep insights into the latest proven concepts, network and establish new business relationships. In 2015, NOAH will be hosting two events in Europe with different underlying themes. …
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