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The pivot that paid off: How fal found explosive growth | Gorkem Yurtseven (Co-founder and CEO)

Gorkem Yurtseven is the co-founder and CEO of fal, the generative media platform powering the next wave of image, video, and audio applications. In less than two years, fal has scaled from $2M to over $100M in ARR, serving over 2 million developers and more than 300 enterprises, including

Renew Your Co-Founder Vows — and Other Tactics for Strengthening the Most Important Relationship in Your Startup

Executive coach and interpersonal dynamics expert Rachel Lockett shares five practices to strengthen the most important relationship in your startup.

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Renew Your Co-Founder Vows — and Other Tactics for Strengthening the Most Important Relationship in Your Startup

Executive coach and interpersonal dynamics expert Rachel Lockett shares five practices to strengthen the most important relationship in your startup.

Inside Warp’s coding by prompt mandate (and how the CEO follows it too)

Every coding task starts with a prompt — even the CEO’s

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A founder should be bad at their job

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Freemium

The Freemium Business Model combines “free” and “premium:” a company offers a basic version of its product indefinitely at no cost, while advanced features, services, or capacity are locked behind a paid upgrade.

Gross Merchandise Value (GMV)

Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) is the total value of all merchandise sold through a platform over a specific period. It’s a raw measure of sales activity calculated before subtracting fees, expenses, discounts or returns.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are focused measurements that track progress against business objectives. They distill performance into a small set of trackable signals that show whether a company, team or project is on course to meet its strategic plan.

Churn Rate

Churn rate measures the percentage of customers or accounts that cancel or fail to renew within a given period. For subscription businesses, it’s one of the clearest signals of customer retention, recurring revenue stability and long-term growth potential.

Beta Testing

Beta testing is the stage where real users test a nearly finished software product in a production environment before its official release. It’s the final checkpoint to uncover bugs, validate usability and confirm market readiness.

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This feedback framing will save your team

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Why you should make your product free

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