Social Media In Turkey

Please read the social media snapshot post of Thomas Crampton, click here or
http://www.thomascrampton.com/turkey/turkey-social-media/

Management for Engineers 1

Today, I attented the lecture called "Management for Engineers" at EE Department of Boğaziçi University. Barhan Özce, who is the managing partner at Stratagem, is the instructor of the course. Some tips from Barhan:

1) Never say "I don't have enough time" as an excuse, since the time is the most democratic resource on earth.

2) Always develop and show the conceptual and human skills if you want to be promoted in management.

3) Excellent manager should also be a "leader".

4) Never use superlatives if you are not hundred percent sure.

Gulay and Thomas Crampton

Yesterday, I participated the 2nd class of ENG 487. Gulay Ozkan is the instructor of the course and Thomas Crampton was the guest speaker for yesterday. Also thanks to Berkan for arranging the visit of Mr. Thomas. Very brief, those are the things left in my mind:

1) Gulay said that always give an extra importance on deadlines, "Last minute" things are always more expensive than regular things.

2) Gulay said that while interacting with business environment, never lose your style, create your own style.

3) Gulay talked about networking and said that "Always have targets while building network.".

4) Thomas said that "The future is content!".

5) Thomas talked about entrepreneurship and said that "Go out, start your business and make sure to fail". Namely, learn by failing.

6) Thomas talked about business opportunities and suggested that "Look what works for elsewhere and try it in Turkey", as an easy(?) and not creative(?) way to become an entrepreneur.

7) At the end of the lecture, Thomas clearly stated that "The message: Fail.".

Thanks to Thomas for being with us.