Ömer Erkmen, Investor and Mentor!

Known as the "Omer Brother" of the entrepreneurship world, Ömer Erkmen graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Electronics Department in 1979. He completed his master's degree in Computer Science at UCSB in 1984. Afterwards, he worked at Microsoft as a trainer and consultant in the field of CRM. He left his corporate life there and moved to Mekanist. He was a board member of Mekanist until 2015. With Zomato's acquisition of Mekanist in 2015, it was time for Erkmen to take an active part in the fields of entrepreneurship and investment.

In addition to his trainer and consultant titles, Ömer Erkmen took part in many projects as a founder, mentor and investor. Today, he still continues to work in the world of entrepreneurship and develop new entrepreneurship.

Among the entrepreneurships that Erkmen is involved in, there are Scorp, Ideasoft, Blesh, Flightrecorder, Bionluk, Temiztolda, Kolay Kolay, English Ninjas, Connected2me and Erasmusinn projects.

Thanks to his programs in more than 10 countries and more than 20 cities, more than 1300 start-ups and more than 2200 entrepreneurs gained the opportunity to find more than 500 million investments in their projects.

Active in Life; Not on Social Media

Ömer Erkmen comes across as a name who almost never actively uses social media. For someone who follows innovations like him, this seems quite surprising. But he spends most of his time actively in life, instead of social media.

At Kolektif House , he comes together with young entrepreneurs and mentors them. It guides the development of projects with its experience. At the same time , he once again supports his investor/consultant identity by taking part in BIC Angels .

Erkmen continues to support many projects with the title of serial investor. In an interview he gave, he states that he did not choose the projects that he would mentor, but only the projects that he would be an investor in. Because he tries to mentor as many projects as possible.

Ömer Erkmen has some suggestions for young entrepreneurs. He states that the entrepreneurship in question must be based on numerical data. Because the basis of a project's failure to receive investment lies in files that are not based on data and therefore unrealistic.

Investor Erkmen, who has mentored numerous entrepreneurships, emphasizes that it is very important to analyze the target audience before embarking on an entrepreneurship. Despite everything, he advises an entrepreneur to act with conviction, make mistakes quickly and a lot, and never give up.

Ömer Erkmen's Aims to Increase Entrepreneurship Movement in Turkey

Successful investors in their 60s are expected to be involved in the entrepreneurship ecosystem for at least 10 more years. Although he frequently visits the USA and other countries, he spends most of his time in Turkey. He thinks that the entrepreneurial movement in Turkey will increase in the future. As a matter of fact, the studies he carried out for this purpose summarize his belief in this subject.

Apart from Ömer Erkmen, it is very difficult to find another person who values ​​entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship and wastes their time so much. For this reason, it is necessary to listen to the advice of successful investor and mentor Erkmen.

So what are your thoughts on Erkmen? Which entrepreneurships, of which Erkmen is an investor, have you experienced in your daily life?