Your New Events Calendar, Garanti Takvim

Garanti Takvim promotes all the events that are organized and sponsored by Garanti bank and partners. Detailed information and dates of different events in various categories such education, arts, culture, and sports can be easily found using Garanti Takvim.

With the new application, you can view different events, add the ones you are interested in to your favorites and set reminders for upcoming events. Integrated with Facebook and Twitter, Garanti takvim lets you share the upcoming events with your friends within seconds.

Pozitron İzmir eTohum Kampı'nda

Fatih İşbecer'in İzmir Üniversitesi ve Embroyonix'in desteği ie düzenlenen İzmir eTohum Kampı'nda girişimcilik üzerine yaptığı konuşmayı aşağıdaki videodan izleyebilirsiniz.

26 Kasım 2011 İzmir Etohum Kampı Fatih İşbecer from Burak Buyukdemir on Vimeo.

II. Küresel Girişimcilik Zirvesi: Girişimcilik, Değerler ve Kalkınma: Küresel Bir Gündem

İlki Washington'da gerçekleşen ve bu yıl da“Girişimcilik, Değerler ve Kalkınma: Küresel Bir Gündem” teması ile düzenlenen, II. Küresel Girişimcilik Zirvesi'ne İstanbul ev sahipliği yaptı. Girişimcilik kültürü, ideal iş ortamının oluşturulması, girişimciliğin desteklenmesi gibi konulara odaklanan zirve yaklaşık 2000 girişimciyi bir araya getirdi.

Kültürler arası yakınlaşma ve sürdürülebilir kalkınma için girişimcilik kültürünün geliştirilmesi, girişimciler arası küresel işbirliğinin desteklenmesi ve başarı örneklerinin paylaşılmasını amaçlayan zirveye girişimcilerinin yanısıra ABD Başkan Yardımcısı Joe Biden, Başbakan Yardımcısı Ali Babacan, TBMM Başkanı Cemil Çiçek ve Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri Ekonomi Bakanı Sultan Bin Said El Mansuri gibi önemli politikacılar, yatırımcı ve akademisyenler de katıldı.

2010 da Washington'da ilki düzenlenen zirveye davet edilen 5 girişimciden biri olan Fatih İşbecer, bu sefer de Pozitron İş Geliştirme ekibiyle birlikte zirvedeydi. Ayrıca zirve sırasında Endeavor tarafından düzenlenen "Türkiye'de İş Yapmak" isimli panelde konuşmacı olarak yer aldı.

Turkey's first mobile betting service Bilyoner passed the 50,000 active user

Bilyoner Mobile has been one of the most comprehensive betting tools in the world since its launch, serving in sports bettings and lotteries. Providing easy access to scoreboards, instant and secure betting options to its users on the mobile platform, Bilyoner's user number has surpassed 50,000 in the year of 2011.

Bilyoner mobile traffic is the highest during the weekends. Around 250,000 transactions are completed and roughly 50,000 coupons are created using cell phones. With the convenience presented by the mobile app, more people are using Bilyoner mobile each day.

Turkey's Biggest e-Commerce site, HepsiBurada, has just entered Mobile World

Established in 1998, HepsiBurada is Turkey's largest e-Commerce website with 13 million monthly visitors. As the name of the website entails, the site contains over 360,000 products in 35 different categories. Over 20,000 products are sold on the website on a daily basis.

Now with the mobile launch, the busy traffic of the website is going to grow significantly. Moving into the pockets of numerous users, HepsiBurada has just became the easiest mall to shop and compare prices. The simple design and easy navigation of the application improves the user experience while offering unique features like bar-code scanning and filtering options. To make campaigns and popular products more visible, the application is designed in a way that users can instantly go to product or campaign page simply clicking on the banner.

Integrated with social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter, HepsiBurada app enables shoppers to share the good deals with others right away. It's also extremely easy to read user reviews and contact the company if needed. Having the highest customer number in e-Commerce, HepsiBurada will move to top of the mobile world soon.

TTNET WiFi Nerede Her Platformda Hizmet Veriyor

Bu hafta içinde yenilenen TTNet WiFi Nerede iPhone uygulamasının artık ingilizce dil desteği de mevcut. iPhone dışında, WAP destekli telefonlar, Android telefon ve tabletlerde çalışan uygulamayı şimdi BlackBerry AppWorld'de de bulabilirsiniz.

En yakınınızdaki TTNet WiFi hizmeti veren mekanları GPS ile bulup görüntüleyen uygulama, kullanıcıların bu mekanları favorilerine kaydetmelerine ve sosyal medya yoluyla tanıdıklarıyla paylaşmalarına da imkan veriyor.

Uygulamanın içinden mobil ödeme veya telefon faturasına ekleme yoluyla dakika satın alınabiliyor ya da en yakındaki bayiler görüntülenebiliyor. Sık sık düzenlenen TTNet kampanyalarından da en hızlı TTNet Wifi Nerede kullanıcıları haberdar oluyor.

Ayrıca uygulama üzerinden dakika sorgulamak ya da öneri ve taleplerinizi TTNet ekibine iletmek de mümkün. Güncellenen ve yeni platformlarda da hizmet vermeye başlayan TTNet WiFi şimdi çok daha fazla kişinin hayatını kolaylaştıracak.

Turkcell Teknoloji Zirvesi Sektör Devlerini Ağırladı

Geçtiğimiz hafta Apple'ın kurucularından Steve Wozniak'ın da konuşmacılar arasında yer aldığı Teknoloji Zirvesi, Kasım ayının en çok ilgi gören organizasyonlarından bir tanesiydi. Turkcell’in organize ettiği ve teknoloji sektörünün önemli isimlerini bir araya getiren Turkcell Teknoloji Zirvesi'nde Fatih İşbecer "Finans Sektöründe Teknoloji ile fark yaratmak" isimli panelde BKM İş Geliştirme ve Proje Yönetimi Genel Müdür Yardımcısı Celal Cündoğlu, Garanti Teknoloji Yönetim Sistemleri Yöneticisi Reha Emekli ile birlikte yeraldı.

Panel katılımcıları teknolojinin hızla geliştiği ve bütün sektörlerin bu değişime adepte olmaları gerektiği konusunda hemfikirdi. İşbecer teknolojinin ölçülebilir sistemler kullanarak hem maliyeti düşürdüğü hem de verimliliği arttırdığını vurguladı. Teknoloji sektöründe çalışan başına düşen yüksek karların, finans sektöründe de görülebilmesi için finans sektöründe teknolojinin iyi kullanılmasının şart olduğuna dikkat çekti. Ticaretin geleceği üzerine de konuşulan panelde, çok yakın zamanda NFC, mobil cüzdan gibi teknolojiler sayesinde ticaretin şeklinin değişeceği konuşuldu.

Pozitron is ranked among Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA

After being selected as one of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 companies in Turkey, Pozitron is ranked 195th in Deloitte Technology Fast 500EMEA. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500TM EMEA programme is the region's most objective industry award programme, recognizing technology companies that have achieved the fastest rates of revenue growth in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) during the past five years.

Each year TMT companies innovate, overcome obstacles and systematically defy the odds. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 programs recognize these efforts in the ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America and Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific. The program covers all areas of technology and includes both public and private companies.

You can see the full list of 2011 winners from the link below;

http://www.deloitte.co.uk/fast500emea/fast-500-winners/winners-2011/

20 Endeavor Entrepreneurs participate in Endeavor Digital Media Tour in NYC

Pozitron was of the 20 Endeavor Entrepreneurs to participate in Endeavor Digital Media Tour. Fırat Isbecer represented Pozitron at the event. He expressed how strong NY became in the digital world with the growth of internet industry in addition to the existent media and financial industry, adding "New York is a great alternative to Silicon Valley"

Learn more about the Endeavor Media Tour from the article below;

by Justin Belmont

A global organization in 15 countries, Endeavor supports 632 High-Impact Entrepreneurs (selected from 29,000 candidates), connecting them to a network of 2,400 top local and international business leaders who volunteer their time to provide pro-bono mentorship, advice, connections, and supports. In 2010, these executives spent over 25,000 hours mentoring entrepreneurs.

One of the popular services that Endeavor Global provides to Endeavor Entrepreneurs is access to special “Immersion Tours.” On November 9-10, 20 Endeavor Entrepreneurs from emerging markets in Latin America and the Middle East gathered in New York City for a Digital Media Tour, meeting with numerous senior executives in the digital media and advertising space from companies like Facebook, News Corporation, Huffington Post / AOL, IAC, R/GA, Edelman, Gilt Groupe, and Barclays Capital. These executives delivered presentations and offered pro-bono mentoring and support. A list of participating Endeavor companies can be found at the bottom; many of these firms are generating between $2M and $10M+ and are working with multinational clients such as Google, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Citi, Nike, IBM, and Sony.
The tour kicked off on Wednesday morning at Barclays Capital, a sponsor of the Tour, with a fireside chat with Endeavor Global Board member Reid Hoffman, Co-founder and Chairman of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock. Reid shared his personal entrepreneurial story and offered his assessment of the current technology landscape, including new areas for innovation.
At Barclays, Entrepreneurs also attended a panel “Investing in Online Media and Advertising Start-Ups,” which shed light on recent IPOs, future trends, and tips for entrepreneurs interested in fundraising. The panel, introduced by Paul Parker (Global Head of M&A, Barclays Capital), was moderated by David Shrier (Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ernst & Young), and featured Endeavor Entrepreneur Mariano Suárez Battán (Co-founder,Three Melons), Greg Dalvito (Co-Head, Technology M&A, Barclays Capital), Howard Morgan (Managing Partner, First Round Capital), and Dave Morgan (Founder & CEO, Simulmedia [backed by Union Square Ventures] and angel investor). At one point, Mariano summarized many Endeavor Entrepreneurs’ view on the economic downtown: “We were ‘born’ in a crisis: Argentina in 2001. So, in 2008, when my friends in the US said that there was a crisis, I said ‘whaaaat?’ For us, a crisis is a feature, not a bug.”
Later, at Endeavor Global’s offices in Union Square, Sunny Bates (CEO,Sunny Bates Associates) moderated a panel on building a fast-growth media company, which addressed challenges surrounding building an effective team and scaling successfully. Panelists were Kirsten Nevill-Manning (International HR and Staffing, Facebook; formerly at Google) and Melanie Hughes, COO, Gilt Groupe.
Then PR expert Brian Reich (SVP and Global Editor, Edelman), drawing on lessons from his new book Shift & Reset, discussed macro issues for cultivating engagement beyond traditional strategies.

Continuing their busy day in New York, Entrepreneurs then visited R/GA, a full service advertising agency that was named Adweek‘s “Digital Agency of the Decade” as well as Adweek’s “Digital/Interactive Agency of the Year.” William Charnock (Chief Strategy Officer, R/GA) discussed some of R/GA’s most successful campaigns, and offered advice for taking advantage of various areas of advertising — from mobile and social media to visual design and digital productions — to create compelling campaigns.

On Wednesday evening, Entrepreneurs convened at the iconic Frank Gehry building that is home to IAC(InterActiveCorp), an Internet company with over 50 brands across 40 countries led by Chairman and Senior Executive Barry Diller, previously head of Paramount Pictures, Fox Broadcasting, and USA Broadcasting. A “Founders’ Panel” highlighted the experiences of founders from some of IAC’s most popular sites, in addition to David Kidder, Co-founder and CEO ofClickable. Then, at a cocktail reception at IAC, Entrepreneurs had the chance to network with IAC executives and employees, as well as various Endeavor network and board members.
The second day of the media tour (November 10) kicked off with 1:1 mentoring sessions between Endeavor Entrepreneurs and industry and subject matter experts, customized to the Entrepreneurs’ industries and specific business needs. “The mentoring sessions, like the Tour itself, were relevant, well-organized, and highly valuable,” said Endeavor Entrepreneur Ramzi Halaby (The Online Project). “We have already started implementing a number of the tips and recommendations.”
“They were amazing connections,” said Endeavor Entrepreneur David Basulto of Plataforma Networks. “Even if [some of the mentors] were from companies in different industries, they’ve gone through some of the same issues so the experience was very valuable. They were very open to collaborate with us, tell us about their insights, and connect us with people, so it’s a huge benefit for us. They’re already connecting us with the right people we’re looking for (for instance, people in advertising sales in New York).”
Jesse Dwyer (Senior Sales Development Lead, Facebook) then delivered a lively presentation on social media marketing, discussing how best to utilize Facebook as a platform and medium for building businesses and marketing to key audiences.

Entrepreneurs then divided into groups and visited companies relevant to their businesses:

- At Gilt Groupe, one of the fastest growing e-commerce sites in the U.S., Alexis Maybank (Founder & President, Premium Products and Services) and Susan Lyne (Chairman) offered advice on driving user adoption through game mechanics, leveraging online marketing and social media to build brands, and differentiating products from the competition.

- At News Corporation, a global and vertically integrated company with brands including 20th Century Fox, HarperCollins, and Sky, Entrepreneurs gained advice from Jorge Espinel (EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development – News Digital Media) and Gil Fuchsberg (SVP – News Digital Media).

- At The Huffington Post, a top news website and content aggregating blog launched in 2005 and acquired by AOL in 2011, Entrepreneurs gained advice from Jimmy Soni (Chief of Staff), Tim O’Brien (Executive Editor), and Nico Pitney (Managing Editor), among other senior staff members.

- MediaVest is a division of Starcom MediaVest Group and one of the leading, full-service media specialist companies offering brand-building results and business solutions for marketing partners. Entrepreneurs spoke with Guillermo Abud, VP & Digital Director at Forty-Two Degrees at MediaVest (MV42), a leading multicultural media agency with clients such as Kraft, P&G, The Coca-Cola Company and Wal-Mart.

- At Kickstarter, the largest online funding platform for creative projects, Entrepreneurs gained valuable insights from Perry Chen, Co-founder and CEO. Specifically, Chen recounted his unique road to becoming an entrepreneur and discussed the value of finding and focusing on a niche market.

Entrepreneurs then reconvened for a visit to Google‘s New York office, before joining 600 New York and global CEOs and business leaders at Endeavor’s annual Gala, which has raised $2m and will honor Reid Hoffman andFadi Ghandour—an event hosted by Endeavor Board chairman Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (Chairman, Warner Music Group).

Endeavor’s previous Immersion Tours have taken Endeavor Entrepreneurs to such places as Silicon Valley, Boston, India, and Israel. At the October 2010Silicon Valley Tour, entrepreneurs met with executives at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and eBay. December 2010’s Fashion and Design Spotlight in New York featured presentations, conversations, and panels with top fashion executives, as well as several “Behind the Seams” tours. In 2012, Endeavor plans to offer a tour in Austin and another tour in the San Francisco area.
==
Endeavor Entrepreneur companies that participated in the Digital Media Tour
MARKETING / SOCIAL MEDIA
• Social Metrix (Argentina) – a leading social media analytics company in LatAm; just received investment from A&N Media
• Modern Media (The Online Project) (Jordan) – launched Jordan’s #1 hit music station; now the leading Arabic social media management firm; untraditional marketing/events
• SocialWire (Turkey) – online social recommendation engine (for int’l retailers who want “recommended items” on homepage à la Amazon)
MOBILE
• Pozitron (Turkey) – a leading mobile software developer for large companies in MENA; clients include 30 Turkey Fortune 500 companies
• T.A. Telecom (Egypt) – a top mobile platform in Egypt; early pioneer in mobile value-added services (VAS) industry
WEB 2.0
• Akhtaboot (Jordan) – “Monster.com of the Middle East” (region that needs to create 100 million jobs by 2020)
• Jeeran (Jordan) – “Yelp of the Arab world”; user-generated reviews for 8+ cities across MENA
• Clandescuento (Chile) – daily discount site acquired by Groupon in June 2010 to build out Groupon Latin America
• Yemeksepeti.com (Turkey) – the “Seamless/GrubHub of Turkey” (top online food delivery site); expanding internationally
• Plataforma Networks (Chile) – publisher of the world’s most visited architecture website, ArchDaily (over 2M monthly visits / 18M monthly impressions; 400k Facebook fans)
• Hindawi (Egypt) – Publishes 300+ open access, peer-reviewed academic journals; innovation in traditional industry; 20k editors; 400+ employees
IT / PRODUCTION
• Globant (Argentina) – top LatAm IT outsourcer; poised for U.S. public launch in 2012; Google’s first outsourcing partner; 2k employees
• Three Melons (Argentina) – pioneered Argentine video game industry; acquired by Playdom in March 2010 (July 2010: Playdom acquired by Disney)
• Think Arabia (Jordan) – creative production / tech firm for new media platforms; includes Kharabeesh, offbeat animation studio
• Ollin Studio (Mexico) – a leading LatAm movie studio (post-production / visual effects); 2009 Oscar for visual effects in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Dynamo (Colombia) – only PE fund for film financing in LatAm; also a leading production studio
• Oruga (Colombia) – “Pixar of Colombia”; digital animation studio
• Subway Link (Brazil) – pioneered closed-circuit “business TV” in Brazil (55M viewers each month)

e-Ticaret Zirvesi Öncesi Magnet 2.0 Söyleşisi

1-2 Aralık'ta Hilton Convention Center'da gerçekleşecek olan Digital Ekonomi e-Ticaret Zirvesine Pozitron Kurucu ve CEO'su, Fatih İşbecer, "Satışlar Artık On" isimli panelde konuşmacı olarak katılacak. Zirve öncesinde Magnet 2.0 ile ufak bir söyleşi yapan Fatih İşbecer, takipçilerine zirve sırasında yapacağı konuşmayla ilgili birkaç ipucu verdi.

Pozitron is selected as one of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Companies

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is an award program honouring business growth, technological innovation and Turkish entrepreneurial spirit. Now in its sixth year, the Deloitte Fast50 Awards have become the benchmark to identify Turkey’s fastest-growing high-technology companies through an objective ranking based on sustained revenue growth over the past five years.The awards identify the trends that are shaping the technology, media and telecommunications sectors today. This prestigious annual award honours the fastest growing technology companies and well recognized by the sector. The ranking features technology companies that have demonstrated innovative strategies, sound management practices and marketplace vision driving them to achieve the status of high-growth leaders.Winners of the Technology Fast50 are eligible for the, which ranks the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Türkiye Bilişim Derneği Mobil Uygulama ödülü Fly Turkish'in!

Ankara'da gerçekleşen 28. Ulusal Bilişim Kurultayı bünyesinde Bilişim Hizmet ödülleri sahiplerini buldu. Hem yurtiçi hem de yurtdışı konuşmacılara ev sahipliği yapan tören, kamu ve özel sektörün yönetici ve çalışanlarını, sanayici ve işadamlarını, akademisyenleri, girişimcileri ve öğrencileri bir araya getirdi.

Pozitron tarafından Türk Hava Yolları için geliştirilen Fly Turkish uygulaması kullanıcıların mobil üzerinden kolaylıkla bilet satın almasına, rezervasyon ve check-in yapmasına yardımcı olur. Fly Turkish uygulaması zengin içeriği ve sunduğu kolaylıklar sayesinde TBD "En İyi Mobil Uygulama" ödülünün sahibi oldu. Fly Turkish uygulaması ile THY uçuşlarınızla ilgili ihtiyacınız olan tüm işlemler parmaklarınızın ucunda.

İlgili haberi http://www.bilgicagi.com/Yazilar/8009-turkiye_bilisim_derneginden_bilgi_cagina_odul.aspx adresinden okuyabilirsiniz.

Improving Our Skills Even More with the Java Conference

Our software development team leader, Eren Bekar, attended Java One conference in San Francisco the past month. Industry's long-awaited conference hosted thousands of developers from all around the globe. The four day conference was packed with technical and inspirational presentations, hand-on sessions and networking opportunities for the Java enthusiasts. Oracle Chief Architect Richard Bair, Intel Vice President Doug Fisher, Oracle Vice President of Development Adam Messinger, and Juniper Networks Chief Architect David Ward were among the keynote speakers. According to our software development team leader, some of the most-thought provoking sessions were "Rethinking Best practices with java EE 6", "Java Unleashed '2': More JVM Tuning from the Pros", and "Do you really get class loaders?".

Pozitron at Webrazzi Summit

Webrazzi Summit took place in Point Hotel Barbaros on October 19. Webrazzi Summit, being one of the largest digital sector events, hosted hundreds of professionals as well as numerous speakers from both Turkish and International Companies.

Important names such as Robin Wauter of TechCrunch, Mike Read of ComScore Europe, Roland Manger of Earlybird Venture Capital, Ryan Linton of Zynga, Christian Hernandez Gallardo of Facebook and many more. The discussion topics included Social Media, Mobile Applications, e-Commerce, Investments, Online Gaming and Digital Marketing.

Fatih Isbecer participated in the summit with a presentation called "Deep Dive into Mobile Ecosystem and Platforms". Isbecer discussed the future of mobile world, the race between different platforms, change in the power dynamics in the mobile world and all other aspects of mobile ecosystem. Isbecer's both informative and humorous presentation received a lot of attention from the listeners.

Please click the following link to see the whole presentation http://www.slideshare.net/yagmuranis/mobile-ecosystem-9795045

Stanford Recognizes Pozitron as a Global Affiliate

Each year, Endeavor recruits MBA students from leading US business schools to spend 10 weeks during the summer working on-site with Endeavor entrepreneurs as "eMBAs". This summer, Pozitron hosted two students via Endeavor eMBA program one from Stanford, Sandeep Kagzi, and another fron INSEAD, Ashay Shah . Participants of the eMBA program worked with Pozitron employees on a daily basis. According to their specialties, they assisted the company on finances, marketing, global partnerships and strategies.

Endeavor ranks among the top 2% of recruiters at Stanford and Harvard Business School. Stanford Graduate School of Business especially encourages its students to gain hands-on work experience in foreign countries. Actually these global experiences are a part of the curriculum. By hosting students from all around the globe, Pozitron strengthens international bonds and enables cultural exchange. With the success Pozitron gained from the support it provided to Stanford University, it is recognized as a Stanford Global Affiliate.

Check out Ashay's Endeavor blog to find out more about his experience in Pozitron and Turkey: http://www.endeavor.org/blog/emba-field-report-istanbul-east-meets-west

Turkey's Mobile Banking Platform

The number of mobile banking users in Turkey has reached 1 million in 2011. These users performed almost 1.5 million financial and 2.5 million non financial transactions from March '11 to July '11. The monthly transaction volume on mobile banking platform has reached 500 million Turkish Liras and expected to increase gradually. Investment transactions are the most frequent activity with the highest transaction volume. In three months approximately 150,000 investment transactions were performed and the volume of these transactions were nearly 850million TL.

Currently there are 11 banks with mobile banking applications in Turkey and 5 of them chose to work with Pozitron. Till today, 50 million secure transactions have been actualized using Pozitron technology. Our banking applications are not only limited to performing financial transactions. User can also benefit from features like ATM locators, deal finders, mortgage and loan calculators.

Bilişim Zirvesi 2011

3-5 Ekim 2011 tarihlerinde İstanbul Kongre Merkezi'nde gerçekleştirilen Türkiye ICT Summit Eurasia-Bilişim Zirvesi'nin bu yılki konusu "Sınırlar Kalkıyor"du. Etkinliğin 3. gününde yeralan Mobilişim Konferansı bünyesindeki "Mobil Dünyada Ar-ge ve İnovasyon" isimli panelde Pozitron CEO'su Fatih İşbecer konuşmacı olarak yer aldı.

Oksijen Ar-ge Genel Müdürü Arda Özgün, Prime Danışmanlık'ın Ar-Ge Teşvikleri ve Kurumsal Hizmetler Koordinatörü Banu Atalay, Veriser İletişim Genel Müdürü Barış Bulut ve Browse2 Go İş Geliştirme Müdürü Mustafa Dağdelen panelde yer alan diğer isimler. Novida Stratejik Yönetim Hizmetleri Kurucusu ve Genel Müdürü Işık Aydın Deliorman başkanlığında gerçekleştirilen panelde, Türkiye'de ve dünyada Ar-Ge standartları arasındaki farklılıklar, mobil sektöründeki gelişmeler ve Türkiye'de girişimcilik ve başarılı olmak için dikkat edilmesi gerekenler gibi konular tartışıldı.

Fatih İşbecer panel sırasında sık sık iyi bir ekiple çalışmanın ve sektördeki gelişmeleri sürekli takip etmenin önemini vurguladı. Ayrıca mobil sektörünün parçalanan bir pazar olduğuna değinen İşbecer bunun seri hareket eden firmalar için bir dezavantaj değil, çok büyük bir fırsat olduğunu vurguladı.

Pozitron Attended International Symposium on Electronic Art

Pozitron design team member Arda Erdoğan recently attended the 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art. ISEA was initiated in 1988 in order to support the founding and maintenance of an international network of organizations and individuals active in the field of electronic arts.

ISEA presents a opportunity to network with other professionals and gather information on different aspects of electronic arts. Arda participated in "Mobile Tagging as Tools for Augmented Reality" and had a chance to chat with the workshop leader Prof. Martha Gabriel. The objective of this workshop was to describe the potentials of mobile tagging (2D barcodes like QR Codes) as a tool for increasing and spreading the effects of mixed realities in daily life. The major benefits of QR Codes are; providing sustainability by diminishing paper usage, and a faster way to access data.

QR Codes are already being used by Pozitron technology for mobile ticketing in THY and Biletix applications. In the near future, we are planning on implementing more mobile tagging tools to create virtual and mixed realities in our applications.

Pozitron is the winner of Avea GIA “Best Application Award” for a Consecutive Year

The 5th Avea Grand Interactive Award Ceremony took place within the Interactive Marketing Summit on September 21, 2011. As the only competition in the interactive platform, Avea GIA, awarded different campaigns and applications in 10 different categories. The competition aims to recognize the best works of the interactive world and encourage the growth of this innovative sector.

Pozitron's ING Mobile Application was chosen as the "Best Application" among the three finalists, after passing through an elimination period between August 15 and September 15. The candidates of the "Best Application" category were evaluated according to creative design, business idea, user experience, innovativeness, originality, and campaign success criteria.

ING Mobile was already extremely popular in the mobile banking market due to its unique and useful features such as deal finder, currency converter, loan calculator and ATM finder. After being recognized as the "Best Application" we expect ING Mobile's success to grow even stronger.

ProDG Won International Business Awards 2011 in ‘Applications and Interactive Media/Sales’ Category

International Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards, aim to generate public recognition of the success and contributions of organizations and business professionals. IBA accepts applications from anywhere in the world and offers awards in dozens of different categories for successful companies. Glaxo Smith Kline won this prestigious award in "Applications and Interactive Media/Sales" category.

GSK partnered with Turkey’s mobile market leader Pozitron to develop award-winning ProDG. ProDG enables medical representatives to do quick visual analysis on-the-go and perform CLM activities and acquire information about their customers, including their schedules. Physicians’ heightened attention and the prestige acquired by using such an innovated product are among the benefits of ProDG. By being in constant synchronization with the main system, ProDG cuts the time spent in office and ensures more time for doctor visits. By eliminating the need for paper brochures, iPad usage reduces costs while creating an eco-friendly work environment. As an exceptional CLM product the International Stevie was well-deserved for ProDG.

ING Mobile, Much More Than Just a Mobile Banking Application

ING Group, one of the world's largest financial institutions, offers its customers a variety of products in banking, insurance, and asset management areas. ING Turkey recently chose Pozitron as its strategic partner to empower its extensive financial services network in Turkey. Pozitron's cross-platform mobile banking solution enables ING Bank customers to access their accounts on-the-go, authorizing them with even greater control over their personal finances.

ING Mobile is one of the most comprehensive mobile banking applications in the world. Besides the easy access to your accounts, you will be informed about the latest deals and be able to find the closest ATMs with ING mobile. Its wide-ranging features involve; loan, exchange rate, and mortgage calculators, credit card payments and transactions.

This unique application will save you from the hassle of calling or going to the bank. Manage your accounts, transfer funds, and make payments with ease from your phone.

TTNET WiFi is powered by Pozitron to bring Internet everywhere!

TTNET provides thousands of WiFi Hotspots in 81 cities in Turkey but how will you know where they are located when you are out on the street? Now, with the help of Pozitron these WiFi Hotspots are more accessible than ever! Using Pozitron's "TTNET WiFi Nerede" application, you can easily spot the nearest locations with WiFi from your cell phone as well as locating TTNET shops.

With this app you can find the closest coffee shop in WiFi connection in seconds and will be sipping your latte and checking your emails in minutes. You can also share this WiFi spot with your friends via social networking sites and create the opportunity to get together and catch up with them.

One of the most loved features of this application is the ability to query your WiFi minutes rapidly and add more minutes as needed. If desired, you can obtain information about current TTNET campaigns and provide feedback or complaints.

Pozitron July Newsletter is Out!

We just sent out our July Newsletter last week. It includes detailed information about our most recent applications and international conferences we attended. Please check it out at
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=caeb547ebe2cfb61cc2b92781&id=fa470b541f

Pozitron’un Donanım Haber Söyleşisi

CEO’muz Fatih İşbecer 21 Haziran 2011'de RIM’in BlackBerry Playbook’u tanıtmak için düzenlediği etkinliğe katıldı. Bu organizasyon sırasında Donanım Haber editörü Erdi Özüağ ile Fatih Bey bir araya gelerek mobil platformda yazılım geliştirme, Blackberry Playbook özellikleri ve piyasadaki yeri üzerine sohbet ettiler. Ayrıca, Türkiye’nin mobil pazarında dünyadaki yeri ve bu pazardaki yeni trendler hakkında konuştular.

Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit in San Francisco Brought Hundreds of Entrepreneurs Together

Pozitron recently participated in the Endeavor Entrepreneurship Summit in San Francisco that took place in June 28-30, 2011. This summit is a unique innovation conference held biannually that brings together Endeavor's worldwide network for three days of inspirational keynotes, informative panels, high-impact workshops, hands-on breakout sessions, and intimate networking opportunities.

The Summit convened over 300 of the leading entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors from Silicon Valley and over 16 countries in Endeavor's greater global network. Members from Turkey, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt, Colombia, and Chile came together to discuss innovation and technology. Reid Hoffman, founder of Linkedin, and Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, were among the keynote speakers. Senior managers of Google, Dell, Kleiner Perkins, Ning and IBM were just some of the noteworthy leaders of showcases and workshops.

Here are some quotes from the contributors:

"Four trends in technology: cloud computing, mobile, social platforms, massive adoptation of IT products." - Marc Benioff

"Winning entrepreneurs in the high risk markets are the ones who go global from day one." - Dan Senor

"If everyone thinks you are doing the right thing- then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy." -Scott McNealy

You can find more information on www.endeavor.org and www.endeavor.org.tr

Where Silicon Valley Meets Emerging Market Entrepreneurs

By ELMIRA BAYRASLI

“Sand Hill Road is two-way,” Turkish entrepreneur Fatih İşbecer noted on a visit in 2010. “And it’s easy to get from one side to the other. That’s nice.” Working in Anatolia’s bustling business capital İstanbul, where traffic has no logic or mercy, it was an odd, yet revealing observation.

While entrepreneurship is indeed alive and on the rise in Turkey, as it is in emerging markets worldwide, it continues to face tremendous obstacles such as lack of capital, mentors and networks. Breaking them down is the reason that Fatih, CEO of the mobile tech company Pozitron is, along with 170 other emerging market entrepreneurs, in Silicon Valley this week. He is attending the Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit that starts tomorrow.

The summit is hosted by Endeavor, the non-non-profit that identifies and supports “high-impact entrepreneurs,” that is the most promising innovators running “macro” businesses that the potential to create “hundreds, even thousands of jobs, generate millions in revenue and draw in global investments.” Last year, Endeavor’s network of over 500 emerging market entrepreneurs throughout Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and now Asia (it operates in 15 countries, including regional offices in Dubai and Singapore), created more than 150,000 jobs and generated over $4.1 billion in revenue.

$4.1 billion in revenues shows that, unlike most non-profits supporting entrepreneurs, Endeavor does not think “micro” or aspire to Hallmark moments. With Wall Street rigor and Silicon Valley edge, it, under the guidance of its vivacious Co-Founder and CEO Linda Rottenberg and board chair Edgar Bronfman Jr., deploys a “mentor capitalist” model that breaks down the barriers preventing emerging market innovators from becoming the next Microsoft or Virgin. Its global network of seasoned business leaders, some of who pop on Forbes’s billionaires list, advise emerging market entrepreneurs on strengthening and scaling their operations to global excellence. The organization, as the summit’s agenda reflects, is about creating opportunity and social mobility in places where opportunity and mobility were only seen as an American dream.

The Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit is the 4^th biannual gathering, the first to be held in San Francisco, of emerging market entrepreneurial innovators, business leaders and investors. And its the investors that couldn’t be happier.

Though entrepreneurship is the zeitgeist and there appears to more money flowing into start-ups, investors are cautious. “According to the National Venture Capital Association,” a New York Times article reported this week, “venture capitalists invested $5.9 billion in the first three months of the year, up 14 percent from the period a year earlier, but they invested in 51 fewer companies, indicating they were funneling more money into fewer start-ups.” With dismal U.S. job numbers, disappointing signs for an economic recovery and the threat of an American default on its debt, that is not good news. Caution stymies growth.

It also perpetuates pessimism. Since Wall Street’s meltdown in 2008 and the phenomenal rise of emerging market economies such as Brazil, China and India, talk about America’s economy inevitably becomes a discussion about America’s decline. “There is a sense that America has lost ground,” says Rottenberg. “The fact is America remains the most entrepreneurial economy on the planet.” Rottenberg hopes that Endeavor’s Summit will help restore that perspective, while also celebrating emerging market entrepreneurs.

Back in 1997 when Rottenberg launched Endeavor in Argentina and Chile where she had been working on venture financing and social entrepreneurship, no one celebrated emerging market entrepreneurs. “There wasn’t even a word for entrepreneur in Spanish or Portuguese,” Rottenberg is known to say. Entrepreneurship wasn’t inspired but pursued out of necessity. With no jobs or educational options, hobbling together your own business was unavoidable. No surprise then that Silicon Valley avoided emerging markets.

“Fifteen years ago, VCs used to say ‘this is Florence in the age of the Renaissance,’” says Rottenberg. Convinced that all the world’s entrepreneurship was contained in Silicon Valley, they felt little need to look elsewhere. Sand Hill Road was, metaphorically, a one-way street. Globalization has changed that. That is a positive in Rottenberg’s eye.

“Entrepreneurship isn’t a zero sum game,” she says. “It’s exciting for me to see that others (in Silicon Valley) see the same thing. There is a mutual interest from both the United States and emerging markets to learn from one another.” Argentine entrepreneur Wences Casares agrees.

“Starting a company from scratch anywhere is very hard,” says Casares, an Endeavor global board member and one of the organizations earliest selected entrepreneurs who made it big with Latin America’s first on-line brokerage firm Patagon. “But to do it in emerging markets where there is no access to capital, no culture or ecosystem to support entrepreneurship; where the rules of the game change often and without notice, it is much, much harder.” That is precisely the reason why Casares explains that Silicon Valley needs to engage with them. “When you meet these emerging market entrepreneurs and you see the passion and the fire in their eyes, you are reminded of the real reason entrepreneurs do what they do.”

Interestingly the reason isn’t money. While capital is indispensible to any entrepreneur’s foundation and success, value is what drives the type of entrepreneurs Endeavor selects in a highly competitive multi-layered process. “High impact entrepreneurs are those who create and add value to a society,” say Marc Dfouni and Nemr Nicholas Badine, founders of Eastline Marketing, Lebanon’s first digital marketing agency. “Their achievements aren’t solely monetary. High-impact entrepreneurs are defined by sustainability, building companies that last.”

According to Egyptian entrepreneurs Hind and Nadia Wassef they’re also defined by their resilience. That is something they have had to channel since the events in Tahrir square. “When you live in a country that has been under a totalitarian regime for 30 years, a lot of garbage needs to come up.” The sisters, who run Egypt’s popular bookstore operation Diwan, say much of this “garbage” had been directed at Egypt’s entrepreneurs who have been blamed for Egypt’s malaise. “The revolution was lovely and inspirational. I’m sure it looked lovely on Al-Jazeera, but you wouldn’t have liked being in its kitchen.”

That the Wassef sisters were “in the kitchen” with advice and insights gathered at previous Endeavor events made a difference. “I remember being at the selection panel in India in 2009 when the only thing anyone would talk about was the recession,” Hind Wassef says. She recalls being told ‘this is a crisis, cut to the chase, get down to the nuts and bolts, stick to your core.’ “That was useful to us during the mess of the revolution.”

The Wassef sisters are headed to San Francisco for similar insights as well as what Nadia says is “a much needed break.” She likens the Endeavor Summit to Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. “It is a place where you can play around with ideas, experiment, and renew your drive.”

It is also a place they’re looking forward to connecting with the world’s greatest business and entrepreneurial minds. With keynotes from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and LinkedIn founder (and Endeavor board member) Reid Hoffman, along with insights from top names from Google, Dell, Kleiner Perkins, Ning, and IBM –including Watson himself, Endeavor’s summit is a gathering of entrepreneurship and venture capital’s best.

“I’m looking forward to hearing from these experts” says Fatih İşbecer. “But I’m also looking forward for them to hearing about what’s going on in Turkey.” He notes that it used to be that Turkish entrepreneurs, like those throughout emerging markets, could only learn from American talent. “Now they want to learn from us.” İşbecer nods vigorously when I say that it’s sounds as though entrepreneurship has become a “two-way street,” then pauses, “Actually, it’s bigger than a street, it’s a global freeway.” Fasten your seat belts.

Pozitron featured in Saudi Gazette!

The Saudi Gazette, one of the largest, and most read newspapers in Saudi Arabia for more than 30 years, has been committed to delivering readers the news and information they rely on in a format they enjoy.
On 7th of June 2011, Saudi Gazette published a inside story of Pozitron CEO Fatih Isbecer.

To read the article: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20110607102460&archiveissuedate=07/06/2011

Pozitron was invited to Paribas L’Atelier Conference on Innovative, Emerging Market Partnership and Investment Opportunities!

On Friday May 20, following Endeavor’s International Selection Panel in London, BNP Paribas and L’Atelier, an incubator with the European bank, hosted a conference focused on creating and funding startups both in France and abroad. L'Atelier detects examples of "disruptive innovation" that bring about concrete changes for companies and their employees. It communicates these key trends through its various communication channels and helps position companies to catch these ideas early on. BNP Paribas’ clients are increasingly interested in the innovation taking place around the world for the purposes of investment, acquisition, strategic partnerships, and expansion. The afternoon session was devoted to Endeavor.

After a gracious introduction by the president of BNP Paribas, Allen Taylor and Karen Martell, both based in Endeavor’s San Francisco office, kicked off the session by presenting Endeavor’s model, history, and the programs and services Endeavor offers to its 603 entrepreneurs in 11 countries. Then six Endeavor Entrepreneurs presented their companies and their experience as high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The companies include:

APPI – Alexandre Pi (Brazil): POS payment systems
Pozitron – Firat Isbecer (Turkey): mobile apps e-commerce, payment, and remote access
Globant – Guibert Englebienne (Argentina): IT, gaming, mobile, and innovation off-shoring company
Colaboracion Virtual– Erik Torreiter (Chile): videoconferencing solution
Nada Debs - Nada Debs (Lebanon): furniture and home accessory designer
Proteus – Marcelo Romcy (Brazil): e-security company

The conference and the Entrepreneurs themselves attracted considerable media attention. In addition to journalists directly covering the event and interviewing Endeavor staff, Entrepreneurs Florence Martin, Erik Torreiter and Firat Isbecer participated in interviews which were then broadcast on France’s most popular radio station. Coupled with investor interest in innovation, the conference participants were excited about Endeavor’s exploration of Eastern and Central Europe as potential expansion targets.

http://www.atelier.net/en/news/world

http://www.endeavor.org/blog/endeavor-entrepreneurs-speak-at-bnp-paribas-latelier-innovation-conference-in-paris