Coffee Walk

Unscripted walks with the founders building Europe’s biggest companies. No prep, no questions in advance. One city at a time, starting in Istanbul.

Most founder interviews are performances. Questions sent ahead, talking points rehearsed, a studio and two chairs while a founder repeats the version of the story they have told a hundred times.

Coffee Walk is the opposite. One founder, one walk, no prep. I meet each guest outside Soho House in Istanbul and we walk down through Galata to Karaköy. We talk on the way, then sit down for a coffee. One microphone, nothing sent in advance, no script.

The format

There is no green room and no run of show. The walk is the format. People are looser on their feet than they are under studio lights, and the city does half the work. You learn something about a founder by watching how they move through the place they built their company in.

Every walk is the same route. Meet at the door, walk down through Galata, sit for a coffee in Karaköy. Thirty to forty minutes, the length of the walk.

Who gets a walk

One rule for guests. They have built or are building a company worth over a hundred million dollars. Founders and CEOs who have operated at scale, not commentators talking about it.

Season one is Istanbul, a city that has quietly produced more category-defining companies than most people outside it realize. Trendyol. Insider. Dream Games. Getir. The list runs longer than the reputation.

Where it goes

Istanbul first. After that, the map is open. Coffee Walk moves through Europe one city at a time, and the next stop is not set. So tell me where to go. If there is a founder building a hundred-million-dollar company in your city, and a street worth walking, reply with it. The audience draws the map.

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For Founders

If you are building a hundred-million-dollar company out of Istanbul and want a walk, email me first. Tell me who you are and what you have built. If it is a fit, I will send you a time. No prep beyond that, and nothing to prepare for once we start. That is the point.