Substacks recommended by Startup Istanbul

Recommended by Startup Istanbul

Next Big App

By Selim Yoruk

Revenue-first tactics. Hidden trends. Real business impact. Build the next big thing for your company. No fluff.

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Subscribe now to get my FREE 7-day email course, Substack Launchpad.

Demystify Culture

By Gustavo Razzetti

To change your culture, change your conversations. Insights and tools for change agents.

Venture Capital Jobs

Curated venture capital jobs, delivered weekly.

Postanly Weekly

By Thomas Oppong

Master the best of what great minds have already figured out for smarter living. Join curious people from Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn and Apple. Got a surprise for you.

The Computist Journal

By Alejandro Piad Morffis

Educational articles, essays, and tutorials on Computer Science research, practice, and education.

Sourcery

By Molly O'Shea

Interviews with Top CEOs + Investors

GTM Strategist

By Maja Voje

Join 30,000+ GTM leaders building AI-native go-to-market. Weekly playbooks, proven AI workflows, and trusted tools from the bestselling author of GTM Strategist. Free every Friday.

S NEWS Substack

My personal Substack

Nascent 🪺

By Mike

Conventional startup strategies are for startups with customers. Nascent is for startups with no customers -- a methodology for founders to decide within days (not years!) whether their idea is an opportunity worth pursuing.

The Hard Fork by Marvin Liao

Silicon Valley Meets the World. Strong Opinions & Perspective on Personal Development, Self Sovereignty, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, The Technology & Media Biz.

I highly recommend The Hard Fork by Marvin Liao for anyone interested in the startup and tech industries. Marvin's insights and experience as a former partner at 500 Startups make for valuable and thought-provoking content. The newsletter is a great way to stay informed on the latest trends and developments in the world of entrepreneurship.

- Startup Istanbul

NEW ECONOMIES

By Ollie Forsyth

NEW ECONOMIES is your regular newsletter that discovers the latest technology trends shaping our world.

Energy Bad Boys

By Isaac Orr

Energy modelers Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling write about the energy issues facing our world.

Hybrid Hacker

By Luca Rossi

Spot the best 5 articles to read in tech, for free, every week. Trusted by 45K+ engineers and managers!

Mostly metrics

By CJ Gustafson

A newsletter for current and aspiring CFOs. SaaS Metrics, Go to Market Strategy, and Capital Market insights (you can actually understand).

The VC Corner

By Ruben Dominguez

The VC Corner is where founders stay ahead: sharp news, fundraising strategies, battle-tested playbooks, and the tools to grow.

Startuplinks’s Newsletter

By Startuplinks Community

Recibe cada 15 días información relevante para startups, inversionistas y curiosos del ecosistema, así como de nuevos lanzamientos de parte de Startuplinks.

Consumer VC

By Mike Gelb

A podcast & newsletter about how to invest in consumer startups. You'll receive a new episode along with a fundraising roundup each week and other venture capital news.

Learning VC💡

By Luis Llorens

Venture Capital, Investments, and Fundraising: Sharing Insightful Personal Experiences from My Day-to-Day as an Investor.

Arkomina Research

By Marko Bjegovic

Subscribe for all CPI, PCE, inflation, Fed, labor market, macro, and market-related topics. For more visit ArkominaResearch.com.

Majd's Newsletter

By Majd ALAILY

Exposing the 4 'Growth-Killers' stalling B2B startups, and the frameworks to fix them. Lessons from $100M portfolios and the Breakthrough Sprint, delivered weekly.

Fallacy Alarm

By Rene Bruentrup

Blending single stock, macro and thematic research into powerful bull and bear cases.

Curious Compass

By Bernardt Vogel

A technology newsletter crafted for tech enthusiasts like you! We provide deep dives on evolving technology-driven possibilities in all sectors, mainly AI, data on start-ups, tech trends, and insights on venture capital.

Startup+ Newsletter

By Aneesh Gopalakrishnan

Startup+ Newsletter – Your Gateway to Elevated Entrepreneurship! Join our thriving community of startup enthusiasts! We are your go-to platform for networking, collaboration, and top-of-the-shelf in-person events in New York City.

Maverick Equity Research

Independent Investment & Economic Researcher. Stocks, bonds & more. U.S. and Switzerland focus. Differentiated reports, deep dives, trading ideas, charts. Risk management & hedging for an all weather portfolio. A Roger Federer fan ...

HackerPulse Dispatch

By Gleb

Discover top tips, trends, and expert guidance to excel in tech!

New Wave

By Hugo Rauch

Where the next wave of climate tech begins.

Building A Unicorn: One Day at a Time

By Habeeb Ajijola

Hi, I am a product and growth marketing specialist, and over the past 10 years, I've helped numerous founders build, launch, and/or scale their products. I am also building my startup now, and I'd love to share my journey with you.

Tech Unfiltered

By Jade Wilson

Honest takes on systems engineering, AI-assisted development, open source tooling, and the organizational patterns that actually matter. No LinkedIn polish, no sugarcoating... Just real insights on building software and navigating tech.

GTM Foundry

By Alex Lindahl

Level up on strategies, frameworks, & lessons to build early-stage GTM: Zero to Scale. Skimmable, 5-minute reads from a writer in the trenches.

Özgür Alaz'la İlham Olsun

Hayatını ve işini yaratıcı ilhamlarla yenilemek isteyenler için haftalık ilham egzersizleri. Her hafta yeni bir bakış açısı. Hadi ilhamdaş olalım.

Eğer siz de ilham almak ve motivasyonunuzu yükseltmek istiyorsanız, Ozgur Alaz'ın "İlham Olsun" sayfasını takip etmenizi öneriyorum.

- Startup Istanbul

Corporate Venture Capital

By Joerg Landsch

Join me & over 2,500 investors in diving into the exciting world of Corporate Venture Capital with my latest news on setup, investment structures, lessons learnt & trends… Best, Joerg

The Pareto Investor

Stop settling for average returns. Invest smarter with Pareto Principle!

Junaid Effendi | Sharing knowledge for Engineers

Covering tech, career, data, growth experiences from my journey.

BizInsider: Operational Excellence | Business | Strategy

All updates and insights about Business | Mindset | Strategy | OE | LSS from DBA John Ngo - Top 40 experts awarded by ASQ.

Startup Salad 🥗

By Startup Salad by Federico Lorenzon

Business book’s key takeaways for founders in a simple, digestible format, just like a good salad!

Superfluid

By Abhi

A newsletter for VCs, founders and startup operators

AI Made Simple: Practical Uses for Artificial Intelligence

By AI Made Simple: Practical Artificial Intelligence Use Cases

By learning to use AI in the real world, you will gain the knowledge and skills to improve your life, increase your earning potential, and open new opportunities for both yourself and others.

Risk to Live

By Harold Marcenaro

Escribo sobre transformación digital, gestión de riesgos, banca y capital de riesgo, desde mi propia experiencia. Ocasionalmente escribo de otros temas que me interesan, incluyendo aprendizajes personales.

Open Road Ventures

By Davide Ritorto

Made for all the innovators out there. Your weekly dose of (Open) Innovation and (Corporate) Venturing insights and trends.

DIGITAL STORM weekly

By Dr. Joerg STORM

Your AI Edge for FREE. Stay ahead with expert curated insights, free tools and strategies trusted by more than 600.000 leaders.

Impact Supporters

By The Footprint Firm

Podcast & Newsletter with deep-dives, reflections, research, and interviews on key topics for impact VCs

The Options Oracle

By Edward Corona

Daily trade ideas and technical analysis built around the Wheel Strategy, with a focus on selling cash-secured puts, covered calls, and premium income, prioritizing consistency, discipline, and smart risk management with a probability-driven approach.

Startup Riders

By Ivan Landabaso

How top 1% startups grow.

Cryptofada Research

By Cryptofada's Newsletter

Innovation by Default💡

By Innovation by default

Innovación, tecnología y negocios digitales.

Eudaimonia by Paul Terrasson Duvernon

By Paul de Eudaimonia

Une pause dans le quotidien effréné pour explorer le sens de notre vie. Des réflexions philosophiques hebdomadaires pour ceux qui construisent une vie qui en vaut la peine, sans formules toutes faites, juste un miroir et des questions qui comptent.

[99%tech]

By Alex Lazarow

Tech's other 99%. From Silicon Valley to the other 99% of the world. And back.

Tech Investments

By Tech Fund

In-depth analysis of quality and disruptive tech stocks. Examples of multi-year investments include Nvidia, ASML, Amazon, Google and Shopify. We'll be researching similar names here, as well as the key topics in the tech sector.

HealthVC

By Martyn Eeles

HealthVC is the go-to newsletter for founders, LPs, and emerging managers who want to master fundraising, build institutional-grade data rooms, and understand how investors actually make decisions.