“I had a great time at this program. I’ve had dreams of making my own start-up company, and this program was very helpful since it showed me the process of creating and launching a venture in a very comprehensive way. In the span of one week we accomplished so much! Our instructors were very helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly, so I really enjoyed working with them. Overall I’m very glad I took this program! I definitely will recommend this program to my friends if it happens in Istanbul again.”

“I just wanted to write to you to thank you for giving me this once in a lifetime opportunity to do a course under you and learn so much. Thank you for giving me such a great team which supported me and helped throughout. Thank you for allowing me to participate in a course with such great people from 12 different countries.
I also wish to thank you for always pushing me beyond my comfort zone so I could learn and grow as a person. This course has been so much fun and honestly so humbling. I would like to thank you and professor McQuade for all your teachings and support over the years.”

“It was an honor and my pleasure to work with you as your TA. We were really comfortable working with you and you made the whole course feel so simple and enjoyable. Thank you for all your guidance and I’m glad that my hard work with my team paid off and we stood 2nd.Would love to stay in touch with you and would love to be your TA for future programmes as well. Will look forward to meet you someday in person.”

“The most enriching aspect of this course in not only that we learn how to start-up a business, but also a step-by-step guide on how to do that. The only suggestion would be to make the course longer.”

“The class really helped understand that venture development isn’t just a linear path in which you always advance. Instead, it has various factors that come into play as you progress, so most of the time that means you have to go back, and going back to check and correct is just as important if not even more than simply advancing. I also learned about the importance of not falling in love with your idea but instead making the customer fall in love with it. That means everything you do must be thought out from the perspective of the clients you want to reach and what’s most appealing to them whilst still feasible for you.”

“This course was great, and i really enjoyed it. It was so fun to meet people from all over the world, and work on something completely original. Thank you so much for everything!”