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Recent content by burakbey

  1. burakbey

    YAY! My first order from a retailer

    Congrats! Keep up the good work and keep sharing updates with us!
  2. burakbey

    Anyone here involved in re-export business?

    Hi all, My business is involved in exporting dried fruits from Turkey. We don't sell to local market, only export. Now I see interesting products outside Turkey which will be suitable to our product range and want to re-export these products. For example, I will buy from US and sell to...
  3. burakbey

    Which tools (software) do you use at your business?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Haha great explanation :) Salesforce seems great (only used trial) but it seemed like too expensive comparing other crm softwares. Maybe when I grow my company more, I can switch to it. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2
  4. burakbey

    Do you think it is a success?

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you 1PercentStreet good to hear your kind words :) Will exhibit at more trade shows I guess to diversify countries my company currently export. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2
  5. burakbey

    Do you think it is a success?

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you! Yes, I am trying to scale it but also have a fear inside. I should make stocks to increase quantity (turnover) and it is very related on financials you have and purchase you make from farmers / processors at the beginning of the fruits crop. There is a need of $500K investment...
  6. burakbey

    Top Cloud Sites

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I use Dropbox + Google Drive together. Because I use Samsung smartphone, Dropbox gave me 50gb free space for 2 years (not sure what to do after it expire). So what I do is; I keep business related images - photos - videos, scanned documents (like invoices, legal docs) on Dropbox and documents...
  7. burakbey

    Which tools (software) do you use at your business?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I wonder which online / offline tools do you use while managing your clients orders, tracking them, preparing quotes, tracking purchases from your vendor etc. Do you use different softwares or one for all? As a physical product selling business owner, I use Zoho CRM to track sales and prepare...
  8. burakbey

    Do you think it is a success?

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you, seeing professional comments here is really motivating for me and also show I am on the right track. I am trying to get new customers and trying to focus on getting many small importers who are ready to pay higher amounts (but cheaper than their local wholesalers/importers) rather...
  9. burakbey

    Do you think it is a success?

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you, hope more will come :) Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2
  10. burakbey

    Do you think it is a success?

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks theag, for your comments and good words :) Profit margin is normal and even lower generally. Market normals are; low profit margin and huge turnovers (i.e big players make over ten million usd turnover with a %5-7 profit margin) but I am doing my best to avoid it by eliminating some...
  11. burakbey

    You're from where??

    HOT! INTRO 
    Istanbul / Turkey Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2
  12. burakbey

    The Anatomy of a Fastlane Startup...Watch, Real Time

    HOT! 
    I would pay to see this happening.
  13. burakbey

    Do you think it is a success?

    EXECUTION 
    I am 24 year old entrepreneur in Istanbul / Turkey and I have started my own business on second half of 2010 with a 1000 USD which my dad gave to register a ltd company. My business is about exporting (not selling to local market) dried fruits (mostly organic certified), nuts and juice...
  14. burakbey

    Hello from Turkey!

    Hello everyone, The quality of this forum really impressed me. It was a thing that I was looking for for a long time, so congratulations to MJ and also to all contributers. I am a 24 years old entrepreneur in Istanbul / Turkey, graduated from university 2 years ago, currently working at both...
  15. burakbey

    What one year on this forum can do

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Wow that was a great post. I joined to forum few weeks ago but this is the first time I actually read something here. This post really motivated me and I think I will keep reading posts on this forum till the morning. :) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk 2
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