The LifeCo is the first and only well-being/well-ageing, healthcare and disease prevention/support centre in Turkey and a rare example in the world, addressing the growing needs of people trying to prevent and cope with modern lifestyle diseases.
The LifeCo provides a 360° holistic approach that includes anti-ageing and well-being therapies, preventative treatments for chronic diseases and cancer, pampering and beauty treatments, as well as spiritual therapies, all in the same complex.
The company has:Five Well-being Centres: TheLifeCo Phuket , Bodrum, Antalya, a product kitchen in Istanbul that prepares and distributes Saf Box and Saf Express products, and also supports the development of dietary programs at the Well-being Centres, a product kitchen in London that prepares and distributes Saf Express products in London, healthy living products that are imported and distributed across Turkey, and The LifeCo-branded Food Supplements produced at the DUAG center in Izmir.
What I dream:
At the age of 46, in 2002 during a detox journey, I have luckily realized the difference between “Life, as we hope to live” and “Life, as how we actually live”. I faced the fact, that we were going away from the essence of existance and I wanted people to live the same enlightening as I have. TheLifeCo is the end result of this journey. It is my dream come to reality in form of a startup.
For 15 years I have been trying to optimize my thoughts, find solutions to problems caused by this fake world and reflect them to the philosophy of TheLifeCo. The journey started by nutrition based eating habits then supported by physical activity, environment and is still going on with an emphasis on mental wellness. Our guests from all around the world is experiencing TheLifeCo’s holistic approach. It is my favorite hobby and enterprise at the same time.
What I did:
The Funzi Migrant Program is a solution to the migrant influx in Europe and the Middle East. Use of modern technologies and practices make the Migrant Program a better scalable, faster, and more efficient solution than achievable using traditional methods. The Program is constructed so that it creates real and measurable value for Migrants to increase their living conditions and awareness level.
The Program focuses on five thematic areas are vocational training and entrepreneurship, mental wellness support, formal education including basic Turkish language skill training.
What I dream:
This project aims to provide Syrian refugees with high impact solutions to their problems through education, skill training and mental wellness support. Funzi is a journey we started with my friends from Finland. I think next great problem of humanity is immigration to good/hope. That’s the reason why I’m a part of this project.
What I did:
Starters Hub is a world-class entrepreneurship platform in Istanbul, Turkey that acts as a catalyst in the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Starters Hub offers startups everything they need under one umbrella, including funding, service providers, strategic partnerships, business expertise, mentorship and an inspiring workplace with its 1,000 square meter facility at the heart of the business district in Istanbul. Starters Hub offers a support network not only for Turkish startups, but also for ventures from other countries.
What I dream:
The biggest problem in Turkey’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is that, it fails to support entrepreneurs on their journey from idea to “Venture Capital Stage”. StartersHub is an example, which is built on a dream to fill this space. Hopefully more hubs like StartersHub will be built to create an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our expectation is to bring entrepreneurs seeking high value, high impact mentors and visionary investors together to create a foundation consistent with global entrepreneurial world.
What I did:
A Living Lab is an environment in which any development in a field of study can be tested and applied with real users in a real life environment. These environments can be cities, universities, public parks, agricultural lands etc. The environment needed is selected depending on the product in development. Their primary focus areas are Smart Life, Smart City Planning, Mobile Applications, Robotics, Wireless Communication, Wearable Technologies, Design, Mobile Health, Smart Education and Information Technologies Education, Renewable and Smart Energy Systems, Sensor Technologies, and Information Technologies and Software.
What I dream:
Başakşehir Living Lab’s main force is the innovative service idea of Municipality of Başakşehir. Me and founders like myself are sharing the same dreams as Municipality of Başakşehir. Our perspective is to catch the new trends to develop an ideal municipality system.
The core idea behind Basakşehir Living Lab is to encourage people to create an effective area by focusing on technology, entrepreneurship and several different industries. As an essence of today’s world, BLL does not just focus on Başakşehir community but on all communities.
What I did:
Mentorship is something that requires strong commitment from both parties and takes a lot of effort. The end results, however, are more than worth it.
Mentor Training Program is a selective group of well experienced founders who want to share their knowledge with keen entrepreneurs in a conflict-free, confidential and trusted environment.
With a focus on developing stronger entrepreneurs, we have strict guiding principles that assure unbiased advice on entrepreneurship through
hands-on mentoring.
What I dream:
Turkish Mentorship Movement aims to blend the old generations’s knowledge and experience with new generation’s vision to present a new path for young entrepreneurs to accelerate Turkey’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Managing capital for entrepreneurship, training high impact mentors, guiding and training the startups for world-wide business are the movement’s main purpose.
