Great post Burak. This explains why Stanford produces so many founders. It's not the classes, it's the dinner conversations. Once you normalize the idea that "starting something" is just what people do on weekends, the mental barriers evaporate. Entrepreneurship becomes as casual as joining a gym.
Loved this, Burak 👏 — the viral spread of entrepreneurship mirrors how workplace culture moves through a team. Founders often talk about innovation, but rarely say out loud how much of it depends on emotional contagion: safety, energy, and belief flow from the top. Leadership isn’t just strategy—it’s atmosphere.
Great read as usual Burak
Thank you Ivan 💙
Great post Burak. This explains why Stanford produces so many founders. It's not the classes, it's the dinner conversations. Once you normalize the idea that "starting something" is just what people do on weekends, the mental barriers evaporate. Entrepreneurship becomes as casual as joining a gym.
Exactly. The effect was strongest among students who lived in the same dorm or graduated in the same year.
It's not an accident that the most VC money in the world is concentrated in the Valley.
Great article!
Loved this, Burak 👏 — the viral spread of entrepreneurship mirrors how workplace culture moves through a team. Founders often talk about innovation, but rarely say out loud how much of it depends on emotional contagion: safety, energy, and belief flow from the top. Leadership isn’t just strategy—it’s atmosphere.