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A media and technology entrepreneur and investor in Istanbul
I am an entrepreneur and investor with special interests in new media and technology. I am currently a General Partner at iLab Ventures, Turkey's premier internet investor.
Until 2008, I was the founding CEO of Mondus (www.mondus.net) a ground-breaking Turkish social network, and I ran SP Ventures, focused on seed stage investments.
In 2005, I exited SelectMinds, a category-creating leader in the enterprise social networking area, which I co-founded in 1999 and led until March 2005.
Before SelectMinds, I was a strategy consultant for seven years. I hold a BA in Economics from the University of Texas in Austin.
On the personal front, I have a beautiful wife, daughter and son - the tthree most important people in my life.
You can email me at csertoglu at gmail dot com.
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