Piruze Sabuncu is a Partner at the Venture Capital firm
Squarepeg. She was born in Turkey and currently lives in
Singapore. Piruze built and scaled the startup that's now a
global juggernaut, Stripe -- in Southeast Asia as employee #1 in
the region, following a stint as a founder and working at
companies including Dell and Mckinsey.
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Episode guiding points:
Learn about Piruze’s sunrise in Turkey, the influences of her big
family and the beauty of Turkish culture including reflections on
stories from her childhood walking her own path and questioning
the status quo in a traditional culture. You might be surprised
to hear her primary school teacher thought Piruze would become a
diplomat!
We cover her move to the US and 10 years living there and how it
kickstarted a wild journey of a lifetime both personally and
professionally; how and why she started her career in tech in the
2000’s in Austin, Texas of all places! The real benefits of
studying an MBA and what gave her the self belief to go found a
startup post MBA rather than following her classmates into a
global firm.
Questions our host Vidit loved hearing Piruze’s beautiful views
and reflections include: The decision to shut down her startup
and join Mckinsey, and the role her visa expiry played, first
visiting Singapore and South East Asia just as their startup
ecosystem was starting to boom in the 2010’s, loosing her dad and
of course we dive into her Stripe experience being their first
hire in South East Asia and playing a critical role in building
out the business there, including the importance of knowing your
customer, the importance of hiring, favourite question to spot
talent and make sure to listen through for Piruze’s next
re-invention to enter the world of Venture Capital and the
serendipity with which she joined Square Peg + the one difference
and one similarity between south east Asia, Israel and
Australia.
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
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