WPBeginner Growth Fund Meetup in Istanbul, 2024
Straight from London, Ryan James joined fellow founders from the WPBeginner Growth Fund portfolio in Istanbul, before flying on to a month with the team in India.
In March 2024, Ryan James joined founders from across the WPBeginner Growth Fund portfolio for a meetup in Istanbul, Turkey. Seahawk has been backed by the fund since 2023. It came straight after the fifth founder meetup in London. Co-founder Gautam Khorana couldn’t make the trip: he had just welcomed his first baby.
It was in Istanbul that Ryan met Damanjeet, CEO of FunnelKit, for the first time. He has since become one of Ryan’s best friends in the industry.
Around three organized strategy sessions, the founders saw the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, stayed at the Novotel Istanbul Bosphorus and took a boat ride along the Bosphorus Strait. Ryan, Damanjeet and Josh Kolbach of Rymera also tried a Turkish hammam for the first time, together. Doing it with industry peers made for an interesting experience and a good laugh, and they ended the night over tea.
From Istanbul, Ryan flew on to New Delhi with Damanjeet for a month with the team in Delhi and Mumbai.
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