Gürkan Ketenciler

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Co-Founder at Grand Labs

Türkiye

Overview

Gürkan is a product and strategy leader and the Co-Founder of Grand Labs, a Web3 Fintech company. He specializes in building scalable systems for early-stage ventures, holding an MBA from Istanbul Bilgi University and multiple blockchain developer certifications. Colleagues describe him as focused, energetic, and visionary.

He co-founded the first on-chain Random Number Generator (RNG) on the Solana blockchain, scaling it to 2 ETH MRR in under 60 days.

Personality Overview

Unexpressive

Late Adopter

Status Quo Seeker

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach.

Topics They Care About

Web3 in Emerging Markets
He is building a Web3 Fintech company focused on providing gasless, on-chain investing to unlock seamless access to global markets for non-crypto-native investors.
Real World Assets (RWA)
He has direct experience consulting on the tokenization of high-value real-world assets like iconic automobiles and fine art for fractional ownership.
On-chain Gaming
He has designed tokenomics for blockchain games and co-founded a company providing core infrastructure like on-chain random number generators for Web3 gaming studios.

Media Appearances

Gürkan has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Co-Founder at Grand Labs
7-2024 - 4-2025
Co-Founder at Feed Protocol
12-2023 - 7-2024
Vice President (VP) of Marketing & Partnerships at GoArt
5-2023 - 12-2023
RWA Tokenization Consultant at MCQ Markets
6-2022 - 5-2023
Vice President of Product Strategy at Battle Ball

Education

2012 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Istanbul Bilgi University
1999 - 2003
Bachelor of Science from Istanbul Bilgi University

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Insights For Selling To Gürkan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions

DONT's

  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Gürkan is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Gürkan

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Gürkan move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Gürkan take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Gürkan

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