As individuals and businesses we are going through challenging times on personal and professional levels, and more challenging times are ahead of us as we need to cope with uncertainty…
Ela Erozan Gürsel07/29/2020
Covid-19 changed the world in an unprecedented way. Regardless of the demographics we belong to, including geography, nationality, race, gender, and age, we all switched to survival mode. There are…
Ela Erozan Gürsel07/14/2020
The economic impacts of Covid-19 on the global workforce are becoming worse than the 2008 financial crisis. With a 195 million full-time job loss forecast in the next three months,…
Ela Erozan Gürsel04/14/2020
Entering Turkish market may represent a myriad of challenges for foreign companies. Local law, business etiquette and cultural differences are areas foreign entities need to master in order to be…
DBS02/13/2020
Economy 2019 started as a challenging year with the sudden increase in foreign exchange rates in the summer of 2018 and the impacts of this drastic increase became more and…
DBS01/22/2020
For the last 5 years, it has become a Datassist tradition to close the year with this question. Why do We Keep Asking This Question? (more…)
Ela Erozan Gürsel12/25/2019
My inbox is full of Black Friday promotion emails, with over 100 emails enticing me to make purchases online and in store during the sales period which covers the whole…
Ela Erozan Gürsel11/29/2019
Your permanent address Your children’s school Your credit card information (more…)
Ela Erozan Gürsel11/21/2019
As Turks, we have this saying: “Eğitim şart” (Training is a must) that has become a cliche over the years. We are all aware of the importance of knowledge but…
Ela Erozan Gürsel11/05/2019
In his biography written by Alice Shroeder, “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life”, Buffett gives sound advice to business people on making ethical decisions to keep them…
Ela Erozan Gürsel10/15/2019