Ac Oldun? / Food-Delivery

Ac Oldun was my first serious and real commercial project. The idea did not start from technology, but from a simple daily problem: office food fills your stomach, but it does not feel like home. Many offices had catering services, but they were missing the taste and warmth of home-cooked food.

I built the idea around this problem not just delivering food to offices, but delivering the feeling of home. In the first stage, everything was very simple. The food was cooked at home, the number of clients was small, and most processes were done manually. This stage helped me understand one important thing: the problem was real and people truly cared about it.

With this concept, I joined the IdeyaQazandı 2018 national entrepreneurshipcompetition and reached the final stage. I presented the idea on stage, answered many questions and explained it as a real business. Reaching the final was a big motivation for me, but honestly, I did not receive investment. My stage presentation from IdeyaQazandı can be seen here:www.facebook.com/watch

At first, this moment felt like a failure, but it became a strong learning experience. I understood that having a good idea is not enough. Execution, cost planning and clear explanation of risks are just as important.

After some time, I found an alternative investor and relaunched Ac Oldun with a more realistic approach. At this stage, the project was no longer romantic. It was about operations, logistics, customer expectations, costs, and daily decisions. The project became fully functional and achieved successful results in practice. For me, Ac Oldun was not just a startup. It was my first real school as a founder. I learned about product– market fit, responsibility and the real results of wrong decisions. This experience strongly shaped how I think and work in later projects.