As Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration, we brought our MBA and Executive MBA students together with our esteemed guest Ergun Kırlıkovalı as part of our “Leader Meetings” speaker series.
Kirlikovali, an entrepreneur with a chemical background, has achieved remarkable success in the USA with the advanced polymer technology he developed to reduce the radar visibility of warplanes. His story powerfully demonstrates how scientific expertise, when met with the right problem, can turn into a high-impact initiative.
In the interview, it was stated that entrepreneurship is not just a journey based on courage or intuition; on the contrary, it was emphasized that it is a set of competencies that can be developed, disciplined and matured with the right processes. The insights filtered through Kirlikovali’s experiences were both inspiring and highly guiding for our students.
We would like to thank our guest for their valuable contributions and our students for their participation and qualified questions that enriched our event.
This meeting will be held in the Bilkent MBA and Executive MBA programs; It has once again demonstrated its structure that goes beyond classroom learning, bringing together leading professionals from different sectors, encouraging experience sharing and offering a strong learning community.
