2 min readCengizhan Dogan

Feeling the Christmas Spirit

TL;DR: Collate keeps building through the holidays. Took a short break for e2vc's Christmas gathering

Lights don't really turn off at Collate HQ. Holidays included. While most calendars slow down around Christmas, ours just gets a little more flexible. Work continues, ideas keep flowing, unless there's a good reason to step out.

One of those reasons was the homecoming and Christmas gathering hosted by e2vc. We had the pleasure of spending the evening there, chatting on AI, startups, and the usual implications of building products today. Slightly nerdy conversations. Best kind….

It was also a chance to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new ones, and enjoy the kind of relaxed networking that only happens when deadlines pause for a night and the setting is intentionally informal. No pitch decks, just conversations :D …

Cengizhan and Baris with their Santa hats at the e2vc event

Cengizhan and Baris with their Santa hats at the e2vc event

Back at HQ, the lights stayed on. And they still are.

-Cengizhan