Yalcin Kaya
Co-Founder / CEO
A letter from the founder
This is not a corporate manifesto. It’s the real story of why this product exists, how we think about it, and what we’re trying to do for the people who use it.
01 — Background
I’ve been running Growth Analytics Marketing since 2016. The consulting work exposed the same data and reporting problems across early-stage companies, established brands, and agencies.
Here’s what I kept seeing.
Marketing teams often had capable analytics, advertising, commerce, payment, and messaging tools, but the records, identifiers, definitions, and schedules between them did not agree. Important reports and destination jobs depended on repeated manual work.
We saw analytics tools with only basic tracking, paid campaigns measured against incomplete conversion records, and messaging tools missing the customer or order fields needed for the intended workflow.
The repeated problem was not buying software. It was defining, moving, and checking the data required to use it.
Without explicit source contracts, identity rules, metric definitions, and delivery checks, adding another tool creates another place for the same disagreement to appear.
As consultants, we lived inside this problem. We built custom integrations, set up warehouses, transformed attribution data, connected tools to each other — over and over, for client after client. Eventually, we started turning the repetitive parts into repeatable software.
In 2023, we began turning that repeatable work into Vendo: a product that imports your data, keeps shared definitions, builds reports, puts an Agent to work, and delivers data back to your tools.
02 — Team
Vendo is built by operators across data engineering, product, analytics, and agentic AI. The team combines hands-on customer work with the engineering needed to turn repeated data work into dependable software.
Co-Founder / CEO
Co-Founder / CTO
Agentic AI Expert
Fullstack Developer
Product Analyst
Advisor
VP of Product (Fractional)
03 — Giving Back
One thing that matters to me personally: I want to leave things better than I found them. I appreciate that I’ve been lucky — born into a good family, given opportunities that many people don’t get. I’m determined to pass that on.
Growth Analytics Marketing invests 1% of earnings into microloans through Kiva.org. Why Kiva? Because it’s a loan, not a donation. When the loan is repaid, we reinvest it — so our impact compounds over time. The default rate is around 2%, which means nearly every dollar keeps working. So far the GAM Kiva team has lent over $8,000 across projects in agriculture, education, retail, and services in underprivileged communities around the world.
I’ve been practising Vipassana for about ten years, and it’s been one of the most impactful things I’ve done. It taught me the skill of concentration — how to think clearly, use my energy more efficiently, and increase my capacity for care and compassion. These are skills that make me a better founder, but more importantly, a better person.
The Dhamma Bhumi center has operated entirely free of charge since the 1980s, serving thousands of people. We donate to help more people experience what I’ve experienced. I would like more people to benefit from it.
I’m a committee member at Data Analytics NSW (DAWSY), helping build the Sydney analytics community. Sharing knowledge and connecting practitioners is how the industry gets better for everyone.
Beyond tools and donations, I value practical work with founders and operators: defining the decision, making the data path explainable, and leaving the team able to maintain it.
04 — Values
These values describe how we make product and customer decisions: start with the real problem, ask when the evidence is incomplete, explain limits, and take responsibility for the work we agree to do.
Become an expert in what you do. Share your knowledge and be open to learning from others.
Trust is built over time as you make promises and keep them. Build trust with peers and customers.
Don’t make assumptions. Ask that extra question to have the full picture. There are no stupid questions.
Start with the customer goals and work backwards. Our customers’ success is our success.
How we act impacts the well-being of others. Empathise with customers and team members, and act with compassion.
Build work and life integration. Practice activities that improve your mind and body.
If any of this resonates — or if you just want to say hi — I’d love to hear from you.
Open to partnerships, product suggestions, and honest feedback.
— Yalcin