About
Built between strategy and capital.
StackSquare is a 2-on-1 conversation series built by two MSc Economics & Strategy students at Imperial Business School. We map every guest to the four lenses: technology stack, capital, strategy, psychology.
Co-founder
Arif İsmail Bayrak
Background in venture capital, M&A, and AI. Internships at Roche, UptoRaise Venture Studio, and Basehub Consultancy. VC&PE Society at Imperial. Builds AI tools for VC workflows. Boğaziçi MIS alumnus.
On the show, Arif leads the capital lens: the numbers, deals, financing, and growth mechanics.
Co-founder
Kerem Ozkefeli
Strategy consulting at Dialectica (Montreal). Facilitated 2,000+ C-suite expert calls. Project Lead at 180 Degrees Consulting. PE analyst at Brickworks Capital. McGill BA in Economics with a minor in Psychology. Koç School alumnus.
On the show, Kerem leads the strategy and psychology lenses: frameworks, decisions, tradeoffs, and how operators actually think.
Why this exists
Most student podcasts are pure finance or pure careers. We sit between strategy and capital, with a peer-and-pro hybrid format. The 2-on-1 dynamic forces sharper conversations. Guests don’t get to coast.