
Merve Isler
Founder & CEO, Marvelous — AI-powered experiential community builder
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San Francisco, California, United States
Joined January 2025
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Summary
Serial community-builder and event strategist: Merve built and scaled developer and women-in-tech communities during her time at Google (Developer Student Clubs, Women Techmakers) and has translated that skill into Marvelous — a company and product that uses curated, invite-only IRL events and AI-driven matching to connect creators, brands, and enterprise audiences. googleblog+2
Founder and operator with a product + community focus: She has founded multiple ventures (Marvelous, Fornia) and co‑founded short‑lived Web3 / digital-fashion projects (Mintgrams/Lidyverse). Her work centers on combining product playbooks, creator-led experiences, and growth through trusted networks. merve+1
Developer-relations and program leadership background: Merve's early career and impact at Google included running large-scale developer community programs, authoring program content, and leading incubation/mentorship programs — experience that informs how she designs scalable community-first event experiences today. googleblog+1
Technical foundation with public developer artifacts: She studied Computer Science (B.S., Bilkent University) and maintains public developer artifacts (GitHub repos and workshop materials), which complements her product and community work and helps her bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders. github+1
Work
Education
Projects
Writing
From Idea to Impact: How a team from Solution Challenge launched an environmentally-focused social enterprise
December 1, 2021A Google Developers Blog post (authored by Merve Isler) describing how a student team used the Solution Challenge and incubation support to turn a recycling app prototype into an incubated social enterprise (WE app).
Medium writing / Fornia posts (profile & essays)
Medium presence featuring writing about community-led growth and building businesses (Fornia).
Hobbies
Robotics and hardware tinkering (built robots as a teenager; describes early interest in robotics and hardware) youtube+1
Event curation, experiential design and community rituals (frequent host/organizer of curated in-person events and meetups) themarvelo+1
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