E-commerce site specifically about food selling and purchase for small businesses, Sedapur.com, which was founded by Soegianto has won a Nokia Fellowship which is one of the award in the International Young Creative Entrepreneur 2011 in early July.
Soegianto entitled to IDR 200 million of development fund. This value is close to the number Sedapur needs listed in the business proposal for this event which is IDR 232,2 million. Soegianto’s daily work is a consultant in Information Technology.
Soegianto won over six other finalists after a rigorous selection selected from 227 registered applications. Interestingly, from the seven Nokia Fellowship finalists, Sedapur is already running and it’s the only tech startup. This is proof that tech startup can no longer be underestimated, both in terms of solutions offered by them and its execution. Seven selected finalists were also had the opportunity to get a business training on Basic Business Plan, Sales & Marketing, Taxes & Finance, Leadership, Operational Management and Presentation Techniques.