Dozens of Youth Startups Learn to Build for Three Days

In the activity titled Startup Weekend Indonesia, Sinar Mas Land was the host. For three days, the young people gained experience building a digital company that started from forming a team, brainstorming, pitching ideas, to presentations in front of investors with mentor guidance.

The participants are various from various backgrounds, such as developers, designers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and students. They are guided to go through phases of startup formation

Irawan Harahap, Digital Hub Project Leader from Sinar Mas Land, Thursday (29 / 8/2019).

The phase starts from forming the team, brainstorming ideas, to preparing for the product launch. During this phase, they will be accompanied by mentors who provide knowledge and knowledge related to company development and market penetration.

To ensure the quality and credibility of the program, Startup Weekend Indonesia presents various big names in the field of digital technology and the startup world as a panel of judges and expert teams.

Several startup companies, institutions, and corporations have involved their teams in this event, including the Ministry of Communication and Information, BEKRAF, Gojek, Bukalapak, Tokopedia, Telkomsel, Sinar Mas Land, Bukopin, Kata.ai, Jojonomic, and Sirclo.

This event is also the result of collaboration with Kumpul and Techstars, a startup development platform that aims to encourage the process of developing startups to resolve strategic issues in Indonesia.