Indonesia Young Entrepreneurs Want to Build Global Business in the IT field.

Indonesia Young Entrepreneurs Want to Build Global Business in the IT field.
Internet growth in Indonesia is rapidly increasing and a new generation of young entrepreneurs want to build the next global brand with businesses that combine innovative solutions to local problems and models that have been proven fake. But they are optimistic about the entrepreneurial climate in Indonesia which some people say is the best in the world.
Andy Sjarif, founder of the site Sitti, contextual advertising platform language of Indonesia, said the company billions of dollars the next will come from Indonesia.
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Sjarif is one of many entrepreneurs who want to promote small and medium enterprises in Indonesia which have already enabled the economy, and improve their businesses by connecting them online.
He said, "Now Indonesia is a hotbed of technology growth. Can we be a 'Silicon Valley' next? I think we have a different format. "
Sjarif companies try to imitate the success of Silicon Valley by placing ads on Internet sites. The ads are written in Indonesian, a language understood by the majority of internet users who number around 45 million people. But the ad was not supported by Google's advertising programs are similar.
With the increasing popularity of social media, other employers join the technology boom in Indonesia. They say their companies, though not necessarily innovative, modify and adapt proven model in accordance with the context of Indonesia.
Selina Urbanesia Limman is the creator, online directories that give points or prizes to users who write reviews and reviews about various places in Jakarta.
He said, "I will not lie. This is not a new innovation. I knew about Yelp and Citysearch. I could see the need and demand. There is a gap there. Now, there is no site like this in Indonesia."
With more than 700 sites are already online, and seven new sites launched every week, Sjarif just one of many who call Indonesia as the next Silicon Valley. Indonesia's largest bank, Mandiri, providing a loan of five billion dollars to employers early last year and will soon launch a program that focuses on what he calls "tech entrepreneurs."
But the proliferation of new business is not just limited to online only.
More than 500 business owners recently participated in a competition organized by the Global Entrepreneurship Program State Department, which helps connect entrepreneurs with mentors and potential investors.