How to build a startup company since youth?

(Our Tech Blog) Perhaps the businessman in ancient times was a large capital and the ripe age. Employers today, let alone a technopreneur no longer wait for a mature age. Young age is no excuse for delaying setting up new companies or start-up, but instead became a passion for mature experience.

As quoted from kompas.com, Four of the young-old start-up founders share their experience establishing and expanding a business they built in event # startuplokal @ Storm in america, Jakarta, Sunday (06/26/2011). The fourth person is Ridho Irawan (23 years) - one of the founders of exo www.games.co.id Digital and country representative. Then Shieny Aprilia (24 years) - one of the founders of Studio Agate. Two others are still a student and they begin the start up since I was sitting in school, namely Tyovan Ari Widagdo (19 years)-founder and Nafi www.vemobo.co.id A. Putrawan (16 years) - founder of www. hexacreative.web.id

Ridho Irawan told 'keisengannya' buy the domain games.co.id with a friend in college. In 2005, Ridho perform maintenance since the web is not neglected. However, unexpectedly domain was actually offered $ 10,000 by a company from the Netherlands. "I only capital 20 USD (U.S. dollars), then offered $ 10,000 of course I did not resist at that time, let alone college. So much money was huge," said Ridho.

Once the domain of his acquired Dutch firm, now becomes a portal games.co.id games with the highest traffic in Indonesia. More than 2000 games available on the portal and 20 percent were locally made ie from Bandung and Yogyakarta. In 2010, games.co.id position 9 for local rating websites based on Alexa rating.

A. Nafi Putrawan have a more unique story. Since attending junior high school, he worked in a company engaged in the design. His interest in the field of design he applied on his computer at home. He is also often met with the design community to expand the network of friends as well as share knowledge.

June 2009, Nafi began boldly decided to establish their own start-ups. Only with computers at home, with makeshift internet connection, start up his own company did she get up and run. He founded hexacreative.web.id with mentors Sanny Gaddafi had known of one of the seminars start up. Nafi client now consists of PT Zahir Internasional, Counstruct Singapore, PT. Bluevision Group, InterRail Europe, Leonisecret, and Murazaki Dental Care. He now has a marketing person and 12 people managing the web application.

Start up the most audacious daring may Agate Studio. Before forming, the Agate game developers have built a game that is the Twilight Project in 2007. "We are a bunch of people gaming enthusiast who was thought to build a game that is very idealistic. Everything must be perfect, until the busy themselves when discussing it. We stayed up late to finish such an idealistic project," recalls Shieny Aprilia.

April 2009 Agate Studio inaugurated. The founders Agate Studio then diligently participated in various competitions and won 3rd place Best Character Design SWCU Salatiga. After that, Agate Studio continues to participate in various competitions but did not win. "The important thing is the spirit first. Lose-win affair later," said Shieny. In conducting its study Agate, the principle of 'the essential spirit of old' is also run by employees. Shieny admitted when first built, Agate Studio only employs 15 employees with a salary of Rp 50 thousand. Currently, Agate Studio already has a crew of 53 people divided into various fields. "Now salary is not that much," said Shieny.

According to him, which makes employees Agate Studio would be paid Rp 50 thousand hours of work 15 hours per day is because they have the same passion in the gaming industry. They not only seek profit but inner satisfaction in terms of build and maintenance of a game.

Ari Tyovan Widagdo have a different story. 4th semester students majoring in Information Technology from the University Binus start up since this started a high school class. He built an e-wonosobo.com which is a tourism portal and news about the city of Wonosobo. He calls the portal as a "trial toys Moneymaker" which did in fact yield a profit until now. Now he has built and developed a web www.vemob.co.id IT consultant and also founded www.doktervirus.net portals that provide antivirus services as needed.

The four founders of start up this young age, agree that the skills (skills), networking (network), and capital (financial-capital-gains) should be held to establish and develop start-ups. However, according to Shieny, the most important thing is to build spirit and enthusiasm to be consistent with what has been built.

While Tyovan advised to keep a count profits. If it is not too lucky, leave. While Nafi told for young start-up founders and still lay so much consultation with the mentor. "The founder of start-ups should have a mentor who can guide. Mentors can be searched and known by attending start-up events, seminars, and others," Nafi said.

One more thing that was agreed by the four founders of start-up of this young age is that to establish start-up must first establish a mutually supportive team. People who are good at building a game just is not enough if no one is expert marketing to market the game. The combination of people who are experts on concepts, technologies, and will help start-up businesses survive and rapid growth.