#7 Puji — founder of a Software Development & IT Consultancy
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Tell me about yourself and your business
I had a dream after reading about the biography of how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built Apple.
I majored in engineering in Indonesia. There was no entrepreneurship in school. The only entrepreneurial thing I did in university was to sell uniforms for laboratory use.
I graduated then worked at startups. I saw that it was cool and interesting. I don’t have any family background in entrepreneurship.
After working in Gojek for 2 years, someone asked me to join his startup. I wanted to know the business side, and how to build up the company. I helped setup the company’s first app in Indonesia and the Philippines. I also saw people being laid off and how the company was managed.
Later, I applied to other companies.
