2. Who is Nevzat AYDIN ?
Born in 1976 in Istanbul, Nevzat Aydın graduated
from Bursa Anadolu High School. He studied
computer engineering at Boğaziçi University and
after graduation, went to Silicon Valley to pursue
his MBA degree from the University of San
Francisco. There, he followed and analyzed the
developments in e-business and in 2000, he
returned to Turkey to realize his project
“yemeksepeti.com”. Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of
Yemeksepeti.com, which brought a new
dimension into the e-business concept in the
country. He is also a member of TOBB Young
Entrepreneurs Supreme Board and the founding
member of Galata Business Angels.
3. In 2004 and 2005, yemeksepeti.com was awarded
“Best Website” prize in Altın Örümcek (Golden
Spider) Web Awards, organized by Microsoft and
DorukNet. Yemeksepeti.com also won first prizes in
“E-Business” and “Services” categories. In 2006,
yemeksepeti.com repeated its success by winning
several new prizes in the same contest.
4. In 2004 and 2005, yemeksepeti.com was awarded “Best
Website” prize in Altın Örümcek (Golden Spider) Web
Awards, organized by Microsoft and DorukNet.
Yemeksepeti.com also won first prizes in “E-Business” and
“Services” categories. In 2006, yemeksepeti.com repeated
its success by winning several new prizes in the same
contest.
In 2007, Turkey office of Endeavor, a global non-profit
organization that identifies and supports high-impact
entrepreneurs in emerging markets to facilitate and
encourage long-term sustainable growth, announced
yemeksepeti.com as “The Endeavor Entrepreneur”. The
committee made its decision by evaluating the factors like
entrepreneurship, innovation, ethical values, role model
potential, contribution to the economy and conformation of
Endeavor principles. Yemeksepeti.com, therefore, got the
chance of benefiting from Endevaor’s global support
network, intermediation in accessing to capital, strategic
consultancy, mentoring and promotion supports. In 2010,
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7. Sense of social responsibility, work out where
you are located?
Ourselves, there is a unique work in the field of
social responsibility. From Yemeksepeti.com note
of the orders, and there is a section on the
"service to bring me" I have a field. One of the
first house on the woes Restaurant is a normal
fork, knife, although you can eat food plastic
cutlery service in the package brings you to the
restaurant. Yemeksepeti.com from 30 thousand
orders per day are given, assuming Through this
awareness we are in vain prevent the
consumption of plastic cutlery. The period ahead
Yemeksepeti.com 's going to be a new social
responsibility project. There is also a donation to
any institution bulunulabilecek desired. Of course,
each of their employees mails sent under the
"Output Do not" have the simple sense of social
responsibility projects.
8. What would you recommend to young people
who want to be successful in internet projects?
For example, do you think it necessary to do an
internship?
I suggest you research and be willing to work a lot. In
fact, very lucky. Information can reach the best-known
problems in the early 2000s. Did not have enough
information around. Now there is too much
information. But this time it has become important to
take the right information in. Came to their minds and
want to do what you like in other countries phases of
the project history, similar to what's on how to cater to
the needs of a very good studies that are required.
Internship is to recognize the business life, create a
network, in order to be informed about the functioning
of the work is important. Should not do is, no matter
what some companies did not contribute to them
indeed she let me do an internship. They do want to
work in the sector proper vision training.
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10. Capital of the organization? Have you how to
obtain this capital?
The initial capital of about 150 thousand dollars.
This capital have created our own savings.
However, when it comes to our education and our
vision of oneself is the most important capital. So
if you're in another project or another does not do
yemeksepeti.com work in a place, need to take
into account acquired from there.
11. What is the turning point Yemeksepeti.com?
In theory, no matter how good the project is, by
how much to hold in practice, users completely
uncertain. People do not use this project is just to
try it a few times it will bring a part of their lives,
progressively arose. This process, developed
entirely in our favor, and users began to use the
site to further increasing with each passing day.
12. Was it for you the advantages of being
educated abroad, plus what won?
I can not talk about the advantage of being
educated abroad. Because I read in the United
States training school, and that was not
something that would make a serious difference.
But spending time abroad, or rather the air of
Silicon Valley in terms of breathing and vision
adds a lot to me, tell me so developed. In terms
of education in many universities in Turkey in very
good condition. In my life, look at factors that
affect me in a positive sense, I would say that
reading at Bogazici University. Bogazici
University, Silicon Valley, then ... These are two
very important factors that establish my
