Episode Description

Zaky is the founder of Bukalapak, a unicorn and one of the largest e-commerce companies to ever come out of Indonesia. Zaky started Bukalapak 10 years ago with very humble aspirations, as a commerce company targeting hobbyists and cyclists. Over the last decade, the platform has been instrumental in bringing over 4.5million of mom & pop shops and SME sellers to go digital.

What’s in this episode?

1) Starting with humble beginnings and quickly taking on bigger ambitions

2) Biggest challenges faced at the point of inflection during the startup journey

3) Going public in emerging markets as a source of liquidity and exit opportunity

4) Stepping down from the day-to-day leadership of a startup one co-founds

5) Life as an operational investor and the advantages for deal-flow access & management