E-Commerce will be revived with these projects
E-commerce stimulating start-up projects prepared by students of Yeditepe University came before a jury of Turkey's leading e-commerce experts businessmen.
At the end of a 14-week intensive training, Yeditepe University MIS Graduate Program, E-Commerce Expertise "Entrepreneurship" course students presented their projects at a competition called "I'm Looking for a sponsor for my E-Commerce Project" held at the University's 26 Ağustos Campus in Ataşehir.
“A Pioneering Faculty"
The competition started with the speeches of Deputy Dean Assistant Prof. Dr. Aslı Alıcı, E-Commerce and Technology Management Head of Department Assoc. Prof. Altan Kar and mentor of the competition Serdar Çınar. In her speech, Prof. Dr. Aslı Alıcı said that the Faculty of Commercial Sciences was a pioneering faculty and said "In 2004, we brought the concept of 'applied business' to Turkey. Today we go one step further with the Electronic Commerce and Technology Management program. Stating that the e-commerce sector is a very fast growing sector, Assoc. Prof. Altan Kar added "it will have a very important contribution to the economic volume of Turkey and in the future Turkey will be in a very important place among the European countries. Our department was established to meet a significant employment deficit in the field of e-commerce. This organization should be perceived as a kind of social responsibility project. Our students have been preparing at an intense pace for 14 weeks. I wish them success. “
''14 Project Were Evaluated''
Jury members of the jury, Brightwell Holdings Chairman of the Board Futurist-Entrepreneur Alphan Manas, Migros E-Commerce Director Rıza Gürler, PayU Marketing Manager Gaye Or, Google Industry Manager (Retail) İhsan Solak, Webrazzi Founder CEO Arda Kutsal, Iprospect Marketing Performance Director Mesut Şefizade, Kollektif House Initiative Leader and Founder of Hackquarters Kaan Akın and Galata Business Angels Managing Director Ata Uzunhasan evaluated projects presented by 14 students.
At the end of the contest Yağız Poyraz was named first with the project named "TemelAnaliz.net", Hakan Uzunkaya was named second with the project named "TestMyApp" and Gizem Hepşen was the third with the project named "Vehicle Washing Valet Service".
1.Yağız Poyraz “temelanaliz.net”
2.Hakan Uzunkaya “TestMyApp”
3.Gizem Hepşen "Vehicle Washing Valet Service"
Awards:
All founding fees of the company by the competition winner will be paid by Lorem Ipsuma. SiliconVadisi.co will give 1000 TL support to the second winner. One of the compeitions sponsor, PayU will offer all winners the opportunity to benefit from "StartupU", a special package to the entrepreneurs by PayU. The winners will also receive mentorship support for marketing, e-commerce and product management issues offered by PayU's experienced team. Kolektif House will be giving a month-long “traveler membership” to the first three winners at its Levent center.
