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YesBoss wins ASEAN startup award as 'best newcomer'
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ominated alongside Fabelio, TaniHub, Qontak and IDNtimes, virtual private assistant service company YesBoss takes home the title of Best Newcomer from the Rice Bowl Startup Awards 2016.
Other categories included Best Campaign, Best Disruptor/Game Changer, Best Professional Investor, Best Social Entrepreneur for Tech Startup, Best Social Media Influencer, Developer Hero, Founder, Startup Journalist, Tech Support/Service and Startup of The Year.
“Being nominated is already a great appreciation for the whole team and shows that we are making a difference in our customers’ lives. As a winner, we are even more thankful and proud to represent Indonesia at the Global Startup Awards 2016,” said YessBoss COO and co-founder Chris Franke.
(Read also: National movement attracts 4,000 local startups so far)
The Rice Bowl Startup Awards is a series of events throughout Southeast Asia that awards startup companies in ASEAN countries for exemplary talent in their field. Other nominees for the categories listed above were GO-JEK, Tokopedia, Bukalapak, E-Fishery and RuangGuru.
The award night seeks to encourage startup companies and appreciate their unyielding dedication and pioneering innovation. It also serves as a means of strengthening bonds between startups across ASEAN as well as with their investors. (jam/kes)
