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Academy session 6 of 6 · Saturday, 14 November 2026 (to be confirmed)

Pitch & Funding Readiness

Communicate your opportunity clearly and credibly — to judges and to investors.

Open to everyoneFree to attend — Saturday, 14 November 2026 (to be confirmed)12:00–14:00 UAE time15:00–17:00 WIB (Jakarta)

Who can joinAnyone — the public and YES 2026 participants alike
WhenSaturday, 14 November 2026 (to be confirmed)12:00–14:00 UAE time15:00–17:00 WIB (Jakarta)
WhereOnline, so you can join from wherever you are
How longAbout 90–120 minutes: teaching, a worked case, then open Q&A

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The key question

Can we communicate this opportunity clearly and credibly?

What you will learn

  • Know what investors look for
  • Structure a pitch that persuades
  • Handle tough questions with confidence

Takeaway

A draft YES Pitch Deck, ready for your final Business Proposal submission.

Your speaker

Natali Ardianto, co-founder of Tiket.com and Lifepack.id

Natali Ardianto

Co-founder & former CTO, Tiket.com · Co-founder & CEO, Lifepack.id

Natali Ardianto is a serial entrepreneur and a business-oriented technologist. He has co-founded five startups since 2008, and two of them have been acquired: Urbanesia by Kompas, and Tiket.com by Blibli (Djarum Group).

At Tiket.com he spent six and a half years as CTO. The team took the platform from nothing to a live product in 100 days, and it did USD 1 billion in GMV between 2012 and 2017. Today he’s CEO of Lifepack.id, a digital pharmacy that has raised over USD 10 million and delivers prescription medicine anywhere in Indonesia for free.

He was named the Most Intelligent CIO at the iCIO Awards 2015 and Best CIO 2015 by SWA and PwC. He also started #StartupLokal, wrote a book, and has angel-invested in 17 companies.

The YES 2026 competition

Ready to turn your idea into a business?

The Academy sessions are free and open to everyone. Join YES 2026 as a participant and you also submit a business proposal reviewed by practitioners, pitch at the Semi-Finals, and compete for the Grand Final in front of a five-seat panel — 9 September 2026 – 31 January 2027. Free to enter, for Indonesian citizens aged 18–35 living in the UAE.

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