Entrepreneurship With a Purpose

Can you tell us a bit about what you did after graduation/leaving JIS?

I graduated from JIS in 2015 and went to UC Berkeley, where I pursued a B.S. in economics and a certificate in entrepreneurship and technology. After graduating from Berkeley in 2019, I started my career in strategy consulting at Accenture Strategy in San Francisco. Now, I run noDokter with my brothers Nathan (Class of 2018) and Braddy (Class of 2022).

Was there a significant event that inspired you to start this project?

During the day, I work at Accenture Strategy as a consultant. However, at night, I work on a personal project with my brothers called noDokter.com. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people lacked access to information on how to maintain their health and instead fell victim to hoaxes and misinformation. This is why, during a critical time when our health mattered more than ever, we launched noDokter.com, a health and wellness platform that provides Indonesians with free, accurate, and easy-to-understand information. Our platform aims to improve the health of the Indonesian people through providing online personal training, accurate information about balanced nutrition, and ways to maintain mental health, among others.

We hoped that through the use of our platform, users would not have to go to a doctor, which would help ease the burden on medical workers who are overwhelmed with victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. My brothers and I have always wanted to give back to our country and make an impact, as this was something that JIS instilled in us from a young age, but we didn’t know how we could do this — until the idea struck us as we watched the pandemic in Indonesia unfold. One of the other ways we are giving back through noDokter is through a campaign we launched called 1 Million Prayers for Indonesia to Unite Against COVID,” which we launched on April 10, 2021. This campaign gathers Indonesians around the world to pray for our country through a support video that they post on social media. Feel free to contact us if you are interested in joining our campaign alongside the 200-plus organizations and more than 30 countries that have already participated.

You can also check out our work for yourself at nodokter.com and on social media at @nodokter. If you have any questions or would like to help join our effort to provide a better health platform for Indonesia, you can reach out to us directly at admin@nodokter.com.

How do you expect to keep this relevant once the pandemic has passed?

Although the pandemic initially sparked our creation of noDokter, the end of COVID-19 will not mark the end of noDokter. We hope to continue our work after seeing how much impact we have been able to make on other people’s lives. Currently, noDokter only provides articles and videos, both homegrown and content created by our partners. However, in the future, we hope to continue expanding our platform to support every step of our users’ health and wellness journey.

Were you involved in other co-curricular clubs/organizations at JIS?

When I was at JIS, I started two small businesses with several of my friends, as well as joined service and cultural clubs. Beeznuss was a business where we sold school spirit wristbands with our logo “Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon’’ embedded into the bands. We then donated the funds to service organizations such as XS Project and House of Hope. We also created a social entrepreneurship business called LAKK of Education, with which we aimed to empower scavengers working the streets of Jakarta. The trash they collected was cleaned and recycled to create items that would be sold to students in our High School. The money that we got would then be given back to the students in the form of school supplies, such as stationery, pencil cases, backpacks, and school shoes. Aside from these projects, I joined XS Project, Indonesian Club, and the Chinese Club in High School.

What advice would you give a student currently studying at JIS?

Gather as many experiences as you can, especially while you are young — trust me when I tell you that you will have a lot of time to do what your heart desires before you start working. Especially in JIS, where you are blessed to have the opportunity to explore and try out as many things as possible, I would encourage you not to take this perfect learning ground for granted. Do well in school, but remember that your life is more than your GPA, transcript, and standardized tests. It is the accumulation of experiences you gain in your life that makes you the unique individual you are, and that prepares you for your life ahead.