Nevzat Aydın is a Turkish entrepreneur who founded Yemeksepeti.com, Turkey's first online food ordering website, in 2000. He studied computer engineering and got an MBA from the University of San Francisco. Yemeksepeti.com has become the clear leader in Turkey's online food sector, serving over 43 cities. It has received numerous awards and has expanded to other countries. Under Aydın's leadership, Yemeksepeti.com has grown significantly and introduced online food ordering to Turkey on a large scale.

1. Karen Howells
ENGG 437 : Entrepreneurship And Leadership
Assignment 1 : Entrepreneur Research Project
Erdem Sucar
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Computer Engineering

2. Nevzat Aydın’s Biography.

3. Born in 1976 in Istanbul, Nevzat Aydın graduated from
Bursa Anadolu High School. He studied computer engineering
at Bogazici University and after graduating went to Silicon Valley
to pursue his MBA degree at the University of San Francisco.

4. There, he followed and analyzed
developments in e-business. In 2000,
he returned to Turkey to found
yemeksepeti.com which had a deep
impact on the e-business concept in the
country. Nevzat Aydın is the General
Manager of yemeksepeti.com which
introduced a new breadth to the Turkish
e-commerce market. He is also the
member of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs
Supreme Board.
In 2004 and 2005, yemeksepeti.com was
awarded the “Best Website” prize in Altın
Örümcek (Golden Spider) Web Awards,
organized by Microsoft and DorukNet.
Yemeksepeti.com also won first prizes in
“E-Business” and “Services” categories.
In 2006, yemeksepeti.com repeated its
success by winning several new prizes
in the same contest.

5. In 2007, the Turkey office of Endeavor, a global non-profit organization that
identifies and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets,
announced yemeksepeti.com as “The Endeavor Entrepreneur”. The
committee made its decision by evaluating factors like entrepreneurship,
innovation, ethical values, role model potential, contribution to the economy
and conformance to Endeavor principles. Yemeksepeti.com thereby recieved
the opportunity to benefit from Endevaor’s global support network,
intermediation in accessing capital, strategic consultancy, mentoring and
promotion support. In 2010, Nevzat Aydın was chosen as the
“The Most Successful Young Entrepreneur in Turkey” by CNBC-e Business
magazine for his successful work with yemeksepeti.com.

6. Yemeksepeti.com with three friends founded
with a capital of 80 thousand dollars. The idea
came from Nevzat Aydın.
Turkey's first and largest online food ordering
site yemeksepeti.com, currently at a rate of 99% in
Turkey is the clear leader in online food sector.
Even in years of large capital groups crossed activity
supported projects were faced with the failure,
yemeksepeti.com success. User and Member
Number of restaurants showed an increase in the
sense of a very serious with each passing day.
In 2001, the Internet was a time of serious trouble was. Large corporations
were going one by one from the internet. Because a significant sunk investments.
However, the money used correctly.
The plan is successful. Be set up with 80 thousand dollars
Yemeksepeti.com 's transaction volume reached 71 million U.S. dollars in 2009.
In retrospect, the period 2001-2005 is between the fully withstand the internet
has evolved with the exact meaning of turkey ADSL'le took place in 2005.
The first competitor arrived in 2003, but it was too late.

7. Yemeksepeti.com 'In order to be able to order from the site you need to
register and address information. After this is done at yemeksepeti.com in
the tens of thousands of restaurants offer an alternative for choice. Order,
"Do not put the onion" or "get well done as" the little notes can be added.
Given orders for food service personnel are paid from the door. Cash,
credit cards, or food can be paid by check. Members yemeksepeti.com
a system on the cost of food by credit card online through the
site and can be paid in a completely safe way.

8. Yemeksepeti.com, Turkey's first online food ordering website.
Adana, Afyonkarahisar, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bolu, Bursa,
Çanakkale, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Elazığ, Erzurum, Eskişehir,
Gaziantep, Hatay, Isparta, Mersin, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli,
Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Muğla, Ordu, Rize, Sakarya,
Samsun, Sivas, Tekirdağ, Trabzon, Şanlıurfa, Uşak, Van,
Zonguldak, Aksaray, Kırıkkale, Yalova serving in.

9. Serves 43 cities in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Outside of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai,
Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia, with the names of Izrestorana.ru
Foodonclick.com and serve.
Important business partners, Burger King, Domino's Pizza,
Kentucky Fried Chicken, Little Caesars Pizza, McDonald's, Pizza Bulls,
Pizza Hut, Pizza Pizza, Pizza Line, Popeyes, Sbarro and Schlotzsky's.
Yemeksepeti.com, iPhone app, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia applications.
Users who contracted with yemeksepeti.com more than 5,000 restaurants,
order a meal without any extra charge.
Nevzat Aydin in 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama's Entrepreneurship
Summit held April 26-27 entrepreneur is among the 150 who were invited all
over the world.

10. Awards
2010 Croquette Awards
2009 Crystal Apple Awards
2009 Effie
2008 Red - Press Top Values ​Advertising Awards
2008 TimeOut Istanbul
2008 Crystal Apple Awards
2007 Endeavor
2007 MediaCat Felis Awards
2007 Golden Spider
2006 Golden Spider
2005 World Summit Award
2005 Eurowards
2005 Golden Spider
2004 Profile
2004 Golden Spider
2003 Golden Spider
2002 Golden Spider
2001 Interpro ICT Awards

11. Reference List
1. http://ddturkiye.com/
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3. http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeksepeti.com
4. http://www.sabah.com.tr/
5. http://www.kigem.com/content.asp?bodyID=1787
6. http://www.gelecekdaha.net/web_content.aspx?contentid=21
7. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/pazar/14809099.asp
8. http://www.businews.eu/tag/nevzat-aydin/