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Usia 17 Tahun, Masih SMK, Punya Penghasilan Ratusan Juta Dari Berjualan Sayur

23:36835 summary words · ~4 min readEnglishTranscribed Jul 15, 2026
Summary

A 17-year-old Indonesian high school student demonstrates how to build a profitable vegetable business by connecting farmers to markets, leveraging school entrepreneurship programs, and overcoming societal judgment through results-driven hustle.

This video proves that youth can create scalable income streams through strategic problem-solving and community partnerships, challenging stereotypes about young entrepreneurs while offering a blueprint for balancing education with business.

Section summaries

0:04-1:38

Intro / Personal Introduction

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The video opens with financial performance data showing monthly revenue declining from 150 million to 60-100 million IDR due to weather challenges. The speaker then introduces himself as a 17-year-old RPL student from Yogyakarta, establishing his credibility through specific details about his school, address, and academic track.

  • Revenue volatility is a core business risk in agriculture-dependent models
  • Personal details establish authenticity and local market knowledge

Provides context but isn't essential for understanding the business model

1:59-4:39

Early Venture Origins

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He recounts starting snack sales in elementary school, transitioning to mushroom trading during junior high, and discovering the farmer-supply gap after noticing his father's reduced income post-pandemic. A pivotal moment occurs when he realizes he can buy unsold vegetables from farmers and resell them, securing a 6 million IDR initial budget from his father.

  • Side hustles often evolve organically from existing family business exposure
  • Key insight: Buy low from producers, sell higher in consolidated markets

Essential origin story explaining the business model's genesis and risk-reward calculation

5:10-8:03

Scaling Operations & Market Expansion

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He details expanding from single-market mushroom sales to multi-location vegetable distribution across Wonosari, Prambanan, and Muntilan markets. The operation now handles 100 million IDR monthly revenue through 10-15 farmer partnerships, with logistics managed via motorcycle deliveries and kiosk-based retail to distributors.

  • Multi-market presence reduces dependency on single customer locations
  • Kiosk model allows direct control over retail pricing and quality

Core operational framework showing how to scale from solo trader to regional distributor

8:59-11:01

Quality Branding & Future Projects

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He announces a 30-ton wheat project starting January, demonstrating forward planning beyond seasonal crops. He emphasizes quality differentiation by certifying Yogyakarta's 'Istimewa' vegetables as premium products competing with imports, while maintaining low personal profit margins to support small farmers.

  • Pre-negotiated contracts with farmers ensure supply continuity
  • Ethical pricing builds long-term supplier loyalty over short-term gains

Shows strategic thinking about product diversification and value-based pricing

11:26-13:57

Mindset Philosophy & Social Dynamics

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He addresses peer criticism head-on, arguing that youth success should be celebrated rather than shamed. Drawing from Islamic teachings and school lessons, he frames entrepreneurship as a path to independence that contrasts with gang involvement or academic dependency, using his own journey from 'mushroom farmer' to award-winning entrepreneur as proof.

  • Reframing shame as motivation transforms social obstacles into fuel
  • Religious and educational values provide ethical grounding for business decisions

Critical for understanding how to sustain motivation through criticism and maintain ethical boundaries

15:17-17:58

Daily Operations & School Integration

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He walks through his 12-hour daily routine: school until 2-3pm, harvesting until 5-10pm, with weekends dedicated to packing and market visits. He credits his PKWU teacher Mr. Wahyu Setiawan for teaching business fundamentals, noting that 91 Yogyakarta SMK students earned over 2 million IDR monthly in 2023 through similar programs.

  • School entrepreneurship curricula directly translate to real business skills
  • Time-blocking enables simultaneous academic and business progress

Practical blueprint for replicating his schedule and educational-business integration

18:44-23:05

Future Vision & Legacy Building

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He outlines post-high school plans including agricultural college, culinary business expansion, and scaling to support 100+ farmers. He reflects on his journey from feeling ashamed as a young seller to winning the 'Youth Entrepreneur of the Year' award, emphasizing that success is measured by team growth rather than personal wealth.

  • Long-term vision requires balancing immediate income with skill development
  • Awards validate community impact beyond financial metrics

Motivational conclusion but less actionable than operational details

Key points

  • Farmer-to-Market Arbitrage Model — The speaker buys surplus vegetables from local farmers at low prices and resells them in major markets, creating a supply chain that solves farmers' distribution problems while generating profit margins.
  • Leveraging School Entrepreneurship Curriculum — His PKWU (Community Service and Entrepreneurship) classes directly taught him business planning, risk management, and innovation, which he applied to scale his vegetable business from a side hustle to a multi-market operation.
  • Reputation-Based Scaling Through Quality Differentiation — By proving that Yogyakarta's 'Istimewa' (special) grade vegetables can compete with imports from Boyolali and Klaten, he commands premium pricing and builds trust with farmers who now proactively offer their produce to him.
  • Time-Intensive Dual-Track Lifestyle — He manages a 12-hour workday (7am-10pm) by attending school mornings, harvesting crops after classes, and selling in evening markets, while using school breaks to handle business logistics like packing and transportation.
  • Faith-Driven Resilience Framework — Rooted in Islamic teachings about gratitude and divine provision, he frames business challenges as tests that require patience, prayer, and community support rather than purely technical solutions.
Drop your jealousy, use your shame when you're young. And when you're old, you're not ashamed anymore. Muhammad Al Fabri Andito
The definition of success for me is not that we work for people, but people who work for us. Muhammad Al Fabri Andito

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0:04

In the past, it was 6-8 million per day. The monthly nominal was 150 million. Now it's 60, 70, 90 million. On average, it's 100 million per month.

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"Drop your jealousy, use your shame when you're young." "And when you're old, you're not ashamed anymore." "Why should you be ashamed? You don't lose anyone." "The one who's ashamed is the one who's jealous of his jealousy with his parents' money." "You don't have to be ashamed, you're jealous of your jealousy with your own money." "You don't have to be ashamed, you prove it with your results later."

0:45

The definition of success for me is not that we work for people, but people who work for us. Don't forget Allah, because the one who gives life, gives sustenance, gives everything in this world is Allah.

1:38

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. My name is Muhammad Al Fabri Andito, from the school of the Alingmang Bukrubuh High School. My address is 8 Banaran, Banaran, Pelain, Ngedung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Now I am 17 years old, 12th grade of high school, in the field of RPL, Rekayasa Perangkat Luna.

1:59

So, from the 4th grade of elementary school, I also went to school while selling market snacks such as martabak, donuts, and other market snacks. Then, from a young age, I was brought up by the pleasure of selling, so I am brought up to this day. So, I was in the first grade of elementary school, I was in the Pondok Pesantren, Alikmah, Hubuk Rubuh. Then, I

2:26

I left Pondok and entered the second grade of junior high school. Now my parents also sell vegetables in the market, sell vegetables. After the corona, I saw my father as a lack of income. Then also like

2:40

Seeing farmers can't sell their agricultural results So I asked my parents for an idea, finally my parents gave me a solution Find vegetables from local farmers, farmers in this area There are farmers there, try to go there

2:56

offer whether the vegetables have been sold or not. The vegetables are not yet sold, you can buy it later, sell it again to my father. I used to help my father find vegetables like this, but because the more vegetables the more farmers the more farmers the farmers, so now my father helps me in the market. When I was

3:21

selling tiram mushrooms, especially. The others, when I went to school, I used to go to the Wonosari market, using a motorcycle, and they gave me a basket of it. Then I brought mushrooms. I used to carry 20 kilos, but I sold 3 or 4 kilos.

3:40

maybe only up to 5 kg and slowly, time to time, more and more people know me, the trams are also difficult to find, so many people ask for my contact information, ask for my WA number, so on the order, it used to be around 1 cent more, 1.5 cent more, I brought it by motorcycle in one day, only in the Wano Sari market, then later usually people are in contact, later it will be in the data,

4:07

How many kilograms of this? How many kilograms of this? So I just took it there. It was about 3 months after that because the results of the mushrooms decreased, also because of the weather, then I thought and looked for a solution on how I could get more money. Finally, I looked for the farmer, then I took the vegetables and sold them to my father.

4:39

So, I was given a budget of around 6 million to buy the agricultural products from the farmers. From my father, he said, "You buy this and this, in a few months, the results will be a lot, that much money is not enough." Finally, I decided to ask again, why is it getting more and more?

5:10

I have to do my own business, how can I buy the agricultural products from farmers. And there are also those from farmers who are paid first, some are sold first. It used to be around 4-5 months ago, it could be up to 6-8 million per day. For now, maybe because

5:32

The weather is not supporting, and there is a lack of water, especially in this Kedul Mountains area, in a difficult area of water. So, there are many dead plants that can be harvested in a certain time frame, but now they can't be harvested.

5:49

For now, it may be down by 2-3. The nominal per month is about 150. Now it's only 60-70, the most stagnant is 90, even more, but it depends on the harvest results. On average, it's about 100 million more per month. So I sell, there are gambas, ceme, in West Java usually oyong,

6:13

There are usually paris, timun, tarong, cabai-cabai, and many more. But the ones that stand out from us, the ones we usually sell, can reach the outskirts of the Kiptul Mountains, the Tiram Mushroom and the Ceme Gambas.

6:30

Usually farmers can only plant, cultivate and harvest, but they can't sell. So I help farmers to sell their agricultural results. From the beginning of harvesting, I usually surveyed to see if there are any vegetables that have been bought or not, or if there are any that have been sold or not. If not, I can buy it and sell it later.

6:54

If possible, we will take the agricultural results, we will sell it again, and if it is rejected or someone has it, it's done. And also, I used to look for farmers to buy the vegetables, but for now, thank God, there are many farmers who already know me, know my parents, so many offer their agricultural results to

7:21

Usually it's me, my father, but to handle all the farming matters, I usually handle it. If we sell it, if the agricultural results are a little, maybe only in one market. But if the agricultural results are a lot, the market, especially the market for the clients, can no longer

7:43

sell it, maybe we can sell it to the Wonosari Market, then we can also go to the Prambanan Market, the Muntilan Market, and for now maybe only 4 markets are in the Jogja area. My father was a wholesale seller in the market and next to my father it turned out to be empty, once for

8:03

I collect the vegetables and sell them in the market and in the kiosk. We don't deliver the vegetables to the market. The people who come to the market usually take the vegetables. They are called distributors.

8:38

I have never achieved agricultural results in the past month. Maybe when it's difficult to do business, when the market price is falling, or the weather or season is not good or hot, it's a challenge for us to face the test.

8:59

For now, it's probably difficult to get the goods, but starting from January tomorrow, I have a project of about 10 tons of wheat per month, 30 tons of wheat for the first project, and then maybe the rest will go to other vegetables. We help farmers to borrow money or give certain money to

9:21

to plant this vegetable. Because I'm still a student, still in school, what is the real money for? It's just for the school budget, maybe to buy school supplies or to pay for school. So I only take a little profit. I think of farmers, for example, farmers like this, sorry, before we had small farmers that we had to help to grow. We take

9:49

a little profit and we buy it at a reasonable price for farmers and also for our price for our own crop yesterday about 4-5 months ago when I got

10:04

We set the price of gambas or cembe in the Istimewa Yogyakarta area, especially in the Yogyakarta province. Because gambas or cembe are usually sent from Boyolali, from Klaten. But we prove that the results from the Istimewa Yogyakarta area can also compete and the quality is also good. To arrange the money, I was helped by one of my employees.

10:30

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10:45

four to five months ago there were four, one still working who graduated and three of my friends were at school instead of at home, working, playing games or how I asked for help, I had a lot of stuff or yesterday

11:01

I received the award of the entrepreneur of Belia Momenku Siap Berkemas, Unit 2, 2023, province level, Yogyakarta. Of course I am proud because not only I am also proud, maybe from my parents who have said that I am proud of you. So this is a form that young people can do it, they don't have to work in

11:26

So, there are opportunities for us to do business, but we have to decide whether we want to do it or not. In the future, I will provide more capacity to farmers. For example, I now have about 10-15 farmers. And maybe in the future, I will add up to 10 farmers. And I will help the farmers

11:53

especially small farmers, to sell their agricultural products. What is the difference between the different thinking patterns and thinking methods? The different thinking patterns of me or my friends who have been entrepreneurs is how I can have a good income at this age, I can buy my own food or buy my own needs. But usually young people now are too busy to do

12:29

The things that can benefit him, not harm others, especially becoming a business leader, are usually gangsters, shy. So what differentiates us from other students is usually the shyness. Shyness only makes us stuck here, stop at this point,

12:50

When we want to be ashamed, when we want to be successful, we should not be ashamed. So, let your shame go in your youth. And when you are old, you will not be ashamed anymore. Once, when I was a student, my friends and I also attended an extracurricular futsal. So, after I graduated,

13:09

I was a farmer in Pasar Wonosari. I was still carrying the basket and carrying the basket in the back, and I went to the food stall. I thought, "Wow, a farmer, a vegetable farmer, a farmer." But now, there are many people who say, "Oh, how is it possible? How can it be like that? How can it be so successful?" And that was also when I went to

13:35

to the Wano Sari Market, usually schools just go home, so I often quarrel with students from junior high school, maybe, "Wow, he's just a mushroom farmer, he's just a mushroom farmer, a vegetable farmer." But indeed, the work of selling vegetables or helping farmers to sell their vegetables is indeed not a job that, wow, can be said to be a job that

13:57

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14:14

Why are you ashamed? You don't lose anyone. The one who is ashamed is the one who is stubborn to follow his gang with his parents' money. You don't have to be ashamed. You are stubborn to follow your gang with your own money. Don't be ashamed. So let other people say that. But you prove it with your results later. Parents who always give a mindset of a businesswoman are parents who educate. My father, sir.

14:40

"Nasehat, turunkan gengsi mu, pakailah malumu di saat muda mu, di saat remaja." "Dan jika nanti ketika kamu sudah tua atau sudah memiliki pangkat drajat, kamu sudah tidak malu-maluin." "Dan juga ada, jangan lihat orang dari cara berpakaian, tapi lihatlah orang dari cara bicara." "Karena berpakaian belum tentu bisa berbicara dengan attitude."

15:17

I go to school in the morning, sometimes I go home at 2 or 3 o'clock, depending on the schedule of the day. After school, I go straight to the farm to harvest the crops. At 4 or 5 o'clock, we take the crops to the market. We usually pack them in a sack.

15:44

We will make 5-10 kg of palm leaves depending on the type of vegetables. My usual activity is from 7 am to the latest night.

16:00

It can be until 10 o'clock. I might save time for the play schedule because the harvest is decreasing now. So I use that time to play. School always supports us because in the school environment there is PKWU learning, entrepreneurship. So we are trained to learn how to be a entrepreneur. We are taught to make opportunities

16:27

and from school also gives like time or yes usually schools go home at 4.00, 5.00 our school usually goes home at 2.00, 3.00 like that and also from school usually when I have events like that I have to go home first to pick up vegetables that are a lot of course maybe I can go home first from PKWU

16:54

I learned about business opportunities, how we deal with our business when we are at the bottom or when we are at the top. I was taught to innovate, to create for the business that we do, for the future, how to analyze the business opportunities, and also to help

17:17

for us in high school already thinking how we can find our own savings, especially yes, even if it's not wrong, including the most employment from high school graduates because of the technology that makes

17:33

SMK graduates cannot work in industries that are usually operated by SMK graduates. So from there I thought, rather than working in a person or working in a place, it's better for me to create the work field. SMK can be advanced, can work, can innovate, which is the most important thing. My PKWU teacher, Mr.

17:58

Mr. Wahyu Setiawan, S-Com. What I learned from him was his determination, his discipline, the way he teaches, which many like, many students like. And also, Mr. Wahyu is a teacher, actually a RPL teacher, Rekayasa Perangkat Luna.

18:17

but with his intelligence, his intelligence, he can teach many types of learning, for example, PKWU. SMK is a good school, many people say that after graduating they can immediately work or go to college, while maybe in high school you have to go to college first before you can work. So SMK is like

18:44

The way to work is fast. In the last year, there were more than 91 young entrepreneurs from SMK in Yogyakarta. Their income is more than Rp 2 million, or even more than Rp 5 million per month.

19:05

I'm a small business man, even middle-aged. After high school, I will continue to do business, open a work site, and maybe I will go to college because my major is also in the equipment and equipment industry. It's not connected to my business. So maybe tomorrow for college, if I don't take a business degree, I'll go to agriculture. People say that your soul or your suit is in business, your good is in business.

19:46

My dreams were to become a pilot, but because of my family background in the business sector, I decided to become a business leader. I was a distributor before,

20:02

In the future, maybe I will be a culinary business. Because my parents were also a chicken noodle seller. I swear. If I don't feel ashamed, don't be a gangster. Being ashamed and being a gangster only makes us stop at that point. There is no progress. Because when we want to take steps to move forward,

20:21

We don't think about other people's words. When we are successful or when we are advanced, maybe people can say, "How can you do this? How can you get this?" In Pondok, we are also taught independence, how to step into the community, think for the future.

20:43

Like in my house, the Quran house, so we have a target in a month, we have to memorize what, in a year we have to memorize how many juz, we have to say how many juz, and that shapes the santri for a year we have to get what, we have to be like what, so we have to arrange, so we plan for tomorrow.

21:07

Always grateful, always in a difficult or happy state Usually people are in a happy state Forget about God We are taught that if we are in trouble, we run to Allah But when we are above, we also do not forget Allah Because the one who gives life, gives sustenance, gives everything in this world is Allah For young people, especially my age friends Use your time as best as possible because

21:35

In our times, we have a lot of time to learn and play, but we can also share our time to help our parents, for the economy. From helping our parents, we can think, "Oh, so this is how it feels to work." "Oh, so this is how it feels for our parents from morning to night, and then from night to morning."

21:59

from morning to morning, working, and we can feel it. And later we realize, "Oh, this is how hard it is to make money." So, as much as possible, I don't have to make a lot of money when we help our parents. As much as possible to find a job. Later, when we

22:17

to pay for the food or to buy the food for myself, I don't need to ask my parents. I'm this old, I've seen my parents from midnight to noon in the market, selling, how does it feel? And I used to feel that selling from 12 am to morning was not strong enough. And finally I tried to see the farmers like this.

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farmers, why do you want to be hot, you want to be like this, it turns out to be heavy and so a message for friends, also think about your parents when you want to, yes, it was according to the gang, to ask for anything, you don't have to ask once, you have to ask once, you have to be followed, so as much as possible you buy the goods you want with your own business.

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And also, my definition of success is not that we work for people, but people who work for us. I am Muhammad Alfa Priyandito from Alikmah Gubo-Gubo High School. Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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