Ihsan Tjahyono
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Anies Rasyid Baswedan

Anies Rasyid
Baswedan

Former Governor of Jakarta, Minister of Education of the Republic of Indonesia, 2024 Presidential Candidate, and founder of Indonesia Mengajar — one of the country's most prominent voices on leadership, democracy, and the next generation.

Who I Am

Raised between
worlds. Building
for the overlooked.

CurrentlyMontgomery College — A.A. Business
PathwayMacklin Business Institute → UMD Smith School of Business
BuildingAtlasana · CC Founders Initiative
Background1 year in Istanbul — Arabic, Turkish C1, Islamic jurisprudence
LanguagesEnglish · Bahasa Indonesia · Turkish (C1) · Classical Arabic

I'm Ihsan — an Indonesian-American at Montgomery College, building Atlasana while on track to transfer to the Robert H. Smith School of Business at UMD.

Before college, I spent a year in Istanbul studying Arabic morphology, Islamic jurisprudence, and earning a C1 certificate in Turkish through the Yunus Emre Institution. That year shaped the way I read people, read cities, and recognize what gets left out of the story — which is exactly where Atlasana starts.

What I'm Building
Live · 2026Digital Marketing

Atlasana

Digital marketing for businesses that have the passion but never had the platform.

Story-first brand strategy, content, paid media, SEO, and web presence — built for founders who are ready to be found.

Work with us →
In DevelopmentEducation & Community

CC Founders Initiative

A student-led entrepreneurship community built for community college builders.

Founding principles, persona profiles, and a full pitch deck submitted to Montgomery College administration. The infrastructure for a generation of founders who started at a CC.

Learn the vision →

Karaköy, Istanbul — 2024

Fuat.

Vintage shop owner. Earthy green corduroy jacket, handlebar mustache, and an infectious smile. The man who started all of this without knowing it.

“Decades ago, I left Hijaz in hopes of living a better life.
Live · 2026Digital Marketing

Atlasana.

Digital marketing for businesses that have the passion but never had the platform.

I was sixteen the first time I found Fuat's shop — a secondhand clothing store tucked under an alleyway in Karaköy. Earthy green corduroy jacket, full beard, handlebar mustache, and a smile that stopped you mid-thought.

I interrupted. “So how long have you been a store owner?”

He disposed of the ashes, paused, and grinned. “Decades ago, I left Hijaz in hopes of living a better life,” he said.

Fuat didn't have a website. No brand presence. No footprint in the markets where his pieces actually belonged. What he had was decades of craft and a story worth telling — and no one in his corner to tell it.

That question became Atlasana.

What We Do

Story-first strategy for businesses that deserve reach.

Brand strategy · Content · Paid media · SEO · Web presence.

We work before the retainer, before the VC round — at the moment a business has everything except visibility. You can't market what you don't understand. We take the time to understand first.

Work with Atlasana →

Experience &
Education.

Ihsan Tjahyono
Education

2025 — 2027

A.A. — Business

Montgomery College — Rockville, MD

Macklin Business Institute pathway via MTAP toward the Robert H. Smith School of Business at UMD. Completing Gateway courses in Accounting, Applied Calculus, and Business Statistics alongside core coursework.

2023 — 2024

Vocational & Language Studies

Mana Eğitim Derneği — Istanbul, Türkiye

Arabic Morphology & Composition. Islamic Doctrine & Jurisprudence. C1-level Turkish certification via the Yunus Emre Institution. A year that directly shaped Atlasana's origin.

Experience & Ventures

2026 — Present

Founder

Atlasana — Digital Marketing

Building a digital marketing company for businesses with passion but no platform. Services: brand strategy, content, paid media, SEO, and web. Origin rooted in a conversation in Karaköy, Istanbul.

2026 — Present

Independent Writer & Analyst

ihsantjahyono.com · Medium @ihsantjahyono

Publishing analysis on geopolitics, business, and political philosophy. Topics include U.S.–Türkiye relations, the Non-Aligned Movement, G7 AI governance, and entrepreneurship.

Concept Stage

Community College Founders Initiative

Student Entrepreneurship Community

Designed a student-led entrepreneurship community framework for community college builders. Authored founding principles, persona profiles, and a full pitch deck for administration.

Skills

Brand Strategy · Digital Marketing · Content Creation · SEO & Organic Growth · Paid Media (Meta / Google) · Market Analysis · Business Writing · Financial Literacy · Competitive Research · Storytelling · Public Speaking · Geopolitical Analysis

Languages
EnglishNative
Bahasa IndonesiaNative
TurkishC1 — Advanced
Classical ArabicIntermediate

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