Welcoming Mark Wang of GEPI
Last night we welcome Mark Wang, Executive Director of GEPI (Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia) to Jakarta. I like him a lot. His body language is very open, vibrant and energetic. He’s enthusiast and clearly passionate on what he’s doing. He’d listen carefully for everything I said and give positive feedbacks the whole time. This is...
ON|OFF 2011 – Ideas Meet Opportunities
It’s been a long journey. Early May 2011, Ong & Hanny come to me and asked me to be the Chairwoman of Pesta Blogger 2011 or we call it now ON|OFF 2011. I was overwhelmed (still is). It’s been a BIG event since 2007. I don’t know if I can do that. Ong then explain...
Indonesian Writers Unite!
Neil Gaimain said, “Writers may be solitary but they also tend to flock together: they like being solitary together.“ This is true and explain everything I felt in the past years. I always been the most quiet person when there’s many people around. I love their presence but I don’t feel like interacting with them...
Reflecting on ON | OFF Chat 2011
I honestly believe ON | OFF Chat 2011 is one of the best ideas that come from ON | OFF 2011 team. We used to do pre-event roadshow to 10 cities with the name Blogshop. That’s where people are taught how to create a blog. We think, with 38 million people on Facebook, and more...
On Regional Workshop – the Dynamics of Women in ICT sector in ASEAN member states
I was invited by Ibu Betty Alisjahbana from Mastel to a regional event held in Jakarta about women and technology – or the right phrase is: Women in ICT, along with other delegations from all over ASEAN countries. It’s of course something that has been on my area of interest. Ibu Mari Elka, Indonesia’s Minister...
Entrepreneur Story
So what is your definition of success? It’s really hard to measure. A lot of journalists would ask me about how much my companies make. And of course I’m not comfortable in answering that. But they need numbers to sell in their media. Apparently people still need that to be motivated. So they’d keep pushing...
ON | OFF Chat 2011: Solo – Using Social Media for Education
Solo is our first city for ON | OFF Chat 2011 supported by @akbersolo & @usembassyjkt . ON | OFF Chat is a pre-event part of ON | OFF 2011 that will go to 10 cities all around Indonesia to do workshops & promote the use of social media to empower positive activities. We would...
Spirit from Regional Entrepreneurship Summit 2011
The Regional Entrepreneurship Summit talks about entrepreneurship, but it’s really talk about dreams -Hillary Clinton Lucky me to be invited to Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia (GEPI) – Regional Entrepreneurship Summit (RES) in Grand Hyatt, Bali from 22 – 24 July 2011 represent #StartupLokal. In Bali I was staying and spend time with the amazing girls...
Wanted: A Stylish Car
Setahun terakhir ini penampilan saya berubah menjadi cukup modis. Tapi mobil saya tetap tidak berubah. Sebuah family car yang culun. Supir saya saja pernah berkomentar, “Bu, mobilnya udah nggak sesuai dengan penampilan.” :)) *dem* Akhirnya pas Indonesia International Motor Show 2011 (IIMS), saya sempatkan mampir untuk survey kecil-kecilan, termasuk cari tahu soal harga dan test-drive....
Peter Pezaris & Multiply
It’s an honor for me to meet Peter Pezaris, the founder and CEO of Multiply.com, also David Hersh, Chief Product Officer and Daniel Tumiwa, Country Manager Indonesia, at Multiply.com office warming event. A little bit about Multiply quoted from their website: From its origins as a place to share photos, videos and more with people...
Create Your Own Luck
At Grab Your Luck & be a Winner seminar by @BongChandra , there are 2 ‘opening’ talk show with @PritaLaura the famous anchor, and me @salsabeela . Compared to Bong Chandra & Prita Laura, I am nobody. How can I speak in the same seminar with the famous and successful people like them? Let’s enlarge...
The Rise of Creativitiy
There’s a lot of events these days using the word ‘creative’. It’s good because people start to realize the importance of listening to your right brain, instead of just using left brain like what we’ve been doing all these times. But I’m pro of balancing the usage of left and right brain. I have a...
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