Oct 19, 2013
Just like Michelangelo who already can see ‘an angel’ inside a marble stone that later we know as statue of ‘David’, I also can see how women potential can sparks with technology. Women have highly potential traits like the ability to multitask; able to use time effectively, they have more empathy, they will think about […]
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Mar 8, 2013
At the ‘Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship’ seminar by US Embassy, one of 3 inspiring speakers, Svida Alisjahbana @svidss said, Indonesia has no mentoring culture, we’re not used to asking questions, the thing that is really needed when you’re meeting face to face with the important people that could be the mentor for your success. And […]
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Mar 3, 2013
Last week I attend 2 days workshop by 2 brilliant guy, Nir Eyal @NirEyal and Sangeet Paul @Sanguit by @atamerica – it was JP @JPEllis , the co-founder of award winning app Harpoen, who notify and remind us about this event. Nir Eyal is a lecturer from Stanford Graduate School of Business and has been […]
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Sep 23, 2012
“In 100 years, we will not be known for our technological advances; rather we will be known for how we used technology to tackle some of humanity’s biggest challenges.” ~ Adnan Mahmud, Co-Founder Jolkona.org I had the privilege to attend @AdnanMahmud session at @atamerica when he was visiting Indonesia last week. In a way, I […]
Read MoreApr 8, 2012
“The center (of Asia) is not China nor India. It’s Indonesia,“ Cristophe Thomson said on our own conversation at @StartupLokal 2nd Anniversary event co-host with @e27sg Singapore for Echelon Jakarta Satellite. You can read more about his opinion on his upcoming book: Jakarta! – published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama and will be launched soon. Inside […]
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Jan 11, 2012
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 […]
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Jul 30, 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 […]
Read MoreJul 28, 2011
I heard this a lot from people who want to start their own digital startup: “Ollie, I have ideas, but I can’t do programming. I can’t execute my ideas!” The answer is simple: collaborate! Find a technical co-founder. Where to find them? Go to networking events for IT people. One of them is #StartupLokal meetup […]
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Apr 6, 2011
When I start building my first startup in 2006, online book store Kutukutubuku.com, I don’t have anything in mind. All I know, I want to work surrounded by books. And that can only happened if I make my own book store. After years, a friend on twitter @penq , ask me some tips on successfuly […]
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