O2O Concept and Distribution Center Establishment May Benefit E-Commerce

As we predicted months ago, the logistic infrastructure in Indonesia still cannot keep up with the vast growth of e-commerce services. It is the high shipping cost to rural areas that makes customers feel reluctant to shop online, Nielsen’s survey said. Hence, the O2O (Online-to-Offline) concept and the establishment of distribution centers in distant areas might just be the right solution to this. Continue reading O2O Concept and Distribution Center Establishment May Benefit E-Commerce

Spoiled Little Startups

To me, the word startup is starting to lose meaning. It becomes too much of a buzzword that people started to forget how it all usually began: In a garage, born from a burning passion of one or two people. It was never the millions of angel money or the big buy out. It was never the fastest way of being rich or an overnight success. It was about creative people reaching out their dreams even if it mean letting everything go.

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Social Media’s Role in Shaping the Daily Communication Ecosystem

It’s not a secret that the presence of social media has affected the way people communicate between each other. Its massive application within the society offers a fresh method of communication with social aspect attached on it. It’s captivating to see how certain chats on social media influence people’s daily interaction, especially in term of business development. Continue reading Social Media’s Role in Shaping the Daily Communication Ecosystem

Local Investors’s Support Is All We Need to Produce World-Class Local Startups

Yesterday, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) gave a speech on the potential of acquisition towards local online businesses by foreign companies while inaugurating triawan Munaf as the Creative Economic Body’s Head (CEB). Apart from the controversies growing along with it, I believe that there are a number of points that local startups really need to go global. Continue reading Local Investors’s Support Is All We Need to Produce World-Class Local Startups

Controversy of “Real Money Trading” in Online Games

Some people might be reluctant to spend their money on imaginary or unreal products, but not online gamers. Those gamers never hesitate to spend thousands of Dollars (real money) only to equip their characters in the game with digital products, which are imaginary, like digital items or gold (the currency used in the game), to show others who the real boss is. This shows that the Real Money Trading (RMT), that’s what this type of trading is called, is currently vastly growing among us. Continue reading Controversy of “Real Money Trading” in Online Games

4G/LTE Adoption to Reach Maturity in Indonesia

Nowadays, the better adoption of 4G/LTE is more and more apparent that it has been introduced since the end of last year. The implementation of such technology should indeed be started as soon as possible. The earlier it gets, the more mature it would be. Continue reading 4G/LTE Adoption to Reach Maturity in Indonesia

Investor’s Perspective on the Landscape of Startups in Southeast Asia this Year

At the beginning of every new year, it is just common to see people trying to predict about what people would do or how things will work throughout the year, like predicting about the trend of ad spending, technology, even game consumption. This time, Jungle Ventures’ Operating Partner Alexander Jarvis voiced out his prediction on how the landscape of startups in Southeast Asia (and India) would be this year. Continue reading Investor’s Perspective on the Landscape of Startups in Southeast Asia this Year

Windows Phone Prospect in 2015 from Developers’ Perspective

It was a tough challenge for Windows Phone platform to move on after a number of its evangelists, such as Tom Warren of The Verge and Ed Bolt of ZDNet, decided to leave the platform last year due to the lack of user experience they had. Unfortunately, the same experience was most likely faced by consumers as well. The latest data by IDC suggested that Windows Phone’s marketshare was no more than 3% worldwide.

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After Getting Rejected by 30 Investors, Here Are Things I Learned

Publicity and finance are two inseparable pillars that keep a startup flying high. However, only few, really few founders enjoy sufficient financial resources ever since they start career, whilst most of them lack of this facility. Unfortunately, stricter competition has forced them to spend big from the very beginning in order to survive, regardless on whether they possess the resources of not. Noting this fact, what can founders do to enable their startups staying alive? Continue reading After Getting Rejected by 30 Investors, Here Are Things I Learned

Startup Weekend Is a Fun Way to Validate Your Startup Ideas

Editorial Notes: Yohan Totting is one of coaches at the Startup Weekend Bali 2014. He shared his experience in participating in the event in Hubud Bali.

A week ago, November 14-16, 2014 to be exact, I had the chance to participate in the Startup Weekend Bali 2014, a global startup event which was held all at once in a number of cities all around the world. The event invited designers, developers, and entrepreneur enthusiasts to join, express their ideas, form teams, and collaborate to validate their startup ideas in just three days. Through this piece of writing, I want to present my view on this event and why I enjoyed it very much. Continue reading Startup Weekend Is a Fun Way to Validate Your Startup Ideas