Kaskus Umumkan Partnership dengan GDP Venture

Bertempat di Kempinski Ballroom, Grand Indonesia, Kaskus dalam Press Conference-nya mengumumkan partnership dengan pihak Global Digital Prima (GDP) Venture, yang merupakan bagian dari Grup Djarum. Ungkapan partnership ini menepis anggapan ataupun rumor yang beredar bahwa Kaskus secara total diakuisisi oleh Grup Djarum. Di jajaran manajemen, tidak ada perubahan personel. Besaran nilai investasi yang dilakukan oleh GDP Venture tidak disebutkan (undisclosed amount).

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Kaskus Announced Their Partnership with GDP Venture

During its press conference at Kempinski Ballroom, Grand Indonesia, Kaskus announced its partnership with Global Digital Prima (GDP) Venture, part of Djarum Group, which began in January of this year. The announcement also served to deny the rumors that the popular forum had been acquired by Djarum. The amount of investment remains undisclosed and Kaskus remains an independent entity.

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11 Tahun Kaskus Dan Rencana Mereka Ke Depan

Postingan ini memang agak terlambat, seharusnya saya publish hari Sabtu lalu tepat ketika Kaskus berulang tahun untuk ke-11 kalinya. Ya, 11 tahun sudah Andrew Darwis terlibat di Kaskus sejak dia masih bersekolah di Seattle dan bersama ke-3 temannya membangun sebuah forum online untuk pemuda Indonesia di Amerika. Dulu Andrew Darwis mati2an membayar untuk server Kaskus dari gajinya sendiri dan meskipun belum mendapat banyak pemasukan namun Andrew tetap berusaha mempertahankan Kaskus agar tetap hidup.

Kini, 11 tahun kemudian, Kaskus adalah komunitas online terbesar di Indonesia dengan lebih dari 2 juta pengguna dan menghasilkan miliaran rupiah dari para advertiser. Dan Kaskus dibawah pimpinan Andrew Darwis (Founder, CTO), Ken Lawadinata (CEO) dan Danny Oei (CMO) sepertinya hanya akan terus meranjak naik menjadi salah satu landmark online untuk Indonesia.

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Kaskus is 11 years old and still rocking

Last Saturday, Kaskus celebrates its 11th birthday which they announced at our own SparxUp Awards 2010 Awarding Night event. Both CEO, Ken Lawadinata and founding CTO Andrew Darwis came to the event and tell a bit about how Kaskus started and its plans to the future now that the industry has grown a lot better than the time Kaskus was started.

Andrew started Kaskus while studying at Seattle with his two friends Ronald and Budi, although the last two founders left a few years later leaving Darwis with the unfortunate task of maintaining the forum and paying for servers. It was intended to be a forum for Indonesian students studying in the US. For a few years the forum gained significant number of loyal followers and members, and took shape into one of the biggest porn board for Indonesian internet users. When Indonesian government released the anti-porn policy in 2008, Darwis knew he would have to shut down the porn sub-forum and it was a hard decision leaving users in rage and threatening leaving Kaskus for good.

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