Andi S. Boediman

Become profitable from day one is Good!

“Advertising won’t get you there, services will possibly better to monetize” This is the insight I got from Sarah Lacy – Techcrunch editor at large while she presents at SparxUp  seminar. My schedule this week is filled up with all about startup world, from Techcrunch visit to IDS|international design school (@idseducation) on Tuesday, sharing a startup insight with Startup Lokal...

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7 Business Model from SparxUp Winner

You can check SparxUp site for the complete list of the winner. I like to highlight a few that I am familiar with. The one that I have spent sometime with the founders. Gantibaju.com won the Most Promising Startup. I know Gantibaju.com while preparing my previous events, FGDexpo2009. I saw something interesting going on, that this site is a T-shirt designers community, in which they share their...

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5 Inspiration from SparxUp Seminar

In SparxUp seminar, Sarah Lacy (@sarahcuda) from Techcrunch inspires me the most by having such a simple presentation in her hand written small note. Most of this inspiration comes from her while the last inspiration comes from the Koprol team. Inspiration 1. Culture of openness and iteration Mark Zuckerberg learns everything from the failure of Napsters. What Facebook have today is keeping...

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5 Tips to Build Your Startup Business

Startup Lokal (@startuplokal) is a regular meetup event created by Natali Ardianto (@nataliardianto), Sanny Gaddafi, (@sagad) Nuniek Tirta Sari (@nuniek) and Aulia Halimatussadiah (@salsabeela). Invited to sit as a panel in its 7th installment of Startup Lokal, I was put together with Chandra Marsono (@chandramarsono) from Oxford English School and moderated by Sumartok (@sumartok). Turn out...

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Apakah Perusahaan Anda Siap Menerima Investasi 5 juta dollar?

Indonesia Internet industry is hot! Indonesia sedang marak dengan gegap gempita industri Internet, mulai dari Sparx Up hingga kedatangan perusahaan-perusahaan private equity. Perusahaan private equity ini saat ini sedang mencari kesempatan di emerging market setelah mereka sukses di China, Rusia dan Brasil. Indonesia punya potensi sebagai pasar Internet, mobile dan game terbesar ke-4 dunia. Tiger...

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