Business is a battle and to succeed in the battleground, you need to know who you’re fighting against. Sometimes it’s as plain as day but some of them are lost in obscurity. We all know the direct competition between Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola, Mercedez Benz vs. BMW and others. Direct...

I’ve been running Tees.co.id for two weeks now and like most new startups, it’s a consecutive hectic day after day and I’m loving it. There’s a lot of things that I do differently from my previous startup but the one thing that’s clearly different is the way we do...

I am a big fan of basketball, from watching intense games of the NBA, to the exotic collection and vibrant culture of the shoes to actually playing the game on a regular basis. To put it short, I’m a basketball geek. I’ve invested in shoes (lots, like once per 2 months),...

Indonesia is unique, we are a nation comprised of thousands of islands, 70% of us still use feature phones and only about 9% percent of us have credit cards. More than 50% of Indonesians don’t live in cities so it makes sense that smartphone users are only 8.7% among 200 million...

Launching a new startup is one of the most exciting time of the startup life cycle. It’s the time when you are finally ready to show your baby to the world, the one that you have developed and nurtured for months and maybe years. It is definitely exciting, but it is hard...

A good friend and mentor of mine once said that your network is your net worth, I agree completely with him and you definitely should expand your network especially when you’re just starting out. Knowing the people in (and also who complement) your industry is definitely a must if...

The media loves to flaunt the success of the startups, the crazy valuations, the billion dollar acquisition and the so-called overnight success. But the most interesting stories are actually the hard part, the near-death experience and the comeback. OMGPOP, the creator of Draw Something...