Pitching For Over a Decade Before Finally Scoring Investment: Indonesia-Based SITTI’s Founder Shares His Story
During my stay in Jakarta, I met Andy Sjarif, the founder of three-year-old Indonesian startup SITTI...
Posted by Teoh Minghao
How Startup UniPin Hopes to Solve Payment Hassles for Indonesian Gamers
UniPin is a four-year-old Indonesian payment startup that aims to make payment for online games easi...
By Teoh Minghao
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- May 22, 2013
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Indonesia Jatis Group Co-founder Shares His Two-Decade-Long Startup Journey
At 43 years old, Izak Jenie is still talking about new business ideas and starting projects. He just...
By Teoh Minghao
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- May 21, 2013
- at 10:30 am
Forced Out of His Own Company, Sued by a State-Owned Firm, Streetdirectory Founder Picked Himself Up and Rebuilt
During Startup Asia Singapore a month ago, I met Streetdirectory‘s founder, Firdhaus Akber and...
By Teoh Minghao
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- May 7, 2013
- at 9:00 pm
No Funding, No Rich Daddy, Founder of M-Stars in Indonesia Started Up His Way
I met Joseph Edi Lumban Gaol, founder of M-Stars Group, in Jakarta, Indonesia. M-Stars is one of Ind...
By Teoh Minghao
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- April 9, 2013
- at 5:35 pm
9 Startup Pitches at Ideosource’s Demo Day
Ideosource, a venture capital firm in Indonesia, organized a demo day yesterday to showcase five gra...
By Teoh Minghao
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- March 28, 2013
- at 11:33 am
Compete With Telcos? You Must Be Crazy! Singapore Startup MyRepublic is Doing Just That
MyRepublic is an internet service provider in Singapore that provides high-speed fibre optic web con...
By Teoh Minghao
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- March 5, 2013
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The Founding Story of MOL, One of Southeast Asia’s Largest Payment Companies
MOL is one of the biggest payment companies in Southeast Asia, with over 680,000 physical and online...
By Teoh Minghao
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- February 8, 2013
- at 10:00 am
Winner of Hackathon Bandung Launches TaTao, a Tug-of-War Feature Phone Game
We held a hackathon in Bandung, Indonesia three months ago, and I have been informed that one of the...
By Teoh Minghao
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- January 30, 2013
- at 8:10 pm
The Story of Zopim: Struggle and Sacrifice on the Way to Startup Success
Zopim is six-year old Singaporean startup that provides live chat software for websites. At moment, ...
By Teoh Minghao
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- January 16, 2013
- at 4:14 pm
Deep in Debt, Co-Founder Gone. Here’s How One Vietnamese Entrepreneur Fought Back
During my recent trip to Ho Chi Minh city, I met Loc, the founder of Aothun, a T-shirt design and pr...
By Teoh Minghao
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- December 27, 2012
- at 9:00 pm
Street Directory Map App Takes You to the Right Place
After the dismal launch of the Apple Maps app, I knew I needed an alternative. I had been using Goog...
By Teoh Minghao
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- December 20, 2012
- at 7:48 pm
Red Dot Ventures Wants to Help Startups Hire
Singapore based VC Red Dot Ventures has partnered with Lithan Hall Academy to launch a hiring and tr...
By Teoh Minghao
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- December 7, 2012
- at 6:39 pm
Oompr is A Social Alternative to Buying and Selling on Forums
I recently met up with the founders of Oompr! (pronounced ‘Oom-per’), Louis and Weikiat. Both ar...
By Teoh Minghao
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- December 7, 2012
- at 4:00 pm
POPS WorldWide Founder Blazes an Entrepreneurial Trail in Vietnam
I like listening to entrepreneurs talk about their journeys. Like watching a movie, the storyline na...
By Teoh Minghao
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- November 23, 2012
- at 10:00 pm
The Gutsy Entrepreneur
I love listening to stories of successful entrepreneurs. Like with a movie superhero, they are alway...
By Teoh Minghao
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- November 12, 2012
- at 4:40 pm