Ken Dean Lawadinata

After taking a break from tech, Lawadinata backs an early-stage startup that helps community leaders organize around social causes.

The former Kaskus boss says he’ll likely look for investments outside of the tech sector until valuations cool off

Tech entrepreneurs are always trying to “crack the code” to unlock a secret recipe that makes a website become “sticky” and viral. In countries like Indonesia, there appears to be

Kaskus gets 120,000 new members every month. Very nice.

Kaskus isn’t here to just be the leading local forum. It has positioned itself to create a dent in the Indonesian internet space. Exciting.

Two weeks ago Startup Asia Jakarta, Ken Dean Lawadinata and Andrew Darwis told us about their imminent departure as CEO and CTO of Indonesia’s biggest online forum Kaskus.

Kaskus is easily one of the most well known internet brands of Indonesia. A giant discussion forum commanding over 28 million unique visits each month, it has been trying to

Tororo.com, an e-commerce site that sells baby products online, is Kaskus CEO’s Ken Dean Lawadinata new startup.

Andrew (left), Ken (right) Indonesia’s Kaskus was started up way back in 1999 as a BBS and news portal. Its metamorphosis into a local web giant, more recently expanding to

Kaskus is a familiar and admired internet brand in Indonesia. Behind this giant internet company is an inspiring story of hard-working entrepreneurs building an internet startup back in their college