Category Archives: Opinions
[DailySocial] Foxconn Factory: A reality check on Indonesia wages
Wednesday dose of reality check Then it hit me, is $1.78 per hour cheap? The workers work 12 hours a day, let’s assume that they work 5 days a week. That would make about $1.78 x 12 hours x 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged dailysocial | Leave a commentWhat’s with the obsession about being the first?
I just saw the ad about HP Z1 workstation and it claims to be the first 27″ all-in-one Workstation in the world. Hello! Never heard of the iMac? How about the first Xperia Smartphone from Sony? Really, how can that … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged Facebook, Google, HP, IMac, Intel, MySpace, News Corporation, social gaming site, social network site, Sony, yahoo | 3 Comments[DailySocial] Content Curation is Taking Over The Web
Today is wednesday and its my debut on the new column at dailysocial.net. Here’s a little excerpt Content is often the most overlooked element of a startup. This usually happens because most founders are techies and techies concentrate on what … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged dailysocial | Leave a commentSpoiled Little Startups
To me, the word startup is starting to lose meaning. It becomes too much of a buzzword that people started to forget how it all usually began: In a garage, born from a burning passion of one or two people. … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged passion, spoiled, Startup, tips | Leave a commentSell Yourself, Not Your Idea
I can never stress enough that idea is cheap, it’s worthless on it’s own. Execution is what matters. But what about the guys that can get funding even before they have a product? They’re just selling ideas right? Well, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged Dave Morin, Digital Garage, executive, Facebook, First Round Capital, founder, Funny or Die, Gene Simmons, HBO, Kevin Rose, Marc Benioff, Ron Conway, sales, sell, Sequoia Capital, Sex Money Kiss, Shawn Fanning, veterans, Will Ferrel | 1 Comment4 Questions To Ask Before Making a Startup
I hear a lot of stories from people making new things and creating cool digital stuffs an all, which is great. But sometimes they create something just for the sake of creating it, which is still cool. The problem arises … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Ideas, Opinions | Tagged business model, clone, dealkeren, disdus, groupon, instagram, molome, problem, social network, Startup, tips | Leave a commentNobody cares about your idea, not even your mom
Yeah I know your mom said it’s nice, but chances are she doesn’t even know what you’re talking about. Idea is cheap, I always said that to everybody and I meant every word of it. Just because I have the … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged act, Collaboration, Digg, Drew Houston, Dropbox, gantibaju, gantibaju.com, idea, minecraft, work | 8 CommentsInvestors Need To Say NO More Often
In all my years of doing business, I’ve met with a lot of investors locally and internationally. They are mostly uber rich, good-mannered, easy to talk guy and they love to share their knowledge (not their money). They look like … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged investor, no, pitch | Leave a commentOriginality is overrated
Originality is overrated, there I said it. Yesterday I wrote about the clone king coming to town, not so long ago Zynga the game company giant shamelessly rip-off Tiny Tower and also a desktop game Super Crate Box “heavily inspired” … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged business, clone, copy, original, Startup, tips, zynga | 1 CommentThe Clone King is Coming to Town
There’s been a lot of talk about shameless Samwer Brothers (Rocket Internet), their expansion to Singapore, Malaysia and our dearest Indonesia. Even their email brief to the Indonesia team is leaked out. For those of you not following the news, … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions | Tagged business, clone, relax, samwer, Startup | 5 Comments