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[Simply Business] Foxconn Factory: A reality check on Indonesia wages
TweetThere’s a lot of fuss concerning how Apple treats its manufacturing partner Foxconn in China, news of Foxconn employees being paid in such low wages of $1.78 per hour making expensive iPhones and iPads. Then it hit me, is $1.78 per hour cheap? The workers work 12 hours a day, let’s assume that they work [...]
[Simply Business] Content Curation is Taking Over The Web
TweetAria Rajasa is the CEO of gantibaju.com, a clothing startup not dissimilar to Threadless but with a touch of Indonesia and a very strong design community. His passion in entrepreneurship has gotten him to start a number of companies since leaving university Content is often the most overlooked element of a startup. This usually happens because [...]
Nobody cares about your idea, not even your mom
TweetAria Rajasa is the CEO of gantibaju.com, a clothing startup not dissimilar to Threadless but with a touch of Indonesia and a very strong design community. His passion in entrepreneurship has gotten him to start a number of companies since leaving university and is now rumored to be starting another one. Yeah I know your mom [...]
Originality is Overrated
TweetAria Rajasa is the CEO of gantibaju.com, a clothing startup not dissimilar to Threadless but with a touch of Indonesia and a very strong design community. His passion in entrepreneurship has gotten him to start a number of companies since leaving university and is now rumored to be starting another one. DailySocial will be featuring [...]
5 Ways to Use Path for Business
TweetThis is a guest post by Ario Tamat. Ario worked in the digital music industry in Indonesia from 2003 to 2010, and currently works in the movie and TV industry in Vietnam. Keep up with him on Twitter at @barijoe or his blog on http://barijoe.wordpress.com So in the last few months, Path has gained ground as one of the [...]
In Indonesia Path May Do To iPhone and Android What BBM Did to BlackBerry
TweetThis is a guest post by Ario Tamat. Ario worked in the digital music industry in Indonesia from 2003 to 2010, and currently works in the movie and TV industry in Vietnam. Keep up with him on Twitter at @barijoe or his blog on http://barijoe.wordpress.com The amount of friends from various walks of life adding me on Path, or [...]
From Silicon Valley to Bandung
TweetEditor’s Note: This is a guest post by Arip Tirta. Arip founded and became director at UrbanIndo.com. Before returning to Indonesia, Arip was Director of Investment Analysis and Strategy for Hercules Technology Growth Capital. In this post, Arip tells us about his experience working in Palo Alto, his decision to return to Indonesia and the reason why he chose Bandung to pursue his own dream. My [...]
Why E-banking and Mobile Banking Are Not That Appealing to Consumers?
TweetEditor’s note : After Rama wrote about desktop vs mobile banking, we have a guest post by Dolly Surya Wisaka on the same matter but from the perspective of his experience and opinion on using and developing both e-banking and mobile banking systems, as well as suggestions on how to make these services more appealing [...]
What Lies Ahead for Digital Music Industry in Indonesia
TweetThis is a guest post by Ario Tamat. Ario worked in the digital music industry in Indonesia from 2003 to 2010, and currently works in the movie and TV industry in Vietnam. Keep up with him on Twitter at @barijoe or his blog on http://barijoe.wordpress.com After reading Aulia’s post, I felt that I needed to add to it with [...]










[Simply Business] Working Towards a Common Goal