Ideonomics: Turning Ideas into Economy

Koperasi sebagai Kekuatan Raksasa Distribusi Finansial, Mengapa Tidak?

2012-01-14T09:27:00.002+07:00

Demikian luasnya bentangan kawasan Indonesia, yang menimbulkan besarnya tantangan untuk mencapai setiap titik di wilayah Indonesia untuk mendapatkan akses yang sama atas layanan sosial dan finansial. Ambil contoh, TKW Indonesia yang sedang bekerja di luar negeri seringkali mendapatkan kesulitan ketika mereka ingin mengirimkan hasil jerih payah mereka ke kampung halaman.

Di Blitar Jawa Timur, arus pengiriman dolar TKI menjelang lebaran mencapai Rp 20 miliar dan diprediksikan akan menembus angka lebih dari Rp 50 miliar yang berasal dari 2.670 orang TKI yang bekerja di Hongkong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Jepang, Singapura, hingga Selandia Baru. Hal serupa terjadi di Kendal Jawa Tengah. Kiriman uang TKI asal Kendal melalui kantor pos selama Ramadan dan lebaran 2011 mencapai Rp 28 miliar.

Untuk memenuhi saluran distribusi pengiriman uang ini dibutuhkan suatu kegiatan usaha yang disebut dengan KUPU (Kegiatan Usaha Pengiriman Uang). Analis Madya Senior Akunting dan Sistem Pembayaran BI Ida Nuryanti mengungkap bahwa pengiriman dana segar dari para TKI dan TKW yang bekerja di luar negeri menggunakan jasa bank untuk mengirim uang, para TKI juga mengirim melalui jasa yang dikelola oleh KUPU, baik berbentuk badan usaha maupun perorangan. Bank Indonesia mencatat, jumlah pengiriman uang melalui Kegiatan Usaha Pengiriman Uang (KUPU) non bank mencapai Rp5,1 triliun dalam tujuh bulan pertama tahun 2011. Melihat potensi ini, pemain-pemain besar seperti PT Pos, Telkom dan Bank Perkreditan Rakyat mengambil bagian dari rencana pengembangan titik distribusi ini.

Payment point BPR KS akan menyentuh masyarakat hingga tingkat desa. Pembayaran yang dilayani antara lain listrik, telepon, kartu kredit hingga pembelian pulsa elektronik. Mumlah titik pembayaran BPR KS telah mencapai 9.264 outlet dimana sekitar 5.000 outlet berada tersebar di Jawa Barat. Titik pembayaran BPR KS itu diusahakan oleh masyarakat, biasanya dalam bentuk Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) atau perorangan berupa usaha kecil (UMKM).

Telkom sebagai pemain besar di bidang telekomunikasi, juga sudah melakukan transisi untuk melebarkannya menjadi TIME (telecommunication, information, media and edutainment). Mereka meluncurkan Delima atau Delivery Money Access. Proses pengiriman dengan Delima dengan cara si pengirim mendatangi Plasa Telkom atau Mitra Cash Point untuk melakukan top up DELIMA e-Money.

Setelah DELIMA e-Money terisi uang yang telah disetorkan, pada saat tersebut proses pengiriman uang dapat dilakukan. Proses pengiriman dapat dilakukan menggunakan SMS Menu atau syntax sms. Setelah sukses, pengirim maupun penerima akan mendapatkan SMS notifikasi proses pengiriman uang. Kemudian penerima dapat mengambil uangnya di Plasa Telkom dan cashpoint berlogo DELIMA.

Jumlah koperasi di Indonesia meningkat 5,31% dibanding tahun lalu. Data Kementerian Koperasi dan UKM menyebutkan sampai Juni 2011 total koperasi di Indonesia mencapai 186.907 unit. Jumlah banyakya titik ini menjadikan koperasi punya kekuatan strategis sebagai titik distribusi untuk layanan finansial. Melalui pengembangan Standard Operating Procedure yang baik dan didukung oleh kelembagaan besar seperti Telkom, PT Pos dan BPR, maka terjadi sinergi dan pemberdayaan lembaga swadaya masyarakat yang hasilnya tentu saja menjadi pengembangan ekonomi yang lebih berkesinambungan.

Tahun lalu Indonesia merayakan sebuah tonggak baru bagi perekonomian. PDB Indonesia mencapai US $ 3.000 per kapita pada tahun 2010, ambang batas yang untuk waktu yang lama telah menjadi sasaran dari pemerintah China. Indonesia akan menjadi raksasa baru ekonomi.

Peran dari titik distribusi memainkan faktor krusial di mana kesempatan ini bisa diraih melalui kolaborasi antara swadaya masyarakat dan pemberdayaan dari lembaga-lembaga yang sudah mapan. Jadi mengapa tidak Koperasi yang memanfaatkan kesempatan ini untuk menjadi kekuatan Raksasa Distribusi.

Penulis: Andi S. Boediman

Artikel ini ditulis untuk mata kuliah Creative Entrepeneur, S2 Creative & Media Enterprise IKJ - IDS.

@andisboediman

Referensi:

Saatnya Banjir Dollar di Pedesaan

Pengiriman Uang Lewat KUPU Capai Rp5,1 Triliun

Jumlah koperasi Indonesia meningkat 5,31% ketimbang tahun lalu

Siaran Pers Telkom tentang Delima
BPR KS Tahun Ini Tambah 5.000 Payment Point
Indonesia: Towards a one trillion dollar economy

A Morning with Toni Handoko

2012-01-03T00:43:00.002+07:00

While visiting Jogja for a holiday, I got a chance to catchup with Toni Handoko, a good friend that used to lead Digital Studio Workshop in Jogja. His recent hobby turns into business is B/W photography. A fascinating information regarding B/W world, manual lens combined with digital body and a snapshot of me. Another fascinating info is about the T-shirt world, in which he is the designer for many collectors community, including VW, toys and many others. Free T-shirt for me as well. A morning well spent with a good friend!

TEDxHouston - Brené Brown

2011-11-18T09:56:00.001+07:00

Dr. Brené Brown is a researcher professor at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work, where she has spent the past ten years studying a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness, posing the questions: How do we engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to embrace our imperfections and to recognize that we are enough -- that we are worthy of love, belonging and joy? Brené is the author of I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power (2007) and the forthcoming books, The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) and Wholehearted: Spiritual Adventures in Falling Apart, Growing Up, and Finding Joy ( 2011).

Deadly Sin: Copycat Advertising

2011-11-06T12:37:00.002+07:00

Here's I collect a few deadly sin in Advertising, creating a copycat ads!

Focus on Benefit & Value

2011-11-01T03:00:00.000+07:00

Focus on Benefit, not Feature

Setiap kali membuat sebuah produk atau layanan, seringkali kita terbuai untuk membuat fitur yang demikian banyaknya. Benefit apa yang didapat oleh pelanggan agar mereka menggunakan produk atau layanan Anda? Contoh sederhana, seberapa sering Anda mengenali semua fungsi di remote control atau kamera. Produk seperti iPod dan Palm mereduksi fitur sesederhana mungkin agar pelanggan fokus kepada benefit yang ditawarkannya.

Tantangan terbesar ketika membuat produk dan layanan adalah memahami kebutuhan pelanggan dan hanya berfokus kepada fitur yang memberikan benefit. Secara sederhana, kita bisa bertanya kepada orang-orang di sekitar kita untuk menggunakan produk dan layanan yang kita ciptakan. Ketika kita memberikan benefit, produk dan layanan ini memiliki value di mata pelanggan.

Value Proposition

Di dalam berinteraksi, kita memiliki value yang kita tawarkan kepada orang lain. Value bisa hadir dalam berbagai bentuk. Ini beberapa contoh value:

investment
skill and knowledge
relationship and network
product
access to market
media
attraction factor
stickiness factor
market adoption
intellectual property

Di luar ini masih banyak value lain yang bisa dibangun. Ada value yang tangible dan bisa dikuantifikasi, banyak pula value yang tidak terlihat dan sulit dikuantifikasi. Kacamata sebagai pekerja, pelaku bisnis dan investor memiliki cara pandang yang berbeda ketika membangun value. Seorang pekerja membangun valuenya melalui skill and knowledge untuk membentuk curriculum vitae prestasi di perusahaan. Value ini terletak di orang tersebut dan tidak bisa ditransfer kepemilikannya. Seorang pelaku bisnis membangun valuenya dengan memiliki produk/layanan, akses pasar yang pada akhirnya membentuk relationship dengan pelanggan dan tercipta brand dan trust. Value ini sebagian bisa ditransfer dan sebagian tidak. Seorang investor berkonsentrasi membangun value yang sustainable dan scalable, di mana value ini harus bisa dikuantifikasi dan ditransfer kepemilikannya.

Dalam membangun bisnis, kita perlu fokus kepada value mana yang akan dibutuhkan bisnis tersebut untuk bertahan dan menjadi besar. Ambil contoh perusahaan advertising, karena bentuknya servis, maka valuenya terletak kepada kreativitas sumber daya manusia dan hubungan kerja dengan klien. Perusahaan media, valuenya berada di konten dan akses kepada pengiklan. Perusahaan yang memproduksi konten, valuenya terletak pada kemampuan membuat konten secara konsisten dalam jumlah banyak. Perusahaan yang menjual barang, valuenya terletak kepada produk dan distribusi.

Cara paling sederhana untuk memahami value adalah kita berpikir seakan-akan mau menjual perusahaan kita, apakah ada pembeli yang tertarik. Kira-kira jika mereka tertarik, apa yang membuat mereka mau membayar mahal? Ini adalah disiplin untuk kita berfokus pada membangun value yang paling utama.

Ketika kita menghadapi persaingan di mana barang dan pasar menjadi komoditi, perhatikan value apa yang ditawarkan oleh kompetitor. Jika kita mampu memberikan atau mengombinasikan value yang lebih, kita akan mudah memenangkan persaingan tersebut.

Mitra Strategis

Ketika kita bekerja sama, kita perlu tahu value apa yang ditawarkan oleh mitra kita. Mereka yang valuenya serupa akan cenderung menimbulkan konflik, tetapi mereka yang valuenya saling melengkapi, akan membentuk kemitraan strategis yang bisa bertahan lebih lama.

Ketika kita memulai bisnis, seringkali kita membangun dengan rekan yang cukup dekat. Kesalahan terbesar di dalam bermitra ini adalah mencari rekan yang memiliki value yang serupa, sehingga di dalam perjalanan bisnis kita merasa bahwa kontribusi tidak seimbang di antara rekan kerja dan pada akhirnya, hubungan kerja ini tidak langgeng. Jika kita punya kekuatan pada pengembangan produk, cari mitra yang punya akses ke pasar. Jika kita punya akses ke pasar, cari mereka yang punya kemampuan menyediakan dana, dst. Prinsipnya, cari mitra yang melengkapi apa yang tidak kita miliki.

Di beberapa industri value ini dihasilkan terus menerus oleh waktu dan tenaga, misalnya pada bidang-bidang seperti arsitektur, lawyer, dokter, advertising, event organizer. Mereka yang memberikan kontribusi waktu dan tenaga pada akhirnya akan merasa bahwa mereka tidaklah terlalu bergantung kepada penyandang dana, sehingga hubungan mereka juga sulit untuk langgeng. Bagi investor, pola pikirnya adalah bagaimana value kontribusi waktu dan tenaga diubah valuenya ke organisasi, brand dan trust, contohnya pada industri real estate di mana broker tetap tergantung kepada brand dan database. Ketika hal ini terjadi, maka value yang tidak sustainable dari kontribusi waktu dan tenaga menjadi value yang sustainable seperti organisasi, brand dan trust.

Market Adoption

Salah satu tantangan terberat ketika membuat produk dan layanan adalah mendapatkan market adoption. Banyak produk dan layanan superior yang ternyata tidak disambut pasar secara masal. Mp3 player menjadi device para geeks sebelum Apple memperkenalkan iPod. Kejeniusan Steve Jobs bukanlah menemukan teknologi, tetapi kemampuannya membuat pasar mengadopsi perangkat konsumernya.

Ini dilakukan dengan cara menawarkan ekosistem produk dan layanan yang mudah. Tidak sekedar perangkat musik iPod yang ditawarkan, tetapi juga distribusi melalui iTunes. Kemudahan desain iPod membuat pelanggan tertarik menggunakan pertama kalinya (attraction factor), tetapi kemudahan distribusi musik digital inilah yang membuat pelanggan mengkonsumsi terus menerus (stickiness factor). Mereka yang menguasai pasar bukanlah mereka yang memiliki produk, tetapi mereka yang menguasai jalur distribusi.

Market adoption adalah salah satu value yang paling penting agar produk bisa diterima konsumen secara masal.

Build and Capture Value

Value bisa dibentuk dengan cara membangun secara bertahap. Cara organik ini bagus tetapi memakan waktu lama. Cara lain adalah kita bisa berkolaborasi untuk mengcapture value dari mitra. Ambil contoh, misalnya kita ingin mempromosikan batik Indonesia untuk berkiprah di dunia, kita bisa saja meng-hire perusahaan kelas dunia seperti Louis Vuitton untuk membuat tas batik atau desainer sekelas Oscar de La Renta untuk merancang baju yang dipromosikan di acara Oprah Winfrey misalnya. Dengan cara ini, ekuitas brand yang demikian besar dari LV, Oscar dan Oprah dengan cepat akan kita ambil.

Jika kita memiliki produk dan konten, bagaimana kita mendapatkan value distribusi dari mitra kita? Benefit dan value apa yang mereka harapkan sehingga mereka mau mendistribusikan barang kita?

Jika kita memiliki akses ke pasar, bagaimana kita bermitra dengan mereka yang memiliki produk terbaik?

Dengan selalu mempertanyakan apa yang kita miliki dan apa yang kita butuhkan, kita memiliki pemahaman untuk bermitra strategis dengan mereka yang memiliki value berbeda.

James Bond Opening Title

2011-10-31T22:34:00.000+07:00

Best Opening Title

2011-10-31T22:23:00.001+07:00

Jogja Hiphop Foundation, The Voice of Indonesia

2011-10-31T09:57:00.000+07:00

In this Visibly Smart film a group of young Indonesian artists known collectively as the 'Jogja Hip Hop Foundation' presents Indonesia in a new way. Through the eyes of a young, urban, optimistic, and culturally proud music generation we see a fascinating and fresh fusion of old and new Indonesia. The JHF are inspired by and often use traditional Javanese poetry for themes and lyrics as well as traditional gamelan sound. They then mix it with modern hip hop beats, rhythms and sensibilities. The film shows how the computer helps them produce and distribute their music, videos, and related band information to their fans in Indonesia and beyond. Turn up your speakers and enjoy.

This is the second vignette done by Bubu.com, an Indonesian digital agency as part of Intel Visual Life global campaign. A humble story of Jogja Hiphop, in which they infuse the hiphop beat with Javanese poetry to communicate a true voice of Indonesian heritage. A great experience to be part of this campaign!

You've Got to Find What You Love

2011-10-26T00:51:00.005+07:00

Source: Stanford

This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

Steve Jobs, A Tribute

2011-10-26T00:15:00.001+07:00

Source: Duniaku

“The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.” – Bill Gates

“Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you.” – Mark Zuckerberg

“Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.” – President Barack Obama

“From the earliest days of Google, whenever Larry and I sought inspiration for vision and leadership, we needed to look no farther than Cupertino. Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched an Apple product (including the macbook I am writing this on right now). And I have witnessed it in person the few times we have met. On behalf of all of us at Google and more broadly in technology, you will be missed very much. My condolences to family, friends, and colleagues at Apple.” – Sergey Brin, Google co-founder

“I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me. He was very kind to reach out to me as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well. My thoughts are with his family and the whole Apple family.” – Larry Page, fellow Google co-founder

“I want to express my deepest condolences at the passing of Steve Jobs, one of the founders of our industry and a true visionary. My heart goes out to his family, everyone at Apple and everyone who has been touched by his work.” – Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

“Tonight, America lost a genius who will be remembered with Edison and Einstein, and whose ideas will shape the world for generations to come. Again and again over the last four decades, Steve Jobs saw the future and brought it to life long before most people could even see the horizon. And Steve’s passionate belief in the power of technology to transform the way we live brought us more than smart phones and iPads: it brought knowledge and power that is reshaping the face of civilization. In New York City’s government, everyone from street construction inspectors to NYPD detectives have harnessed Apple’s products to do their jobs more efficiently and intuitively. Tonight our City – a city that has always had such respect and admiration for creative genius – joins with people around the planet in remembering a great man and keeping Laurene and the rest of the Jobs family in our thoughts and prayers.” – Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City

“Today the world lost a visionary leader, the technology industry lost an iconic legend and I lost a friend and fellow founder. The legacy of Steve Jobs will be remembered for generations to come. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to the Apple team.’ - Michael Dell, Dell founder

My condolences to Steve Jobs family and friends. We’ve lost a unique tech pioneer and auteur who knew how to make amazingly great products. – Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder

“No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.” — Tim Cook, CEO of Apple

“Samsung Electronics is saddened to hear of Chairman Steve Jobs’ passing and would like to extend our deepest condolences.

Chairman Steve Jobs introduced numerous revolutionary changes to the information technology industry and was a great entrepreneur.

His innovative spirit and remarkable accomplishments will forever be remembered by people around the world. We would like to again express our sincerest condolences to Mr. Jobs’ family and his colleagues.” – Choi Gee-sung, Samsung CEO

“Steve Jobs was a great visionary and respected competitor. Our deepest condolences to his family and to all of the employees of Apple.” – Research In Motion

Steve Jobs is the most successful CEO in the U.S. of the last 25 years. He uniquely combined an artists touch and an engineers vision to build an extraordinary company… one of the greatest American leaders in history. – Eric Schmidt, Google chairman

“Steve was my hero growing up. He not only gave me a lot of personal advice and encouragement, he showed all of us how innovation can change lives. I will miss him dearly, as will the world.” — Jerry Yang, former CEO Yahoo!

“Steve was such an ‘original,’ with a thoroughly creative, imaginative mind that defined an era. Despite all he accomplished, it feels like he was just getting started. With his passing the world has lost a rare original, Disney has lost a member of our family, and I have lost a great friend.” — Bob Iger, CEO of Disney

“Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world.” — Meg Whitman, President and CEO, HP

“Steve Jobs was an extraordinary visionary, our very dear friend and the guiding light of the Pixar family. He saw the potential of what Pixar could be before the rest of us, and beyond what anyone ever imagined. Steve took a chance on us and believed in our crazy dream of making computer animated films; the one thing he always said was to simply ‘make it great.’ He is why Pixar turned out the way we did and his strength, integrity and love of life has made us all better people. He will forever be a part of Pixar’s DNA. Our hearts go out to his wife Laurene and their children during this incredibly difficult time.” — John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, and Ed Catmull, President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios

Today the world lost one of its greatest innovators and visionaries with the passing of Steve Jobs. His achievements are unmatched in our time. We admired his spirit, his creativity and his passion. He not only changed the technology industry, he changed the world and made it better.

While we will all feel this enormous loss, I am confident that this industry will take to heart the lessons Steve taught us about innovation. Steve led this industry like a beacon for the past decade. As a competitor, he helped ensure all of us pushed even harder, and I am confident his legacy will continue to energize the industry for many years to come.

His spirit will carry on, and it will inspire all of us to achieve more. We would like to express the sympathy of all 27,000 Lenovo employees worldwide to his family and friends, and we joining the world in mourning his passing and celebrating his life. – Yuanqing Yuan, Lenovo CEO

Leadership isn't about Ability, It's about Responsibility

2011-10-17T00:29:00.003+07:00

In a dialog between the ship captain to his protege, played by Bruce Greenwood and Hilary Swank at The Core, a disaster movie in which the Earth's core has stopped rotating, he mention that being a leader isn't about ability, it's about responsibility. A good leader responsible for the good decision, as well as the bad ones, even the shitty one ... and ones can not really a leader until they've lost.

I learn this from my father, he told me that he had to fire all of the company's staffs when he closed down his bookstore business. He shared this story when I was teenager. He kept only one, that remains working in my parent company to this day. He was so proud to do this, and learn his lesson as a leader.

He taught me about responsibility when I was a kid. I refuse to become class leader as I don't like to lead. He told me to step up to the plate as others has rely on me to select me as one. Now I am glad to take those small responsibility, experience the burden of responsibility while I was young.

Ideosource at Swa

2011-10-03T15:53:00.003+07:00

A Simple List of Indonesian Tech Investors

2011-09-19T10:49:00.002+07:00

By Rama Mamuaya - June 29, 2011

News

Source: Dailysocial

Investments in Indonesia is going crazy these days, everyone’s doing something with tech startups – sort of. These days, I’m seeing more fund being set up rather than high-quality startup launches, which proofs that everybody is trying to get a piece of the cake but the startups aren’t prepared yet, or the startups simply doesn’t need fund (less likely).

So, in this post I’m gonna give some overview info on the several tech investment funds being set up to invest in Indonesian startup companies, their background and portfolios. Hopefully this can give you guys a clear objective comparison on the investors currently active on looking and partnering with startups in a form of an incubator, business accelerator or venture capital.

East Ventures
The first investment company focusing on tech startups in Indonesia, based in Singapore but managed by 3 Indonesians : Batara Eto (ex Mixi.jp), Chandra and Willson Cuaca (XSago). They also have partners in Japan, I would guess most of their fund came from Japanese investors. East Ventures usually invest in early stage startups, and we’ve heard that each investment ranging from US$200-500k in exchange for 15-30% equity.
Check out their website
Portfolio : Tokopedia, Urbanesia, Disdus (sold to Groupon), Penn-Olson, TeknoUp, Scraplr, AppsFoundry, PriceArea, Nightspade.

MerahPutih Inc,
An incubation fund set up by Djarum Group that gives incubation space, resources and capital for early-mid stage startups. MPI take at least 25% equity in exchange for capital, office space, human resources, marketing effort etc. They’re a part of a larger fund, GDP Ventures, will be explained below.
Check out their website
Portfolio : Dailysocial (yep, that’s us), Krazymarket, Infokost, Bolalob, Lintas.me.

GDP Ventures
A fund set up by Djarum Group focusing on larger and more mature tech, mobile and internet companies. They’re not interested in early stage startups, only profitable startups who need partner to scale the business. Currently, they only have one portfolio company and it’s probably one of the most high profile tech company in Indonesia, Kaskus.us.

InvestIdea
Nothing much about this fund except that they have funded 3 startups : Kartumuu, Bistip and WhuzzNet. You can check out their website InvestIdea.net.

Nusantara Ventures
A Singapore-based fund set up as a joint venture between several companies, with Indonesia’s Bakrie Group and IDG Ventures as the major stakeholder. Nusantara Ventures just launched this year although it began operating since last year and focusing on later-stage companies with plans to scale globally.
Check out their website

Nusantara Incubation Fund
A private investment firm set up by media magnate and technologist Anindya Bakrie of Bakrie & Brothers in conjunction with Bakrie Groups’ BtelVision2.0 plan. It’s an US$10 million fund and they only invest in early stage startups with valuations between US$1-5 million. Fund managed by Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, Hasan Yahya and Erik Meijer, and so far they haven’t announced any portfolio.
Check out their website

Bandung Ventures
It’s pretty obvious that these guys are focusing on investing Bandung-based startups, and that’s because they claim to have deep links with Bandung Institute of Technology who has been producing high quality engineers. Bandung Ventures is managed by Jeff Paine from Battle Ventures and Colin Gan.
Bandung Ventures makes seed-stage investments in the ecosystem of creative innovation in and from Bandung. They want first money in, and the typical investment size is US$1,000-10,000. They also plan to invest as part of a syndicate of angels and early stage funds. So far, no portfolio.
Check out their website

Raja Capital
Founded in 2011, Raja Capital is one of the early Indonesian-based venture capital that specializes in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in three main sectors: the Internet, mobile technology, software technology. Fund managed by Gunther M. Tampubolon, Ibnu Magda and Estu Larasati.
Check out their website

Ideosource
Founded by ex-Plasa.com CIO, Andi S Boediman and managed by several influential people in the tech, marketing, and telco industries in Indonesia. They’re a US$5 million fund with focus on seed investment and incubation programs for all their companies. They launched end of June 2011 and currently have event management startup, eEvent, under their umbrella.
Check out their website

Jakarta Founder Institute
Essentially an intense single semester business school for entrepreneurs to help shape, accelerate, and launch their ideas, projects, or companies by the end of the course.
Inaugural semester is scheduled to begin in October 2011 with SF Founder Institute graduates Sanny Gaddafi, and Novistiar Rustandi as directors along with Andy Zain from Mobile Monday Indonesia. Mentors include Andi S. Boediman (IDS, Ideosource), Batara Eto (Mixi, East Ventures), Izak Jenie (Jatis, Nexian), and many more.
Read more on their website

Project Eden
Backed by Jardintech Capital, is run by some of the most influential people in Indonesia’s digital marketing scene and startuplokal community. Project Eden claims to be Indonesia’s first tech startup accelerator, but they haven’t announced any deals just yet.

Indonesians Starting to Fill Their Online Shopping Bags

2011-09-19T10:21:00.000+07:00

Faisal Maliki Baskoro | July 15, 2010
Source: Jakarta Globe

Online shopping is becoming an increasingly regular part of Indonesian commerce, with Internet users devoting 10 percent of their disposable income to online purchases. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Once wary of online transactions, Indonesian consumers are quickly embracing the Internet for their shopping needs, and are beginning to catch up with their Asian neighbors, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Nielsen Indonesia’s survey, conducted in March, found that 68 percent of Indonesia’s online population had shopped on the Internet at least once, an increase from 63 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and up from a mere 3 percent in 2008.

“The trend of online shopping is increasing over time, mainly caused by the improvement in the level of comfort when buying online and an increasing sense of security,” said Catherine Eddy, Nielsen’s director of consumer research.

About 24 percent of the country’s online population now spends more than 10 percent of their monthly shopping budget online, compared with an Asia-Pacific average of 35 percent who say they spend more than 10 percent of their monthly budget online.

That compares to 13 percent in Malaysia, 17 percent in Thailand and the Philippines and 32 percent in Vietnam.

“Indonesian consumers are similar to the other Southeast Asia nations of Malaysia, Phillipines, Thailand and Vietnam, where one third claim to never shop online, and those who do, tend to allocate less than 10 percent of their monthly shopping expenditure,” Eddy said.

Books are the most popular online purchase among Indonesians, with 38 percent saying they would buy a book online at some time during the next six months.

An additional 33 percent said they intended to buy clothing, while 29 percent said airline tickets and 27 percent electronics.

“Amazon.com boosts online book spending in Indonesia because the Web site provides security and trust. Also, it’s easier to look for books in English [at Amazon.com] rather than the translated version,” Eddy said.

Online retailers have been eagerly eyeing the nation’s massive, untapped market, as low broadband penetration and a lack of trust in the security of payment systems held back online shopping in a country whose wired population is expected to explode from an estimated 30 million now to 150 million.

Japanese Internet company Rakuten and PT Global Mediacom in May announced they were planning to launch a joint-venture online shopping mall in Indonesia this year.

Meanwhile, PT Telekomunikasi has invested $2 million to develop Plasa.com — an e-commerce portal that aims to attract 1,000 merchants and have a million products for sale by the end of the year.

Andi S Boediman, chief innovation officer at Plasa.com, said he expected the number of merchants and items on the Web site to rapidly multiply by the end of this year.

“We have around 1,600 merchants selling 16,000 items since our opening on April. We’re expecting that the number [merchants and items] could grow up to fivefold,” Andi said.

Contrary to Nielsen’s survey, Andi said that the most preferred method of payment on Plasa.com was by credit cards and bank transfer.

“Security is the biggest concern. To ensure security, we check every transactions manually by telephone,” he said.

He said that online shopping had not yet reached a mass market level in Indonesia, but that it was growing in terms of peer-to-peer sales.

Eddy said that the Nielsen survey found that security remained the top concern of consumers, with recommendations from family and friends being the most trusted sources when making a purchase.

Paypal was the most preferred method of payment, followed by debit card, bank transfers, and credit cards.

“Unfortunately, there are cases when international portals often don’t accept Indonesian banks’ credit cards.

“Banks have to be more creative so that international portals will accept Indonesian credit cards,” she said.

China Holiday

2011-09-18T17:06:00.002+07:00

Game Indonesia Masuk Daftar Populer App Store

2011-09-15T02:04:00.001+07:00

Hiyoko Jungle bertengger di peringkat 18 aplikasi berkategori Top Free di App Store.

Sumber: Vivanews

Senin, 12 September 2011, 22:46 WIB

Muhammad Firman

Hiyoko Jungle, aplikasi buatan pengembang anak negeri yang laris di App Store. (apple.com)

VIVAnews - Kabar gembira hadir buat bangsa kita. Salah satu game besutan pengembang aplikasi anak negeri, yakni Hiyoko Jungle, berhasil masuk ke dalam daftar aplikasi terlaris di toko aplikasi Apple, App Store.

Game itu sendiri dikembangkan oleh TouchTen, sebuah perusahaan pengembang aplikasi yang terdiri dari sekelompok kaum muda yang menempuh studi di Tokyo, Jepang dan Michigan, Amerika Serikat.

Kecintaannya terhadap iPhone dan iPad membuat mereka menciptakan aplikasi dan game untuk platform tersebut.

Hiyoko Jungle, game yang tersedia secara gratis untuk periode waktu tertentu itu bertemakan tentang seekor burung yang ingin menikmati hidupnya. Namun banyak faktor yang mengganggu ketentraman burung tersebut.

Pada game ini, pemain diminta membantu Hiyoko kembali ke sarangnya, mengetuk dan menghancurkan kotak, meledakkan bom dan lain-lain dengan tujuan memandu Hiyoko pulang.

Saat berita ini diturunkan, Hiyoko bertengger di peringkat 18 aplikasi berkategori Top Free di App Store untuk kawasan Amerika Serikat, di bawah aplikasi NFL Mobile yang dikembangkan oleh Verizon Wireless IT. (umi)

Batik Fractal, an Inspiration from Indonesia

2011-09-15T01:44:00.002+07:00

In this Visibly Smart film, contemporary Indonesia is revealed through the eyes of batik fabric and clothing designer, Nancy Margried. Batik is a fabric dyeing and printing method dating back as far as the 6th century and remains a treasured cultural symbol of Indonesia. UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2009. Nancy's Bandung-based design atelier, Batik Fractal, is reinventing batik design with 3D modeling software her team created while maintaining much of the traditional production process. The film illustrates how everyday people can realize their creative ambitions while remaining true to their culture through the use of technology.

Bubu.com, an Indonesian digital agency was appointed to adapt this Visual Life global campaign and find the Indonesian heroes that reflect the marriage between inspiration of culture and technology. We believe that batik, our true heritage and culture, should be portrayed in this vignette. Collaborating with Nancy Margried as the creator of Batik Fractal, the story of Indonesian inspiration and craftsmanship translated into this beautiful story. The vignette is brilliantly shot and executed by an Amsterdam production house and I am honored to be part of this story creation. Intel is truly a great client to work with, that enabled the Indonesian inspiration to be told and shared.

TouchTen, Studio Game yang Terima Angpao USD 1 Juta dari Ideosource

2011-08-27T20:08:00.006+07:00

Sumber: Atoh

Wajah bahagia TouchTen (3 di kiri) dan Ideosource (3 di kanan).

Developer iOS asal Jakarta TouchTen menjalin kerja sama dengan venture capitalist Ideosource, dan meresmikannya Selasa, 23 Agustus di Jakarta. Tak tanggung-tanggung, puluhan undangan–pebisnis digital, investor, dan media–menghadiri acara di kantor baru mereka, di Epicentrum Walk Level 3, Jl. Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan. Maklum, kucuran dana segar itu cukup membelalakkan mata: USD 1 juta!

Ini tentu saja deal besar untuk kedua pihak. Terutama TouchTen, yang mengaku kerja sama itu tidak akan menghambat proses kreativitas mereka. Ideosource notabene hanyalah salah satu pemegang saham dan pembimbing pengembangan bisnis. Bukan pilihan keliru.

Touchten terhitung produktif. Sejak April 2009, 16 aplikasi telah mereka rilis. Termasuk beberapa e-book Kho Ping Hoo dan 8 titel game.

Kedua, kualitas game mereka diakui gamer dari beragam negara. Hachiko HD Lite untuk iPad sempat bertengger di jejeran Top 10 Free Apps beberapa App Store, yaitu nomor 1 di Indonesia App Store, nomor 8 di Japan App Store, bahkan nomor 7 di US App Store. Kini seluruh game TouchTen telah mencapai total 2 juta unduhan.

Oke, kalau kita mau jujur, orang Indonesia punya kebiasaan aneh: Menyukai sebuah produk bukan karena memang bagus, tapi karena buatan anak negeri sendiri. Sah-sah saja. Cuma, di mata saya, itu patokan kurang kredibel. Hachiko dan karakternya, anjing legendaris Jepang, resep memikat untuk pasar Jepang dan karenanya lebih layak diacungi jempol. Ngetop di US App Store yang kelewat ramai dengan rip-off sehingga titel-titel emas susah terlihat? Walau sempat sedikit dibantu komunitas indie developer, itu prestasi!

TouchTen didirikan oleh Anton Soeharyo. Dia ajak sepupunya, Dede Indrapurna, dan adik kandungnya, Rokimas Putra Soeharyo, untuk ikut membesarkan studio itu.

Saya sempat berbincang secara casual dengan Roki, yang saat ini masih intern. Malas mendengar kalimat klise yang terluncur dari bibir CEO dan investor, saya ajak lelaki berusia 24 tahun ini ngobrol lebih terbuka. Siapa sih TouchTen?
Jawabnya sungguh menarik.

Cinta Game dan Buku sedari Kecil

Adalah ayah kandung mereka, Rudi Haryo, yang telah menanamkan kecintaan pada dunia game. Saat istrinya, Peggy Puger, mengandung Anton, Rudi beli Atari 2600 dan main game hampir tiap hari. Saat mereka kecil, akses ke konsol dan game pun terbuka. Camkan bahwa akses semacam itu pada akhir 1970-an di Indonesia sungguh langka.

Akses pendidikan juga terbuka lebar. Mereka dihibahi buku-buku. Seisi rumah gemar membaca. Anton bahkan mengaku lewat situs resmi TouchTen, ”Saya beruntung bisa tidur di tengah geletakan buku-buku dan tugas sekolah.”

Anton kuliah di Peking University, China. Dia lanjutkan kuliahnya dan meraih Master Degree dari Waseda University, Jepang pada 2010.

Pendidikan Dede tak kalah menakjubkan. Memperoleh Diploma bidang Information Technology (IT) dari Monash College dengan Award of Excellent Certificate (nilai tertinggi di antara semua murid IT Monash College di Melbourne, Jakarta, dan Guangzhou), dia juga peroleh Bachelor Degree bidang Computer Science dari Monash University, dengan menyabet Top 15% Students. Tak heran kalau mantan IT Consultant di IBM Global Business Services ini kemudian didapuk jadi Chief Technology Officer TouchTen.

Roki hingga hari ini masih kuliah, mempelajari Physics and Computer Science, di University of Michigan, AS. Tapi dia mengaku lebih tertarik mengembangkan game dari elemen seninya. ”Saya suka visual. Saya suka musik. Saya ingin terlibat lebih jauh di TouchTen dengan mengelola keduanya,” jelasnya.

Di antara mereka bertiga, Dede termasuk yang paling hardcore main game. Roki setali tiga uang. Sementara Anton lebih terpikat dunia bisnis.

Dari kiri: Anton Soeharyo, Rokimas Putra Soeharyo, Dede Indrapurna.

Angpao dari Orang Tua dan Investor

Walau mereka beruntung soal akses fasilitas dan pendidikan, bukan berarti TouchTen tidak diwarnai kerja keras. Uang saku–dalam budaya keluarga China kerap disebut (amplop) angpao–yang Anton dan Roki terima semasa kuliah, mereka tabung. Bukan dihabiskan untuk mabuk-mabukan dan belanja. Dengan uang itu mereka sewa apartemen berkamar 3 di Jakarta, alias kantor lawas TouchTen. ”Yang sungguh tampak seperti warnet,” aku Roki sambil tertawa.

Tim pun belum lengkap. Hanya Dede yang jago coding. Belum ada UI designer sehingga mereka harus outsource peran itu ke teman-teman dekat.

Game pertama Touchten, iPhong, terhitung kurang laku dibandingkan kesuksesan Hachiko HD Lite. Hanya 2 ribu unduhan! Tapi mereka tidak menyerah. Terus belajar mengembangkan game dengan desain lebih cocok untuk mobile gaming. Dan resep yang lebih pas mulai mereka temukan sejak merilis Sushi Chain. Lalu Hachiko HD Lite. Dan Castle Runner yang sempat diulas di TUAW.

Kini mereka terima angpao tebal dari Ideosource, isinya mencapai USD 1 juta. Tentu mereka bisa manfaatkan uang itu untuk pengembangan, PR, dan marketing yang lebih baik.

Lalu, Mau Ngapain?

TouchTen bertekad terus mengembangkan game-game iOS. Menurut Anton, inilah platform yang saat ini paling mudah menghasilkan uang. Tapi bukan berarti mereka tidak mau merambah platform lainnya. ”Android juga memikat, tapi kami tentu butuh tim yang tepat,” jelas CEO yang juga desainer game itu.

TouchTen tidak ingin selamanya berada di jalur indie. Dirangkul publisher besar ada dalam wish list. Mereka bahkan berambisi bisa dikenal sebagai developer yang melahirkan game laris manis seperti Rovio Mobile dengan Angry Birds.

Sanggup Capai Impian?

Saya justru lebih berharap TouchTen berprestasi lebih baik ketimbang Rovio Mobile, yang portfolionya sesungguhnya lumayan tragis. FYI, mereka baru terkenal selewat 7 tahun, melambung berkat Angry Birds, bukan 51 game lain yang bahkan saya tidak bisa ingat titelnya, bahkan nyaris bangkrut.

Kalau boleh saya pribadi berpesan untuk Touchten, tetap dengarkan apa kata gamer. Gamer–berarti termasuk teman-teman developer–jauh lebih penting ketimbang investor dan publisher. Kalau arogan, tidak mau mendengar saran dan kritik dari gamer, titel apa pun yang kalian kembangkan takkan pernah abadi. Belajarlah dari Markus Persson (Minecraft), Masova (Parampaa), dan Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft) yang telaten mengelola komunitas gamer-nya. Tetaplah humble seperti yang sempat ditunjukkan Roki–sorot matanya berbinar antusias–saat saya memberikan sejumlah masukan untuk Hiyoko, game terbaru TouchTen.

Jurnalis main Hiyoko, game terbaru TouchTen.

Bagi kebanyakan developer, game yang diapresiasi oleh gamer adalah hadiah terbaik.

Kemarin kalian peroleh suntikan dana segar. Besok mungkin dirangkul publisher besar (amin!). Tapi andaikan suatu hari kerja sama itu bubar (ingat-ingat Infinity Ward dan Activision!), siapa yang akan tetap mendukung kalian kalau bukan gamer?

Selamat ya, Touchten! Dan teteup, traktiraaan… XD

Ideosource Office

2011-08-26T17:56:00.002+07:00

Minal Aidin Wal Faizin. Have a wonderful Eid!

2011-08-26T17:31:00.001+07:00

Kolaborasi Ideosource dan Touchten

2011-08-26T17:12:00.001+07:00

Source:Antara

JAKARTA, 23/8 - KOLABORASI IDEOSOURCE.- TOUCHTEN. Director Ideosource Edward Ismawan Chamdani (tengah) bersama Director Ideosource Andi S Boediman (kanan) dan Managing Director TouchTen Anton Soeharyo (kiri) memberi penjelasan terkait kolaborasi bisnis TouchTen � Ideosource saat jumpa pers di Jakarta, Selasa (23/8). TouchTen dan Ideosource mengukuhkan kerja sama pengembangan game berbasis iOS, serta meluncurkan game terbaru �Hiyoko�.

FOTO ANTARA/Wawan/pd/11

Hiyoko Launch by Touchten

2011-08-26T17:04:00.000+07:00

TouchTen dapat Suntikan Dana US$1 Juta

2011-08-26T16:41:00.001+07:00

Source: Media Indonesia

JAKARTA--MICOM: Pengembang aplikasi game berbasis iOS, TouchTen mendapat suntikan dana baru dari Ideosource sebesar US$1 juta untuk meningkatkan kinerja dan operasional perusahaan.

Direktur Pelaksana TouchTen, Anton Soeharyo kepada pers di Jakarta, Selasa (23/8) mengatakan, suntikan dana baru itu akan digunakan untuk memperkenalkan Indonesia di luar negeri, melalui berbagai game baru yang akan diluncurkannya.

"Kami merasa bangga game ToucTen yang telah diluncurkan memberikan nilai positif bagi kami karena brandnya sudah di luar negeri, " ucapnya.
Sebelumnya, menurut dia, ada beberapa perusahaan yang menawarkan kerja sama investasi sebelumnya. "Namun ketika bertemu dengan tim Ideosource, TouchTen merasa cocok dengan visi dan misinya," katanya.

"Kami menemukan tempat yang aman dimana bisa berkarya lebih baik lagi, hanya memerlukan waktu dua bulan untuk proses evaluasi dan negosiasi sampai akhirnya kerja sama ini terjalin, " tambahnya.

Menurut dia, Ideosource melihat pasar digital Indonesia tumbuh luar biasa. Nilai industri konten di mobile dan internet mencapai lebih dari Rp2 triliun, media iklan melalui digital tumbuh 30 persen sampai 50 persen per tahun dengan nilai belanja mencapai Rp500 miliar.

"Pertumbuhan digital ini juga pastinya menciptakan lahan subur bagi wirausaha kreatif dan mereka adalah pasar yang ditujunya," katanya. (Ant/OL-9)

Pengembang Game Berbasis iOS

2011-08-26T16:39:00.001+07:00

SELASA, 23 AGUSTUS 2011 15:52 WIB
Source: Media Indonesia

Pengembang aplikasi game berbasis iOS, Touchten, (dari kiri) Co-Founder Rokimas Putra Soeharyo, Chief Technology Officer Dede Indrapurna dan Managing Director Anton Soeharyo memperlihatkan game terbaru mereka Hiyoko saat acara peluncuran di Mal Epicentrum Walk, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, Selasa (23/8). Untuk mengembangkan aplikasi game berbasis iOS, Touchten bekerjasama dengan perusahaan venture capital Ideosource dalam bentuk investasi sebesar US$1 juta.

MI/ROMMY PUJIANTO/pj

Game TouchTen Ditargetkan Raih 20 Juta Download

2011-08-26T16:37:00.000+07:00

Wicak Hidayat - detikinet
Source: Detikinet

Screenshot Hiyoko (touchten)

Jakarta - TouchTen, developer game dan aplikasi untuk iOS, telah resmi mendapatkan investasi dari Ideosource. Targetnya, 20 juta download bisa tercapai pada 2012.

TouchTen adalah developer beberapa game dan aplikasi untuk gadget berbasis iOS, seperti iPhone atau iPad. Beberapa aplikasinya termasuk Hachiko dan komik digital Kho Ping Hoo.

Dalam keterangan yang diterima detikINET, Rabu (24/8/2011), perusahaan investasi Ideosource menyatakan telah resmi melakukan investasi di TouchTen. Tidak disebutkan berapa nilai investasi yang dikucurkan.

Bersamaan dengan pengumuman itu, TouchTen mengaku sedang menyiapkan game terbaru mereka berjudul Hiyoko. Game casual ini mengambil nama dari bahasa Jepang yang berarti anak ayam.

"Kami sangat yakin pada tahun 2012, game-game yang diciptakan oleh TouchTen akan dapat mencapai 20 juta pengunduh di seluruh dunia," kata Edward Ismawan Chamdani, salah satu Partner di Ideosource.

Anton Soeharyo, Managing Director TouchTen, mengatakan proses hingga akhirnya mendapatkan investasi dari Ideosource membutuhkan waktu sekitar dua bulan.

"Ada beberapa perusahaan yang menawarkan kerjasama investasi sebelumnya, namun begitu bertemu dengan tim Ideosource kami langsung merasa ada kecocokan visi dan misi," ujar Anton.

Ideosource merupakan perusahaan investasi yang digawangi oleh Sugiono Wiyono Sugialam (Investment Committee), Andi S. Boediman dan Edward Ismawan Chamdani (Partner) serta Andrias Ekoyuono (VP Business Development).

Saat ini Ideosource juga masih membuka peluang investasi lainnya di industri digital. Mereka mengaku masih mencari pihak yang bergerak di bidang konten, media, advertising, e-commerce serta infrastruktur pendukung.

Investasi Ideosource tidak terbatas pada perusahan baru mulai alias startup. Ideosource mengaku memiliki beberapa skema dana, misalnya:

USD 50 ribu untuk seed funding
USD 250 - 500 ribu untuk perusahaan menengah
USD 1 - 2 juta untuk perusahaan besar.