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May 12, 2012

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idEA established for the transformation of Indonesia’s e-commerce landscape

by Goutama Bachtiar

Reps from companies founded Indonesia E-Commerce Association (idEA)

Ambitious plans for id-EA lay ahead. Some of which include transforming Indonesia into Southeast Asia’s biggest digital economy.

On the 3rd of May, 10 Indonesian e-commerce firms released news that the Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) would be establied as a forum especially for communication between the e-commerce industries in Indoneisa.…

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May 11, 2012

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8Villages goes back to basics, targets the needs of over a billion farmers

by Goutama Bachtiar

Mathieu Le Bras (two from the right) and Yusep Rosmansyah (right) with agri-store owners in West Java (Credit: 8Villages)

Understanding the true needs of their consumers, 8Villages forgoes all kinds of new technical advancements to use simple 2G/GPRS because they want to ensure farmers in Indonesia are no longer disadvantaged.

In June 2011, Mathieu Le Bras, an agronomist with an INSEAD MBA degree, decided to address key issues faced…

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May 9, 2012

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Batik Fractal brings traditional Batik into the high-tech scene

by Goutama Bachtiar

Founders and Owners of Pixel People Project

The creative trio of Nancy, Yun and Lukman have come up with a way to make designing traditional batik cool with their jBatik software.

Hoping to bring an Indonesia heritage to the next level, Nancy Margried, Yun Hariadi and Muhamad Lukman developed the jBatik software for their…

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May 9, 2012

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Discover exotic destinations in new and inexpensive ways with Valadoo

by Goutama Bachtiar

Valadoo Founders: Bondan, Jaka and Aris (Photo Valadoo)

Travel to Indonesia’s hidden treasures with exclusively and uniquely designed travel itineraries at Valadoo.

Riding along with the Groupon fever, local Indonesian companies such as DealKeren, Disdus, eVoucher and OgahRugi were set up. But  Jaka Wiradisuria, Aris Suryamas and Bondan Herumurti, decided they wanted to do more than offer discounts or competitive…

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May 9, 2012

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Fimelashop creates smashing discounts for branded goods

by Goutama Bachtiar

Talk Show on the Fimelashop soft launch

Retail, fashion and digital media collide at the newly launched online retail store, Fimelashop.com.

Following the launch of the Indonesian lifestyle site Fimela.com in late 2010, the team at Fimela have quickly expanded into launching its new online fashion store, Fimelashop.com

Fimelashop, a joint partnership between Fimela and…

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May 4, 2012

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Tiket.com officially launches with more than 550 hotel partners

by Goutama Bachtiar

Tiket.com Official Launch Press Conference

Tiket.com officially launches in Indonesia aiming to be the one-stop travel and entertainment site in the country.

Founded by seven co-founders, and having searched for investments for six months, tiket.com flagging under the umbrella of PT. Global Tiket Network started to develop their web on August last year…

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May 2, 2012

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Flower Shot moves to add related in-app advertisements

by Goutama Bachtiar

Flower Shot moves to add related in-app advertisements

One of NTT Investment Partners’ portfolios, Flower Shot, is planning to place related advertisements in their photo-sharing service that is exclusively for flower-related pictures. The service is a “photo-sharing service exclusively for flowers” where users can edit, post and share their flower photos taken by their own cameras, smart phone,…

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May 2, 2012

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A sneak peek behind Indonesia’s green portal, Hijauku

by Goutama Bachtiar

Founders of Hijauku Arief and Fahmi (Photo: Hijauku)

Aiming to be the catalyst of change for Indonesians to move beyond the “conventional” lifestyle to a “green and healthy “lifestyles, Hizbullah Arief with his brother Dzulfahmi Yahya, founded Hijauku last March.

As of now, they are currently in the process of finalising a new investment from…

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May 2, 2012

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BlackBerry is still the #1 smartphone brand in Indonesia

by Goutama Bachtiar

Hastings Singh, Managing Director, RIM South Asia (Photo: Stratcom)

At the press conference of RIM’s  latest release of BlackBerry Curve 9220 in Jakarta on April 25, RIM Managing Director for South Asia, Hasting Singh claimed that BlackBerry is the number one smart phone brand in Indonesia, accounting for 12 million out of around 77 million users worldwide. This figure was…

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April 23, 2012

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RIM says Hello in Cambodia and other partnerships in Southeast Asia

by Goutama Bachtiar

Research In Motion (RIM) identifies and focuses efforts on growing Southeast Asian market with strategic local partnership.

With mounting negative reports from various sources, RIM seems to have been written off as a doomed company by many industry observers. However, under newly-appointed CEO Thorsten Heins,…

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