Feb 4Exploring Indonesia’s Evolving Tech Scene: The Emergence of Vertical B2B InnovationsThe Indonesian tech landscape continues evolving even when B2C-focused sectors such as e-commerce, ride-hailing, edtech, and travel apps facing difficulties due to the global economic slowdown, a shift towards offline activities post-pandemic, and reduced funding for growth. However, new opportunities are emerging in the dozens of untapped B2B sectors ready…B2B4 min readB2B4 min read
Published inFarmacare Crew·Feb 17, 2021Perilaku Pelanggan Apotek: Sering Tidak Rasional, Tapi Selalu Masuk AkalArtikel ini adalah yang kedua dalam seri “Menuju Apotek 2.0: Fasilitas Kesehatan Berorientasi Pelanggan”. Lihat tulisan pertama di sini. Delapan tahun lalu, saya pernah memperkerjakan seorang ART (Asisten Rumah Tangga) yang agak berumur. Panggilannya “Bik Sit” (kependekan dari Siti). Usianya saat itu mungkin 50-an tahun. Buta huruf. Salah satu tugasnya…Apotek6 min readApotek6 min read
Published inFarmacare Crew·Feb 2, 2021Apotek: Bukan Sekadar Usaha Ritel yang Menjual ObatCatatan: Artikel ini adalah yang pertama dalam seri “Menuju Apotek 2.0: Fasilitas Kesehatan Berorientasi Pelanggan” Dilihat sepintas lalu, situasi di sebuah apotek terlihat mirip seperti di toko pada umumnya. Ada produk yang disusun rapi, kasir tempat melakukan transaksi, dan tentu saja pembeli yang datang untuk membeli obat atau vitamin. Transaksi…Pharmacy3 min readPharmacy3 min read
Published inFarmacare Crew·Jan 21, 2021When Will Indonesia’s Fifth Unicorn Appear?In the span of two years between 2016 and 2017, the country welcomed its four first local unicorns. For those who are not familiar with the Indonesian start-up ecosystem, they are Go-Jek (ride-hailing, at least at that time it was their main business model before they ventured to become a…Unicorns3 min readUnicorns3 min read
Sep 2, 2020Impact Investing Needs A Marketing StrategyWhat’s not to love about Impact Investing? It takes the most benevolent aspects of capitalism, i.e., innovations and creative destruction and then tries to ensure the most benefits to the society. However, despite the potential and recent rapid growth of the sector, even a simple observation shows that the public…Impact Investing7 min readImpact Investing7 min read
Jun 16, 2020Got a Bullshit Job? Write About It!Do you think you put long hours for nothing important? Do you have to do more administrative work than you would ever like? Do you often dream for a more exciting, adventurous work, but can’t make the move for various reasons? …5 min read5 min read
Jun 8, 2020The Real Reasons Why The World Still Has Not Escaped PovertyThe world produces enough food to feed 10 billion people. Malaria is an entirely preventable and treatable disease. An average simple caesarean section costs less than USD 150. It costs on average about 29 US cents per day to provide clean water for each person. …Hunger12 min readHunger12 min read
Jun 1, 2020Impact Investing Is Never Going To Fix Global InequalityThe world is, unfortunately, a very unequal place with certain countries very wealthy and others have very low standard of living. Even within countries, GINI indicators are showing that the gap between the rich and the poor are widening in most regions except Latin America, whose base was very low…Impact Investing5 min readImpact Investing5 min read
May 14, 2020Milestone Events that Defined and Shaped Impact InvestingImpact investing as a term was coined not so long ago, back in 2008, but the seeds of impact investing stretched far before that. We need to go back to the middle of last century, when the world was in ruin from the worst war ever waged by the human…Impact Investing6 min readImpact Investing6 min read
May 4, 2020Governments Should Enable Entrepreneurship, Not Pamper Only A Few EntrepreneursGovernments around the developing world like to claim that they support entrepreneurship, especially social entrepreneurship. To show their intent, most of them have created agencies that aim to develop and nurture startups. In Southeast Asia alone, I have met or attended events organized by these agencies, including Indonesia’s BEKRAF¹, Malaysia’s…Government5 min readGovernment5 min read
