Tag: Entrepreneurship
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How Steven Guo knows a business idea is worth pursuing
Steven Guo launched his first business when he was 12 — “basically by accident,” he says. That summer, he developed a Minecraft server and sold in-game perks to players. He ended up making $10,000 within a few months. While he admits he “blew basically all of my money” trying to start a game development company…
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From Indonesian coffee stall to making $100 million/year
In college, Edward Tirtanata had a brewing love for coffee, so much so that he’d order “one huge cup” every day from either Dunkin’ Donuts or 7-Eleven. Today, the 35-year-old CEO and co-founder of venture-backed unicorn coffee company Kopi Kenangan, still has his cup of joe daily — except that he’s upgraded it to three…
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Tips from eFishery founder Gibran Huzaifah on running a profitable start-up
Indonesian Gibran Huzaifah Amsi El Farizy is no stranger to the start-up world. While he was still a college student, Farizy started his own fish-rearing business — and by the time he graduated in 2012, he was managing 76 ponds. Now at 33, Farizy runs Indonesia-based startup eFishery, which developed products such as automatic feeders…
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Ex-Stripe exec wants staying power over huge growth
GajiGesa’s Vidit Agrawal wanted to provide workers access to their wages as they earn it, between traditional end-of-month pay cycles. That gives workers much more liquidity and protects them from predatory lenders. GajiGesa Vidit Agrawal, co-founder of Indonesia-based startup GajiGesa, knows crazy growth is nice. But staying power is better. “Everyone is talking about profitability…