Longspeech

with Aryo Ariotedjo (@aryoariotedjo), founder of Wellspaces and Grupara Ventures. He shared his early life and the struggle with formal education, building relationship since school days, then his first venture in USA. Then he shared how relationship led him to start Grupara Ventures, why Wellspaces started as a free office space. How he amassed network of awesome people, how Gibran Rakabuming Raka attended his Meat Up event. He also shared about his personal life, dealing with depression, joining BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) to keep both physical and mind healthy, why he avoid business books and what to read instead. You can find more info about Wellspaces at IG: @wellspaces.co, website: wellspaces.co, and Grupara Ventures at website: gruparainc.com. Spoken in Indonesia and English. For updates about Longspeech go to IG: @longspeech.

With Steven (@stevenwongsoredjo), founder and CEO of Nusantara Technology (parent company of Yukepo, Keepo, and Super). He shared how he started as a solo founder, how he manage his employees in three different cities, and what inspired him to use the name 'Nusantara'. Then he also shared got accepted into Y Combinator, what the program was like, what he got from it. Last but not least Steven talked about his achievement being chosen as Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and how did that came to be. You can find more about Nusantara Tech at website: nusantara.technology, IG: @nusantara_tech; Yukepo at website: yukepo.com, IG: @yukepo.com; Keepo at website: keepo.me, IG: @keepodotme; Super at website: superapp.id. Spoken in Bahasa and English. For updates about Longspeech go to IG: @longspeech.

with Nick Yudha (@nickyudha), co-founder of Monstore & Antikode.  He shared how he and his two friends founded Monstore, where the name came from, the collaboration with Ismaya, Marvel, and Google, his feeling when President Joko Widodo wore his tees in We The Fest. Then he shared how being cheated by dev freelancer twice triggered him to found another company, Antikode. Managing two companies comes with stress, Nick also talked about his habit to cope with it. You can find more info about Monstore at IG: @monstore, website: heymonstore.com, and Antikode at IG: antikode, website: antikode.com. Spoken in Bahasa and English. For updates about Longspeech go to IG: @longspeech.