Roadshow Hub.id Yogyakarta Welcomed by Enthusiasm of Startup Activists

Roadshow Hub.id was held again on May 8, 2015. This time, it was the turn of the student city, Yogyakarta, as a stopover for the presentations of selected speakers to inspire the audience rookie startup. On this occasion, Co-Founder of Female Daily Affi Assegaf and CEO of eVoucher Danny Baskara were presented as resource persons.

Exactly at 18.00, the event was opened and hosted by DailySocial CEO Rama Mamuaya. In his opening, Rama explained to the participants what Hub.id was and the vision that Hub.id wanted to achieve. Ram says:

"The Hub.id program is designed so that various components can make it successful" tech-startups, be it from entrepreneur, investors, academics, policy makers and others, so that they can share knowledge and synergize in a positive way. Startups who join the Hub.id channel will later be selected to get mentoring from experts in the fields they are involved in, to further create a more mature solution and business process to be further presented on Demo Day in front of investors next November.”

On the same occasion, representatives of the Ministry of Communication and Information also gave remarks to the participants. In his remarks, Kominfo said that the government through participation in programs such as Hub.id wanted to participate in encouraging the growth of entrepreneurs in the country. Because according to him, it is an indication that a prosperous country has at least 2 percent of entrepreneurs from the total population.

The presenters started the discussion by telling their initial journey of starting a startup. Both have a unique experience, so it really gives insight different. Danny and eVoucher started from people who really understand the IT world, while Affi started Female Daily from hobbies and passion in the field of women's chat and lifestyle.

They tell about how their business started when they both started working on their own startup full time. Affi resign from where he worked before in order to build a full Female Daily. Both emphasize that we must be observant in recruiting partners to build a business from scratch and must have the same goal.

The participants who came also seemed very enthusiastic about the material presented. When the question session was opened, many discussion sessions were running. Starting from asking questions related to how to work with investors to how to make a stable business growth.

"Building a business is a marathon, not a sprint. The results can be seen as extraordinary in the long run. Sometimes we have to be prepared to be miserable at the beginning, but with hard work it will all pass and produce something to be proud of," said Affi giving tips and convince participants that getting into the startup industry is necessary Yago's defensive effort and high spirits.

Danny himself said:

"Before starting something, a business must know the details of the promotional channel where it is going and define specific potential customers. Usually, what they think about is a cool product, but not think a lot about the user. Before starting, you must know the demographics of the users. Make sure before launch already know the predictions for the future."