IT & Entrepreneurship

Budi Rahardjo
http://rahard.wordpress.com
Studium Generale at Institut Teknologi Telkom
Bandung, 9 Desember 2010
 IT Booming Again
•  The second coming of Information
Technology (IT)
–  after 2000 boom
–  ... And bust!
•  Now, it’s booming again ...
–  Hopefully, not bust
(Have learned from previous bust)

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 (IT) Opportunities
•  Can start an IT company with limitted
initial funding (resources)
–  Idea(s) is the most important thing
–  Creativity ...
–  Key: Human Resources

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 Success Stories
•  But, there are still rare success stories in
Indonesia

–  Koprol is the latest success story in Indonesia

–  Facebook and twitter
are examples of global success stories

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 Entrepreneurship
•  Important in economy
–  [need statistics here ...]
•  But, not for everybody
•  Most people prefer stability
–  paycheck every month,
become civil servants, or so ...
–  That’s ok, but be good at what you do

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 Entrepreneurship
•  Easier said than done
•  Can we teach entrepreneurship? Yes!
•  But, difficult to create entrepreneurs
•  Even harderd to create successful
entrepreneurs
–  Analogy: can teach how to paint, but not
all will become maestro. Most will not!

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 IT opportunities, revisited
•  ... [next presentation] ...
Masa Depan IT

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