Shopee is trying its luck in Poland and India. Although the effort has only just begun, this experiment seems to hint at Shopee's global ambitions. This e-commerce giant has dominated the Southeast Asian market, and is growing quite rapidly in Latin America.
Continue ReadingB2B startup marketplace for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) Ula recently received funding from an investment firm owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Not only that, Tencent also participated.
Continue ReadingBeginning this greeting, let us deliver sesanti angayu bagya, puja pangastuti to Ida Hyang Widhi Wasa, God Almighty, because, on His asung kerta wara nugraha, we can gather in the Fifth International Conference On Family Business and Entrepreneurship at The Grand Inna Kuta, Bali, an annual event held by the Faculty of Business, President University, in collaboration with Dhyana Pura University, Bali, and the Indonesia Strategic Management Society.
Continue ReadingLadies and gentlemen, This Monday morning President University again held the International Conference on Family Business and Entrepreneurship or we usually call it ICFBE. This is an annual event that we started in 2017, and continues every year. If in the first three years we held the conference offline, in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we did it online. For this year, our conference will be held on a hybrid basis.
Continue ReadingAnother way of parenting is to encourage children and grandchildren not to immediately occupy leadership positions in family companies but to start from the bottom. Not a few founders encourage their children or grandchildren to work as professionals outside the family company first. After gaining experience and appreciation from the outside, they were invited to join the family company.
Continue ReadingThe phrase about the third-generation curse does not only exist in China but also in various other countries. In the US, for example, there is an expression, "from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations." In England, the expression "clogs to clogs is only three generations," while in Japan, it says "rice paddies to rice paddies in three generations." The meaning is more or less the same, namely from coolies back to coolies, from clogs back to clogs, or from starting from farmers back to being farmers. It all happened in the third generation.
Continue ReadingCikarang. Sunday (17/10), President University (PresUniv) held 16th graduation. This is the second online graduation held by PresUniv. The graduation procession was led directly by the Rector of PresUniv, Prof. Dr. Jony Oktavian Haryanto, while still implementing strict health protocols.
Continue ReadingTo the honorable the Rector of President University and other the Leaders of President University. To the honorable the President University students. My name is Ridwan Kamil, Governor of West Java. With gratitude to the presence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, I am delighted to attend this event even though it is virtual.
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