Comments for Key Performance Indicators http://www.nokpis.com Your one stop shop for startups in southeast asia! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:31:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Wishing I was a writer… by Dominic http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/10/wishing-i-was-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Dominic Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:31:10 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=163#comment-62 Michael, whats your take on the FB activity with Foursquare & Gowalla? <br><br><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/10/facebook-location-foursquare-gowalla/" rel="nofollow">http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/10/facebook-locat...</a> Michael, whats your take on the FB activity with Foursquare & Gowalla?

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/10/facebook-locat...

]]> Comment on Wishing I was a writer… by jayfajardo http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/10/wishing-i-was-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-61 jayfajardo Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:06:39 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=163#comment-61 Right on Michael! On both points. Right on Michael! On both points.

]]> Comment on Wishing I was a writer… by Michael F. Smith Jr. http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/10/wishing-i-was-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Michael F. Smith Jr. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:27:44 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=163#comment-59 jay - so my point was that since a lot of it is old money you don't see enough funding. so i think we are agreeing?<br><br>on number 2 - yes. that is what is amazing now.<br><br>I remember doing pre-boom startup stuff having to buy real servers, real databases and tools. spent most of the money on that.<br><br>opensource, hosting and things like YDN totally change the game! jay – so my point was that since a lot of it is old money you don't see enough funding. so i think we are agreeing?

on number 2 – yes. that is what is amazing now.

I remember doing pre-boom startup stuff having to buy real servers, real databases and tools. spent most of the money on that.

opensource, hosting and things like YDN totally change the game!

]]> Comment on Wishing I was a writer… by jayfajardo http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/10/wishing-i-was-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-58 jayfajardo Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:42:51 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=163#comment-58 Good point Michael. Two things I always like to point out though for the PH...<br><br>1. Funding for tech startups will rarely come from old money. They don't get it and they usually want 60% upwards in the seed round (lol).<br><br>2. It takes less money to develop and launch nowadays. $50,000 to $100,000 is more than enough for a lean 2 to 3 man startup team. Good point Michael. Two things I always like to point out though for the PH…

1. Funding for tech startups will rarely come from old money. They don't get it and they usually want 60% upwards in the seed round (lol).

2. It takes less money to develop and launch nowadays. $50,000 to $100,000 is more than enough for a lean 2 to 3 man startup team.

]]> Comment on Wishing I was a writer… by Michael F. Smith Jr. http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/10/wishing-i-was-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Michael F. Smith Jr. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:17 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=163#comment-57 andre - thanks for the comment.<br><br>no fritters. I will bug Johar for them next time.<br><br>I think the community is gathering steam but the lack of funding avenues, no real incubator network, not many angels and too many big companies/families controlling the wealth is what is holding Indonesia back. I would say the same for Philippines as well.<br><br>Singapore has all the funding one could ever need but a small local market - I have written up my thoughts on Singapore before here: <a href="http://www.nokpis.com/2010/01/22/musings-on-singapore/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nokpis.com/2010/01/22/musings-on-sin...</a> .<br><br>When it comes to investor scene I think Vietnam is doing better than ID or PH but Vietnam has other issues.<br><br>Good discussion! andre – thanks for the comment.

no fritters. I will bug Johar for them next time.

I think the community is gathering steam but the lack of funding avenues, no real incubator network, not many angels and too many big companies/families controlling the wealth is what is holding Indonesia back. I would say the same for Philippines as well.

Singapore has all the funding one could ever need but a small local market – I have written up my thoughts on Singapore before here: http://www.nokpis.com/2010/01/22/musings-on-sin... .

When it comes to investor scene I think Vietnam is doing better than ID or PH but Vietnam has other issues.

Good discussion!

]]> Comment on Wishing I was a writer… by Andre Siregar http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/10/wishing-i-was-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Andre Siregar Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:19:19 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=163#comment-56 Michael, I read your original post earlier this month. The part about pouring some tea before darkening the room and starting the presentation... that was all too familiar. Was there any fried banana fritter as well? ;-)<br><br>You've been around SEA region. What do you think of the startup community in Indonesia compared to its neighbors? Is it attractive to investors? Which country is right behind Singapore in tech/internet startup? Michael, I read your original post earlier this month. The part about pouring some tea before darkening the room and starting the presentation… that was all too familiar. Was there any fried banana fritter as well? ;-)

You've been around SEA region. What do you think of the startup community in Indonesia compared to its neighbors? Is it attractive to investors? Which country is right behind Singapore in tech/internet startup?

]]> Comment on Johar and the IDC’s freedom of expression… by Wishing I was a writer… at Key Performance Indicators http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/02/johar-and-the-idcs-freedom-of-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Wishing I was a writer… at Key Performance Indicators Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:56:41 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=124#comment-55 [...] wrote this post about some experiences in Indonesia and now it is on the Yahoo! blog in Bahasa [...] [...] wrote this post about some experiences in Indonesia and now it is on the Yahoo! blog in Bahasa [...]

]]> Comment on Johar and the IDC’s freedom of expression… by Michael F. Smith Jr. http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/02/johar-and-the-idcs-freedom-of-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Michael F. Smith Jr. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:15:17 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=124#comment-54 gen - thanks for the info<br><br>I guess unique in that they have been doing it for years and every guy is linked in - I have not heard of a case in other countries where they have 100% participation, but I could be wrong.<br><br>great link btw - thanks for sharing! gen – thanks for the info

I guess unique in that they have been doing it for years and every guy is linked in – I have not heard of a case in other countries where they have 100% participation, but I could be wrong.

great link btw – thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on Johar and the IDC’s freedom of expression… by Gen Kanai http://www.nokpis.com/2010/03/02/johar-and-the-idcs-freedom-of-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Gen Kanai Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:07:59 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=124#comment-53 Did you see the Markoff article this week talking about peering? <br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/science/02topo.html?pagewanted=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/science/02top...</a><br><br>I'm sure IDC is doing critically important work in Indonesia but I don't think they're unique per se. Markoff cites SFMIX and AMS-IX but I know there are other non-profit peering points in other countries (I was told about the one in the Philippines but I forget the name.) Did you see the Markoff article this week talking about peering?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/science/02top...

I'm sure IDC is doing critically important work in Indonesia but I don't think they're unique per se. Markoff cites SFMIX and AMS-IX but I know there are other non-profit peering points in other countries (I was told about the one in the Philippines but I forget the name.)

]]> Comment on buzzz…. by Dominic http://www.nokpis.com/2010/02/20/buzzz/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Dominic Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:23:57 +0000 http://www.nokpis.com/?p=116#comment-52 I'm definitely jumping in here to say in defence of my google bashing friend that I am one of the guys who has emailed him and punched out of gmail because of buzz. The sheer arrogance of these guys (and I should add that FB is almost there) was enough for me to re-embrace the apple product which, despite its flaws, just concentrates on being an email platform....quite frankly, I will choose in the ether who i socialise with! I'm definitely jumping in here to say in defence of my google bashing friend that I am one of the guys who has emailed him and punched out of gmail because of buzz. The sheer arrogance of these guys (and I should add that FB is almost there) was enough for me to re-embrace the apple product which, despite its flaws, just concentrates on being an email platform….quite frankly, I will choose in the ether who i socialise with!

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