Belajar Mikrotik untuk pemula : Dasar Seting Mikrotik

Pada dasarnya blog Tutorial Mikrotik Indonesia ini memang di buat untuk menyajikan tutorial dasar Mikrotik bagi pemula berupa setingan dasar Mikrotik dari awal. Nah, untuk itu bagi anda yang baru mengenal mikrotik dan ingin belajar lebih banyak tentang Mikrotik, silakan simak artikel yang ada di blog ini :

1. Sebelum anda mulai belajar Mirotik, ada baiknya anda belajar dulu tentang dasar jaringan komputer disini :

Komponen Dasar Jaringan Komputer dan Pengertiannya

2. Selanjutnya anda juga perlu tau tentang dasar-dasar istilah Mikrotik berikut :  

- Apa itu Mikrotik? Pengertian Mikrotik & Penjelasannya  
- Belajar Mikrotik : Teori Dasar Mikrotik

Namun jika teman-teman belum paham tentang apa itu Mikrotik karena baru belajar dan tau Mikrotik, saya rekomendasikan untuk menyaksikan dulu Video Tutorial Mikrotik tentang Apa Itu Mikrotik berikut ini.

 

3. Jika anda ingin menggunakan Mikrotik tanpa RouterBoard, yaitu dengan menginstall Mikrotik di PC, silakan simak artikel berikut ini :

Tutorial Cara Instalasi Mikrotik RouterOS

4. Jika Anda ingin belajar Mikrotik menggunakan Simulator seperti Packet Tracer, Anda bisa gunakan Simulator Mikrotik di GNS3, seperti Tutorial Mikrotik disini :
Belajar Mikrotik tanpa RouterBoard Menggunakan GNS3 Simulator

5. Untuk mengakses Mikrotik anda dari PC dilakukan dengan cara-cara berikut ini :  

4 cara dalam mengakses Mikrotik

Salah satu cara untuk mengakses (remote) Mikrotik RouterOS adalah dengan menggunakan aplikasi Winbox Mikrotik. Untuk lebih paham tentang penggunaan Winbox Mikrotik, silakan saksikan Video Tutorial Cara Menggunakan Winbox Mikrotik berikut ini :

6. Selanjutnya anda dapat konfigurasi Mikrotik anda sesuai dengan keinginan dan tujuan anda. Silakan cari tutorial yang sesuai seperti disini :

Setting Dasar Mikrotik 

Sumber: Mikrotikindo

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London Startups Flock & AidTech announced as semi-finalists for IBM SmartCamp

Congratulations to London companies Flock and AidTech for being announced as semi-finalists in IBM SmartCamp's global pitch competition.

It’s been 8 years since IBM began producing IBM SmartCamp, a global pitch competition providing founders everywhere with coaching, mentorship, connections, and a stage to share their businesses with the world.

Every year the competition has evolved to provide more value to an increasingly more impressive group of startups. For the last two years, a partnership with Silicon Valley angel investor Jason Calacanis has helped provide 10 semi-finalists with an incredible opportunity to come to San Francisco, demo at LAUNCH Festival, and compete for $25,000.

This year there were twenty-six local SmartCamp: Build events where early-stage startups in San Francisco, London, Tokyo and beyond went head-to-head pitching their companies to compete for a spot in the 2017 SmartCamp semi-finals.

A group of judges from IBM and LAUNCH then judged the winners from each city to select ten semi-finalists. Click link to see complete list!

It’s been 8 years since IBM began producing IBM SmartCamp, a global pitch competition providing founders everywhere with coaching, mentorship, connections, and a stage to share their businesses with the world.

Every year the competition has evolved to provide more value to an increasingly more impressive group of startups. For the last two years, a partnership with Silicon Valley angel investor Jason Calacanis has helped provide 10 semi-finalists with an incredible opportunity to come to San Francisco, demo at LAUNCH Festival, and compete for $25,000.

This year there were twenty-six local SmartCamp: Build events where early-stage startups in San Francisco, London, Tokyo and beyond went head-to-head pitching their companies to compete for a spot in the 2017 SmartCamp semi-finals.

A group of judges from IBM and LAUNCH then judged the winners from each city to select ten semi-finalists. And today we’re excited to announce who they are!


The 2017 IBM SmartCamp: Build semi-finalists are:


Aid Technology (London): Bringing transparency and efficiency to the distribution of funds and social services by governments & NGOs.

Apli.jobs (Mexico City): Get qualified on-demand workers in 24 hours.

ATCARTA (Seoul): Spatially Accurate Virtual Reality for Real Estate.

Flock (London): Data-driven risk analysis for drones.

Legal Robot (San Francisco): Helping businesses understand legal language using AI.

Motorleaf (Montreal): Turn any indoor garden into a connected, smart garden.

Nuco (London, Ontario): Allows enterprise clients to seamlessly set up a private blockchain.

Pyrenees Inc (Tokyo): Driving assistance system for every car.

Robokind (Dallas): Advanced social robotics.

RufusLabs (Los Angeles): Wearable technology for a superhuman workforce.

All ten semi-finalists will attend LAUNCH Festival as VIPs where they will have demo tables, lunch with Jason Calacanis, and network with Silicon Valley investors.
Three finalists will pitch on stage at LAUNCH Festival. They’ll also land an interview spot on the podcast “This Week in Startups”.

And one lucky startup will win a $25,000 investment from Jason Calacanis and a spot in the LAUNCH Incubator.

Congratulations to all the semi-finalists!


Check out the IBM Global Entrepreneur program to tap into other events like SmartCamp and access resources to advance your startup’s success. 




Sumber: IBM Global

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eBook Tutorial Mikrotik Lengkap

Bagi anda yang sedang belajar mikrotik dan butuh banyak referensi tutorial mikrotik bisa Download eBook Tutorial Mikrotik Lengkap langsung dari para expert Mikrotik dari seluruh dunia.

Ebook Mikrotik ini berupa slide presentasi para expert Mikrotik pada Mikrotik User Meeting (MUM). Silakan bagi anda yang ingin Download eBook Tutorial Mikrotik Lengkap klik link dibawah ini :

Download eBook Mikrotik Free
 

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Training a startup nation – How these companies are transforming Japan

It’s clear that the Japanese startup scene has come a long way in the last decade. The country’s market, often considered “closed” by outsiders, is nonetheless a huge breeding ground for innovative, competitive companies. Japan’s corporations are taking notice, with a growing number of corporate VC’s jumping into the ecosystem. Some of the hottest sectors of the market, like fintech, are projected to grow at astronomical rates in the coming years.

While there are a slew of startups making themselves known in the Japanese ecosystem, what can the ecosystem do to keep up its momentum? After the current generation of startups gets off the ground, how will the next one grow bigger and better?

At this year’s Tech in Asia Tokyo conference on September 27 & 28, we’ve invited speakers that have years of experience dealing with these exact questions. Come to the Main Stage and hear first hand what’s necessary to make Japan a startup nation.

Skyland Ventures: Nurturing young, undiscovered startups

Skyland Ventures is a Tokyo-based VC that works closely with Japanese startups throughout their growth. Skyland focuses on seed and pre-seed investment in Japan. Founder Max Kinoshita says that pre-seed rounds in Japan are sadly lacking, with “almost no one willing to invest at the pre-seed level.” Hence, their funds have often centered on finding young, undiscovered startups that can often have trouble getting the attention of VCs early on.

The company also hosts several events for young startups, such as its SEEDS program. Every week, startups or entrepreneurs with an idea can come in to consult with Skyland’s experts to chart their course. The program also serves as a pipeline for startups looking for seed funding, giving startups a clear path towards making some initial growth.

Last year, Skyland Ventures opened up Hive Shibuya, a communal space for startups to take advantage of seminars, matching services, and mentoring.

Coming to the Main stage at Tech in Asia Tokyo 2017 will be Skyland Ventures’ very own Max Kinoshita, founder and managing partner of the VC. Prior to starting Skyland, Kinoshita worked for a securities company’s VC division. Since then, he has invested in more than 40 companies, mainly in Japan.

Make School: Educating tomorrow’s developers

Founded in 2012 in San Francisco, Make School’s team spans the globe. Their mission: to transition students into successful careers in the tech industry. Make School offers tutelage to students both in person and over the internet, with over 1.5 million students taught online.

Make School’s flagship program Product College provides specialized coursework for startup founders and developers, with a pay-as-you-earn model to ease the cost for young entrepreneurs.

Make School recently wet its feet in the Japanese ecosystem by announcing a partnership with Z-Kai. The two opened a programming school for aspiring developers, with the first session closing earlier this year.

At the Main stage this year will be Japan country manager Miki Nomura. Along with overseeing Japanese enrollment in Product College, Nomura aims to make success stories out of students of the Tokyo Summer Academy.

Protostar: Connecting this generation of startups with the next

Protostar supports investors, projects, and startups to help maintain a healthy ecosystem within Japan. The company links startups with resources throughout their development, from nurturing relationships and funding early on to PR and sales later.

The company also links past startups to current startups, so that the current generation of startup heads can learn from the success of their predecessors. Protostar’s invite-only Salon events also provide a place for rising startups to gather info and make connections specific to their field of interest. Their accelerator Starburst is also unique in that it targets the “barebones” startups in their infancy, connecting them with older startups to give them a roadmap to success.

CCO Yusuke Kurishima will take the stage at this year’s conference to say more about supporting Japan’s ecosystem. Before establishing Protostar, Kurishima specialized in working with seed and pre-seed startups, making him an expert in education for fresh startups.

See what’s in store for the Japanese ecosystem at #tiatokyo2017

That’s not all we have in store for you at #tiatokyo2017. Our Main stage will be flanked by several more, with key figures in the industry giving you their views and insights straight from the stage.

There’s also more to the action at Tech in Asia Tokyo than the Main stage. We’ll have over 150 startups showcasing their stuff at Bootstrap Alley, and our Arena pitch battle where some of the coolest startups will try to wow our judges.

If you don’t want to miss out on this and more, buy your tickets now and get 15 percent off with the code tiatokyo15. This offer only lasts until August 18, 23:59 (GMT +9), so act soon.

Please note that Tech in Asia Tokyo 2017 is a bilingual event with simultaneous interpretation provided for all sessions.

 

Editing by Ng Jing Wen, Cheong Hui Min and David Corbin

(And yes, we’re serious about ethics and transparency. More information here.)

 

 

 

 

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4 questions to cut awkward silences when networking

Networking can be either the most fulfilling or most terrifying part of an event. Regardless of how you find it, there’s no disputing how rewarding it can be. A great networking session could land you your next professional partnership or perhaps even an injection of fresh funds from an investor. If you aren’t networking yet, you should get on it soon – or you’ll be missing out on a whole lot of potential opportunities.
Initiating a conversation can be as easy as extending your hand out for a handshake. But beyond that, it takes a bit more legwork than “hi, hello, how’s the weather.” Here are a few questions you can use at your next event to keep the conversation going and prevent any awkward silences:

1. What did you think of the talk?

This question is an automatic conversation starter right off the bat. It works especially well if you don’t know who the person is and what he or she does beforehand. At that point, all you have in common is attendance at the same event. Asking about how the talk was for him or her opens the conversation up to topics that you share similarities with already.

2. How is your startup/industry doing?

There is a chance that you might find yourself face-to-face with an entrepreneur from an entirely different industry. Take this as an opportunity to learn more about their industry as a whole, how they got into it, and how they foresee it in the future. Just as how you’re not familiar with his or her industry, your conversation partner may not be privy to yours as well. This could be a great learning experience for both of you.

If you chance upon someone who works in the same industry, ask about their careers—how their work is like, how they succeeded, if they can share any marketing insights or tips. Who knows? You might even pick up a thing or two from your conversation.

3. What do you like outside of work?

Networking doesn’t have to be all business. Sometimes, a little light-hearted chat can keep the conversation flowing. Casual topics like book recommendations, favourite sports team, and general life advice generates a lot of rapport with a person. It establishes familiarity you can bank on for heavier topics you wish to discuss.

4. Can we keep in contact after the event?

There will be situations where you hit it off with someone or made a useful contact, but it’s time for you to move on and network with other people. In these times, this question is a great way for you to wrap up the conversation neatly. Make sure to exchange your contact information or business cards with each other and plan a future meeting. You wouldn’t want to lose your new contact, would you?

Network at one great event

The wonder of networking is forming connections that weren’t previously possible. Whether you’re just there to mingle with like-minded startup founders or forge new business partnerships, networking is an invaluable skill you need in your professional career.

If you’re interested in building contacts with amazing entrepreneurs, founders, and investors, you’ll want to check out Tech in Asia Jakarta 2017 because over 6,000 of them will be in attendance! From November 1 to 2, you can meet engaging personalities from the tech community, rub elbows with the head honchos of the tech industry, and pitch to willing investors!

Tickets are now going at 25 percent off. You can use the code tiajkt25 at checkout to save 25 percent on your purchase. But better hurry, this offer only lasts until tomorrow, August 11, 23:59 (GMT +7). Get yours below now!



Sumber: Techinasia

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New AI Assistant Digs Up Specialized Info for Makers

 

Avnet last week unveiled a beta version of Ask Avnet, an automated virtual assistant that combines artificial intelligence with on-demand access to industry experts.

Ask Avnet targets "engineers, designers, hobbyists, makers and purchasing specialists across the electronics supply chain -- which includes the product manufacturing chain," said Kevin Yapp, senior vice president for digital transformation at Avnet.

Ask Avnet gathers information from the company's Web-based ecosystem -- including Avnet.com, element14.com and Hackster.io -- and soon will include access to Avnet's MakerSource.io and PremierFarnell.com properties.

Ask Avnet leverages AI to help anticipate a user's next move and provide the best answer, rather than listing all possible answers.

How Ask Avnet Works

Ask Avnet "aims to shorten the amount of time it takes for Avnet customers to access information," Yapp told TechNewsWorld.

Avnet customers who already are familiar with an Avnet property, such as hackster.io or element14, "will discover more parts or components or choices within Avnet ... with a simple click," he pointed out.

Initially, users interact with an automated assistant for fast answers to everyday questions. They are connected to the appropriate Avnet expert when necessary.

Ask Avnet works on both desktops and mobile devices. However, during the beta phase, the focus is on desktops.

"Full support for mobile devices will be available when we make the tool open to all visitors across our Web properties later this fall," he said.

Going With the Flow

Avnet "isn't the first to do this," remarked Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research.

"Microsoft's doing something, and so are other companies, where the digital assistant is really targeted towards the application or the area of expertise that they're looking for," he told TechNewsWorld.

That said, this is "the way to provide better customer service, reduce costs associated with professional labor, and reduce the number of questions people come up with," McGregor pointed out.

The use of AI and machine learning in the enterprise is likely to increase is one way businesses can increase their competitiveness and thus is likely to increase, ABI Research has predicted.

However, Ask Avnet is "more of a limited response system, and we've had those for some time," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.

"You could do what they're demonstrating with scripts, for the most part, and an old expert system," he told TechNewsWorld. "This is clearly just an early test of concept, but the true AI doesn't appear to exist yet."

Ask Avnet Benefits

It's likely that product developers who use Ask Avnet eventually will get higher-quality advice more quickly, Enderle said. "Once the AI truly kicks in, the experts become largely virtual, with escalation to people decreasing over time as the AI learns from the interaction."

Combining the ability of a digital assistant with a virtual database to target specific customers in specific areas such as engineering "has so many benefits," McGregor said. The system can "continue to learn and evolve with all the information that's going into it."

Avnet is gunning for B2B companies, Yapp said.

The Specter of Google, Apple and Microsoft

Ask Avnet is more like Google Voice, Microsoft's Cortana or Siri than it is like IBM Watson, Yapp said.

The global enterprise market for voice recognition technologies will grow from US$44 billion in 2016 to $79 billion in 2021, according to BCC Research.

Ask Avnet does not have voice capability, which raises the question whether enterprises might turn to Google, Apple or Microsoft, whose assistants combine AI with machine learning and voice.

"You do want to add voice," Tirias' McGregor said, "but, a lot of times when dealing with engineers, you may need to bring up visual information as well."



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Mamorae Bantu Pelaku Usaha untuk Cari dan Pantau Influencer Berpromosi di Media Sosial

Influencer bisa diartikan sebagai orang-orang yang memiliki kekuatan untuk memengaruhi keputusan orang lain karena otoritas, pengetahuan, posisi, atau hubungan yang mereka miliki. Para influencer di media sosial bisa datang dari berbagai latar belakang, namun semuanya memiliki kesamaan, yaitu memiliki ribuan orang (atau bahkan lebih) yang mengikuti konten buatan mereka.

Para influencer biasanya menawarkan layanan testimonial berbayar yang bisa dimanfaatkan pengiklan untuk memasarkan sebuah produk atau jasa ke para pengikutnya. Walaupun cukup membantu, bisa jadi para pengiklan agak kerepotan dalam memantau performa sebuah iklan atau kampanye pemasaran yang dilakukan oleh para influencer. Apalagi, jika kamu sebagai pengiklan menggunakan beberapa influencer untuk mempromosikan produk.

Selain sulitnya melakukan tracking, ada juga satu masalah yang sering kali dihadapi oleh pelaku usaha yang ingin menggunakan jasa influencer. Mencari influencer yang cocok dengan produk dan mau mempromosikan merek tersebut di akun media sosial masing-masing juga merupakan tantangan tersendiri.

Aghnia Syahputra dan Omega Tamboen mendirikan Mamorae untuk menyiasati permasalahan tersebut. Mamorae adalah startup pemasaran digital yang mempertemukan pelaku bisnis dengan para pengguna media sosial yang dapat menjadi influencer bagi suatu produk.

Berawal dari pengalaman pribadi

Aga, begitu Aghnia biasa disapa, bercerita tentang pengalamannya saat menggunakan jasa influencer. Ia merasa kurang puas dengan hasil yang didapat. Selain itu, ia tidak dapat mengukur performa dan pengaruh iklan yang dilakukan oleh para influencer tersebut secara efisien.

“Jika seseorang memiliki seribu follower, belum tentu dapat menjadi seribu transaksi. Agak susah untuk mengukur impak yang didapat saat bekerja dengan influencer. Lebih buruk lagi, beberapa dari mereka tidak peduli dengan produk. Padahal, eksekusi pada marketing adalah salah satu hal yang penting untuk diperhatikan,” tambah Aga.

Hal tersebut kemudian menginspirasi Aga untuk menciptakan sebuah tool guna menyelesaikan permasalahan tersebut. Ide untuk mendirikan Mamorae dimulai sejak bulan September 2015.

Setelah melewati proses validasi selama dua bulan pada Januari 2016, Mamorae kemudian mulai dieksekusi pada Maret 2016. “Produk kami pertama kali live pada minggu pertama Juni 2016, dan kami mendapatkan pelanggan berbayar pertama pada awal September,” kenang Aga yang juga memegang posisi CEO dalam startup ini.

Simbiosis mutualisme antara influencer dan pelaku usaha

Mamorae memungkinkan pelaku usaha dan influencer sama-sama mendapatkan keuntungan. Untuk itu, mereka membagi layanannya menjadi dua, yaitu Mamo untuk Buzzer dan Mamo untuk Merchant.

Sumber gambar: Mamorae

Mamo untuk Buzzer memberikan kesempatan bagi pengguna media sosial untuk memanfaatkan akun mereka sebagai sumber penghasilan tambahan. Caranya, dengan menjadikan akun media sosial mereka sebagai medium pemasaran bagi para pelaku bisnis lokal.

Influencer bisa membagikan konten promosi dari sebuah produk atau jasa yang biasanya berbentuk foto di media sosial. Sebagai imbalannya, mereka akan mendapatkan saldo yang nantinya bisa ditukarkan dengan promosi atau diskon dari merek-merek yang bekerja sama dengan Mamorae.

Sementara itu, Mamo untuk Merchant menyediakan serangkaian fitur yang dapat digunakan oleh para pengiklan untuk memantau iklan dan performa dari influencer. Kamu bisa mengatur jadwal dan detail iklan yang akan disebarkan, juga memantau perkembangan serta traksi iklan di media sosial.

Salah satu fitur Mamorae juga memungkinkan pelaku usaha untuk menjalin komunikasi dengan para influencer yang tertarik untuk mempromosikan produk tersebut di akun media sosial mereka.

Tantangan mengedukasi influencer berkualitas

Sumber gambar: Pexels

Menurut Aga, beberapa kendala sempat dihadapinya dalam menjalankan Mamorae. “Tantangan terberatnya adalah saat melihat kualitas influencer. Karena kita bermain di model peer to peer influencing, kami harus memastikan kalau setiap influencer dapat memberikan pengaruh untuk para Merchant,” kata Aga.

Solusinya, Mamorae mencoba mengedukasi mereka dengan menyediakan informasi tentang bagaimana layaknya menjadi seorang influencer. Tentunya, dalam konten yang mudah dicerna. “Kami mencoba berbicara dengan bahasa mereka dan memastikan setiap call to action disampaikan dengan bahasa yang sederhana,” ujar Aga.

Selain mengakuisisi influencer yang berkualitas, tantangan lainnya yang dihadapi Aga dalam mendirikan Mamorae adalah dalam merekrut tim yang dapat mendukung tercapainya visi Mamorae.

Sejak pertama kali diperkenalkan ke publik hingga saat ini, Mamorae mengklaim telah menjangkau 31 kota di Indonesia. Mereka juga memiliki lebih dari lima ribu influencer terdaftar, dan telah berhasil bekerja sema dengan 83 Merchant, di antaranya adalah sejumlah startup seperti ZenRooms, Scoop, dan Carafun.

Selain Mamorae, startup lain asal Indonesia yang juga menghubungkan pelaku usaha dengan influencer adalah BuzzHero dan Sociabuzz.  Model bisnis serupa sepertinya agak cukup diminati, mengingat saat ini banyak orang yang memanfaatkan media sosial sebagai sarana promosi. Ditambah lagi, media sosial yang seakan memiliki pengaruh besar untuk mempengaruhi orang lain.

Keberadaan platform sejenis akan dapat membantu para pelaku usaha dalam mengembangkan bisnis mereka. Tentunya, didukung dengan kualitas atau reputasi influencer yang baik dan pelaku usaha yang cerdas memilih influencer.

(Diedit oleh Iqbal Kurniawan dan Septa Mellina; Sumber gambar: Pexels)


Sumber: techinasia

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Dorong Perkembangan GO-TIX, GO-JEK Akuisisi LOKET

Ikhtisar

• Nilai akuisisi LOKET sendiri tidak disebutkan oleh GO-JEK
• Setelah akuisisi ini, manajemen dan tim operasional LOKET akan tetap bekerja secara independen.

Pada tanggal 8 Agustus 2017 ini, aplikasi on demand GO-JEK mengumumkan bahwa mereka telah mengakuisisi sebuah startup manajemen tiket dan event asal tanah air, LOKET. Langkah ini mereka ambil demi mendorong perkembangan layanan penjualan tiket yang mereka miliki, GO-TIX.

Lewat akuisisi yang tidak disebutkan nilainya ini, LOKET akan mendapat akses ke tiket-tiket yang dijual GO-TIX, termasuk tiket bioskop CGV dan Cinemaxx. Mereka pun bisa menjangkau lebih dari empat puluh juta pengguna GO-JEK yang tersebar di 35 kota, sehingga bisa mempercepat proses penjualan tiket dari sebuah event.

Di sisi lain, kedua startup tersebut pun akan bekerja sama dalam pengembangan teknologi, demi menghadirkan pengalaman yang lebih baik bagi para promotor acara, maupun pengguna yang hendak datang ke sebuah acara.

“Kerja sama ini nantinya akan memunculkan layanan-layanan yang bisa mengatasi masalah yang dialami oleh para promotor event. Contohnya dalam hal distribusi tiket, pengaturan pengunjung, hingga pembuatan hiburan yang inovatif,” jelas CEO GO-JEK Nadiem Makarim dalam siaran pers yang diterima Tech in Asia Indonesia.

Setelah akuisisi ini, manajemen dan tim operasional LOKET akan tetap bekerja secara independen.

Didirikan oleh Edy Sulistyo pada tahun 2013, LOKET telah menghadirkan beberapa layanan, mulai dari pemesanan tiket secara online, hingga menyediakan gelang RFID untuk para pengunjung event. Gelang RFID tersebut berfungsi untuk mengontrol akses masuk, aktivasi brand, sistem pembayaran tanpa uang tunai, hingga analisis big data.

Pada bulan Juni 2016 yang lalu, mereka berhasil mendapat pendanaan Seri A dengan nilai yang tidak disebutkan. Pendanaan tersebut dipimpin oleh Sovereign’s Capital, serta diikuti oleh East Ventures.

Di Indonesia sendiri telah ada beberapa startup yang juga menghadirkan layanan penjualan tiket event, mulai dari Goers hingga BookMyShow. Menarik untuk ditunggu bagaimana mereka bisa bersaing dengan GO-JEK dan LOKET yang telah menyatukan kekuatan ini.

(Diedit oleh Pradipta Nugrahanto)


Sumber: techinasia

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Westpac invests $40 million in buy now, pay later payment service zipMoney

Westpac has invested $40 million into ASX-listed zipMoney through a private share placement for an 17.11 percent stake in the company, with a further $8 million to be invested subject to performance.

According to a statement to the ASX this morning, the strategic investment will see Westpac and zipMoney explore the potential of integrating zipMoney’s products and services across the Westpac network, while the funding will help zipMoney further its product development and support the growth of its loan book.

Founded by Larry Diamond and Peter Gray in 2013 and listed on the ASX in 2015, zipMoney is a ‘buy now, pay later’ finance product; integrating with both online and in-store payment systems, it allows merchants to offer customers the ability to buy and pay later, with a fraud and credit decisioning engine working to deliver real-time analysis.

Gary Thursby, Westpac Group Executive, Strategy and Enterprise Services, said the bank is excited to be working with a company with a “strong vision” for the future of payments in Australia.

“Zip’s real-time data analytics and proprietary platform offer customers seamless payment solutions. We look forward to working with Zip to develop these capabilities and offer Westpac customers more choice in the changing payments landscape,” he said.

CEO and managing director of zipMoney, Larry Diamond added the strategic investment from Westpac is a “truly transformational” moment for the company.

“It is a serious validation of the success of the Zip platform and offering, and the strategic relationship arrangements will deliver a significant opportunity to further accelerate the growth of our merchant network and origination volumes,” he said.

The investment comes after a big few months for the company, which secured a $260 million debt facility led by National Australia Bank in May.

It reports having over 600,000 customers across its zipMoney and Pocketbook products, with 1,200 being added every day. These have come with retailers including Kathmandu and Harris Farm joining the zipMoney platform; there are over 4,000 partners now using the platform both online and in-store, seeing $53 million in transaction volume processed on the platform over April and May.

The company had last year raised $20.6 million through a share placement, in part to fund its acquisition of Pocketbook for $7.5 million in September.

zipMoney said at the time that the acquisition supported its vision to “create a new financial services model that is built around honesty, visibility, and empowering consumers to make better financial decisions, improving their lifestyle.”

This is the latest strategic investment into a fintech from Westpac itself, which invested $16.5 million into online home loan platform Uno last September. Having been involved with the startup since its initial concept stage, the investment technically represented the cumulative amount Westpac had poured into the startup since development began in late 2015.

Westpac is also the majority backer of venture capital firm Reinventure.

Image: Peter Gray and Larry Diamond. Source: Supplied.

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From Idea to Successful Tech Company in 8 Steps

Ron Huddleston

Stories about the founding of any company begin with motivation. Whatever it was -- an idea, an epiphany or the aftermath of a mistake -- every business founder has a story about how and why they created a company, and that story inevitably includes the tribulations, milestones, pivots and hopefully successes that they faced along the way.

The question of how to ensure the success of a new company is one that we deal with daily in the tech world, and it is that knowledge that we try to glean from founders' stories. Although the story behind every company is unique, the businesses that make it by reaching goal milestones such as landing a big customer, becoming profitable or filing for an IPO all tend to have taken some similar pivotal steps.

For the best chances of successfully building a cloud-technology company, entrepreneurs and founders should consider the following:

1. Build a product. It sounds obvious. When starting a cloud-technology company, focus on building the product -- full stop. Product is 30 percent of the total work required long term, but often other priorities take early focus away from a product. Once the product is solid, companies can shift their focus to the other 70 percent, which is sales, marketing, service and support.

2. Hire sales staff and engineers. New companies need to hire salespeople for where they see their business in 12 to 18 months, not to meet their needs today, no matter what other pressures they may feel. Many companies stump their own growth potential because they hire for current needs, instead of hiring to the vision of the company they want to be.

3. Focus. Every company has dual identities -- services and product. Successful companies clearly choose just one for their vision. That clear choice will define every decision you make moving forward.

4. Just start. Tactics dictate strategy. Whether it’s product, sales, hiring, where to make headquarters, etc. -- too many times, companies are held back by continually seeking better information. Companies should always gather the best information they can, but they need to value execution more than perfect information.

5. Fail. After companies begin to start and execute, it’s important to allow for fast failures. With failure comes the opportunity to make changes, and then (hopefully) win. In my experience, it's been very difficult to succeed in the cloud ecosystem when a company’s culture doesn’t recognize quick failure as its path to its eventual success.

6. Don’t compromise for one customer. Early in the development of many companies, they often attract one marquee customer and collapse under the weight of trying to customize an offering to fit that customer’s specific needs. Newer companies will fall in love with the idea of a certain customer and deviate from their focus and vision. It starts slow, but can grow into an issue that will eventually undermine overall success.

7. Hire customer-success people. After the first or second year of success, many companies fall short because they have underinvested in customer success. Sales and customer success headcount should be hired and matched at a one-to-one ratio. Great companies have hit big lows after a year or two because they continue to invest in sales without building a corresponding customer-success team.  

8. Utilize technology partners. There is a huge ecosystem of successful cloud-technology companies willing to create partnerships. If new companies don't partner with established companies, they are missing out on opportunities to scale.

The vision for a company is probably amazing alone, but there are other companies out there ahead of them, doing something tangential to them, that can provide scale and attract customers that will help newer companies punch well above their weight class far sooner than they should or could on their own.

Passion and vision can provide the foundation for a great company, but it's that passion and desire that can also lead companies down the wrong road. A successful business is built with careful investment in the future as well as a keen eye towards the failures and lessons that were learned in the past.

(ron)

 

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Ngeri! Ada Tanaman Pemakan 'Daging' lho

JAKARTA - Mungkin selama ini Anda hanya mengetahui hewan yang memakan daging (karnivora). Ternyata, tak hanya hewan yang memiliki jenis pemangsa daging, ada juga tanaman yang ditemukan kerap memangsa ‘daging’ seperti makan serangga.
Guna menjebak mangsanya, tanaman karnivora biasanya menggunakan lima mekanisme perangkap dasar yakni paper traps, snap traps, bladder traps, dan lobster pot traps. Terlepas dari mekanisme itu, berikut ini jajaran tanaman karnivora yang ada di dunia seperti dikutip Okezone dari berbagai sumber, Senin (7/8/2017).

Sarracenia
Sarracenia merupakan genus tanaman karnivora yang berasal dari pesisir timur, Texas, dan danau besar. Daun tanaman telah berevolusi menjadi corong, dengan tudung seperti struktur tumbuh di atas lubang untuk mencegah air hujan menipiskan cairan pencernaan.
Serangga tertarik dengan warna, bau, dan sekresi mirip nektar di bibir teko. Pijakan yang licin setidaknya membantu menjatuhkan serangga ke tempat di mana mereka mati dan dicerna oleh pretease dan enzim lainnya.

Genlisea
Genlisea atau lebih dikenal sebagai tanaman corkscrew terdiri dari 21 spesies dan umumnya tumbuh di lingkungan terestrial semibasah hingga semiair. Tanaman ini tersebar di Afrika, Amerika Tengah, dan Amerika Selatan.

Drosera
Drosera, yang biasa dikenal dengan sundews terdiri dari tanaman terbesar dengan setidaknya 194 spesies. Tanaman ini bisa ditemukan di Benua Antartika. Sundews bisa membentuk mawar berjarang dan memiliki tinggi berkisar antara 1 cm hingga 1 m. Menariknya, ia bisa hidup hingga 50 tahun.
Sundews dicirikan dengan tentakel glandular bergerak di atasnya dengan sekresi lengket manis. Ketika seekor serangga mendarat di tentakel yang lengket, tanaman tersebut mampu memindahkan lebih banyak tentakel ke arah serangga untuk menjebaknya lebih jauh.
Setelah terjebak, kelenjar sessile kecil akan mencerna serangga dan menyerap nutrisi yang dihasilkan, kemudian bisa digunakan untuk membantu pertumbuhan.

Dionaea Muscipula

Dianaea Muscipula atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai penangkap lalat Venus, mungkin merupakan tanaman karnivora yang paling terkenal dan memakan serangga serta arakhnida. Flytrap Venus merupakan tanaman kecil yang memiliki empat hingga tujuh daun yang tumbuh dari batang bawah tanah.

(kem)               


Sumber: okezone.com

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Bangga! Bandara Dubai Bikin Pengumuman Pakai Bahasa Jawa

JAKARTA – Indonesia memang telah mendunia, tak sedikit orang yang tak mengetahui budaya yang berada di negara ini. Terlebih beragam bahasa yang telah dikenal hingga mancanegara.
Salah satunya adalah bahasa Jawa. Terdapat kejadian yang cukup unik terekam di Bandara Internasional Dubai.

Sebuah suara dengan logat bahasa Jawa terdengar dengan jelas dalam mengumumkan jadwal penerbangan rute Dubai-Jakarta.

Video yang diunggah oleh Wahyu Pratomo yakni salah seorang penumpang asal Indonesia. Ia merekam dan mengunggah pengumuman keberangkatan pesawat yang menggunakan bahasa Jawa tersebut ke akun Youtube dan Instagra Stories-nya.

“Nuwun Sewu, bapak-bapak soho ibu-ibu, penerbangan emirates EK tigo gangsal wolu dateng Jakarta bade sedoyo.”

Pengumuman tersebut menggunakan bahasa Jawa kromo inggil atau bahasa yang halus dan juga jarang digunakan dalam sehari-hari. Arti dari penguman tersebut adalah,”Permisi bapak-bapak, ibu-ibu, penerbangan Emirates EK tiga lima delapan ke Jakarta, saat ini akan tersedia."

Pada saat itu, Wahyu sedang dalam penerbangan Amseterdam-Jakarta dengan menggunakan Emirates Airlines. Saat transit di Dubai, ia dikejutkan ketika mendengar pengumuman penerbangan yang menggunakan bahasa Jawa.

Unggahan Wahyu di Youtube sontak mendapat komentar bangga dari netizen. Video singkatnya tersebut juga telah ditonton 115.053 ribu netizen.

“waduuhh..ng ndesoku gak ono pengumuman koyok ngono..apik men tur aluuus bahasan,” kata Suyadi Sukoco.

“Mugi2 boso jowo dadi boso internasional yo Lee,” ujar Indra Wahyudi.

 

(kem)

 

 

 

 

Sumber: okezone

                   

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