As a part of Integrated Study Project, LC3 Students had the
opportunity to meet co-founders from johjuda.com, bookabuku.com, and
nulisbuku.com. They are technology-based startups which hold one thing in
common - creativity. Through this Integrated Study, students learned the
importance of originality, book reading and the usage of technology to actively
read good books.
Joh Juda, founder of johjuda.com, actively writes his blog
on his Startup Life. He also composes articles about Productivity, Digital Marketing,
and Christianity. As someone who used to work as a Head of Data Analyst, he is
passionate to help corporate brands understand the market and strategy through
digital media. According to him, originality is driven from those who are
creative. And how to be creative? Simple. Do not steal people's ideas, don't
try to be someone you are not, or even a trend-follower. Instead, be a
trend-setter.
In bookabuku.com, students learned about the struggles and
success of creating a startup using an application. The purpose of
bookabuku.com was to answer the needs of readers. According to Givari Rizky,
founder of bookabuku.com, building a startup requires idea generation that turn
problems into solutions. The problem that Indonesia is currently facing is that
there is no online market-place where anyone can borrow good books. Hence,
Givari's idea was to create a platform to lend books for any readers. One of
his statements was: "Don't look at people from those who have succeeded,
but look at the history of it, when they first started pioneering." The
idea of sharing knowledge, is that you are able to give an impact.
The third speaker was Brilliant Yotenega, founder of
nulisbuku.com. During the opportunity to speak regading "Digital
Literacy", he mentioned that he loves to write, as writing is his hobby.
However, he reminds students that everyone has the skill to write, as writing
requires courage. By writing, we inherit stories to readers of the next
generation. The problem arises when it comes to submitting a story to
publishers - it is not easy. Hence, nulisbuku.com is created as an online
platform to anyone who wants to write and publish their book, without going to
the publisher. Writing can start from a journal that anyone writes every day.
When summarized, you can make it into a book.