Archive | June, 2007

SORRY, NOT EVERYONE CAN PLAY MANAGER!

Aslinya, artikel ini saya tulis untuk menanggapi baca Street School Forum (SSF) di Belia, Pikiran Rakyat, Selasa 9 Mei 2006. Sebagian besar jawaban yang diberikan relatif mewakili apa itu manajer band, tetapi saya ingin menuliskan beberapa masukan atas beberapa informasi dan pola pikir yang kurang tepat. Well, dari versi orisinil, saya edit agar bisa berbentuk [...]

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THE BEST REVENGE IS LIVING WELL

Hello, it’s been a while. Akhir-akhir ini hidup gua sibuk tapi malas; walhasil berat badan naik lagi. Hampir ngga ada inspirasi untuk nulis newsletter lagi sampai tadi malam gua nonton serial komedi SEINFELD di televisi. Sebelumnya, sore-sore, gua jemput istri di kantornya. Di sebuah persimpangan jalan gua nerobos jalur kanan, karena kosong, dan hal ini [...]

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Creativity Kills

Beberapa hari yang lalu saya baca buku Creativity in Business dari Carol Kinsey Goman. Sebuah teks book kecil dengan harga murah yang sama sekali tidak terlihat pintar. Di halaman pertama teks book, seperti biasa ada definisi atau pokok pikiran dari masalah yang penulis coba ulas, sebagai deskripsi awal. Disitu ada cerita seperti ini, ‘Sebatang besi [...]

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Rebel Sell

Terus terang gua beli buku ini semata-mata karena tajuk dan covernya menarik, serta harganya yang ngga terlalu mahal untuk sebuah buku import. Well apalagi alasan seseorang membeli buku yang pengarangnya tidak kita kenal? Setelah membaca dengan susah payah, akhirnya gua simpulkan bahwa buku ini memang berisi sebuah simple common sense; para penulis memiliki pola pikir [...]

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RETAIL MATH

Retail math is considered an integral part of a good retail manager’s skill set. It can be found on some companies pre-employment screening tests. Calculation of a few commonly used profitability indicators: Gross Margin: GM % = (Selling Price – Cost) x 100 / Selling Price Example: You sold an item for $49.95, and the [...]

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Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking

Everything You Need To Know About Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz www.wordofmouthbook.com Okay. Here’s the quick version. Everything you wanted to know about word of mouth marketing but were afraid to ask. It all comes down to this: Happy customers are your best advertisers.If people like you and like what you do, they [...]

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Small House in A Cruel World

I’ve just found our house in Kuta – Bali using Google Earth and i love it. It’s super nice to have such advance technology at your desk!

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Business Lesson – Raising Kids is Investment (no, it’s an Expense!)

I met with an old friend today online at Yahoo! Chat. He asked me what I am doing, while he has just figure out that I have already have my first daughter a week ago. After some small talks, we were talking about building a new internet based project. But I declined his idea saying [...]

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My Brooklyn

If you see the picture above, yes, she’s our new baby born. Her name is Brooklyn Francesca Malau. She’s the most lovely creature i’ve ever see. I can’t imagine how does it feel to have the first daughter. You know how? It’s ultimately the happiest day in our life… Welcome Brooklyn to our family. Robin [...]

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