BANDUNG STARTUP SCENE
YOHAN TOTTING FOWAB
FOWAB 1st Event
18 FEBRUARY 2010
INITIATORS
WHEN BANDUNG STARTUP SCENE
BEGIN?
2000-2008 Starting with web studio
& freelancing
2008 Bandung Startup Scene
Begin
2010 Online Media & Community
Initiated
2010+ People starting to build
their startups
TODAY
A lot of people wanna build their own startup
But find partner or talent is a big challenge
Good talent usually move to Jakarta where the
money comes
Good & experienced talent is expensive or prefer to build their own startup
Some startups do workshop and training to
find hidden talent
Dominated by game startups
Abroad startup is starting setup their office in
Bandung
Why Bandung?
Weather is awesome
Just 3 hours to Jakarta where the business are
60% of population are young people
New coworking and incubators currently in
development
Transportation still better compare with Jakarta
Bandung Entrepreneur Fact