A few weeks ago, Adeo Ressi of Founder Institute flew in to Jakarta to oversee the launch of Jakarta Founder Institute which is being held at Bina Nusantara University under the guidance of Andy Zain and Sanny Gaddafi as directors and about twenty mentors.
We caught up with Adeo Ressi following the launch and asked him of his opinions about the newest chapter of Founder Institute. He shared his views on Indonesian startup founders, his expectations of them in light of the rise in entrepreneurship in the country and a lot of other things.
In more general discussions, he spoke about entrepreneurs who focus on technology or the product versus those who seek to solve problems. Essentially though, he thinks it’s not a difficult issue to deal with and if a founder leans too much on the product, that’s what Founder Institute is for. If a founder is not passionate about his or her product, however, it would be more difficult to carry on. Some technical knowledge is clearly expected and sometimes a company is better served by a visionary than a business person when the product requires deep technical insights from the top.
Check out the video below.
