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Kevin Aluwi

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Kevin Aluwi

@kaluwi

co-founder @gojekindonesia | venture partner @lightspeedvp

Singapore

Born September 1

Joined July 2009

Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 16, 2022
Now that I'm no longer running a company - going to share my ACTUAL thoughts on WFH vs in-office. My personal observation is that older executives and senior (position-wise, not necessarily age-wise) managers mostly prefer in office 1/9
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Apr 15, 2025
I don't understand the motive for @gibranhuzaifah to throw other Indonesian founders under the bus on Bloomberg. "Everyone" is not doing it; only a tiny fraction of Indonesian founders commit fraud. The largest, most successful tech companies in Indonesia were started by people
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Aug 18, 2022
Wow - ga nyangka foto cuci piring bisa nyambung ke perdebatan mengenai patriarki dan kesenjangan sosial..
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jan 8, 2025
Replying to @AsahPolaPikir
Bytedance valuasinya 4x BCA - bakal masih lama bgt kalo itu 😅
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 22, 2022
So amazing to see a team from SEA get to the finals of an FPS major.. congrats @pprxteam! So sick
Paper Rex
@pprxteam
Jul 22, 2022
We have made VALORANT History as the first APAC Team to reach the Grand Finals! GG Well Played @OpTic 🦾 We play the finals on Sunday! Same time, same place. #WGAMING #pprxteam
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Oct 4, 2024
Belakangan banyak spekulasi mengenai alasan2 kenapa industri teknologi di Indonesia lesu. Suku bunga AS, kebanyakan bakar duit, kurang investor, dst. Semua itu ga salah, tapi akar dari masalahnya adalah: masyarakat Indonesia daya belinya masih rendah
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jun 9, 2022
Replying to @kunalb11
IMO, usually they weren't actually that humble to begin with. Pre-success, reality forced them to be more humble. Post-success, reality validated them. Success doesn't change people, it reveals them.
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
May 6, 2025
Back in 2011, the Indonesian startup scene looked to the US for inspiration. Turned out this was unrealistic. 5-6 years later, we turned to China. Turned out that was unrealistic too. I think the right place to look for inspiration is actually India..
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Dec 27, 2024
Replying to @nmonarizqa
Pulang tahun 2011 gara2 karir investment banking di LA ga sukses. Masuk industri teknologi di Indonesia yg baru mulai dibangun. Built @gojekindonesia with some friends for 9 years. Got very lucky - right time, right place, right people. Sekarang tinggal di luar negeri lagi 😛
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 16, 2022
Replying to @kaluwi
4/ to collaborating asynchronously, reading docs vs. meetings, meme jokes vs. in-person jokes, etc. They're simply uncomfortable and unfamiliar with how to lead remote teams well and want to force people back to the office and back into their managerial comfort zone..
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 12, 2022
One of the hardest things to do well when building a company is getting the culture “right”. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one that I think doesn’t get talked about enough is the fact that strong cultural values often have a dark side that needs to be managed. 1/9
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 16, 2022
Replying to @kaluwi
6/ company and building consistent culture / team camaraderie is WAY harder remote - two things that are core parts of an executive’s job. Zoom/Docs are simply not good enough yet to compensate for this. There’s no obvious win-win at this point but for sure WFH is here to stay
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 16, 2022
Replying to @kaluwi
9/ significantly reduce the collaboration/culture tax will be developed in time. When this happens, companies that have a more remote-friendly culture will leapfrog ones that do not, but today I still think it’s 50-50 between what working model is better for a company’s success.
Kevin Aluwi
@kaluwi
Jul 16, 2022
Replying to @kaluwi
2/ and more junior folks or people in technical roles/functions mostly prefer WFH. My conservative base assumption based on surveys is most tech employees want WFH most of the time. The opposite is true for executives - most of them prefer in-office most of the time.