Sharing my life's journey and lessons learned along the way.

1. My Life’s Journey Andy Harjanto

2. StayHungry, StayFoolish Steve Jobs, 2005

3. Born and Raised in a Tropical Country with 17,508islands

4. Equator line That’s over there Indonesia

5. Absolutely love water!

6. ..and fast sports

7. I spent hours, fascinating with building stuff with blocks and Lego That’s my best Christmas present

8. At 19, ready for a new adventure …threw a dart at the map

9. Michigan, here I come!

10. What was happening back then in US?

11. Wait…. I don’t speak English Well, That’s part of adventure

12. In my apartment, I watched countless episodes of Sesame Street and Three’s Company to improve my English

13. Still, I had many embarrassing moments Hook is verb, then its noun must be… ??!! Excuse me sir, where can I find hookers? ?

14. My first winter was interesting Lived for years in 90s F, and Now, winter in 20s F ..but snow sceneries made up for that

15. 5 years later got my degree, MBA, MSc

16. Start my own start-up NexVision, IncDeveloping Windows Applications

17. I was Young and Stupid money ran out quickly

18. Next 4 years, Do consulting work for companies around the world

19. Got married and have a kid (in that order)

20. And then, Redmond is calling… Pacific Northwest, Here I come!

21. Spent 14 years, and very grateful to work on a few “Startup” projects Active Directory .NET Framework 1.0 CardSpace ForefrontSecurity

22. More importantly, I met amazing people fromall over the world A team in Microsoft is like a group from United Nations

23. Look Ma, NO parachute Still, Can’t Shake My Desire To Be An Entrepreneur

24. Co-Founded Guppers.com Cloud and Mobile Access Business Data on Any Cell Phone 3 min Tour

25. Great time connecting with many other startups around the world http://www.geeksonaplane.com

26. Family vacation to different countries is our favorite family activities (who doesn’t?)

27. What I learned about live so far

28. You Can Achieve Whatever You Set Your Mind To Well, not quite. Let’s revise… You Chance of Success Increases Dramatically Whatever You Set Your Mind To

29. Journey into the unknown has many twists and turns, but hardly you’ll regret it later

30. ‘Been in many places, and worked with people from around the world, I can honestly say: Human in all races, religions is the same Many good apples, just few bad ones *I love to tell you stories about this Unfortunately, media all over the world magnifies only the bad ones

31. Mediocrity is your worst enemy for achieving realprogress in life Either you’re very good at it, or really bad at it So, you can take the appropriate actions

32. In the age of Globalization and Democratized Information Technology, You’re competing with 6,781,439,196+ people Stand up and Be Noticed Channeling your passion is one heck of a strategy

33. Startingis perhaps the hardest thing to do. But think of it this way, You’re ahead of 90% of people if you start

34. Opportunityknocking your door is anomaly Go outside, play, andfind opportunities

35. The biggest innovation I’ve ever witnessed, isto simplify, reduce complex problems

36. In this rapidly changing market, Do not obsess with your competitors They may be even more clueless than you are

38. Ownership

39. TransparencyMy POT Recipe

40. Most of all, sometimes you should just… Have Fun Break some rules Be Foolish Expect the Unexpected Jump from the airplane

41. What I hope in my remaining journey in life ?

42. Making a dent in the universe

43. But together, let’s hole make dent in the universe

44. Call To Action Share your story, knowledge, passion and experience to others

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