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Friday, February 11, 2011

Diversifikasi

Terlalu rumit kalau dibuat dalam bahasa Inggris, jadi bahasa Indonesia aja ya...

Diversifikasi. Dari dulu pas SMP sebenernya sudah tau kata-kata ini, cuma sering lupa artinya. Mengutip dari sini, diversifikasi sama maksudnya dengan jangan taruh telur-telur dalam satu keranjang. Kenapa? Kalau keranjang itu jatuh, semua telur akan pecah. tapi kalau menaruh telur-telur ke beberapa keranjang, kalau 1 keranjang jatuh paling nggak masih ada telur yang lain.

Kalau dari wikipedia, arti diversifikasi ekonomi adalah usaha penganekaragaman product (bidang usaha) atau lokasi perusahaan yang dilakukan suatu perusahaan untuk memaksimalkan keuntungan sehingga arus kas perusahaan dapat lebih stabil, ini dilakukan perusahaan untuk mengatasi krisis ekonomi, sehingga apabila suatu perusahaan mengalami kemerosotan pendapatan di salah satu product atau negara/daerah, di product atau negara/daerah lain mendapatkan kelebihan pendapatan, sehingga kekurangan yang terjadi bisa tertutupi. Biasanya hal ini dilakukan oleh perusahan besar Multi Nasional Coorporation (MNC) karena dengan demikian perusahaan dapat menjamin pendapatan / arus kas yang lebih stabil sehingga meningkatkan trust kepada pemegang saham.

Kurang lebih begitulah maksudnya diversifikasi. Diversifikasi memang banyak dipakai di bidang bisnis. Manfaat diversifikasi ini jelas seperti perumpamaan telur-telur itu. Masalahnya sekarang, banyak ahli-ahli bisnis yang bilang kalau diversifikasi bukanlah hal yang terbaik. Saya masih awam sekali di bidang bisnis, jadi kayaknya terlalu jauh kalau belajar ilmu-ilmu ekonomi macam ini. Tapi paling nggak sih nggak ada salahnya untuk sekedar tahu. Saya pribadi banyak mempraktekkan cara diversifikasi ini. Untuk lebih jelasnya saja, berikut ini usaha-usaha yang sedang saya kerjakan :


  • Dynasty TEES (jual T-shirt online)
  • Jasa eBay (jual jasa pembelian di ebay.com)
  • Jualan di eBay
  • New project (masih dimatangkan dulu..hihihi....)

Kalau dulu, penghasilan utama saya dari jualan di eBay, tapi sekarang sudah tidak lagi. Kenapa? Karena saya memutuskan untuk perlahan-lahan mundur dari eBay. Alasannya, karena barang jualan yang saya jual sudah tidak selaris dulu, eBay sekarang peraturannya lebih ketat daripada dulu terutama untuk seller Indonesia, dan saya melihat kalau jualan lewat ebay saja ini belum bisa menjadi jaminan. Kalau memang untung ya untung lumayan besar, tapi kalau rugi juga bisa sampai rugi besar. Selain itu, kalau cuma jualan di ebay ini saja, saya akhirnya kurang bisa berkembang. Bagaimana jika suatu saat eBay ditutup? Bagaimana jika eBay sudah tidak bisa ke Indonesia? Ini cuma contohnya saja, saya tidak yakin eBay akan pernah bangkrut. Intinya, di eBay saya kurang bisa berkembang. Akhirnya, saya memutuskan untuk mundur teratur dari eBay.

Sekarang, saya lebih fokus ke Dynasty TEES. Ini adalah sebuah toko online yang menjual T-SHIRT. Area mencakup seluruh Indonesia. T-SHIRT yang dijual masih memakai sistem preorder. T-SHIRTnya juga bukan merk sendiri, tapi seperti membuat T-SHIRT artis-artis,musisi,atau film-film. Untungnya tidak terlalu banyak, tapi prospeknya lumayan. Bisa dikembangkan ke tahap selanjutnya, seperti membuat merk sendiri, atau bahkan memproduksi T-SHIRT sendiri. hehehe... Yang jelas, untuk jualan T-SHIRT ini potensi berkembangnya besar kalau menurut saya.

Untuk yang jasa order pembelian barang di eBay ini sebenarnya cuma buat sampingan aja. Jadi, bukan sesuatu yang saya ingin jadikan penghasilan utama. Tapi, bukan berarti dijalani dengan asal-asalan. Tiap ada buyer, tetap saya usahakan serius menangani. Untuk yang new project, ini masih dalam tahap maju-mundur :P. Jadi belum tentu bisa jalan juga. Sekarang lagi dimatangkan dulu persiapannya karena emang butuh modal dan keberanian yang cukup besar untuk ukuran saya.

Sekarang, yang jadi masalah, kadang diversifikasi ini malah bisa membuat saya tidak fokus. Sebentar-sebentar ingin serius eBay, sebentar kemudian ingin serius di T-SHIRT. Kalau untuk sekarang sih, semuanya masih bisa berjalan lancar karena memang bekerja bukan menjadi tanggungan utama saya untuk saat ini. tapi untuk 2 tahun ke depan saya nggak yakin. Terlebih, sekarang ijasah kuliah juga bukan jaminan untuk sukses. Argghhhh..... Jadi bingung kan kalau kayak gini..... Any solutions?


Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Blair Waldorf Philosophy

I have mentioned a hundred times in this blog that I love watching Gossip Girl. One of the characters in Gossip Girl named Blair Waldorf, played by Leighton Meester. I love Blair Waldorf's character. It's a very powerful character and Leighton Meester is very good in playing it.

Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl
First time, I watched Gossip Girl and I thought this Blair Waldorf character is very mean. Blair is like the it girl in school. Popular, rich, and the Queen B. She is the kind of people who treat another people easily, have no respect to other people who don't know about fashion, and very very mean. But, actually, she's more than that. She can be the Devil if you only look from the outside. But if you study her, actually she's a wonderful person. Of course she's a mean character, but I find that she's a loyal best friend that will do anything she could to protect her best friend. Maybe she's so mean to other people, but to Serena, her best friend, she's very concerned and the best of the best best friend in the world. Every people that have a best friend like Blair Waldorf must be very lucky. She's not naive, she might be a competitive person, but when you hurt her best friend, she will hurt you back more than anything you could imagine.


Also, Blair Waldorf is a very smart women. She's an ambitious person. She'll do anything to get what she wants. She has the most powerful energy when she wants something and she doesn't quit easily. I know some of her ways to get what she wants might be wrong, but I appreciate her hard work. She's so strong and I admire her character. She's not only good in fashion sense, but also very great in being an independent woman. Sometimes she's out of control, but that's because she really wants something so badly. She doesn't give up, she always has a million ways to do it her way. And that's what makes her special.

Blair and Chuck
When it comes to love, she falls for Chuck Bass. Chuck Bass isn't really a good man I think. He has slept with million if women, but the truth is, the only woman that he loves is Blair Waldorf. Chuck and Blair is the most beautiful couple in Gossip Girl. But unfortunately, they are too selfish to admit it. Then when finally they admit it, they still have some problems because of their own attitudes. They don't want to give in. They're both ambitious and actually when they're alone they're strong, but when they're together, they will be the strongest. Too bad they don't want to admit that they always have the same feeling for each others.

Last words,
Long live Blair Waldorf!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Holiday Mode ON and some movie reviews

Haven't blogged for a while. No, I'm not busy I'm just to lazy to write. Next week, university is coming and ARGHHHH I still want holiday. I need to graduate from university soon!! Anyway I just watched these movies during holiday and here it is some short reviews.


127 Hours should be an amazing movie, I know this movie is nominated for Oscars for some categories. Actually this is a very good movie, but for some people this could be boring because it's just like a one man show (James Franco). I like this movie, but not a lot because sometimes I feel bored watching it. I think the screenplay isn't the best one but this movie has a good cinematography.


Mean girls 2. First I watched the trailer then I thought, "I won't like this movie." I love mean girls 1, it was a good movie. But then they made Mean Girls 2 with a lot of Disney actresses there. I was interested but the trailer disappoints me. Actually, the movie was good too. I enjoyed it. It's not like what I expected. It has the same theme with Mean Girls, but using a different casts and situation. I loved it!!!


16 Wishes is a Disney Channel original movie starring Debby Ryan, the one who played Bailey on Suite Life on Deck. Because I love chessy movies, I also enjoyed this movie. It's just like another teen drama movies but I'll always love this kind of movie. It brings so much fun. It's like a guilty pleasure. 16 Wishes was enjoyable, watch it if you have spare time.

The Tourist. When so many movie critics don't like The Tourist, I loved it!!! It was an awesome movie. I mean, who doesn't love Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in a movie? They both did a great job in this movie, making this movie enjoyable. I know maybe this movie wasn't what other people expect, but it's still a great movie. Simple story, but Angie and Depp had a good chemistry here. Also, the view of Venice which made me want to go there. It's so beautiful. With a good cinematography, it looks 100 times more beautiful in this movie I guessed.


Easy A. Apparently, I didn't like this movie. I thought Easy A would be a great comedy movie, but I watched it and I thought this movie is too over the top. I didn't like the story either. Sorry, A. It had a good cast, but I'm just not that into this movie.


Knight and Day. I love Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise, but I guess this movie was too simple. They didn't have something new in a movie. It's just another movie that people will forget I think. I thought this movie was more like Ethan (Mission Impossible) side job. Sorry.


Love and The Other Drugs. I bought this movie because of Anne Hathaway. Yes, I adore her so much. She's a young lovely independent woman. And I loved this movie, not a lot, but I still like this movie. But, actually this movie had a lot of s*x scenes. Advice : Don't watch this movie with children! Also Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal really had a great chemistry in this movie. This movie was entertaining, fun, but not so chessy. It was great!




Upsss, I still have a lot of DVDs to watch....