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Stephanie Chai and the business of being trusted
Stephanie Chai started The Luxe Nomad with a booking website and a taste for travel. Building a company that could look after the holiday itself took longer - and brought her from a living-room office to the villas of Bali and the slopes of Hokkaido.
Astrid Juanita Stephanie and the distance between a farm and a hotel
Before co-founding PanenID, Astrid Juanita Stephanie knew the hotel side of the food business. Her next move was to bring farmers closer to the kitchen - and give them a better reason to keep growing.
Johannes Dwi Cahyo Kristanto and the last 100 kilos
A programmer, a milk-tea van and a harvest with leftovers. The PanenID co-founder’s route into agricultural logistics began with the everyday business of getting food to people.
Marc Lou
Marc Lou (born Marc Louvion) is a French solopreneur and serial indie hacker who went from being fired by Tai Lopez in 2021 to earning over $1 million a year - solo, from Bali. He built ShipFast, a Next.js boilerplate that made $250K in five months, and TrustMRR, a verified startup revenue database built in a single day that became his top earner. With 14+ products launched, three sold, and a philosophy built on radical transparency and absurd shipping speed, he is one of the most-followed makers in the build-in-public movement.