Thanks to the pandemic, virtual event has become prevalent. Not only work meeting or webinar, we now hold wedding, engagement, religious ceremony, office gathering, and any other social events virtually. As this becomes the normal way of doing an event, your chance of organizing a virtual event will also increase. Hence, this might be a useful guide for virtual event budgeting when you are about to organize one.

1. Cover the basics

Obviously, the participants and contributors of your virtual event will need internet access to attend it. If this is a mandatory event (like an office event), you might want to consider providing for the internet access. The simplest way is to extend some funds to procure the internet access. Likewise, you — the organizer — will also require internet access, especially if you are doing live video streaming. Don’t forget to secure the bandwidth for it.

The other basic thing is the platform you are going to use to conduct the event. Also, you sometime would like to have a quiz or live voting. By now you should be aware that to enjoy full features of the platforms you will most likely have to pay in the form of subscription. Hence, you need to understand the estimated length of your event and what feature you are going to need for the event so you can choose the appropriate subscription plan.

Tip: Check with your colleagues, friends, or families to know if others might have paid for the subscription and you could use the access without extra cost.

2. Know your event

Just like you need to understand your enemy when you are going to war, you should also understand your event when you are organizing one. Depending on the agenda, you will have to budget for speaker or expert, MC, and entertainment.

If you are live streaming and virtual background is not an option, you might still have to decorate the venue, rent the video and audio equipment, and hire professional talents for recording. Furthermore, it is better to also take into account budgeting for make up and/or costume for those who are going to be the main stars of your event.

3. Marketing

Now more than ever, virtually marketing your event is becoming more important. If you are expecting revenue or image building from the event, you might want to hire a professional to design the marketing materials and strategize the marketing effort (e.g. are you going to use website, social media, or SEO?).

4. There are mouths to feed

Even though your event is virtual, if you event happens to occur during mealtime, it is preferable for you to budget for the food too. At the end of the day, you can’t fill in empty stomach virtually. Having the same meal while attending the event will create the atmosphere that you are attending the event together just like the old days when you share the moment physically.

5. Sharing is caring

As previously mentioned, there could be quiz or voting. You might also want to share souvenirs or gifts to the participants or speakers. As such, you will have to prepare budget for this. It is not uncommon to budget extra for this item either because you manage to save some money because of or want to compensate for holding the event virtually.

6. Other Expenses: Delivery!

Previously, people will have to travel to attend event. However, virtual event enables participants to attend almost from any part of the world. In relation to sending meal and gifts, this could be a challenge. You or your vendors need to arrange for delivery to the participants and be mindful that you need to deliver to many places. It could often be 1 package to 1 address and imagine if you have hundreds of people to attend the event. Believe me, the delivery fee could be very significant and thus, you really should budget it.

Tip: Do consider using different vendors to cover different locations but beware, the participants could be comparing the meals and gifts they receive if they are not uniform. Another tip is to provide your “gifts” in monetary form by sending it using e-wallet. This way, you will be able to eliminate the delivery fee (assuming the e-wallet platform does not charge for service fee).

7. Miscellaneous

As always, it does not hurt to set aside extra budget for rainy days. Along the way there will be additional items to cover for. Just make sure you have budget for the main expenses so that the miscellaneous will be small in terms of percentage of total costs.

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Venopi is a community marketplace for events & activities.

If you are looking for event vendors — find yours through us. Venopi can help you with your event planning, starting with finding a suitable event vendor for you.

If you are an event vendor — list your service with us. Make use of your existing business, earn more income, and be a part of creative communities.

Venopi believes in the power of local sharing and thoughtful use of resources. You should join us! Learn why here.

We are always open for conversations and suggestions. You can reach us at hello@venopi.com.

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You might have heard about Web 3.0 and are wondering, is it real or just a buzzword? How can it help you and your business? What does it mean for the event industry? In this post, we will explain concisely so you can understand and benefit from it!

History of the Web

Web 3.0 is known to be the upcoming generation of the internet, but what is it exactly? The best way to fully understand Web 3.0, is to learn the evolution of the web.

Web 1.0

Web 1.0 is the first episode of the World Wide Web’s evolution that lasted roughly from 1989 to 2005. It is also called the “Static Web” and was seen as a way to democratise access to information (aka making digital information accessible to average non-technical people). The concept was promising, but in practice, there was no easy way for non-technical people to be involved in Web 1.0. The era was pretty disorganised and overwhelming but necessary to pave the way for the Web 2.0 era.

Web 2.0

The “Social Web” or Web 2.0 began in 2005 and today (2022), we are still in the era. Web 2.0 made the internet a lot more interactive and the end-users as an integral part of the website. Thanks to the advancements in web technologies (Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, etc), they enabled startups to capture these opportunities by building interactive web platforms where users can create profiles, add content or comments, and interact with each other.

Web 2.0 helps the internet to go mainstream; Many successful startups, such as YouTube, Facebook, Google and Instagram, enable users to upload and distribute their contents between various platforms, applications and to the world without writing a single line of code.

The easy access and smooth adoption of the internet seem like the perfect utopia, but these startups turn into giants and the internet world becomes more centralised. The centralisation of the internet issue, together with the advancement of technology (IoT), AI and machine learning paved the way to the next generation of the internet, the Web 3.0.

Web 3.0

Web 3.0 is built largely on three new layers of technological innovation:

• Edge computing
  Servers are deployed closer to you, hence faster, safer, more reliable and efficient for you.
• Decentralised data networks
  It enables you to sell or barter your data without losing ownership control, giving up privacy or reliance on third-party middlemen. In short, you are in control of your data.
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
  Ever wonder how to double your revenue the best way possible? or to save costs efficiently? With enough data, AI & machine learning algorithms can answer this with a clear explanation of why and how to get there.

Web 3.0 is a leap forward to open, trustless and permissionless networks:

• Open: they are built from open-source software built by an open and accessible community of developers and executed in public repositories. In short, you can see every line of code that is committed by the developers — see something fishy? Do you think you can implement a better solution? You can jump in and create a pull request to contribute!
• Trustless: the network itself allows participants to interact publicly or privately without the need of a trusted third party.
• Permissionless: anyone, both consumers and suppliers, can participate without authorisation from a governing body.

This new web generation promises a more intelligent, efficient, accurate, and connected online experience for everyone.

How can Web 3.0 help the event industry?

In this section, I will share my thoughts on how Web 3.0 will help you and your business, specifically with the alignment of Venopi future plan.

Total control of your data

When you upload your content on most platforms, you don’t “own” the data — technically, the platform does. Well ok, it’s not black and white, but we all can agree that when you upload your pictures on Facebook, you don’t exactly know where the “cloud” is and it’s not like you can grab your data and completely remove them on Facebook singlehandedly without their permission or help.

This doesn’t always mean bad though. The company stores your data, keep them safe and organise them for you, for free. But, as we all know, nothing is for free right? someone gotta pay the bills; therefore they use your data to cover their bills.

How’s Venopi different from other platforms?

First, we want to inform you transparently regarding how we are gonna build our application architecture and store our data and build our product. We will do so using concise words, with a reading age of 11.

Secondly, we will give freedom to our vendor partners to choose which plan suits them the best. Whichever way you’ll choose, we will make sure to keep your data safe and decentralise so you can claim your data and take them away with you should you want to leave Venopi. We will only make a copy for backup if you allow us to do so.

Smart contract to validate each transaction

Dealing with new vendors can be tricky, on top of that, “whom to pay when and how much?” is also a complicated, yet mundane and common question that can be solved using a smart contract.

A smart contract is a transaction protocol that is intended to automatically execute, control or document legally relevant events and actions according to the terms of a contract or an agreement. How does this work in the real world?

Say you are a musician and you set some rules for your customers:

• 50% non-refundable advance payment, six months before the event & must be paid within a week of the invoice date
• 50% payment within 48 hours after the event day
• 5% weekly fine if the customers miss the deadline

Currently, you need to keep track of every booking, send reminders, and invoices yourselves. Using a smart contract, you can set these rules once and you can trust that they will be automatically executed when relevant events or actions apply. Say Jamie has booked you on 01 Jan 2022 for a private event on 01 January 2023

1. If today is six months before the event date (01 June 2022), send an invoice to Jamie
2. If today is six months + 5 days before the event date (06 June 2022) and Jamie hasn’t paid, send a reminder else secure booking
3. If today is six months + 7 days before the event date (08 June 2022) and Jamie hasn’t paid, cancel the booking and set the date to be open
4. If today is the event date + 24H (02 January 2023), send an invoice to Jamie for the rest of the payment (incl extra charges, if any) and request a review
5. If today is the event date + 48H (03 January 2023), and Jamie hasn’t paid, send a reminder with the deadline of 10 January 2023 — else complete booking
6. If today is 10 January 2023, and Jamie hasn’t paid, send an invoice + 5% fine with a deadline of 17 January 2023 — else complete booking
7. If today is 17 January 2023, and Jamie hasn’t paid, send an invoice + 10% fine with a deadline of 24 January 2023 with a final warning to proceed to legal team Venopi — else complete booking
8. If today is 24 January 2023, and Jamie hasn’t paid, submit to legal team Venopi — else complete booking

Sound great right? Now you don’t need to worry about what, how, when, who for each booking, Venopi will take care of them using smart contract technology for you, so you can focus on the most important thing: doing the things that you love the most, performing.

Diverse income channels

The pandemic makes it hard for everyone in the social business to survive and Venopi wants to help our event vendors to thrive during the hard times using whichever methods we, as a community, see fit. Although it seems impossible, we believe that humans are social beings. Sure there are some of us who are loners, introverts, hermits, homebodies, but we all can agree that we learn, grow and improve our knowledge and world by working and connecting with others. This is also why we believe that Venopi can and will always be able to help and persevere because we’re about human connections.

One method we believe that can and will help our partner vendors is to enable them to create, buy, collect and sell NFT on Venopi.

What is NFT again? NFTs work as proof of ownership that is attached to an object — can be an artwork, a video, a tweet, or even a domain — and authenticated by blockchain. Read this post if you want to know more about NFT (non-fungible token) — https://venopi.com/blog/what-is-nft-and-how-can-it-benefit-creative-vendors/.

Conclusion

We hope that after reading this post, you now understand more about Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.

The bottom line is that Venopi believes in the future of Web 3.0; We want to educate our community so we are all can benefit and progress to a better future where you can take control of your data, asset and be free to do what you love the most.

Venopi wants to contribute to the “future of work” segment, where we believe that people can finally be free and independent by earning based on doing what they enjoy, want to do and love the most.

The Future Of Event With Web 3.0
Blockchain, NFT & Cryptocurrency on Venopi

At Venopi, we always think ahead and are eager to offer solutions that will benefit our customers and partners in the long term. We are heading towards Web 3.0; Blockchain, NFT & Cryptocurrency, not because they are hip, but because they make sense and will help our community to a better and sustainable future.

We aim to inform our community and prepare them for the future we believe in and building towards. You should join us!

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We are thrilled to announce we have been featured in the Best Startup EU Magazine as one of the top Communities Startups in the Netherlands 2021.

From the very beginning, Venopi aims to focus on community in every way Venopi operates. We believe that belong joining a community is essential to the success of a company. A community can accelerate companies growth and it also provides a kind of support system, especially in a tough time like now. Without community, Venopi would not have existed. Therefore we would like to give back.

Venopi is built from a community and it creates another community. By creating this, we allow event vendors and customers to:

1. Collaborate and immerse in the event industry
2. Connect with a network of passionate vendors and customers
3. Share and transfer their knowledge effectively
4. Build their network

Venopi consists of local vendors where they can expose their creativity to a broader audience. Furthermore, Venopi facilitates collaboration within event vendors which will create a strong network. Venopi creates a community within customers as well. They can share their tips and experience in event planning, and ideas as well for those who are looking for inspiration. All of this process will strengthen the community in the event industry, and eventually increase growth.

We never stop growing within and for our community. We strive to innovate serving the community by building new features that will benefit everyone joining the community. We hope that by doing this, we will contribute to a better future for everyone.

About the Best Startup EU Award:

Annually, Best Startup EU awards the most successful startups in the EU, with it’s lists featuring companies who are pushing the limits of innovation to solve critical problems and challenges. Best Startup EU aims to accelerate the growth of the foremost EU based companies, businesses and innovations by promoting them to a global audience. This year Venopi makes this list for their exploits in the Startups industry.

Pleased and humbled by this latest recognition Venopi is ready and eager to deliver to the EU and global stage.

Read the full article here: 100 Top Communities Startups and Companies in the Netherlands 2021

About Venopi

Venopi is a community marketplace for events & activities.

If you are looking for event vendors — find yours through us. Venopi can help you with your event planning, starting with finding a suitable event vendor for you.

If you are an event vendor — list your service with us. Make use of your existing business, earn more income, and be a part of creative communities.

Venopi believes in the power of local sharing and thoughtful use of resources. You should join our community! Learn why here.

We are always open for conversations and suggestions. You can reach us at hello@venopi.com.

About BestStartup.eu

Best Startup EU is an online publication that helps promote European businesses and put them on the international stage. They primarily focus on businesses who show positive signs of growth, innovation, management and excel in areas which have a beneficial impact on society.

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It all started in a mutual interest in the contemporary art world, shared by Ade Asria Radiany and Leny Savitri. Ade Asria is working in the education industry, while Leny Savitri is working in the F&B industry. They both had joined a chat group called WonderGallery, where they would discuss everything about contemporary art, from artists, museums, fashion to music and architecture. At a certain point, they were asked they were asked by STIE Mahardhika- a business campus based in Surabaya, to build a new multi-purpose building in which students can showcase their final project and art-related activities. This building would have been called “Ruang0” if the project wasn’t postponed due to the pandemic.

Based on this, the founders wanted to apply the same concept to a rather smaller place, which is called n0lkecil. The journey to create this creative space hasn’t been that easy. The founders agreed that it needs commitment to realise your dream into something that’s worthwhile. The truth is that it’s not easy when you work starting from a point where you treat your business as a hobby. You will sacrifice your time and energy no matter what. This, in turn, is completely the opposite of doing real business, where reducing any expenses and profitability are taken into account. But in the end, this doesn’t discourage the founder, where they think it’s important to do what you love then love what you do.

Now, n0kecil has been showcasing different exhibitions, like art, paintings, etc. They have been collaborating with different artists. The process of building and creating exhibitions while collaborating with artists is something that they enjoy and taught them the art of interacting with each other.

So, what are you waiting for? Do you need a creative space or are you an artist looking for a partner to collaborate with for an exhibition? Plan your event now and book n0lkecil through Venopi.

Venopi is a community marketplace for events & activities.

If you are looking for event vendors — find yours through us. Venopi can help you with your event planning, starting with finding a suitable event vendor for you.

If you are an event vendor — list your service with us. Make use of your existing business, earn more income, and be a part of creative communities.

Venopi believes in the power of local sharing and thoughtful use of resources. You should join us! Learn why here.

We are always open for conversations and suggestions. You can reach us at hello@venopi.com.

n0lkecil, A Fresh Addition to the Art Scene in Surabaya was originally published in Venopi on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

A fairly modern concept, delivered meal plans have quickly gained popularity for their convenience in this modern age of fast-paced living. It is definitely a game-changer for people who are unable to cook or who cannot afford to eat out for every meal. It has also been helpful in changing diets for the better and developing healthier eating habits for many. Delivered meal plans not only allows you to live healthier, but it also saves all the time and thought that goes into planning a meal. Here are my top three healthy food caterers in Bali, Indonesia.

1. The Solimans

The Solimans is a little cafe situated on Padang Lingjong and they serve some of the healthiest foods and drinks on the island. With a mission to make everyone on the island healthy, they create affordable & colorful meals with only the best ingredients and customized meal plans that if you commit to, will change your overall health both inside and out. Their menu has everything from sushi to steak to pancakes, along with a detailed breakdown of the ingredients and the micronutrition of every dish. Whether you have a sweet tooth or you’re a savory lover, they have everything to satisfy your cravings; the healthy way.

My favorite dish is their signature dish, the Soliman Bowl. It was the first dish I ever tried from them and you could say it was love at first sight… or in this case, at first taste. Being me, I expected it to be bland healthy food, but boy was I wrong. The bowl was packed with flavor and reminded me of Mediterranean cuisine. A pleasant surprise, and what was even more pleasant was that I felt totally guilt-free after eating it.

Aside from their nutritious and delicious meals, another reason why they are on the top of our list is because of the message they send. Through their business, they show their support for the locals of Bali. You see that The Solimans is not just another business, but a family, with an amazing mission and a beautiful way of working to achieve it.

“Does your business make money? That’s the most common question I have been asked lately. I guess everyone is looking for the greener grass and they trying to figure out how green it is? To answer the purpose of your question, I find it much greener this side, the side of building your own business, swipe those photos to see how the shop was before and after. When you start your own business you suddenly become a creator, you create reality from an idea, you create opportunities for others. Just in my little place, I have 3 team members very smart and talented that now they found an opportunity to express their skills and they got a job that can help them to support their family. The best part of my day is when I see my supplier in the morning delivering to me in his little minivan with his wife and their child on her lap, we smile at each other and thank each other without saying a word. I love when I make meal plans for customers and I see them getting healthier and reaching the goal they were struggling to get for years. It could take me hours to customize the right plan but with passion, I don’t feel the time. I spend hours reading about the new nutrition studies so I can always be ahead of the game and offer the best to my clients and I feel like the happiest person on the earth when I see the results. I am enjoying serving every glass of water, and I enjoy seeing how it does quench the thirst. With every meal, I make a prayer that this food will be the reason to fill someone’s hunger, get them healthier, heal their pain, and make them happier.. and after all this, I get revenue. So to answer your question, yes you do make money for sure but it’s the natural consequence of your service and your passion… But if money is your main purpose and drive… I guess you still can make it but I don’t know how and for how long.”
-https://www.instagram.com/p/CFItsmuHH70/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Address: Jl. Canggu Padang Linjong №11a, Canggu, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80351
Instagram: @the_solimans

⁠2. ⁠C for Catering

C for Catering is a daily catering service that provides balanced and healthy meals delivered right to your doorstep. Every week, they release a menu different from the previous week. You have the option of Chicken, Beef, Fish, Vegetarian, or Vegan and they will send a box of fresh goodness. With their creativity in creating new dishes every week, it’s hard to get bored of their food. They have even partnered up with notable gyms such as The Bar and Fortitude to give members a discount. You can definitely count on them to help you reach your fitness goals through their meal plans.

Instagram: @cforcatering

3. BeWell

BeWell is one of the newest meal plan businesses available on the island. They are a health-specific meal plan delivery and have a wide variety of dietitian-curated plans for Candida, Thyroid, Keto, Vegan Keto, Detox, Paleo, and more.

“Our programs and meals help you to dress your personal diet in order to feel joyful, light and radiant and, why not, weight loss.⁠”

BeWell makes it their priority to supply meals that are nutrient-rich and free from unwanted chemicals, pesticides, preservatives, and hormones.⁠

“Why BeWell?⁠
⁠Because you choose from a variety of dietitian-curated plans, from keto to paleo and beyond, and eat well all week.⁠”

Another reason why BeWell makes it on the list is due to their mission being an ethos of seasonality, sustainability, and tastiness.⁠ Their packaging is eco-friendly, biodegradable, and sometimes they utilize banana leaves. Though I have not personally tried their meal plans, they are definitely the next one I am going to try.

Instagram: @bewell.mealplans

Venopi is a community marketplace for events & activities.

If you are looking for event vendors — find yours through us. Venopi can help you with your event planning, starting with finding a suitable event vendor for you.

If you are an event vendor — list your service with us. Make use of your existing business, earn more income, and be a part of creative communities.

Venopi believes in the power of local sharing and thoughtful use of resources. You should join us! Learn why here.

We are always open for conversations and suggestions. You can reach us at hello@venopi.com.

The top 3 healthy food caterers in Bali was originally published in Venopi on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The ongoing pandemic has rendered many people working from home (WFH). For those of you who don’t cook for whatever reasons (e.g. too busy, can’t cook, etc.), daily catering could be the answer. Aside from those doing WFH, those who do come to the office might feel reluctant to dine out due to health concern. Hence, daily catering could also be the answer for them.

Disclaimer: I know many people who prepare their own food and bring it to the office. Yet, in case you are too busy to cook or you just can cook (the two excuses I always cite!), daily catering is a good alternative.

So, here are some daily catering options for you in Jakarta (and its suburbs). The list is a combination of healthy food, vegan food, or home-cooked food to cater (pun-intended) a wider audience.

1. Super Grain (@thesupergrain)

You are probably familiar with this brand as the brand also has some outlets in the malls. Aside from the outlets, it also has daily catering services and it could also cater your virtual event (I have personally tried it). The concept of this brand is healthy food but healthy does not mean it has come to the expense of the taste. So, it makes it its mission to provide yummy healthy food. Super Grain has selection of appetizer (soup or skewer), main course, dessert, and juice. So, you can eat healthy, feel full, and enjoy the food at the same time. To make it easier to enjoy, you can order through here.

2. Vegenzy Kitchen (@vegenzykitchen)

This is a healthy, plant-based catering. It promotes vegan food for your health, whether you are already experiencing some health issues or you want to maintain healthy life-style for your long term investment. Interestingly, the caterer also campaigns for environmental issues. Eating meat promotes the livestock industry which is a significant contributor to environmental pollution. Being vegan also means you are more animal friendly. Hence, if you have a soft spot for these issues, you could be a part-time vegan as Vegenzy Kitchen proposes. The caterer is positioned in Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan, and Bogor. It also offers free delivery and fruits!

3. Homey Catering (@homey_catering)

For those of you in Jakarta and Tangerang and are craving for homey food, this could be your go-to catering. The caterer provides you with 1-month menu, excluding weekends and public holiday, with a minimum order for 5 days. It also offers discount if you order more than 1 package. This is a good excuse to get your office buddies to join. This could come in handy when you are in a meeting and unable to pick up the food on your own. The pricing is very reasonable, especially when it includes the delivery fees.

4. Rasa Nyonya (@rasanyonya)

Aside from the usual lunch or dinner box, Rasa Nyonya provides option for home packages where it offers 3 kind of food without rice. This is a good option if you are considering catering for your family and you could cook your own rice (unlike me!). The main menu will be Indonesian and Chinese food, but it does offer Western food once in a while, all without MSG. It is worth noting that for around 2.5 months, you will not get the same menu. The caterer also promises on-time delivery. I know that not having access to your food when you are hungry could affect your emotional condition. So, on-time is good.

5. Lokana (@lokana.id)

When you love Indonesian food and you want to go on a diet, you usually face some difficulties. Indonesians like fried food. We put a lot of sugar and salt in our food, and not too mention we love our coconut milk too. Yet, Lokana here claims that it provides Indonesian food for those of you who want to go on a diet. Each meal box will only contain 400–550 calories of no-MSG Indonesian food. Nevertheless, it still provides various types of sambal as Indonesian food will only complete with sambal. Plus, there is free delivery for those of you staying in Jakarta and Tangerang.

There you go. I would like to keep the list short (and sweet) as I feel that the more options we have, the more confused we become. Nonetheless, if you feel that none of these suits you, feel free to browse more options at Venopi.

Enjoy your meal, everyone! Stay safe, stay healthy, stay happy.

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Venopi is a community marketplace for events & activities.

If you are looking for event vendors — find yours through us. Venopi can help you with your event planning, starting with finding a suitable event vendor for you.

If you are an event vendor — list your service with us. Make use of your existing business, earn more income, and be a part of creative communities.

Venopi believes in the power of local sharing and thoughtful use of resources. You should join us! Learn why here.

We are always open for conversations and suggestions. You can reach us at hello@venopi.com.

5 Daily Catering Options in Jakarta was originally published in Venopi on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Because of the pandemic, many food businesses have spread their wings by offering a more extensive takeaway menu and catering. Where else, the existing catering is getting more competition from other vendors. Additionally, more people are searching for catering service since they have limited their restaurants’ visits. Not only for their small gathering or lunches at offices but also for their daily catering. This is the chance for catering to be more visible online to the customers, to make them easier to find the catering they need. Yes, many catering already has an online presence, by having a website, for example. However, customers are still finding it a hassle to find one that caters to their diet/wishes. The search method they use so far is by searching it online, word of mouth, or through Instagram.

So, why does our business needs to go online?

1. More people prefer doing things online nowadays

Do you remember when you had to search for the takeaway menu list and search the phone number on that list? I’m pretty sure we all have stacks of menu’s of restaurants, and yet you still don’t wanna throw it away because you’re afraid you’re going to need it someday. Although, I’m pretty sure too that instead of looking for a needle in a haystack, we prefer to search the restaurant we’re looking for online.

A couple of years ago, online transactions were limited to when you do your shopping, but it has been growing significantly nowadays. Not only shopping, but you can also have your meal delivered, have your household task done, etc. The landscape has undergone a substantial transformation following the internet’s advent. Consumers now profit from the perks of online transactions. This is why your catering service needs to go online. Yes, word of mouth is a powerful tool, but you need an online presence to allow your business to grow significantly.

2. Spread your presence in different channels to reach more customers

Most businesses use website and Instagram to sell their products or services. However, it can cost a fortune to build and maintain a website, mainly for small businesses. Another option is to use an online platform as a marketplace. Not only you increase the chance of your catering service being found by customers, but it also allows you to reach more customers.

3. Easier to manage your operation

We want to get as many orders as we want, but we can’t lie about it, sometimes it is very tiring and time-consuming. We do everything manually. We write down each order, customers information, how they want to have their orders, what time it needs to be delivered, etc. This will take more than half of your productive time to sort it out. But by joining an online platform as a marketplace, this problem can be eased. These platforms usually enable vendors from managing customers orders, documenting transactions, to tracing backorders.

4. Payment is made securely

One of the common problems of a manual transaction is that the vendor risks of getting missed payment. However, this problem can be minimized by using an online marketplace. They will ensure that the vendors will receive the payment and ensure that customers will receive the food they ordered.

5. You can focus on what’s important

It often happens when you don’t have enough time to focus on your products because your time is invested in other operational things, such as receiving orders, managing stock, etc. But by joining an online platform, some of your problems can be handled so that you have more time to focus on what’s important.

Vendors need to adapt quickly to be able to serve customers need and to give the best customer experience. By joining an online platform, vendors can focus on things that matter more. It will increase their visibility to customers, but it will also help vendors manage their businesses. Furthermore, by joining a platform, vendors will be exposed to other vendors and create a community where collaboration between them can occur.

Venopi is a community marketplace for events & activities.

If you are looking for event vendors — find yours through us. Venopi can help you with your event planning, starting with finding a suitable event vendor for you.

If you are an event vendor — list your service with us. Make use of your existing business, earn more income, and be a part of creative communities.

Venopi believes in the power of local sharing and thoughtful use of resources. You should join us! Learn why here.

We are always open for conversations and suggestions. You can reach us at hello@venopi.com.

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Sejak dibuat 1800 tahun lalu, dumpling menjadi salah satu makanan tradisional Cina yang sangat populer terutama di Cina bagian utara. Dumpling biasanya diisi dengan daging dan sayuran yang telah dicincang. Isian atau filling tersebut kemudian dibungkus denegan adonan kulit pangsit yang tipis dan elastis.

Saat perayaan Chinese New Year, dumpling biasanya dikonsumsi dengan kubis dan lobak yang disusun dalam bentuk satu garis. Menurut kepercayaan masyarakat Cina, semakin banyak dumpling yang dimakan saat perayaan Chinese New Year maka akan semakin banyak pula uang yang akan didapatkan oleh yang mengkonsumsinya.

Dumpling Mertua menjual frozen dumpling dengan filling Chicken dan Australian Beef. Setiap box Dumpling Mertua terdapat 10pcs dumpling dan soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic chili sauce.

Ada 3 metode pengolahan yang bisa Anda pilih untuk menikmati Dumpling Mertua, yaitu:

• Boiled
• Deep Fried
• Pan Fried Gyoza Style

Menyambut perayaan Chinese New Year, Dumpling Mertua menawarkan food hampers yang dapat menambah kehangatan perayaan bersama keluarga Anda. Dengan Rp 90.000/box untuk varian Chicken Dumpling dan Rp 105.000/box untuk varian Australian Beef Dumpling, Anda sudah bisa mendapatkan food hampers cantik untuk dinikmati bersama keluarga ataupun dikirimkan ke orang terkasih.

Jika anda ingin mengetahui lebih lanjut dan tertarik untuk memesan food hampers dari Dumpling Mertua, Anda dapat mengunjungi laman pembelian Dumpling Mertua di Venopi dan pilih paket sesuai dengan keinginan Anda!

Hi, kami tim Venopi!

Venopi adalah pasar komunitas untuk acara & aktivitas.

Jika Anda mencari vendor acara — temukan vendor Anda melalui kami. Venopi dapat membantu Anda untuk melakukan perencanaan acara, dimulai dengan mencari vendor acara yang cocok untuk Anda.

Jika Anda seorang vendor acara — daftarkan layanan Anda dengan kami. Manfaatkan bisnis Anda sebaik mungkin, dapatkan lebih banyak penghasilan, dan jadilah bagian dari komunitas kreatif.

Venopi percaya pada kekuatan berbagi dan penggunaan sumber daya yang bijaksana. Maka dari itu, Anda harus bergabung dengan kami! Pelajari alasannya di sini.

Kami selalu terbuka untuk percakapan dan saran. Anda dapat menghubungi kami di hello@venopi.com.

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Berlokasi di Cengkareng, Jakarta Barat, Maple Food menawarkan berbagai menu pilihan yang akan membuat Anda ketagihan, mulai dari appetizers (seperti Salad Buah & Vietnam Roll) hingga main course (seperti Mentai & Brulee).

Dengan menyediakan makanan gurih dan manis, Maple Food merupakan merchant yang tepat bagi Anda yang merupakan penikmat keduanya. Dengan harga yang sangat affordable mulai dari 40ribuan saja tentunya membuat produk Maple Food dapat dinikmati oleh siapapun.

Selain itu, Maple Food juga menawarkan Food Hampers yang cantik. Food Hampers yang ditawarkan oleh Maple Food menyesuaikan perayaan event yang ada di Jakarta, seperti Natal dan yang akan datang yaitu Chinese New Year.

Khusus untuk perayaan Chinese New Year, Maple Food menawarkan beberapa varian paket yaitu:

1. Simple Jade (Rp 80.000 — Rp 100.000)
2. Fortune Package (Rp 85.000 — Rp 112.000)
3. SPECIAL MENU for Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner (Rp 210.000)

Food Hampers yang ditawarkan oleh Maple Food tentunya akan menambah kehangatan perayaan Chinese New Year Anda dengan keluarga dan orang terkasih. Food Hampers ini juga dapat dipesan untuk keluarga ataupun teman karena Maple Food menyediakan layanan delivery, sehingga walaupun Anda tidak bisa berkumpul bersama untuk merayakan Chinese New Year karena situasi pandemi, kehangatan Chinese New Year pun tetap bisa Anda rasakan.

Jika anda ingin mengetahui lebih lanjut dan tertarik untuk memesan food hampers dari Maple Food, Anda dapat mengunjungi laman pembelian Maple Food di Venopi dan pilih paket sesuai dengan keinginan Anda sebelum 31 Januari 2021!

Hi, kami tim Venopi!

Venopi adalah pasar komunitas untuk acara & aktivitas.

Jika Anda mencari vendor acara — temukan vendor Anda melalui kami. Venopi dapat membantu Anda untuk melakukan perencanaan acara, dimulai dengan mencari vendor acara yang cocok untuk Anda.

Jika Anda seorang vendor acara — daftarkan layanan Anda dengan kami. Manfaatkan bisnis Anda sebaik mungkin, dapatkan lebih banyak penghasilan, dan jadilah bagian dari komunitas kreatif.

Venopi percaya pada kekuatan berbagi dan penggunaan sumber daya yang bijaksana. Maka dari itu, Anda harus bergabung dengan kami! Pelajari alasannya di sini.

Kami selalu terbuka untuk percakapan dan saran. Anda dapat menghubungi kami di hello@venopi.com.

MAPLE FOOD was originally published in Venopi on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Books Collection

Talking about the book collection, Erasmus Huis library has more than 15.000 collections of books, newspapers, and magazines both from Indonesia and The Netherlands. Here, visitors can find various types of literature, kids books, any kind of books related to Indonesian and Dutch art and culture. If you look around, this library is dominated with collection of books in Dutch which can help you to get to know about Dutch better.

Elegant Interior Design

This library comes with a typical modern Dutch style with a space dominated with white. You can see numbers of furniture with various designs that present elegant yet effortless style in this library. With the bookshelves up to the ceiling, there is also a small stair to make it easier for visitors to browse the collections. The size of this library is quite extensive. Applying the concept of open space, not only as a reading room, this library can also switch functions as a multi-purpose room for you to work, meet, discuss, or do your homework.

Membership

You can read books for free in this library, but if you want to borrow books here then you need to make a membership. Borrowing books from Erasmus Huis library is free when you’re a member.

1. Indonesian members: Annual membership is Rp 30.000, members can borrow up to 3 books at a time with a maximum lending period of 3 weeks. If you want to borrow a maximum 5 books at a time, the annual membership fee is Rp 60.000.
2. Indonesia students: Annual membership is Rp 15.000, members can borrow up to 3 books at a time with a maximum lending period of 3 weeks. If you want to borrow a maximum 5 books at a time, the annual membership fee is Rp 30.000.
3. Foreigners: Annual membership is Rp 60.000, members can borrow up to 3 books at a time with a maximum lending period of 3 weeks. If you want to borrow a maximum 5 books at a time, the annual membership fee is Rp 120.000.
4. Foreign students: Annual membership is Rp 40.000, members can borrow up to 3 books at a time with a maximum lending period of 3 weeks. If you want to borrow a maximum 5 books at a time, the annual membership fee is Rp 80.000.

If you want to borrow books from Erasmus Huis Library then you need to handle all books with care, so others can enjoy reading them as well.

Operating Hours

Erasmus Huis operating hours:

• Monday — Thursday: 9 AM — 4 PM
• Friday: 9 AM — 2 PM
• Saturday: 10 AM — 1 PM
• Sunday & Public holidays: Closed

Due to COVID-19 situation, Erasmus Huis library will be closed until further notice. However, this library can be your go-to place once the situation gets better and to spend some healing time here with various of books that you love.

So, are you planning to become a member of Erasmus Huis library?

A Look Into Erasmus Huis Library, Jakarta was originally published in Venopi on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.