Ray Pulungan is the founder of PINTAR, an Indonesian workforce development platform on a mission to empower labor through lifelong learning. 

The firm provides training, credentialing, and placement solutions designed to prepare learners for success in the labor market and as entrepreneurs.

They just raised a $3M Pre-Series A!

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👋🏼 How would you explain your job to someone outside tech?

Get companies to invest in their people. Get people to invest in themselves.

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🧐 What's something about you or your job that would surprise us?

I am not Filipino. 

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🏆 What has been the biggest highlight of your career so far?

Working in the NBA because I am a fan of basketball.

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🔍 What's a startup trend or space you're watching this year?‍

AI and labor productivity beyond knowledge workers. To accelerate Indonesia's economic ascent.

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💼 What advice would you give someone starting out in your industry? 

Beware of investors who treat you as a means to their end.

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🗣 What's one thing you can keep talking about for hours? 

Basketball and listening to talking heads opine about basketball.

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🎥 What's your favorite movie/TV show? 

Heat by Michael Mann.

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🍨 What's your go-to ice cream flavor?‍

Dark chocolate with a dollop of pistachio.

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FYI. We've edited this interview for clarity.