ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matilda Ho - Serial entrepreneur, investor
TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.

Why you should listen

Matilda Ho is the founder and managing director of Bits x Bites, China's first food tech accelerator and VC fund that invests in entrepreneurs tackling global food system challenges.

With a mission to shape the future of food, Bits x Bites is a big step forward to inspire China’s entrepreneurial community to bring new ideas to solve global issues. It also serves as a critical catalyst to give startups the confidence and connections to prosper and make a meaningful and scalable impact. Bits x Bites has invested in companies that include a silkworm-based snack food startup, a drinkable salad CPG startup and a young company building weatherproof, cloud-connected farms to enable local food production by anyone anywhere.

In addition to Bits x Bites, Ho has founded Yimishiji, one of China's first online farmers markets to bring organic and local produce to families. Yimishiji stands alone as a farm-to-table e-commerce platform that has engineered food education and transparency into the entire supply chain and customer experience, effectively reshaping the relationship between Chinese consumers and farmers.
Prior to entrepreneurship, she filled leadership roles at IDEO and BCG (The Boston Consulting Group) in both Shanghai and Washington DC. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She currently serves as an advisor on the board of Shinho, China’s first and largest organic condiment company.

Ho is an emerging voice on food sustainability and entrepreneurship. She has been featured in articles by Fast Company, South China Morning Post and Inc. In 2017, she was named a TED Fellow and a GLG Social Impact Fellow.

More profile about the speaker
Matilda Ho | Speaker | TED.com
TED2017

Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China

Matilda Ho: Masa depan pangan sehat di China

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Pangan yang bebas bahan kimia dan pestisida sulit ditemunkan di China; Pada tahun 2016, Pemerintah China mengungkap setengah juta pelanggaran keamanan pangan hanya dalam waktu sembilan bulan. Dalam ketidaktersediaan pangan yang aman dan berkelanjutan, TED Fellow Matilda Ho meluncurkan pasar petani daring pertama di China, menerapkan uji bebas pestisida, antibiotik, dan hormon pada pangan. Dia menyampaikan bagaimana mengembangkan platformnya dari awal hingga saat ini dan menyediakan pangan lokal organik bagi keluarga yang membutuhkannya.
- Serial entrepreneur, investor
TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China. Full bio

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I was sixenam when I had the first chancekesempatan
to learnbelajar what patiencekesabaran meanscara.
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Saat berusia enam tahun,
saya mulai belajar makna kesabaran.
00:18
My grandmothernenek gavememberi me a magicsihir boxkotak
as a birthdayulang tahun presentmenyajikan,
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Nenek saya memberi sebuah kotak sulap
sebagai hadiah ulang tahun
yang kami berdua tak sangka
kelak menjadi sebuah hadiah kehidupan.
00:21
whichyang neithertidak of us knewtahu
would becomemenjadi a gifthadiah for life.
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I becamemenjadi obsessedterobsesi with magicsihir,
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Saya jadi terobsesi dengan sulap
dan saat berusia 20 tahun,
saya menjadi pesulap merpati amatir.
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and at 20, I becamemenjadi
an amateuramatir doveMerpati magicianpenyihir.
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This actbertindak of magicsihir
requiresmembutuhkan that I trainmelatih my dovesMerpati
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Aksi sulap ini
mengharuskan saya melatih merpati
untuk duduk dan menunggu
di dalam pakaian saya.
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to sitduduk and wait insidedalam my clothingpakaian.
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As a youngmuda magicianpenyihir, I was always
in a rushburu-buru to make them appearmuncul,
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Sebagai pesulap muda, saya selalu
terburu-buru menampilkan merpati itu
00:44
but my teacherguru told me
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tapi guru saya berpesan
bahwa kunci sukses aksi sulap ini
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the secretrahasia to the successkeberhasilan
of this magicalgaib actbertindak
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00:49
is to make my dovesMerpati appearmuncul
only after they'vemereka sudah waitedmenunggu patientlysabar
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adalah membuat merpati saya muncul
setelah menunggu dengan sabar
di dalam tuksedo saya.
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in my tuxedotuksedo.
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Itu pasti kebiasaan sabar
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It has to be a mindfulsadar kindjenis of patiencekesabaran,
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yaitu kesabaran yang saya pelajari
dalam beberapa tahun untuk menguasainya.
00:58
the kindjenis that tookmengambil me
some yearstahun to mastermenguasai.
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01:03
When life tookmengambil me to ShanghaiShanghai
seventujuh yearstahun agolalu,
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Saat kehidupan membawa saya
ke Shanghai tujuh tahun lalu
kebiasaan sabar yang saya pelajari
hampir mustahil diterapkan.
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the mindfulsadar patiencekesabaran I learnedterpelajar
becamemenjadi almosthampir impossiblemustahil to practicepraktek.
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01:12
In ChinaCina, where everyonesemua orang
and everything is in a hurrycepatlah,
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Di China, di mana semua orang
dan segalanya tergesa-gesa
Anda harus mengungguli
lebih dari 1,3 miliar orang lain
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you need to outperformmengungguli
over 1.3 billionmilyar other people
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untuk hidup mapan.
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to buildmembangun a better life.
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01:22
You hackhack the systemsistem, bendtikungan the rulesaturan,
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Harus meretas sistem, melanggar aturan
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circumventmenghindari the boundariesbatas.
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menghindari batasan.
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It is the samesama when it comesdatang to foodmakanan ...
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Sama halnya dengan pangan...
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exceptkecuali that when it comesdatang to foodmakanan,
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namun dalam hal pangan
ketidaksabaran bisa berakibat fatal.
01:33
impatienceketidaksabaran can have diremengerikan consequenceskonsekuensi.
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Demi berpacu untuk menanam lebih banyak,
menjual lebih banyak
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In the hastetergesa-gesa to growtumbuh more, sellmenjual more,
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01:40
4,000 yearstahun of agriculturepertanian
in a countrynegara of richkaya naturalalam resourcessumber daya
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pertanian berusia 4.000 tahun
di negara yang kaya sumber daya alam
tercemar karena penggunaan bahan kimia
dan pestisida yang berlebihan.
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is spoiledmanja by the overuseberlebihan
of chemicalsbahan kimia and pesticidespestisida.
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Pada tahun 2016,
pemerintah China mengungkap
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In 2016, the ChineseCina governmentpemerintah revealedmengungkapkan
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setengah juta pelanggaran keamanan pangan
hanya dalam waktu sembilan bulan.
01:52
halfsetengah a millionjuta foodmakanan safetykeamanan violationspelanggaran
in just ninesembilan monthsbulan.
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01:58
AlarminglyMengkhawatirkan, one in everysetiap fourempat
diabeticspenderita diabetes in the worlddunia
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Yang mengejutkan, satu dari empat
penderita diabetes di dunia
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now comesdatang from ChinaCina.
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sekarang berasal dari China.
02:04
The storiescerita around foodmakanan
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Cerita tentang pangan
mengerikan dan sedikit luar biasa
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are scarymengerikan and somewhatagak overwhelmingluar biasa,
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and I told myselfdiri it's time to bringmembawa
a mindfulsadar patiencekesabaran into the impatienceketidaksabaran.
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dan saya yakin sudah saatnya mengganti
ketidaksabaran dengan kebiasaan sabar.
02:16
When I say mindfulsadar patiencekesabaran,
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Yang saya maksud dengan kebiasaan sabar
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I don't mean the abilitykemampuan to wait.
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bukanlah kemampuan untuk menunggu.
02:20
I mean knowingpenuh arti how to actbertindak while waitingmenunggu.
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Maksudnya adalah mengetahui
cara bertindak sembari menunggu.
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And so, while I wait for the day
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Maka, sambil menunggu terwujudnya
sistem pangan berkelanjutan di China
02:28
when a sustainableberkelanjutan foodmakanan systemsistem
becomesmenjadi a realityrealitas in ChinaCina,
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saya meluncurkan salah satu
pasar tani daring pertama di China
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I launcheddiluncurkan one of China'sCina first
onlineon line farmerspetani marketpasar
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untuk menyediakan produk
organik lokal kepada keluarga.
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to bringmembawa locallokal, organicallysecara organik growndewasa
producemenghasilkan to familieskeluarga.
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Saat kami memulainya 18 bulan lalu
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When we wentpergi livehidup, 18 monthsbulan agolalu,
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the foodmakanan we could sellmenjual then
was somewhatagak dismalsuram.
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pangan yang bisa kami jual
sedikit tidak layak.
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We had no fruitbuah
and hardlyhampir tidak any meatdaging to sellmenjual,
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Tidak ada buah dan daging untuk dijual
karena semua pangan yang diperiksa
di lab dinyatakan tidak bebas pestisida
02:49
as nonetidak ada that was sentdikirim to the lablaboratorium
passedberlalu our zeronol tolerancetoleransi testuji
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02:53
towardsmenuju pesticidespestisida, chemicalsbahan kimia,
antibioticsantibiotik and hormoneshormon.
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bahan kimia, antibiotika, dan hormon.
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I told our very anxiouscemas employeespara karyawan
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Saya berkata kepada karyawan
kami yang resah
agar jangan menyerah sebelum menemui
semua petani lokal di China.
02:59
that we would not give up untilsampai we'vekita sudah metbertemu
everysetiap locallokal farmerpetani in ChinaCina.
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03:05
TodayHari ini, we supplymenyediakan 240 typesjenis of producemenghasilkan
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Saat ini, kami menyediakan
240 jenis hasil pertanian
dari 57 petani lokal.
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from 57 locallokal farmerspetani.
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After almosthampir one yeartahun of searchingmencari,
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Setelah hampir satu tahun mencari
akhirnya kami temukan pisang bebas kimia
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we finallyakhirnya foundditemukan chemical-freeBebas kimia bananaspisang
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yang tumbuh di halaman belakang
penduduk pulau Hainan.
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growndewasa in the backyardshalaman belakang
of villagerspenduduk desa on HainanHainan IslandPulau.
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03:22
And only two hoursjam away from ShanghaiShanghai,
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Hanya dua jam dari Shanghai
di sebuah pulau yang titik koordinatnya
bahkan tak tersedia di Google Maps
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on an islandpulau that even GoogleGoogle MapsPeta
does not have coordinateskoordinat for,
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kami temukan sebuah tempat
di mana sapi makan rumput
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we foundditemukan a placetempat where cowssapi eatmakan grassrumput
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dan berkeliaran bebas
di bawah langit biru.
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and roammenjelajah freebebas underdibawah the bluebiru skylangit.
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03:35
We alsojuga work hardkeras on logisticslogistik.
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Kami juga berupaya keras
menangani logistik.
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We deliverKirim our customers'Pelanggan ordersperintah
in as fastcepat as threetiga hoursjam
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Kami mengantar pesanan konsumen
dalam waktu tiga jam
dengan menggunakan kendaraan elektrik
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on electriclistrik vehicleskendaraan,
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03:44
and we use biodegradablebiodegradable, reusableReusable boxeskotak
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dan kami memakai kardus biodegradabel
yang dapat didaur ulang
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to minimizememperkecil our environmentallingkungan footprinttapak.
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untuk meminimalkan dampak lingkungan.
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I have no doubtkeraguan that our offeringspersembahan
will continueterus to growtumbuh,
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Saya yakin sumbangsih kami ini
akan terus berkembang
tapi memerlukan waktu
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but it will take time,
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and I know a lot more people are neededdibutuhkan
to shapebentuk the futuremasa depan of good foodmakanan.
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dan semakin banyak orang akan dibutuhkan
untuk mewujudkan masa depan pangan sehat.
04:02
So last yeartahun, I foundeddidirikan China'sCina first
foodmakanan techtech acceleratorAccelerator and VCVC platformperon
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Maka, tahun lalu
saya mendirikan akselerator teknologi
pangan dan platform VC pertama di China
untuk membantu start-up
mewujudkan masa depan pangan sehat
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to help start-upsStart-up to shapebentuk
the futuremasa depan of good foodmakanan
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sesuai keinginan mereka
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the way they want,
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agar dapat memanfaatkan
serangga yang bisa dimakan
04:12
be that throughmelalui usingmenggunakan edibledapat dimakan insectsserangga
as a more sustainableberkelanjutan sourcesumber of proteinprotein
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menjadi sumber protein berkelanjutan
atau memanfaatkan minyak esensial
untuk mengawetkan makanan.
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or usingmenggunakan essentialpenting oilsminyak
to keep foodmakanan freshsegar for longerlebih lama.
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04:22
So, you maymungkin still askmeminta:
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Mungkin Anda masih bertanya.
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Why are you tryingmencoba to buildmembangun
a sustainableberkelanjutan foodmakanan systemsistem
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Kenapa saya berupaya membangun
sistem pangan yang berkelanjutan
dengan menggalakkan gerakan sabar
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by drivingmenyetir a patientsabar movementgerakan
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di negara yang mempersoalkan
segala sesuatu yang lambat?
04:29
in a countrynegara where it's almosthampir
a crimekejahatan to take it slowlambat?
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04:34
Because, for me,
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Karena, bagi saya
04:35
the realnyata secretrahasia to successkeberhasilan is patiencekesabaran --
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rahasia sukses yang sebenarnya
adalah kesabaran...
04:39
a mindfulsadar kindjenis of patiencekesabaran
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yaitu kebiasaan sabar
dengan mengetahui
cara bertindak sembari menungu
04:41
that requiresmembutuhkan knowingpenuh arti
how to actbertindak while waitingmenunggu,
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yaitu kesabaran yang saya pelajari
dari kotak sulap pemberian nenek saya.
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the kindjenis of patiencekesabaran I learnedterpelajar
with my grandmother'snenek magicsihir boxkotak.
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Lagi pula, kita tidak mewarisi
bumi dari leluhur kita.
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After all, we do not inheritmewarisi
the earthbumi from our ancestorsnenek moyang.
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Kita meminjamnya dari anak cucu kita.
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We borrowmeminjam it from our childrenanak-anak.
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Terima kasih.
04:57
Thank you.
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(Tepuk tangan)
04:58
(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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Translated by Lanny Yunita
Reviewed by Mardiyanto Saahi

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matilda Ho - Serial entrepreneur, investor
TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.

Why you should listen

Matilda Ho is the founder and managing director of Bits x Bites, China's first food tech accelerator and VC fund that invests in entrepreneurs tackling global food system challenges.

With a mission to shape the future of food, Bits x Bites is a big step forward to inspire China’s entrepreneurial community to bring new ideas to solve global issues. It also serves as a critical catalyst to give startups the confidence and connections to prosper and make a meaningful and scalable impact. Bits x Bites has invested in companies that include a silkworm-based snack food startup, a drinkable salad CPG startup and a young company building weatherproof, cloud-connected farms to enable local food production by anyone anywhere.

In addition to Bits x Bites, Ho has founded Yimishiji, one of China's first online farmers markets to bring organic and local produce to families. Yimishiji stands alone as a farm-to-table e-commerce platform that has engineered food education and transparency into the entire supply chain and customer experience, effectively reshaping the relationship between Chinese consumers and farmers.
Prior to entrepreneurship, she filled leadership roles at IDEO and BCG (The Boston Consulting Group) in both Shanghai and Washington DC. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She currently serves as an advisor on the board of Shinho, China’s first and largest organic condiment company.

Ho is an emerging voice on food sustainability and entrepreneurship. She has been featured in articles by Fast Company, South China Morning Post and Inc. In 2017, she was named a TED Fellow and a GLG Social Impact Fellow.

More profile about the speaker
Matilda Ho | Speaker | TED.com

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