UNICORNS were all last week’s hot topic. The designation, meant for startups with a value of above US$1 billion, was mentioned in the presidential debate last Sunday. During the debate, Joko Widodo said he wanted Indonesia to have more unicorns than today’s four. To make fulfill this hope, he said, the government is now preparing 1,000 new startups.

In the debate, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto expressed his concern tha