Meet Edo Frese. If you are interested in Indonesia then you have probably come across publications managed and partly owned by him: Jakarta Expat, Bali Expat and recently Golf Indonesia. If you visit Indonesia, you have likely tried sweets from a bakery run by him called Aaltje Bakery. We interviewed Edo in Jakarta to know […]
Today, our interview is with a romantic. Roy K is the chef and owner of Bakkerij Voorneman, the only original dutch bakery in Jakarta, loved by customers because of its owner’s passion for detail, health-mindedness and personal approach. The hotelier, turned movie star, turned baker tells us why he keeps his business simple and why […]
Do you know why your office boy will not want to get in the same elevator with you? Or why what you thought was a happy announcement is sometimes greeted by silence and awkwardness in an Indonesian office? If you have been successful in leading employees in the past, it is easy to think that […]
Expanding to a new market with your company is very exciting and the last thing you want is for your business’ potential to be held back by bureaucracy. While there are vast opportunities in Indonesia, you should keep in mind that the country is in the 137th place in the global index for ease of […]
Regardless of your industry, you are going to have to find useful contacts in Indonesia if you are to do ANY business here. This is the only time we have capitalized a word in this blog, just so you know. That is to stress that even though Indonesia is run on a rigorous bureaucracy you […]
