AirAsia – one of the region’s best-known and popular budget airlines – was founded by Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, who famously took over a failing domestic carrier in Malaysia in 2001, and turned it into Asia’s largest low-cost carrier in only a few years. Last month, Air Asia won World’s Best Low-Cost Airline […]
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July 03, 2019
“The company started because my grandfather loved to feed people, “ said Naomi Soetarjo. She is the third-generation to help run Jenggala, a family-owned ceramics business based in Sanur. Jenggala Ceramics Bali grew from a small cottage industry to become the largest ceramic producer on the island. They now supply major hotel chains and restaurants […]
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Old Friends Coffee is a small roastery and café that opened in Nyuh Kuning village, near Ubud, in 2016. Old Friends is owned and managed by I Made Sipil (Made) who is a third-generation member of a coffee-growing family in Belantih, Kintamani, in the highlands of northern Bali. Made said that originally he wasn’t interested […]
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Muntigunung Community Social Enterprise (MSE) is an organisation that was created to provide a market and income for local families in the remote area of Muntigunung, on the dry, arid, slopes of Mt Batur in Northeast Bali. In 2004, the Future for Children, a Swiss NGO, working together with Yayasan Dian Desa, set up the […]
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Yasminida is the driving force behind Yasminida Bali, an eco-friendly, sustainable, fair trade company that makes reusable bamboo utensil sets in a specially-designed cloth roll or zip bag, as well as cloth and muslin bags. BA: Can you tell me how you got started? Y: Plastic waste is becoming a serious problem in Indonesia. […]
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Benny Santoso is a successful young foodpreneur who makes and sells tempeh at the organic markets in Ubud, Canggu and Sanur. A culinary school graduate, Benny turned away from a career as a chef to start his own small food business (IniTempe). BA: How did you first get interested in tempeh? BENNY: The idea […]
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