Category: Business Structuring
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Making Your First Hire: The Work That Comes Before Recruitment
Your first hire is decided before anyone is interviewed. Which shortage the business has, what the role must absorb, what an employee costs across a year in Indonesia, and which contract form commits you to what. READ MORE →
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A Family Office for an Indonesian Family: Passing Wealth Intact, and the Choice to Come Home
For an Indonesian family, a business passes to the next generation by inheritance, and Indonesian law decides how, within limits a will cannot override. This guide sets out the plural succession regimes and the reserved shares, what marriage does to a founder’s ownership, the domestic structures that pass a business on whole, and the choice… READ MORE →
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What Is a Family Office, and Can a Foreign Family Run One from Bali?
A plain guide to the family office for a foreign family: what it is, single versus multi versus embedded, what it costs and when a family needs one, the governance and succession core, and what Indonesian law requires in Bali, from the PT PMA and the Bali Province rules to immigration, land, and the PFII. READ MORE →
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Where to Base a Cross-Border Business in 2026: the PFII, an Onshore PT PMA, or a Regional Hub
Indonesia’s new PFII, an onshore PT PMA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai through the DIFC, and Labuan, compared on tax, the owner’s residence, substance, treaty access, succession, the courts, and cost, with a match-by-situation guide and an eight-question FAQ. READ MORE →
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Indonesia’s International Financial Centre (PFII): What the New Law Means for Bali’s Investors
Indonesia passed the law establishing the Pusat Finansial Internasional Indonesia on 21 July 2026, with Bali named as the location. This article sets out what the centre offers on tax and the Golden Visa, how it is governed through a common-law court, the pending implementing regulations, and the criticisms a foreign founder or investor should… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: When a Business Has to Close
Julie Wainwright closed Pets.com with around 147 million US dollars gone, and Sophia Amoruso watched Nasty Gal go bankrupt, and both built again. Our founder Tracy Wilkinson lost two thriving companies in a single night and spent years recovering. This final instalment on founders who change direction covers the failure that removes the choice: how… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: The Art of Reinvention
Alamanda Shantika left Gojek to teach Indonesians to build technology, and Diana Rikasari has reinvented herself from market researcher to footwear founder to maker of upcycled clothing. This first of two instalments on founders who change direction covers the pivot a founder chooses: what a pivot is, when to rebrand and when to start a… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: The Merits of Bootstrapping a Business
Martha Tilaar built Sariayu from a salon in her family’s house, and Mooryati Soedibyo built Mustika Ratu from Rp25,000 in her garage, neither by selling a share of the idea. This closing instalment makes the case for bootstrapping: proof of concept is a business funding its own expansion, and Indonesian law, through the reserve fund… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Making a Woman-Led Business Bankable
Tessa Wijaya taught herself to value companies, then co-founded Xendit and built it into a Southeast Asian unicorn. This final instalment sets out what a bank or an investor checks before it funds a business in Indonesia, from clean ownership and a paid-up cap table to debts, disputes, employment and governance, and how a woman-led… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Structuring for Impact
Robin Lim delivers babies free in Bali, Hanna Keraf turned village weaving into a wage, Helianti Hilman built a market for forgotten foods, and Ewa Wojkowska took technology the last mile. Indonesia has no legal form made for a social enterprise, so this instalment sets out the vehicle decision every mission-driven founder faces: the foundation,… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Own It in Your Own Name
When Ike Farida was refused a Jakarta apartment she had paid for, because she was married to a foreigner with no agreement, she took the case to the Constitutional Court and won. Under Indonesian law a business built during marriage can be joint property. This instalment sets out how a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement lets… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Building a Foreign-Owned Business
Elora Hardy, Michela Foppiani and Susanna Perini each built a substantial business in Bali. This article sets out the compliant route a foreign founder takes: the foreign investment company, the capital and licensing it requires, the work and stay permit, and why a nominee arrangement is illegal and unenforceable. READ MORE →