Category: Sustainable and Ethical Investment
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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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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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The Hidden Price of Idle Cash and Slow-Paying Customers
A profitable business can still run short of cash. The money is usually your own, kept idle or tied up. See what it costs and what it could earn. READ MORE →
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Company Reserve Funds: How Much to Set Aside and Where to Keep It
Profit is an accounting result and cash is what is available in the bank account. Reserve funds close the gap. A framework for sizing and separating the funds an Indonesian company needs to set aside for a healthy business. READ MORE →
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The Sexiest Cow in Bali: Turning Business Waste Into a Product
A cow bought to keep a riverside block clear became the centre of a daily waste exchange that cut costs for a whole neighbourhood. The same logic runs through six Indonesian businesses that turn discarded material into a product people will pay for. READ MORE →
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Raising Growth Capital in Indonesia: The Decision That Converts a PT PMDN to a PT PMA
A growing enterprise reaches a point where its own cash cannot fund the next stage. The source of the capital it raises decides the company’s legal identity, because any foreign shareholding converts a PT PMDN to a PT PMA. This article sets out raising growth capital in Indonesia, the regime conversion brings, the sector and… READ MORE →
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Brands Built to Multiply: How an Indonesian Enterprise Scales Without Parting With Capital or Control
An enterprise that builds each outlet on its own capital grows only as fast as its capital allows. A model designed to multiply lets other operators fund the growth while the owner keeps the brand and the control. This article sets out scaling a business in Indonesia through licensing, and the graduation to franchising when… READ MORE →
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Supply Chain Control in Indonesia: How a Domestic Operator Secures Its Place in a Foreign Joint Venture
TraceWorthy designed a beverage network as a joint venture, with domestic capital owning farming and manufacturing and foreign capital owning distribution, and the intellectual property split so that neither side can run the business without the other. This article shows how supply chain control in Indonesia secures the domestic partner’s place. READ MORE →
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Most Operators Compete by Doing the Same Thing as Their Rivals: Slightly Better or Slightly Cheaper
A foreign-owned investor came to Bali with a recycling model that could not fit the island’s roads, and left rather than adapt it. The demand stayed where it was. This article shows how a domestic enterprise finds the market gap a foreign operator leaves, and takes the position at the scale it chooses to serve. READ MORE →
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Competitive Advantage in Indonesia: Winning the Position Your Rivals Cannot See
A foreign investor or partner assesses an Indonesian company across four areas before committing, namely governance, financial records, ownership structure, and communication. This article sets out what those parties require, and how a compliant domestic enterprise that meets the standard can attract capital and trade on its own terms as Bali tightens the rules on… READ MORE →