I have just finished putting together a resource guide for expats living in Bali. It is a directory of the most common services and businesses that you will likely need while living in Bali. Here is the link. You can download it directly (no email sign up required!) If you have a business that caters […]
Bali is becoming a popular place FIFO (fly-in, fly-out) workers. Typically the family and kids live in Bali, while the FIFO worker commutes back between their workplace and Bali. The family staying in Bali, has several visa options including the social visa and student KITAS, for the kids going to school. The visa on arrival […]
I get emails everyday through my baliexpat website from people interested in living in Bali. I am also a member of expat forums and try to share the knowledge I have gained while living here. While there are many people who want to live in Bali, in the end only a few actually make the […]
In my guide to starting a business in Bali, all of the people I talked to had been successful in their businesses. Some of them did have problems along the way, but all of them eventually “made it” and now have comfortable lives in Bali. While I don’t think people reading the stories would get […]
I love hearing about business success stories, especially of course those that are related to Bali. This story in particular caught my attention. A Canadian entrepreneur visited Bali and saw the fantastic wood carvings and immediately came up with the idea of using Balinese master wood carvers to build guitars. Here is an interview I […]
I came across this post about someone a woman who moved to Spain and started (or took over) an expat magazine and has successfully franchised it to other expat locations. She gave five tips for starting a business overseas: 1. Network like crazy at workshops, events and local seminars! 2. Use social media sites, such […]
Every so often, in letters to the editor and posts on forums, you come across people who have “lost their shirt” in Bali. Here is one such person in a letter to the editor in the Jakarta Post. On one hand I have sympathy for people like this, but on the other hand it is […]
One thing which I would like to feature on this blog are foreigners and locals running successful businesses in Bali. I think many people visit Bali for a holiday, fall in love with the place and then dream about starting a business there. BusinessWeek featured CraftNetwork in their “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs”. Unfortunately, when […]
