I was so scared when I was interested in digital. I was so scared because I did not know how to start because everybody was saying that, oh, when you are in a digital business, you have to know how to code or you have to be a programmer. I took online courses about programming, … Read more
So that has become our value proposition at Project Multatuli. So this is kind of like for me, something I could do, what I believe, really believe in, in serving the underreported, serving the marginalized and holding power accountable independently, and with a lot of room to do that. Evi Mariani Today’s episode is with … Read more
In this week’s episode, I spoke to Marlienna Suwito who is the CEO of Heavenly Nest based in Jakarta, Indonesia. This gorgeous mother of two is in the business of rearing swiftlets for their nests in 2006. Marlienna, as you will hear in this episode, has a heart for her community. This is why she volunteers at Focus on the Family Indonesia, an international foundation established to empower families across the archipelago and Woman and Youth Detention Centre, Tangerang.
When she was pregnant with her first child in 2014, Zhafira was dismayed at how expensive everything was! This problem prompted her and her husband to start their business called Babyloania, a baby equipment rental business. Zhafira reveals a lot of practical strategies in this episode that she uses in the running of her business from the creative way she got her first employee to how she turned to her competitors to collaborate and even shared best practices with them.