Tempe Boss from Down under
BUSINESS people’s success stories have often started with unexpected occurrences. One of them is Erla Tiara, 43, a tempe (soybean cake) businesswoman in the state of Western Australia of Jakarta origin.
Khairul Anam
Edition : 16 July 2019
Tempe of Juragan Tempe in Perth, Australia. Facebook.com/Juragan Tempe
Erla went to Australia at the age of 28 after getting married in 2004. She joint with her husband who had lived in Australia since 1994. Erla attended a brief course in Perth. But as she was pregnant in 2009 and 2012, while also busily engaged in tempe production, her education failed to continue. “Finally I had to forget it as it was hard to manage time,” said Erla over the phone on Tuesday, June 18.
Surprisingly, the decision has
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