One of the biggest risks in my life is, uh, when I quit my job, um, a very high profile job to start a business. Um, my business is an expert network. So what I do is I connect many experts in Indonesia to give consultations for my clients. So my clients usually come from institutional investors, such as venture capitals, um, consulting groups, banks, and all those people who are interested to invest their money in Indonesia. But it is a big risk. Why? Because, uh, this is the first time that this business model is implemented in Indonesia. Despite that, it is quite common. It is quite common, um, uh, in the global world to have an expert network. There’s none at that time that conduct this basis in Indonesia. So that was a very big risk. Right. But then, um, after developing this business for two and a half years, um, I would say it was quite successful, um, considering this is the first time that anyone has attempted to do this business in Indonesia, um, without any investment. Uh, we are profitable as of today, and we have more than ten people in the team. And, yeah, we are, um, empowering many professionals in Indonesia to share their expertise and knowledge to many people globally. This also opened up chances for, um, international players to invest more in Indonesia. So it’s not only positive for me, but also for my country and also these experts in Indonesia as well. Thank you.
Band 8+: Describe a risk you took that you thought would lead to a terrible result, but ended up with a positive result.
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One of the biggest risks in my life is when I quit my job, a very high-profile job, to start a business. My business is an expert network. What I do is connect many experts in Indonesia to give consultations for my clients. My clients usually come from institutional investors, such as venture capitals, consulting groups, banks, and others who are interested in investing their money in Indonesia. But it is a big risk. Why? Because this is the first time that this business model is implemented in Indonesia. Despite that, it is quite common in the global world to have an expert network. There was none at that time that conducted this basis in Indonesia. So that was a very big risk. But then, after developing this business for two and a half years, I would say it was quite successful, considering this is the first time that anyone has attempted to do this business in Indonesia without any investment. We are profitable as of today, and we have more than ten people on the team. We are empowering many professionals in Indonesia to share their expertise and knowledge with many people globally. This also opened up chances for international players to invest more in Indonesia. So it's not only positive for me, but also for my country and these experts in Indonesia as well. Thank you.
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