Your "Business Minder" in SE Asia, Gary has more than 30 years experience in business management in Australia and the UK. He has won international awards for his work in management. In the past few years he had a realization: that living in a city, over time, gradually wore him down. Gary suspects that this is the case for a lot of people but they put up with it because of the incredible benefits of being located in a metropolis. So he decided to set up home between Bali and Singapore.

 

The theme of “access” is one that constantly comes up among Gary's entrepreneurial friends in Bali. "Both Bali and Singapore are magnets for influential people. You can meet people here you’d never have the chance to meet elsewhere."  Gary set up Mind Ur Bisnis to answer the growing need for expat assistance in small to medium business in Bali. This in turn has led to more consulting opportunities in other places including Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Gary says "In Bali, I have access to a broad range of interesting expats, local business people and artists, touring Indonesians from elsewhere in the country. In Singapore I can access media marketing outlets and regional headquarters as well as a plethora of expats in business."

 

Getting to assignments is easy. "Both Bali and Singapore's central location to most cities in Asia and to Australia, with hundreds of flights available at short notice, make it the perfect place for me to live and do business. I feel like the amount of places, people, services, help and activities I can access within 15 minutes of my front door is unmatched, anywhere."