TEMPO selects eight owners of small-scale businesses to be our Figures of 2009. The two crises which hit Indonesia in 1997 and 2008 only toughened up their resolve. The number of entrepreneurs today has increased by almost 40 percent over the past decade. They employ tens of millions of people, especially during times of economic crisis when bigger corporations cut back on their workers. Who are our ‘winners’, and what are their secrets to success?

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