I booked a one-way ticket to Bali after a layoff in fintech. I stayed in Asia for over a year — here's where my money stretched the furthest.
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After a layoff from her$160,000 fintech job, Tiffany Tang traveled through Asia and started DrinkFolks to bring jamu, an Indonesian tonic, to the US.
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Tiffany Tang.Courtesy of Tiffany TangTiffany Tang founded DrinkFolks after a transformative journey across Asia in 2023 and 2024.Tang's layoff in 2023 led her to Bali, where she decided to extend her 30-day trip to over a year.DrinkFolks, inspired by Tang's travels, supports women-led farms and brings jamu to the US market.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tiffany Tang, the 30-year-old founder of DrinkFolks. It has been edited for length and clarity.I'm the founder and CEO of DrinkFolks, which brings jamu, a 1,300-year-old Indonesian herbal remedy, to the US as a prebiotic root tonic.For the first two years of my career, I was an assistant director at a gallery owned by the first female fine arts dealer in America. From 2017 to 2021, I worked at Christie's International Real Estate in marketing and communications roles.For the next year, I was a senior communications manager at CSM Sport & Entertainment before taking on a similar role at a fintech company that…