In the USA I only work for restaurant owners, too expensive to open one by myself, almost $100,000 USD to open a tiny cafe with a few chairs. I work one year and maybe save $600 to $1,000 USD there, so making a business was never going to be an option for me in the USA, too poor.
But here in Cambodia, with $500 and a good idea you can make a business. For $1,000 USD total investment I was able to buy tables, chairs, decorate, and prepare a kitchen. Doing business in Cambodia is much easier for poor people I think.
At our restaurant we often served gado-gado and urap, a mix of Indian, Thai, Indonesian, and Cambodian foods. I wish we had more tempeh in Cambodia, it's not a common food. My wife and I know how to make it, but it takes so much time and easy to make a mistake and destroy all the tempeh if the weather is too cold, too hot, too rainy, etc.
In Suriname we ate tempeh every day because the country is Javanese/Indian/African.