Archive for June, 2010

Are we ready to be great?

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

For the next few weeks, I will be asking some of our Angelpreneurs — Francis Kong, Josiah Go, Ping Sotto, Pax Lapid, Ardy Roberto, Henry Tenedero, Andy Ferreria, and Anthony Pangilinan, — on “How can we be the best that we could be?”, “What is success?”, and “What do we mean by being great?”.

When I travel, I normally catch up on the movies I missed. I was able to watch a very interesting and inspiring movie entitled “Invictus”. I highly recommend this to all our newly elected political leaders.
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Go Negosyo’s Biggest Negosem: SOCSKSARGEN!

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

The hunger for negosyo knowhow in the SOCSKSARGEN Region was evident as Go Negosyo received its largest crowd yet for the series of NegoSems (Negosyo Seminars) with the Department of Trade and Industry. What was targeted to have 500 participants far exceeded expectations as over 1,200 individuals made their way to the KCC Convention Center at the KCC Mall of GenSan last May 25 to attend the seminar.

To credit for the astounding turnout is the Regional Director for DTI Region 12 Ibrahim Guiamadel and Assistant Regional Director Dorecita Delima, who led their dynamic team in promoting and mounting the NegoSem. Even as the list of confirmed and walk-in participants grew, they ably remedied logistical concerns and were very quick to accommodate individuals who wanted to grab the opportunity to learn about starting a business.
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Youthpreneurs

Monday, June 7th, 2010

As school season approaches, I decided to feature three young entrepreneurs for this Tagumpay column.

I am a parent with two of my children in college. One is about to finish. I am glad that many schools have started to integrate entrepreneurship into the business management programs and others school programs. Even in high school, the Department of Education has been encouraging entrepreneurship subjects. DepEd have also been encouraging students to participate in many of our Go Negosyo events all over the country.

The level of awareness of being an entrepreneur as an alternative to being employed has increased since our advocacy started. Our books continue to be bestsellers, which are admired by many young people who want to be entrepreneurs.
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Friday, June 4th, 2010

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The economy should be our focus

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

A couple of days ago, I got an email from a friend. It was a forwarded blog entitled “The Challenge of a Hundred Days: Believing that Filipinos can End Poverty and Corruption in the Philippines” by Gawad Kalinga (GK) Founder and Champion Tony Meloto.

Tony is not only a strong supporter of Go Negosyo; he is also a good friend of mine. I have come to know Tony in the early days, as he started his advocacy of creating homes for the homeless. He is an inspiration when I was starting Go Negosyo together with other like-minded entrepreneur-advocates.  Our efforts to provide ‘kabuhayan’ complement what GK is doing on ‘kabahayan’ and value formation.
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