First of all, let me congratulate you for an excellent SONA address that was done in the utmost simplicity, and that relates to the many Filipinos who are still fighting poverty. This was for millions of Filipinos to see, hear, and most importantly, understand your real vision of change, which is the true underlying message of your speech.

Last year, you set a very simple example of a President not using the “wang-wang”. Many took it literally as we really saw the drastic change when we no longer hear such noise on the streets. That noise somehow depicted how authority was abused by many through the years. In your recent SONA, we realized that the wang-wang you were trying to eliminate also refers to the wang-wang mindset and system. Stopping the wang-wang system is an excellent symbol of a genuine change that you want for this country. It is a powerful message of change we all need to have. (more…)

The future of our nation lies in the hands of our children, and we as parents have great responsibility in raising our children well. Our Go Negosyo 8 Simple Secrets to Raising Entrepreneurs has hit the bestsellers list at National Bookstore, and this is because the book is more than just what it says on its cover. At face value, the book seems to be all about how to raise our kids to become negosyantes in the future. But as many readers have already discovered, the book is also a unique and modern guide to parenting. It offers a different take on how to rear our children.

In the book, author Mrs. Mary Joy Canon-Abaquin, Ed.M., who is also an award-winning educator, entrepreneur and Go Negosyo Angelpreneur, discusses the secrets on how to harness the inherent talents and skills of our children so that they can grow to be successful individuals, whether in negosyo or in other fields. (more…)

For the past six years, Go Negosyo has been partnering with DTI in empowering the micro, small and medium entrepreneurs. This year, our partnership with DTI started with a joint effort to conduct the DTI-Go Negosyo SME Caravans, which have begun since April, starting it off in Bukidnon. We have visited so many provinces around the country, about 10 areas to date as we finished Dumaguete the other day. This year, we targeted at least 15, one province per region, reaching even more remote places such as Dipolog, Mati (Davao), Tuguegarao, and Antique. Last year, together with DTI, we visited 20 provinces including major cities as Cebu, CDO, Dagupan, and Baguio that benefited 14,000 attendees. This year’s provincial caravans with DTI will continue through August.

During the caravans, the DTI handles the special topics on food safety, export procedures and other skills training, while we focus on the inspirational aspect and key applied concepts on how to start and grow a negosyo. We always bring with us our Angelpreneurs and Go Negosyo entreps to share their success stories and to give hope to aspiring and small entreps. They share their learnings, as well, to guide and mentor the SMEs. Also, through the lively lectures of our Angelpreneurs, the SMEs get to learn tried-and-tested negosyo principles to take their business to the next level. (more…)

Last Thursday, close to 400 entrepreneurs and partners confirmed attendance to our Pasasalamat affair. It’s an annual event that we do to thank the Go Negosyo community, since so many of them take time out of their busy schedule to attend many of Go Negosyo’s activities, providing support, training and mentorship.



We expected it to rain that day as we learned from Typhoon2000.ph (a good website to monitor the weather). But still, to our surprise, the rainband was so thick and caused a heavy downpour in Luzon, just as our gathering was about to start, resulting in flash floods and major traffic jams. So many entreps got stranded, and they informed us that they couldn’t make it. We replied through SMS that we definitely understand and their safety was much more important.


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