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Go Negosyo Visits Samal Island, Completes NSB 1st Run

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Completing the first run of the Negosyo sa Barangay Entrepreneurship Development Program, Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship Go Negosyo conducted the Mindanao leg in Camp Holiday Resort, Samal Island in Davao from April 19 to 22. Negosyo sa Barangay is a project of the Center for Future Leadership, Department of Trade and Industry – Philippine Trade Training Center and Go Negosyo.

The entrepreneurship training was attended by 500 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Officials coming from different parts of Mindanao including Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Saranggani, to name just a few. Also in attendance were delegates from Luzon’s Mindoro.

Go Negosyo Angelpreneurs who served as resource speakers were Laugh with God Today’s author Mr. Michael Angelo Lobrin (Prospect of a Nation of Entrepreneurs), Salt and Light Ventures’ Mr. Ardy Roberto (Who is an Entrepreneur?), Go Negosyo 21 Steps to Start Your Own Business’ author Dean Pax Lapid (Business Basics: From Inception to Conception to Expansion), Go Negosyo’s Executive Director Mr. Ramon Lopez (Marketing Strategies in the Barangay), Punla sa Tao Foundation’s Vice President Mr. Reuel Virtucio (Wag Praning, Mag-Business Planning!), Let’s Go Foundation’s Executive Director Mr. Carlo Calimon (Microentrepreneurship), and Colayco Foundation for Education, Inc.’s Executive Director Mr. Armand Bengco (Practical Steps to Financial Freedom).

Other speakers included Manok Mabuhay Foundation’s Mr. Victor Madlangbayan (Empleyo o Negosyo?) and DTI Bureau of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development’s Management Services Division’s Officer-in-Charge Ms. Ma. Victoria Magkalas (Barangay Micro-Business Enterprise).

Likewise, entrepreneurship workshops which were aimed at engaging the participants were conducted by DTI PTTC alongside raffle draws and entertainment numbers by ASAP’s Princess Velasco and TV5’s Morisette Amon, and Gerald Santos.

The Samal training followed the Baguio and Bohol runs in Luzon and Visayas, completing the program on basics of entrepreneurship for Barangay and SK Officials. The Negosyo sa Barangay: Next Level is scheduled this year in Palawan (Luzon), Boracay Island (Visayas) and Camiguin Island (Mindanao).

For more information about the level up NSB training, you may get in touch with the Center for Future Leadership at (02) 383-3154. JPCU

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Go Negosyo Goes to Bohol, Trains Barangay Leaders with CFL, DTI

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

The Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship – Go Negosyo, Center for Future Leadership and the Department of Trade Industry conducted the Visayas run of the 1^st Negosyo sa Barangay Entrepreneurship Development Program last April 12 to 15, at Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The triumvirate partnership, the first of its kind, aims to empower barangay officials including the Sangguniang Kabataan, to be enterprising either to start their own business ventures that will help their respective barangays or to empower their constituents to start a business.

As a program partner, Go Negosyo fielded several of its Angelpreneurs and helped in the training design and rollout. Among the Angelpreneurs who shared their expertise to the participants were as follows:

Mr. Ardy Roberto,(Who is an Entrepreneur?),
Dean Pax Lapid,(Business Basics: From Inception to Conception to Expansion),
Mr. Carlo Calimon, (Micro-Entrepreneurship),
Mr. Michael Angelo Lobrin, (Prospects of a Nation of Entrepreneurs), and
Mr. Reuel Virtucio.

Mr. Ramon Lopez, Executive Director of Go Negosyo, also lectured on marketing strategies in the barangay, aside from delivering an opening address. He challenged the participants to get much learning that they can from the training, not only for themselves but for their constituents. He highlighted the importance of the role that they play in the grassroots level in empowering our kababayan, and contributing to nationbuilding in general. There were 414 barangay officials who participated in the four-day entrepreneurship training.

There were 414 barangay officials who participated in the four-day entrepreneurship training.

The Luzon run of the 1st Negosyo sa Barangay training was held in Baguio last November 16 to 19, 2011 at the Teachers’ Camp. The Mindanao run is scheduled from April 19 to 22 in Samal Island, Davao. Meanwhile, the second run of the Negosyo sa Barangay training, the level up version, is scheduled to happen in Palawan (Luzon), Boracay (Visayas) and Camiguin (Mindanao).

Interested parties may contact CFL at (02) 383-3154. JPCU

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4th Women Entrepreneurship Summit A Success!

Monday, March 12th, 2012

It has been an empowering day for more than 15,000 participants who came at the World Trade Center last Friday, March 2 during the 4th Women Entrepreneurship Summit! In partnership with GMA 7 and The Philippine Star, Go Negosyo continues to honor and empower the Filipina to break barriers, achieve success and move up in life. The attendees were a good mix of people, ranging from aspiring entrepreneurs, employees, government and civic groups, to people with disabilities and students from schools and universities.

In his opening speech, Go Negosyo’s founder Joey Concepcion expressed that Filipinos are not destined for poverty, but greatness is for those who want it most. GMA’s Chairman & CEO Atty. Felipe Gozon shared his insights on the contributions of women in our society. Ms. Sara Soliven de Guzman, Board Director of the Philippine Star, also showed her support through a short message.

Men, women, and young people alike were inspired by the lives of this year’s ten Go Negosyo Women STARpreneurs, who were composed of Elma Arboleras, inventor of the Intelligent Bus Utility System (iBus); Olivia Limpe-Aw, president of Destileria Limtuaco; Penk Ching, owner of The Pastry Bin; Susana Guerrero, president of Cravings Group of Companies; Maritel Nievera, president of Cabalen Corporation; Ma. Lourdes Ragas, owner of Carolina’s Lace Shoppe; Antuza Refalda, founder of Kalinga Brew; Rubby Sy, CEO of Forever Flawless Face & Body Center; Sari Yap, CEO & Founder of Mega Publishing Group; and Maritel Zamora, Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Convergys Corporation. Go Negosyo also cited three special women for being enablers and social entreprenuers. This year’s Woman Enabler awardee is Erlinda Bartolome, Managing Director of GMB Franchise Developers, while the Women Social Entrepreneur awardees are Putlih Kumalah Sug-Elardo of Sulu Royal Coffee and the People’s Alliance for Progress Multi-Purpose Cooperative, and Desiree Duran of Basuit Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative.

From the 13 awardees, BPI Family Bank selected one STARpreneur who has the most inspiring story and has displayed financial soundness in managing her business. This year, the BPI Family Business Excellence awardee is Cabalen’s Maritel Nievera. Multiply.com also awarded three of their women Multiply-neurs: Ms. Sol Villamayor of Digital Traincase as Multiply’s Alpha Merchant of the Year, Ms. Bianca Donato of The School of Satchel as Multiply Pinay Pride, and Ms. Adeline Co, Ms. Jasmin Hong and Ms. Jocelyn Tuazon of Little Emily Shop as Multiply Rookie of the Year.

During the program, Go Negosyo took the opportunity to thank the organization’s partners in its pursuit of promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship. These institutions include GMA Network, Philippine Star, PLDT SME Nation, Smart Communications, MERALCO, RFM Corporation, BPI Family Bank, Avon Cosmetics, LBC Express, Multiply.com, Orchard Property Marketing Corporation, Isuzu Philippines, and Valueline.

Successful personalities and womenpreneurs came to share their stories during the talks conducted throughout the day. In the morning program, GMA news anchor and Kapuso Foundation’s Executive Vice President and COO Mel Tiangco inspired people by sharing her life on being a woman for others. The afternoon talk sessions featured former Isabela governor and the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Government Service Grace Padaca who talked about challenges and triumphs in government; Belo Medical Group’s Medical Director Dr. Vicky Belo on beauty, health, and wellness; Multiple Intelligence International School’s founding directress Mary Joy Canon-Abaquin on nurturing child strengths; former OFW and Mynd Consulting’s founder Myrna Padilla on breaking barriers and achieving success; and the former regional president of Starbucks Asia Maria Mercedes Corrales on becoming the best that one can be.

In between the talks are two fora featuring more women personalities. The morning forum, which talked about a woman’s road map to success, pooled successful women such as Villar Foundation’s Congresswoman Cynthia Villar, GKonomics’ Pinky Po, Asia America Initiative’s Honey Sumndad-Usman, women STARpreneurs Antuza Refalda, Marife Zamora, Olive Aw, and Elma Arboleras, and woman Social Entrepreneur Desiree Duran. Meanwhile, the celebrities who sat down together in the afternoon forum on celebrities with business excellence are Regine Tolentino, Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan, Vina Morales, Angeli Pangilinan, Fanny Serrano, and Miriam Quiambao.

Participants also got a chance to be mentored by the Go Negosyo Angelpreneurs, as well as members of the Women’s Business Council of the Philippines and the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) Philippines. On top of that, two separate seminars were held simultaneously with the main program, which featured top women speakers talking about how to start and run a business, as well as women issues such as health and wellness, beauty, and women’s rights. Among the speakers are Delby Bragais of AICI, V Cargo’s Paulo Tibig, woman Enabler awardee Erlinda Bartolome, fashion blogger Tricia Gosingtian, Mansmith & Fielders, Inc’s Chiqui Escareal-Go, Zen Zest’s Michelle Asence, The Budoir Dolls, Ineng’s barbeque Michelle Santiago, Dr. Mitch Dado of Capitol Medical Center, Jovita Nadal of National Nutrition Council, Reema Chanco of Power Plate Philippines, Public Attorney’s Office, Krav Maga Philippines, and Danah and Stacey Gutierrez of The Plump Pinay.

More than 200 aspiring and existing entrepreneurs took the opportunity to display the latest business models and ideas that can be adapted by the participants who would like to start their own negosyo. A Wish Ko Lang segment during the lunch break gave one lucky woman an opportunity to start her own business with a Swift Hotdog negosyo cart and a Kettle Korn dealership package. Furthermore, a mini variety show at the end of the program showcased performances from famous Kapuso stars, who wowed the crowd with their amazing talents. Among those who appeared are Chynna Ortaleza, Mikey Bustos, Steven Silva, Lirah Bermudez, and Sarah Lahbati. Kyla, Lovely Embuscado, Kyla, and Jonalyn Viray also rendered their talent during the program. RJ Ledesma and Ali Sotto were hosts and forum moderators in the morning program; while Maey and Betong hosted the afternoon segments, with Luanne Dy and Go Negosyo angelpreneur Mylene Abiva as afternoon forum moderators.

This is the first major summit of Go Negosyo for 2012. For seven years, Go Negosyo has been at the forefront of promoting the entrepreneurial mindset. It has been four years since the first Women Summit, yet it still continues to uplift spirits and inspire Filipinos!

Watch out for the regional Young Entrepreneurship Summits and the DTI-Go Negosyo caravans and Negosyo sa Barangay!

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Babae, Kapuso Ka ng Bayan: An Essay Writing Tilt

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship, a non-governmental organization that pushes for the advocacy Go Negosyo, launches an essay writing competition in time with the holding of the fourth Women Entrepreneurship Summit and Expo 2012. The event aims to recognize the contributions of the Filipina in the Philippine society and empower them further by teaching them necessary concepts and ideas to maximize their potentials.

The essay writing contest, with the theme Babae Kapuso Ka ng Bayan, promotes and encourages conscious awareness of the contributions of kababaihan in the different levels of the society, in the different social strata, and all fields imaginable.

Mechanics:

A. Eligibility
This contest is open to all individuals, regardless of age and gender.

B. Medium
The medium may be in Filipino or English, depending on the preference of the entrants.

C. Theme, Content & Format
1. The competition will adopt the summit’s theme: Babae: Kapuso Ka ng Bayan.
2. The essay must be original, unpublished either in print or online, and shall be at a maximum of 1,000 words.
3. Entries must be in Word format and must be sent as an attachment, together with the entry form to feedback@gonegosyo.net, with the subject WES 2012 Essay.
4. Format

Spacing: Double space
Font Size: 12”
Font Style: Tahoma

D. Submission
1. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
2. Entries will be accepted January 6 to February 20, 2012.

E. Judging: Criteria & Panel
1. Entries will be selected according to the following criteria:

a. General content and Relevance to the theme - 50%
b. Style and grammar - 20%
c. Appeal to intellect and emotion - 30%

2. Judges will be from the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship.

F. Winners & Prizes
1. The Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship shall recognize three winning entrants based on the set criteria. The organizers have the prerogative to award less than or more than three winners based on the quality of entries.

2. Prizes
a. Go Negosyo books – one set
b. Publish winning article in the official PCE Website, PCE e-Newsletter and Facebook account.
c. Certificate of Recognition
d. VIP seat in the Women Summit

G. Others
The winning entries will be announced during the Women Entrepreneurship Summit on March 2, 2012, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Prior to the event, Go Negosyo shall inform the winners to ensure their presence at the summit.

To know more about: Babae Kapuso Ka ng Bayan: An Essay Writing Tilt, call Ms. Monica Ramirez at (02) 6315024 or e-mail meramirez.pce@gmail.com

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Get the entry form here.

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Book Launch: Go Negosyo’s 50 Inspiring Stories of Young Entrepreneurs

Monday, October 10th, 2011

In the tradition of developing an entrepreneurial mindset among Filipinos, Go Negosyo has once again compiled 50 stories of successful entrepreneurs, this time for those who started young and are already reaping the rewards of their success.

Entitled “50 Inspiring Stories of Young Entrepreneurs”, Go Negosyo’s seventh book features negosyantes who are below 40 years old and have made their way to success with hard work, determination, and passion. They have either introduced a new industry, as with the story of Kim Lato who at 23 is one of the pioneers of online selling using a social network site; or have infused national pride and sustainable development in their businesses, like Raymund Punzalan and Jowee Alviar’s Team Manila and Zarah Juan’s Panda Cleaners.

The foreword of the book was written by Edgar “Injap” Sia II, who revolutionized the fastfood industry with Mang Inasal, the most popular barbeque fastfood in the country. Injap’s Mang Inasal is also the main feature of the book, as Go Negosyo unravels the story of his journey and how Mang Inasal came to be.

The book focuses on these entrepreneurs because of their growing presence in negosyo, and at a young age. Go Negosyo recognizes that given the inspiration provided by these success stories, the youth can be at the forefront of promoting change in society by embracing a positive attitude and an entrepreneurial mindset to fight poverty and to build a better nation.

The book launch of Go Negosyo’s 50 Inspiring Stories of Young Entrepreneurs will be on October 20 at 6 in the evening, to be held at the Glorietta 5 Activity Center (in front of National Bookstore). The first 100 to register will get a free copy of the book and a chance to have it signed by the young entrepreneurs at the book launch.

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On Parenting and Mentorship

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

As we approached Saint Petersburg in Russia, my wife, Marissa, got the surprise of her life during her birthday party. My children prepared a great video on her, as a tribute to being a great mom and mentor. It was one of our family’s great bonding moments, especially when my father sang The Impossible Dream. My father, like me, is not a singer; but he sang it with all its meaning as sung in Don Quixote, The Man from La Mancha. This has been his theme song, even as far back as the days of Martial Law, being one of those who stood up and fought for democracy.

These times are precious, as our parents reach their senior years. Every moment spent with them is precious. As children, and now parents, we tend to follow the footsteps of our own parents on how they mentored us. (more…)

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Great things

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

The world was treated to three great stories this past week: the wedding of the decade, the beatification of Pope John Paul II, and the recent death of Osama Bin Laden.

Of course, how can all the women miss the marriage of the decade, especially my daughters? Since birth, they loved all Disney movies with princes and princesses. Disney has truly marketed the fantasies of monarchy from Kings and Queens. Who can forget Cinderella? (more…)

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Being holy

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Summer is finally here. This year’s summer is even delayed, as last year’s started early. Last year, February was already hot. Our sales in Carrier air conditioning and Selecta ice cream definitely benefitted from that. With El Nino last year, we also saw hydroelectric power companies having great difficulty in making sure power was continuously supplied, especially in Mindanao.

We could feel the heat already as we move around the country. Two weeks ago, I went to Cebu to give a talk to Avon operators and entrepreneurs (who are expectedly mostly women). We had a very good session with their entrepreneurs as we encouraged them to be more enterprising and to keep the winning attitude. They adopted a theme “Believe to Succeed” which is very much aligned with the mantra that Go Negosyo is sharing around. (more…)

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Need we worry?

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

With the current crisis in the Middle East and in Japan; and with the prices of commodities and oil going higher; what is in store for SMEs? I asked Romy Bernardo, one of the country’s top economists and a former Finance top official who is also an Independent Director of the RFM Board, about his views and this is what he has to say:

The BSP recently reported that pessimism has substantially increased among Filipino consumers, amidst continued price increases and unrest spreading in the Arab world. The confidence index (CI) weakened from -8.5 percent in Q4 2010 to -23.1 percent in Q1 2011, indicating that the number of pessimists increased during the quarter relative to the number of optimists. Households polled during the 3rd week of March cited continued increase in the prices of petroleum products, the high cost of goods and services, and the rise in household expenses as the reasons behind their weaker outlook. The outlook was aggravated by the tensions in the Middle East and North Africa. (more…)

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