Santiago was supposed to visit Mrs. Cindy, a nice businesswoman nearing 60 years old, in her office in Quezon City at 2pm. Mrs. Cindy cut short her birthday blow out with her high school friends in order to be present in her office by 2pm. Without any prior warning, Santiago was late for 20 minutes and gave no apology. Sweating […]
Month: February 2017
The 12th Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) was held last Feb. 2, 2017 at RCBC Theater in Makati. Judging from the entries and speeches of past awardees, the Mansmith YMMA is now the most sought after recognition for young marketers, 35 years old and below. There is no other recognition in the Philippines similar to the Mansmith YMMA. While […]
Q1: Your family was in the department store business in Avenida before you entered the fishing vessel business, what made you venture into this kind of business and in south Zamboanga? A: It was during those visits to my then girlfriend now my wife’s house in Navotas that I was able to look at their deep sea fishing business. They […]
In 1977, William Belo founded a small hardware store called Wilcon Builder’s Supply. 26 years after, he expanded to the much bigger one-stop shop Wilcon Depot in 2003. Today, Wilcon is market leader in home improvement retailing and is a Hall of Fame awardee of the Philippine Retailers Association. He shares insights of his entrepreneurial journey, culminating in Wilcon’s planned […]