Samie Lim is the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Philippine Franchising Association (PFA) and the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA). He is also Chairman of Francorp Philippines and U-Franchise, the largest franchise consulting company and franchise brokerage company respectively in the Philippines. Q1: What common traits should franchisors look for in leaders within their franchisee’s organizations and why? What are […]

SteelAsia is the flagship steel company of the Philippines. Nearly one out of every two steel bars installed in construction are manufactured by SteelAsia, while about 80% of the rebar needs for infrastructure are supplied by SteelAsia. SteelAsia Chairman and CEO Benjamin Yao shares their vision in investing P100 billion on the initial of a three phase 5 year program to develop a […]

Benjamin Yao is Chairman and CEO of SteelAsia, the flagship steel company of the Philippines. SteelAsia manufactures nearly one out of every two steel bars installed in construction, and supplies about 80% of the rebar needs for infrastructure. They are investing over P100 billion on the initial of a three phase 5-year program to develop a more robust steel industry […]

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I attended the Ideas42 Behavioral Summit in New York last October 2018 which featured the who’s who in behavioral science and economics. The first session featured Daniel Pink, bestselling author of ‘Drive’, ‘To Sell is Human’ and ‘When’ who interviewed another bestselling author, Robert Cialdini, whose 1984 book ‘Influence’ sold over 2 million copies and has been translated into 30 […]

Jane Jimenez-Basas is President and CEO of CignalTV, the first pay-TV provider in the Philippines to reach 2 million subscribers. Jane won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) in 2007 and was named Asia’s Media Woman of the Year by Content Asia in 2017. She shares insights about innovation as a market leader.  Q1: You have taken Cignal from content aggregator to original content provider. What is […]

I often get asked “how do we nurture entrepreneurial spirit among employees” during my Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. I will answer by sharing what we do in Waters Philippines and Mansmith and Fielders Inc. I do not claim it’s the right way or the only answer but simply want to share what worked for us as a company. As you can see […]

Happy New Year. I am honored to have Q&As with leaders of different industries. They made time and unselfishly gave their insights in order for others to benefit from the learnings they shared. Thanks to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippines no. 1 broadsheet, for cross posting. My top 10 Q&A (according to the number of readers) are: 1.Q&A with […]

Happy New Year. My top marketing article in 2018 was a warning about binary-type pyramiding. My top 10 marketing articles (according to the number of readers) are: 1. Beware of Binary-Type Pyramiding 2. Crazy Rich Asians: Decoding the Gambits of Eleanor and Rachel The Chicken Game Theory of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ 3. Lessons From Injap Sia, The Master Strategist 4. […]

ZAP is a mobile number-based loyalty and rewards system established in 2012 by Ateneo schoolmates Dustin Cheng, Terence Lok, Angelique Uy, and Justin Lim. With over 1,000 partner stores and more than 1,000,000 members on the platform, big brands such as McDonalds, KFC, Potato Corner, Generika Pharmacy and Chatime have come on board. Dustin shared the challenges of running a […]

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