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Wilson Lim is founder of the Abenson Group of Companies (Abenson, ElectroWorld, Walter Mart Supermarket, Walter Mart Mall, distributorship of SB and Habitat furnitures, and Ascott BGC, among many others) that he and his team built from scratch. An unassuming businessman with a big heart, he shares his insights about growing businesses from core to adjacencies. Q1: You have been […]

Since the year 2000, I have been mentoring business owners regularly via Day 8 Business Academy, the social enterprise arm of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. dedicated to the micro, small and medium enterprises. One of the most often mistakes they make is supply side thinking. Supply side thinking is the opposite of demand side thinking or being customer centric. Ask […]

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under the new president Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary Ramon Lopez defined its overall mission as alleviating poverty and uplifting the quality of life of all Filipinos. This will be done through sustainable economic growth that generates more income opportunities through employment and entrepreneurship. Secretary Lopez, a champion of SMEs for the last eleven […]

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I got so many “Happy New Year” in person, via email, via sms, and via social media. I am sure you got many as well. Today, in the opening sales leaders meeting of Waters Philippines, I shared what is behind each of the three words and what it means when the three words “Happy New Year” are combined. The first […]

I am honored to be able to have Q&As with captains of different industries. They made time and unselfishly shared their insights in order for others to benefit and learn from those information. I am eternally grateful and commit to continue doing Q&As with more thought leaders in 2017. Thanks so much to Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines no. 1 broadsheet, […]

My top article in 2016 is a blog exclusive feature on Philippines’ youngest U.S. dollar billionaire Edgar “Injap” Sia where he shared with me his graduation speech delivered at the University of San Agustin. This article was, in turn, shared by the readers reinforcing the increasing acceptance of entrepreneurs as rock stars and modern day heroes. Injap also topped my […]

Profiting from customer dissatisfaction is one of the worst ways to create profit for a business. It goes against the concept of a compelling value proposition where pain points of target customers are identified and addressed. Satisfaction of needs and wants should be prioritized to continue to be relevant as a brand. The emotional connection is often lost when buyers […]

Joy Santos is currently the Head of Strategy for Leo Burnett Manila. She joined the agency in 2005 and transformed the Planning department into a key revenue stream by leading brand and communication initiatives for clients like McDonald’s and The Coca-Cola Company. Her strong strategic leadership propelled the agency to win major pieces of new business – Cebu Pacific, Fortune […]

Josiah Go features the movers and shakers of the business world and writes about marketing, strategy, innovation, execution and entrepreneurship

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