Happy New Year. There is always much to learn from Filipino business leaders and innovators coming from different industries featured in my blog josiahgo.com almost every week. I am eternally grateful and honored when they say yes, and take time to unselfishly give their insights, that benefit many marketers and their companies. Readers seem to be preparing for post-pandemic “normalcy” and growth, […]
interviews
Mike Canlas and his wife Lucci started Bang Bang Special Crispy Bangus at the height of the 2020 pandemic. After expanding through franchising, they developed over 40 take-out stores in over a year (now with 100 stores). Bang Bang Special Crispy Bangus won an international NextGen franchising competition in 2021. In this interview, Bang Bang co-founder Mike Canlas shares how […]
Ryan K Cruz is the Founder and CEO of Nippon Hasha, composed of Ramen Yushoken and Mendokoro Ramenba, food establishments that have been attracting long lines of quality-conscious customers. Ryan spoke in the 5th Entrep Summit organized by Day 8 Business Academy, and Mansmith and Fielders Inc. about facing adversities during Covid-19 and how they emerged stronger afterwards. His talk, along […]
Esports is a competitive gaming industry where gamers play in organized, multiplayer matches. It is a relatively new industry. In this interview, Ronald Robinson Robins, Founder and CEO of esports pioneer Mineski Global, the largest esports organization in Southeast Asia, shares with us the latest about the esports industry. Q1: How big is esports? What was the tipping point that […]
The inflation rate in the Philippines has been rising month after month since February 2022. It was 6.9% in September 2022, and is expected to rise further in the fourth quarter of 2022, possibly back to the same level in October 2018. Marketing research firm Ipsos’ senior director and client officer Anna Amador shares insights on how to survive and […]
Life insurance was once an uncomfortable service to discuss, but it has now turned into something that can easily be bought online. Insular Life, operating since 1910, is the first and biggest Filipino life insurance company and the only mutual company in the Philippines, with total assets currently over P143 billion. It markets various insurance products (personal, life, educational, health, […]
Vermailene “Ver” Barrios is the senior director of Kantar insights division and creative solution country lead of Kantar. In this interview, she shares insights about the use of celebrity endorsers. Q1: When is it wise to use celebrity endorsers and under what situations can choices be problematic? A1: In most cases, the use of celebrity endorsers is a lazy (sorry!) way […]
John Aguilar is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and host of the business reality TV show The Final Pitch. He was a winner of the 2nd Mansmith Innovation Awards in the business model category. His new book “The Art and Science of the Pitch” cites valuable lessons, tips and techniques he picked up from years of producing and hosting the […]
Juan Sajid Imao is a multi-awarded sculptor whose career has spanned over 30 years. He won the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in 2001, and Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of the World in 2006. Among his popular works are the brass sundial in Bonifacio Global City, an abstract crucifix at the Church of the Gesu in […]
Ronnie Traballo is the CEO of Cypress Bomanite Inc., one of the country’s pioneering full landscape construction firms which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this 2022. He is also the Managing Director of Bomanite Southeast Asia with an office in Singapore and a manufacturing plant in Subic. Bomanite is a US-based company focused on all kinds of decorative concrete flooring […]