Many businesses are affected by COVID-19, but what may be more important is the lead-up to the pandemic’s challenges: the reasons some businesses have crumbled can be traced to how they may or may not have anticipated the lockdown and their response (or lack thereof) to it. In other words, business problems rising from COVID-19 might just be a symptom. The […]
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In my Q&A with former Avon Philippines GM, the multi-awarded Malu Dybuncio, for Mansmith’s course in Direct Selling, she reminded me of the four stages of competency and the importance of knowing and attaining required competencies for the job to be done. Let me share the four stages of competency, formulated in the 1970’s by Noel Burch. Additional explanations are mine. Stage […]
P168 only for a limited time9 videos and 13 reflection exercises Most entrepreneurs are suffering because of Covid and the ECQ. The lack of revenues but ongoing costs will force them to make choices before cash run dry. I have created an online seminar to help entrepreneurs make deliberate choices, not impulsive ones. The content of this seminar is based […]
Metro Manila is in week three of the community quarantine that took effect last March 15, 2020, which eventually included the whole of Luzon, in hopes to contain the corona virus, or as many call it- “to flatten the curve.” Other parts of the Philippines has since followed suit. As we hope for fast recovery and normalcy in all aspects […]
Francis Flores won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Award (YMMA) in 2010 for leading the turnaround of Greenwich Pizza and Pasta. He was promoted as the General Manager and President of Greenwich from 2011 to 2013, where he transformed it to the Philippines’ number 1 favorite pizza brand through innovative and award-winning campaigns. He served as the President of Dunkin […]
Howell Cu is the founder and chairman of the CSGT Distribution Group of Companies. With over 20 years of sales, distribution and entrepreneurial experience, Cu was able to establish several multi-million companies distributing various products for local and multinational brand owners. Beginning with just 4 trucks and 12 personnel, CSGT Distribution has grown to having over 180 trucks and over […]
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 […]
Q1: Acer is no. 1 player in the PC industry in the Philippines. How has the situation changed with smartphones getting cheaper and better, and how have you responded to slower demand to protect your PC lead? A: Acer Philippines is grateful to have sustained its No.1 post in the PC market for several years, we owe it to our […]
Q1: La Frutera developed the first large-scale banana plantation in the ARMM region, and hired rebel returnees. It is now the fourth largest regional producer of cavendish banana. What was on your mind when you decided to invest in a war-torn province instead of a safer region? A: I am just one of the co-founders of La Frutera which is now a 1300-hectare banana plantation. […]
Q1. How did you become an entrepreneur? Answer: Since 4th year high school, I was a working student attending to the day-to-day operations of my eldest brother’s mini grocery store. My brother trusted me even at a young age to do the merchandising of goods. Divisoria was a normal place for me to buy the goods, as the price there […]