Six awardees of Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) recently assembled for the 1st Mansmith Brand Summit. I chaired the conference and opened it with a fearless forecast – that marketers will hear more and more of the word TRUST, while the marketing rockstars shared real-life cases about the importance of branding. TRUST is the latest currency in the ways […]

DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez and yours truly in front of Kapiterya, a DTI-backed cafe promoting Philippine coffee at the National Trade Fair.   Nearly three years ago, on December 2, 2016, Markprof Foundation Inc. and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) agreed in principle to produce free marketing education videos, in taglish, for the benefit of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The […]

Joseph “Chay” Cruel is the Managing Director of Wellmade Manufacturing, makers of Speed detergents, Speed Power Duo, Sulit, and Budget detergent bars, Winrox bleach, and Select Soy sauce and vinegar . He was formerly Vice President of Business Development and International Business of Asia Brewery, Inc. (ABI). Prior to this, he launched C2 Cool & Clean, the first RTD tea […]

There are lessons once again to process at the conclusion of the May 13, 2019 elections for senators and local officials. While there were interesting changes and surprises at the local level which saw the fall of some of the mightiest political dynasties, the national level was a different but maybe not so surprising story all together. None from Otso […]

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Josiah Go’s Commencement Speech at Chiang Kai Shek College April 27, 2019 Dr. Dory Poa, members of the board of trustees, members of the alumni association, members of the academic community, parents, graduates, ladies and gentlemen, good morning! I am honored to be invited as your speaker for your college graduation. I studied in this school for 7 years, from […]

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JCI Manila: I have been wanting to do a significant project with JCI Manila ever since I won the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in 2001, and Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of the World in 2002, when they submitted my TOYM entry to compete with over 1,000 other TOYMs from over 100 countries. You see, JCI […]

I have always believed in the potentials of Filipino entrepreneurs in achieving greater things. Going back in 2010, I co-founded the social enterprise Day 8 Business Academy, with the purpose of helping Small and Medium Enterprises by providing them training and guidance as they build and grow their businesses. Last October 2018, Day 8 held an Entrepreneurship Conference with four […]

Iceal Penalosa is the general manager for contact center and food delivery of Max’s Group Inc., the leading full-service restaurant company in the Philippines, composed of Max’s, Yellow Cab, Pancake House, Krispy Kreme, Terikayi Boy, Dencio’s, among other restaurants. He won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) in 2017. Iceal shares the background, challenges and trends in food delivery. […]

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Carson Tan is President of GQwest Inc., marketer of over 400 water refilling stations under the brand names AquaBest, AquaQuest, and Living Stream. A former president of the Water Quality Association (Philippines), he shares with us the challenges of the water refilling industry composed of an estimated 20,000 establishments. Q1: You were in the packaging business before starting Aquabest,. What […]

Nielsen Sports is the premier provider of analytics and insights within the sports industry, offering the most reliable source of independent and holistic market data in the sector and the most complete view of consumer trends and habits worldwide. Guy is the Managing Director for Nielsen Sports in Asia, overseeing six offices across the region. He has 15 years of […]

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