Mercato Centrale is one of the ten winners of the 1st Mansmith Innovation Awards. Multi-awarded entrepreneur and host RJ Ledesma and his team, along with their partners, popularized Mercato Centrale as a night market in BGC since 2010. It has since expanded to different areas and day market with carefully curated food tenants. Mercato Centrale is the first food market to […]
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Union Bank of the Philippines is one of the ten winners of the 1st Mansmith Innovation Awards. In this interview, we asked UnionBank President and CEO Edwin Bautista about the thinking behind the multi-awarded digital transformation of the bank, which was their direction under his leadership even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Bautista will be speaking at the 1st Mansmith […]
The highly influential book “Competitive Strategy” marks its 41st anniversary this year. This book made Harvard Professor Michael Porter the undisputed thought leader in strategy for many decades. Concepts like the 3 ways to compete (differentiation, low cost, or focus), the 5 forces of industry analysis, and the value chain became classic must-knows for anyone in business. Although some of […]
Last December 1 for Mansmith and Fielders’ 30th anniversary, I launched my new Business Model Course through Mansmith’s digital platform, Continuum Academy, a deep dive into the Mansmith Business Model Map framework organized into a full 55-video course complete with collaborative lessons and interviews from successful Filipino companies. As part of this anniversary celebration, those who availed of the course were granted complementary […]
Mega Global is the market leader in canned sardines in the Philippines. It is one of the ten winners of the 1st Mansmith Innovation Awards, and the first in business model innovation. In this interview, Mega Global’s president, William Tiu Lim, shares with us why they had to pay attention to the entire value chain of the company, starting from […]
2020 started as a year of crisis! From the eruption of Taal Volcano to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. I wrote many articles to help and inspire entrepreneurs and businesses to adapt and cope with the pandemic. Here are the Top 10 Covid-19 related articles (according to number of readers) that our readers loved. Remembering Henry Sy During the Pandemic 8 […]
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) in 2020 are: […]
I encountered this Korean series in Netflix after I was done with Start-Up, another Korean series. I got curious since the actor who played the character of Mr. Han who was a mentor in Start-Up, also played a major role in Strongest Deliveryman. One of the new things I discovered is that food deliveries in South Korea involve using the […]
The restaurant industry was one of the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. In the Fast Company Innovation Festival held online last Oct 2020, participants learned that four out of ten restaurants have remained shut eight months into the pandemic. Many mom and pop independent restaurants are struggling, with Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) appearing to take more shares, with […]
I have been fondly watching the Korean drama “Start-Up” on Netflix with my wife because the values espoused in the show are consistent with what the Mansmith and Fielders Team have been both practicing and mentoring to others. I think the show is one that definitely encourages entrepreneurship. Here are 15 quick lessons from the show I would like to […]