Goldilocks is celebrating its 50th anniversary this 2016. Founded by sisters, Milagros Leelin Yee and Clarita Leelin Go, and their sister-in-law Doris Wilson Leelin, they were baking delicacies in their Makati City apartment to serve doctors, nurses and, eventually, hospital patients. The business grew and led to the opening of the first Goldilocks store, on a humble 70 square meter […]
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Suphajee Suthumpun is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Dusit International. She joined the global hospitality company in January 2016, bringing with her over 20 years of experience in technology, including positions as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, Thaicom Public Co Ltd.; General Manager of Global Technology Services (GTS) at IBM’s ASEAN headquarters in Singapore; and Country General Manager […]
Potato Corner started in 1992 as a side business of partners wanting extra income. Today, it is the undisputed leader in the french fries franchise with some 700 local stores and 145 international stores, breaking one sales record after another the last few years. Potato Corner president Jose Magsaysay Jr shares with us why and how they are encouraging entrepreneurship […]
It’s been 6 years and I have been reminded about Yellow Boat of Hope (YBH) via a video I recently saw. I have been wanting to blog about this interesting story from my perspective. Thanks to then head of new media of Malacanang (in 2010) Jay Jaboneta, who had acknowledged me in the video as the first to donate to […]
PNB has its share of ups and downs – from being the de facto central bank before Central Bank was created in 1949 to losing P13 billion in 1999 and non-performing loans of P45 billion (51%) in 2002 to the takeover of Mr. Lucio Tan and repaying PDIC rehabilitation loan 4 years ahead of its due date, PNB is now […]
I fly to Indonesia every month to visit my office (PT Noah Health Indonesia) and have not found time to explore other places which are more “instagrammable” than the busy streets of Jakarta. As fate would have it, I made a mistake in arranging my business flight schedule and timed it on a no work Monday because of Eid al-Adha […]
Joseph “Chay” Cruel is vice president of international and business development for the non-alcoholic division of Asia Brewery. Previously, he was with Smart, Remy Martin, RFM and URC, the latter where he launched the highly successful C2 as brand manager and for which he won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) in 2005. Chay shares his insights on another […]
Robina Gokongwei-Pe is the President and COO of listed Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc., the second biggest multi-format retail group in the Philippines with revenue expected to be over P100-billion in 2016 from approximately 1,500 stores, complemented by the 1,900 store network of the recently-acquired chain TGP (The Generics Pharmacy). She has recently been identified by Forbes Asia as one of […]
Today is National Heroes Day. Here is a entrepreneur rock star that we can all emulate — Edgar Sia II. Forbes recently released the 2016 list of billionaires in the Philippines. At number 17 and joining as the youngest member is 39-year old Edgar ‘Injap’ Sia II, Chairman of Double Dragon Properties, worth US$1.2 billion in net asset. With so […]
Telus is a business process outsourcing (BPO) company known for employee engagement in community work among their 12,000 employees. This has contributed to high employee morale resulting to an impressive employee retention that is half of BPO industry’s employee turnover, currently at 65% per annum. Its VP for brand, marketing and culture in the Philippines Warren Tait shares his insights […]