6 Barriers to a Launch I started promoting the book launch of “The Rainmakers: Marketing and Strategy Lessons from 25 Top CEOs” 2 weeks before May 26, 2017. I really wanted to launch within May, my 25th anniversary month as an author. I wrote down 3 launch barriers I anticipated, but another 3 emerged as the launch date came nearer […]
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Samuel L. Po is the founder and President of JS Unitrade Merchandise Inc., a market leading consumer goods company with trusted brands such as EQ Baby Diapers, Charmee Feminine Protection, Caress Incontinence Care, Secure Adult Pull-Up Pants and Nursy Baby Wipes. Entrepreneurally-savvy and exposed to business since childhood in Iloilo City, he struck out on his own after school and […]
Kirk Damasco is co-Managing Partner of Worship Generation, a chain of 20 retail stores selling Christian-themed merchandise since 2013. One of the key trends I identified with Chiqui Escareal-Go in 2014 was the increasing popularity of Christian-themed shirts. We predicted that Jesus T-shirts will be massive, especially after a calamity. When faced with many challenges, people tend to look for […]
Q1: Your family was in the department store business in Avenida before you entered the fishing vessel business, what made you venture into this kind of business and in south Zamboanga? A: It was during those visits to my then girlfriend now my wife’s house in Navotas that I was able to look at their deep sea fishing business. They […]
In 1977, William Belo founded a small hardware store called Wilcon Builder’s Supply. 26 years after, he expanded to the much bigger one-stop shop Wilcon Depot in 2003. Today, Wilcon is market leader in home improvement retailing and is a Hall of Fame awardee of the Philippine Retailers Association. He shares insights of his entrepreneurial journey, culminating in Wilcon’s planned […]
Januario Jesus Atencio III or JJ for short started 8990 Housing in 2003 with P180 million in revenues. By end 2016, it jumped to close to P10 billion with 55% gross margin and 40% net margin. JJ shares his insights on how to attain phenomenal growth rate and how to sustain it with a goal of selling 12,000 new homes […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under the new president Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary Ramon Lopez defined its overall mission as alleviating poverty and uplifting the quality of life of all Filipinos. This will be done through sustainable economic growth that generates more income opportunities through employment and entrepreneurship. Secretary Lopez, a champion of SMEs for the last eleven […]
Mrs. Mercy Abad is president of Ahon sa Hirap, an NGO that has helped over 40,000 dispossessed in poor communities, applying the Grameen methodology started by Prof Yunus in Bangladesh. Prior to Ahon, she was president of TNS Philippines, the biggest market research firm in the Philippines. She shares how Ahon has sought the poor from the bottom of the […]
Many people aspire to have personal freedom and financial independence or want to be an entrepreneur but do not have huge capital. The route is typically via trading (buy and sell), opening a small neighborhood store or eatery, getting a franchise kiosk, or becoming a multi-level marketing (MLM) distributor. MLM, also known as network marketing, is a modern direct sales […]
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 […]