Entrepreneurship
Integrity, Sincerity, & Execution as Currency
I’ve been ruminating on the intangible values that make for a great social entrepreneur. Beyond the usual Competency 101 Profiles – visionary, entrepreneurial, business-minded, collaborative, empathic, empowering – I’ve reflected on (3) less popular characteristics that I wanted to highlight. I picked these (3) values as I consider them ‘currency’ in making one more... »
Are You An Idea?
So you want to innovate? You want to go down the entrepreneurial path and carve your own space in the universe? Traditional thinking suggests that you should start with a great business idea. I cannot disagree with that; It is after all something I myself would advocate. But indulge me as I broaden the... »
A Teacher’s (Mis)Advice
I was chatting with some graduating students on their career plans after college. Interestingly enough, a group of students had started a social enterprise idea that for me, showed significant promise. It wasn’t just a concept; They’ve actually prototyped and run a small-scale pilot as part of the course requirements. In fact, with some... »
A Heritage of Smallness = 21st Century Bigness
Before anything else, let go of your easily-prickable Pinoy pride for 15 minutes and read (or re-read) Nick Joaquin’s A Heritage of Smallness. In this influential essay, the one-time National Artist for Literature holds up a mirror to the Filipino Soul and eschews our love affair with all things small : “Society for the... »
Why Hapinoy is Like the iPhone
You’re probably wondering how in the world I came up with the following equation : Well, the truth of the matter is that lately, I’ve begun to become more comfortable explaining Hapinoy’s Business Model in this way. Most especially now that we’re in a stage wherein we can more tangibly share the next phase... »
JCI Entrep Summit 2009 : Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders
I’ve been invited to share in this event. See you there! JCI Entrep Summit 2009 : Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders Ideas and stories from business people who are ahead of their time. “Are You Ready to be an Entrepreneur?” – Rudy Ang, Dean, Ateneo de Manila’s School of Management “How Belo became Belo” – Vicky... »
1st-Generation Entrepreneur
(seated – Mary Jean Notario Cruz of Greenfund, Michael Chen of HBS, Erika Tatad of Hapinoy; standing – moi and Arnel Casanova of AsiaSociety) Earlier today we had a meeting with Michael Chen, Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Research Center. He was in town exploring possible case studies of interest for... »
Make or Break
In a rare treat, Inovent was asked to present to the Electronics and Communications Engineering Society of DSLU for their recent Convergence Seminar. Now, this is an audience i’m particularly interested in talking to. So aside from Ryan, Nikko, and myself sharing the Ilumina (Brian was in the US), I also took the opportunity... »
Move the Jobs to Save the Jobs?
For reasons that will be obvious, I’ll be masking a lot of details in this post : I recently met with a friend whose family business is manufacturing (let’s just call it) “Product Line X”. Through the generations, they’ve grown their company to be one of the Top (3) in their industry; In fact,... »
ALL IN!
So it’s been (3) years since I resigned from the corporate world and decided to make the leap into this entrepreneurial life. At this point-in-time, I just feel so blessed with everything that has happened – that I couldn’t help but “pay-it-forward”. And one of the ways I’m letting this gratitude manifest is by... »
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