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R2R President Reese Fernandez Chosen as Rolex Young Laureate!
Rags2Riches President Reese Fernandez was selected as one of the 5 inaugural Rolex Young Laureates! While this is most certainly an award for my fiance’ (!) , it’s also a glowing testament of the work that Rags2Riches is doing. In fact, as Reese is the first to always mention – this award truly belongs... »
CyberPress awards Inovent as Startup of the Year for 2009
Woot!! Woot!! The IT Journalists Association of the Philippines (a.k.a. CyberPress) awarded Inovent as IT Startup of the Year for 2009. The other nominees in the category were Sulit.com.ph as well as ANTS. Unfortunately, Brian Quebengco was in the US so he couldn’t join myself and our partner Henry Nguyen for the awarding. Aside... »
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... »
Congratulations to Asia Society’s Philippines21 Batch ’09!
Bam and I gave a talk on Innovation and Social Business Entrepreneurship to AsiaSociety’s Philippines21 Batch 2009 last Thursday; It was an extremely interesting mix of people, a veritable cross-section of young leaders from business, social development, culture, and governance. We then attended the gala dinner that night to welcome the new batch and... »
1st interactive TV proudly Pinoy-made
reposted from http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=477446 1st interactive TV proudly Pinoy-made By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) Updated June 14, 2009 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines – A group of young Filipino engineers and designers bidding to make the world’s first interactive television unveiled the improved prototype of their dream computer-TV the other day. Brian Quebengco, founder... »
Sparking Creativity
reposted from http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/pf/11620-sparking-creativity.html Written by Neil R. Ramos / Photos by Nonie Reyes Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:16 Change, it has been said, is an inevitable aspect of life and living. v Though indeed this adage could only be too accurate, some of us go about life seemingly content to just allow for it... »
Great Filipinos Exposed
reposted from http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=472706&publicationSubCategoryId=448 Great Filipinos exposed READ NOW By J. Vincent Sarabia Ong (The Philippine Star) Updated May 30, 2009 12:00 AM The WhyNuts?: These are core group members of WhyNot? Forum L-R Richard Estuesta, Carlo Calimon,Jan Chavez-Arceo Bam Aquino Timi Gomez,Angeli Ko, Mark Ruiz. With the recent level of Filipino media gunk rising... »
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