entrepreneurship

Financial security, starting new business top Filipinos’ dreams

What is the Filipino dream? “In a world where nations often rally around a unifying…

From great debt to great deals: Investing in people key to scale up

Steve Sy is founder and CEO of Great Deals Corp., the Philippines’ leading e-distributor providing…

Sugar-coating in the boardroom: The silent business killer 

In my work advising billionaire entrepreneurs, presidents of Fortune 500 companies and the heads of…

Study highlights transformative power of PH women ‘sari-preneurs’

Marlyn Llorin, 62, has been a sari-sari store owner for more than three decades. Through…

Create a unique selling proposition

A unique selling proposition (USP) is the defining feature of a brand that compels consumers…

Jacinto Ng Jr., entrepreneur extraordinaire

(First of four parts) In 2024, property developer Jacinto “Jack” Ng Jr. was chosen as…

Say ‘no’ to the good to say ‘yes’ to the great

I see this again and again: Most business owner-operators are doing “too much.” Not enough…

New Chinese Year, new you: US-China dynamic

I always tell my clients: anticipate, anticipate, anticipate. Obsess over trends. Put contingency plans in…

Alice Liu Takes the Helm in Golden ABC

(First of two parts) Uber-entrepreneur Bernido “Bernie” Liu founded Golden ABC, the company behind fashion…

‘Techie’ microentrepreneurs honored; their funders, too   

Microentrepreneurs who have kept abreast of and adopted advances in financial technologies to grow their…