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SILENTMAX

Jun 19, 2006, 12:50 AM

helping out a friend

pls buy her products and help alleviate poverty each product you purchase has a correspending percentage attached to it that will be sent to the poor families and their children
http://www.povertyobsolete.com/main/index.php

@omeng
dude pare check out this other link. she is the right "ms jones"
remember yung naka red na haciendera na na meet natin nun sa entreplink
by the way single sya ngayun. reto kita? dali pakita ko sayu friendster nya
http://www.povertyobsolete.com/shop/main.php?page_link=cont_beauty.php

@kate
by the way if you see this. peace tayu. your a good friend and a good person, hanap rin kita boyfriend ha? hehehehhehe para di na malungkot buhay.

omeng

Jun 19, 2006, 08:20 AM

:lol: Yari tayu niyan kay KD.

I remember one time that I spoke to daddy.. eheste.. her dad about other coconut products since they are into virgin coconut oil manufacturing.

Trevi

Jun 19, 2006, 10:21 AM

Hi MAX welcome back... :-)
Your presence / posts was sorely missed.

omeng

Jun 19, 2006, 10:29 AM

Hi Trevi,

Do you have good contacts with Mini-stop or 7 eleven?

sharingan

Jun 19, 2006, 01:14 PM

Dear friend of Entrepreneur Philippines,

Thinking of getting a franchise?

If you are, join Entrepreneur Philippines' 55th Networking Night entitled "To Franchise or not to Franchise" on June 27, 2006, from 6 PM to 9 PM at Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Eugenio Lopez Foundation Bldg, 123 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City, and discover the pros and cons of franchising.

The Networking Night is a casual business get-together hosted by Entrepreneur Philippines Magazine and is open to both existing and aspiring entrepreneurs. This month, we have invited Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) president Robert Trota, Crystal Clear president Jose Soler, Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc. (AFFI) Press Relations Officer and Binalot president Rommel Juan to provide tips as well as share their franchising experiences!

A copy of the June or July Entrepreneur magazine will serve as entrance. Food and drinks are on us. Please confirm your attendance at least 2 days before the event.

Should you wish to confirm your attendance, please send an email with subject: Networking Night to jaffa.joseph@summitmedia.com.ph or call us at 631-8971 loc.146.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

JAFFA JANUS JOSEPH
Sr. Marketing Associate

punta ka sir omeng? max?

omeng

Jun 19, 2006, 01:56 PM

^ sir yes sir. :D

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 12:56 AM

Earnings from call centers seen at $7.3B in 2010
Posted: 9:46 PM | Jun. 20, 2006

Agence France-Presse

ANNUAL foreign exchange earnings from the Philippines call center industry will nearly triple to 7.3 billion dollars in 2010, up from about 2.6 billion dollars this year, an industry leader said Tuesday.

Industry employment would rise to some 506,500 call center agents compared to 179,000 this year, said Rainiero Borja, president of People Support, a call center firm.

Citing figures from the industry association and the government, Borja told an annual industry conference that call center employees would pay 8.6 billion pesos (162 million dollars) in income taxes this year with more money spent on downstream industries such as office rentals and equipment supplies.

President Gloria Arroyo has singled out the industry as a key potential growth area as Western companies move more of their office functions abroad to take advantage of the huge pool of English-speaking workers here.

"Given these numbers, the value of this industry and its impact on the Philippine economy cannot be understated. We could just be scratching the surface of what could be the next Philippine gold mine," Borja said.

However he warned that the Philippines could also suffer the same problems that have afflicted its industry rivals in India such as "wage inflation" and high employee turnover.

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 12:58 AM

The 38 Things To Do When Starting A Business

http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2006/05/25/entrepreneurs-nolo-IRS-cx_nl_0525nolo.html
Thinking about starting a business? You’re not alone. Every year, thousands of Americans catch the entrepreneurial spirit, launching small businesses to sell their products or services. Some businesses thrive; many fail. There is no one magic secret to creating a successful business--if there were, all businesses would be successful--partly because there will always be factors beyond an owner’s control, such as the state of the market and the economy.
Still, the more you know about starting a business, the more power you have to form an organization that develops into a lasting source of income and satisfaction. For help with the beginning stages of operating a business, the following checklist is a great place to start.
Evaluate And Develop Your Business Idea
1. Determine if the type of business suits you.
2. Use a break-even analysis to determine if your idea can make money.
3. Write a business plan, including a profit/loss forecast and a cash-flow analysis.
4. Investigate business financing.
5. Set up a basic marketing plan.
Decide On A Legal Structure For Your Business
6. Research the various types of ownership structures:
-- Sole proprietorship
-- Partnership
-- LLC
-- C Corporation
-- S Corporation
7. Identify the factors involved in choosing a business structure:
-- The number of owners of your business
-- How much protection from personal liability you'll need, which depends on your business's risks
-- How you'd like the business to be taxed, and
-- Whether your business would benefit from being able to sell stock.
8. Get more in-depth information from a self-help resource or a lawyer, if necessary, before you settle on a structure.
Choose A Name For Your Business
9. Think of several business names that might suit your company and its products or services.
10. Check the availability of your proposed business names:
-- If you will do business online, check if your proposed business names are available as domain names.
-- Check with your county clerk's office to see whether your proposed names are on the list of fictitious or assumed business names in your county.
-- For corporations and LLCs: Check the availability of your proposed names with the Secretary of State or other corporate filing offices.
-- Do a federal or state trademark search of the proposed names still on your list. If a proposed name is being used as a trademark, eliminate it if your use of the name would confuse customers or if the name is already famous.
11. Choose between the proposed names that are still on your list.
12. Register your business name:
-- As a fictitious or assumed business name, if necessary
-- As a federal or state trademark (if you'll do business regionally or nationally and will use your business name to identify a product or service), and
-- As a domain name (if you'll use the name as a Web address too).
Prepare Organizational Paperwork
13. Sole proprietorship: N/A
14. Partnership:
-- Partnership agreement
-- Buy-sell agreement
15. LLC:
-- Articles of organization
-- Operating agreement
-- Buy-sell agreement
16. C Corporations:
-- Pre-incorporation agreement
-- Articles of incorporation
-- Corporate bylaws
-- Buy-sell agreement (a.k.a. stock agreement)
17. S Corporations:
-- Articles of incorporation
-- Corporate bylaws
-- Buy-sell agreement (a.k.a. stock agreement)
-- File IRS Form 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation
Find A Business Location
18. Identify the features and fixtures your business will need.
19. Determine how much rent you can afford.
20. Decide what neighborhood would be best for your business, and find out what the average rents are in those neighborhoods.
21. Make sure any space you're considering is, or can be, properly zoned for your business. (If working from home, make sure your business activities won't violate any zoning restrictions on home offices.)
22. Before signing a commercial lease, examine it carefully and negotiate the best deal.
File For Licenses And Permits
23. Obtain a federal employment identification number by filing IRS Form SS-4 (unless you are a sole proprietorship or single-member limited liability company without employees).
24. Obtain a seller's permit from your state if you will sell retail goods.
25. Obtain state licenses, such as specialized vocation-related licenses or environmental permits, if necessary.
26. Obtain a local tax registration certificate (a.k.a. business license).
27. Obtain local permits, if required, such as a conditional use permit or zoning variance.
Obtain Insurance
28. Determine what business property requires coverage.
29. Contact an insurance agent or broker to answer questions and give you policy quotes.
30. Obtain liability insurance on vehicles used in your business, including personal cars of employees used for business.
31. Obtain liability insurance for your premises if customers or clients will be visiting.
32. Obtain product liability insurance if you will manufacture hazardous products.
33. If you will be working from your home, make sure your homeowner's insurance covers damage to or theft of your business assets as well as liability for business-related injuries.
34. Consider health and disability insurance for yourself and your employees.
Set Up Tax Reporting and Accounting
35. Familiarize yourself with the general tax scheme for your business structure:
-- Sole Proprietorship
-- Partnership
-- LLC
-- Corporation
-- S Corporation
36. Familiarize yourself with common business deductions and depreciation.
37. Get the following information from the IRS:
-- IRS Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business
-- IRS Publication 583, Taxpayers Starting a Business
-- Tax Calendar for Small Businesses.
38. Set up your books:
-- Decide whether to use the cash or accrual system of accounting.
-- Choose a fiscal year if your natural business cycle does not follow the calendar year (if your business qualifies).
-- Set up a record-keeping system for all payments to and from your business.
-- Consider hiring a bookkeeper or accountant to help you get set up; or, purchase Quicken Home and Business (Intuit), QuickBooks (Intuit) or similar small business accounting software.
As you can see, starting a business involves making quite a few initial decisions and getting policies and paperwork in place. For more information about and help with starting a business, visit www.nolo.com, or consult the following Nolo resources: Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business, Whoops! I’m in Business, or Quicken Legal Business Pro.

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 01:01 AM

i remeber taking this seminar at the wtc for franchising about 7 years ago and among the people attending was illac i was trying to grow my business while he was trying to franchise his it was this new fangled resto that was built on containers called pier one. funny how time flies and how times have change. they took a picture of us back then and said that surely some of us in that picture would become famous some day. well im still poor and strugling while illac has he's own magazine

my hats off to you sir.

gods speed
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Social Entrepreneur Illac Diaz: It’s Possible To Change The World
By Artessa Saldivar-Sali
The Philippine Star 06/11/2006

The Philippine flag has been flying high and proud not just on the lofty peak of Mount Everest, but in the hallowed halls of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. A team of young Filipino entrepreneurs has been winning competitions with innovative ideas that combine social relevance with business savvy.

Most recently, the team topped the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition with their project CentroMigrante, a self-help business model that provides clean, safe and affordable urban housing for the thousands of Filipinos who come to Manila from the provinces to look for jobs as seafarers.

Earlier, the same team joined–and won–two smaller but no less prestigious competitions. In the IDEAS Competition, which allows members of the MIT community to develop creative ideas that make a positive impact on the world, the team took the grand prize with their First Step Coral project which uses a turbine powered by sea current to energize a wire frame on which corals grow four times faster than the normal rate. In an unprecedented feat, the same group also won the second prize for their replicable, low cost cement peanut sheller, which allows peanut farming communities to peel peanuts for planting up to 50 times faster than the traditional manual method.

The team also won the $1K Business Warm-up Competition for their Earth Classroom project, using locally available materials like soil to build classrooms in rural areas at half the cost.

The prime mover behind all these projects is Illac Diaz, a 30-something former actor, model, athlete and advertising executive turned social entrepreneur. As such, he has blazed a trail in combining social concern, business acumen and constant innovation. A keen observer of the marginalized groups of society, he uses this strength to transform small ideas for socially responsive businesses into acceptable large-scale models for meeting the needs of people who require immediate solutions to their problems. He applies business skills not for personal gain but for the practise of business with a wide social impact.

His most outstanding effort in community-oriented entrepreneurship is the landmark Pier One Seafarer’s Dormitory, which provides clean, safe and affordable transient housing and services for thousands of maritime overseas Filipino workers and their families within the Manila area.

The idea for Pier One came during Illac’s "serendipity walk," an exercise students at the Asian Institute of Management, where he obtained a Master in Entrepreneurship degree, go through. Students are asked to literally take a walk, observe and come up with business ideas. From his walk around the T.M. Kalaw area in Manila, where seafarers looking for jobs congregate daily by the thousands, Illac realized that no housing alternatives were available to this transient, low income group, who had to make do with squalid, cramped and dangerous living spaces usually in squatter areas while they waited for job placements, or while their papers were being processed.

Though the Philippines provides over 25 percent of the world’s ship manning requirements and has adopted labor export as a national policy, it does not provide reliable housing for seafarers. Given the billions of dollars in remittances that maritime OFWs plow back into the Philippine economy, it is shameful that when these seamen come home, they have to struggle to find decent housing until their next assignment, which may not come for months. The government provides them with hardly any assistance beyond a token covered shed on the roadside.

Recognizing this need, Illac set up a 40-bed dormitory in 2000, offering not just a place to sleep but also temporary employment opportunities, job search assistance and even skills upgrading. Today, Pier One is a 1,500 bed concern with branches in Intramuros, Recto and Ermita that has been operating sustainably, with profits invested back into the business, upgrading and expanding facilities. To date, over 80,000 seafarers have been served by the project.

The Pier One prototype has evolved into the winning CentroMigrante project, which will offer a build-for-stay system wherein tenants will be given the option to construct the units from prefabricated parts in exchange for a period of free occupancy. There will also be a work-for-stay system where those without money may sign up for temporary jobs. The shelters will also provide skills seminars on career development, personal finance, remittances management and small businesses, and will coordinate with the 400-plus manning agencies to establish an onsite job board to help with job searches. The prototype system was able to reduce average waiting time for jobs from seven to three months.

Another project, MyShelter Foundation, originated when Illac observed the lack of classrooms in the provinces, at the same time trying to find a way to solve the housing problem in Negros Occidental. Undertaking a thorough business analysis of the area, Illac noticed that the nearby adobe bridges, built by the Spanish hundreds of years ago, were still intact, resilient products of the earth itself. He did research in India where adobe houses are common, then underwent intensive training at the CalEarth Institute in California under the renowned Iranian architect Nader Khalili.

He became an expert in the Earthbag Construction System, and found that this could be applied to the Philippines. By utilizing the endless supply of indigenous materials like soil and using local labor, cost of the houses and classrooms could be kept down, and money kept within the community. These savings in construction could then be applied to increase teachers’ wages and bring computer technology to schools.

The Day-Asan National High School in Surigao, with an enrolment of 273 students, currently holds classes in the basketball court and make-shift huts. Since the town was established 25 years ago, not a single classroom has been built, and students used to walk an hour and half each way to attend school in a nearby town. Local villagers have been trained and will build a six-classroom module using the Earthbag Construction System. The structure can be finished and used within 12 to 14 weeks.

A project that will be launched within the month is the Peanut Revolution, which addresses the tedious task of manually peeling peanuts for planting, a task usually given to women, children and the elderly of the community. Using a simple cast cement sheller built like a large peppermill, whole peanuts are put in from the top, and as they fall into the inside rotor, the shells are slowly ground open, dropping the kernel without harming it. From a mere one kilo per hour when done manually, the process is increased to 27 kilos up to 50 kilos per hour with the sheller. Improvements include a foot pedal model, and one with a blower to automatically remove the crushed shells.

Previous automated peanut shellers have been expensive and well out of reach of the average small peanut farmer. This simple model, made from fiberglass molds that can produce several hundred shellers, only costs around P3,000. Microfinancing programs have expressed willingness to fund its acquisition by small farmers.

Illac and his group are also developing other simple, easily replicated cement agricultural machines that will increase farmer yields in a variety of crops. An international cement manufacturer is considering the project for implementation worldwide.

Social enterprise is not just about the money and jobs that are the bottom line of any business, but more about a central mission to create sustainable models of social development where the measure of success is the number of people helped. Illac’s successes have proven that focusing on human capital as being at least as important as equity capital in private interventions to social inequity is an idea whose time has come.

Illac just completed a research fellowship in the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the MIT. At the Asian Institute of Management, he was the youngest ever to be awarded the Honors & Prestige for work in the field of social entrepreneurship. Last year, he became the first TOYM recipient for social entrepreneurship.

Illac belongs to the Diaz clan that includes former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz; his mother is gallery owner and art patron Silvana Diaz. He was once a much sought after commercial model and sometime movie actor, but even when he was still in high school he already exhibited a penchant for social entrepreneurship.

He founded the Usap-Kamay program where teachers from the Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf (SAID) would teach Ateneo students sign language and they would in turn tutor SAID students in math, science and English. As an indication of its success, Usap-Kamay continues up to the present, with an annual average of 20 Ateneo participants and hundreds of alumni in the program.

He also set up Good Guys Inc. and Sagittarius Copy Machines to help Metro Manila law students by eliminating the daily difficulty of lining up to photocopy legal cases for their classes, as well as bringing in better copying technology that minimized the health risk to machine operators from toxic liquid toners.

Sports also figures prominently in Illac’s already busy life. "My passion for sports has been with me ever since I was young," he relates. "I was a hyperactive child and the only way that my parents found to calm me down was by putting me into every sport possible. That way, once I came home I would be completely exhausted!"

He was on the Philippine team to the Asian Youth Games and the Asian Games from 1988 to 1995, and was national decathlon champion from 1991 to 1993. He holds the UAAP records in track and field for the long jump, javelin, 400 meters and 4x400, and the Philippine record for the long jump. He also climbed mountains with the UP Mountaineers, which turned out to be "the perfect training" for what is now called adventure racing.

He has participated in the Eduro Challenge, the Philips Survival Challenge, the Xterra Triathlon, the San Mig Challenge and the Inter-island Challenge. He was part of the Philippine team to five AXN Urban Challenges, and took part in the Marlboro Adventure and Tiger Beer Outdoor Quest. He sails with the Manila Yacht Club team, and even occasionally contributes to newspapers and magazines.

Illac, whose name is an Aztec term meaning "God of Light," is in a unique position to inspire others with ideas, vision and passion to create enterprises that uplift sectors of society that would otherwise be forgotten. He is pioneering a whole new field of entrepreneurship, one that seeks to bring the strengths, efficiencies and solutions of business to bear on problems of society.

He insists that true charity does not mean giving out cash, and that to engage in socially responsible endeavors automatically means financial struggle. Business and development can and must be working partners, and Illac Diaz is taking that path with resounding success.

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 01:05 AM

what people must understand about call centers is that corporations dont generate money from it. it is mainly used as a basis for support. so in essence it is vital for a growing corporation. the philipphines will benifit greatly from this. corporations will rise and fall. but call centers in the philiphines will stay.

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BusinessWeek.com
Dell Spiffs Up Its Service
**** Hunter explains what he's doing to cut customer hold times and develop an army of computer "supertechs"

Dell long ago mastered the skill of efficiently assembling a PC. But in recent years, the quality of customer service offered by the world's largest PC seller has slipped. That's become a source of exasperation for customers forced to wait on hold for long stretches or struggle to find technicians capable of fixing their machines (see BusinessWeek.com, 6/25/06, "Dell: In the Bloghouse"). Advertisement

Now, Richard "****" Hunter, Dell's new head of customer service, is on the hot seat to fix service problems that analysts say are impeding efforts to end a string of disappointing results (see BusinessWeek.com, 5/19/06, "From Servers to Service: Dell's Makeover").

BusinessWeek Correspondent Louise Lee recently spoke with Hunter at Dell's headquarters in Round Rock, Tex. The eight-year Dell (DELL) veteran was up front about what went wrong, explained why call centers need to be treated more like manufacturing plants, and highlighted some improvements already under way. Edited excerpts follow. (See also BusinessWeek.com, 6/25/06, "Dell: Facing Up to Past Mistakes.")

Your background is in manufacturing. How do you view customer service and call centers?
Customer support is a giant process. The call center is like a call factory. The input is calls, e-mails, and questions on the chat board. There's tens of thousands of people in the center following a process. The output is satisfied customers. That's the theory.

In our factories, we've made improvements in manufacturing, in on-time delivery, completeness of the delivery, improvements in cost, all while increasing volume. But our customer experience and customer satisfaction metrics have declined, particularly among consumers. As we grow in consumer, we have to deal with calls from customers who aren't as sophisticated as the corporate user.

How and why did Dell's service deteriorate?
In the quest for efficiency, we became efficient but quite ineffective. Management has put rules and regulations and hurdles that the phone agent has to jump through. They're in the interest of cost, but not the interest of consumers.

For instance, we set up specialized phone queues for consumer Dimension hardware tech support only, and another for small-business Dimension hardware tech-support only. So you would call and a desktop tech would answer, but you have a laptop.

The net result: We were transferring, and still today, are transferring close to 45% of calls. That's out of a half a million calls from consumers a week. That's a lot. That's terrible. It's like delivering materials to the wrong factory 45% of the time. You could be transferred to four countries. That's not a good way to do it.

You've done a lot of new hiring in the call centers to help cut down the hold times. Just how bad did hold times get?
In the past it was seen as O.K. to hold for eight to 10 minutes. But my goal is to never be on hold more than four minutes. We've made great strides. In November, we answered 20% of calls in four minutes or less, and 3,000 callers in a week waited more than 30 minutes. Now, we've got 80% answered in four minutes or less. And last week, 80 people waited more than 30 minutes.

What are some of the ideas from the factories that you would like to apply to the call centers?
In the factories, the builders are cross-trained to assemble different kinds of PCs. And they can also do other jobs, including boxing and testing. But in the call center, right now, typically a tech is trained in just one area -- for instance, in hardware support for the Dimension desktops.

We now want to also train them in Inspiron hardware support, or in wireless technology. Some will also get training in customer care, such as in changing an order or changing shipping terms. A lot of our techs will want to learn more, and they'll be paid more.

While there's not the intent to train all techs to do everything, there are those who will work their way up to be "supertechs." My belief is to put all functions in the call center. We need to be set up to handle 95% of issues within the center.

How will increasing the expertise within each call center help?
It'll reduce transfers to another center and usually another continent. When the call stays within the center, the site manager has to take ownership of that call. In the factory, if there's a problem, he flicks on a light and the next level comes running. It should be the same in the call center.

How are you planning to help call-center workers speed up the flow of calls?
In six weeks, we're putting in real-time dashboards, or monitors, up on the wall to show the calls waiting and show the oldest calls. We don't let orders get old in the factories. In the North Carolina factory, the monitors are updated every three seconds. We want the same discipline in the call centers. I'll have access to all the monitors from here. Big Brother is watching.

A common complaint we hear from unhappy Dell customers is the techs' apparent inability to stray from the script to ask more questions or try alternative ways to solve a problem. How big a problem is this?
With thousands of agents, that occurs. We want to have a disciplined way of understanding the problem. You've got to have rigor. But we want to have balance between rigor and freeing the agents. On simple problems, we follow a process. On complex problems, we empower them to delve into the problem creatively. As we get more supertechs, they'll want to solve the most complex problems.

Improving customer service sounds like a costly effort.
Ultimately, we want this to pay for itself, by training agents also in sales. A tech will have records of what the customer has bought from Dell and see that he has a laptop. He can say, "I see you have a laptop that's several years old. Did you know that batteries do wear out?"

Call centers aren't factories. How will Dell make sure it doesn't treat customers like widgets?
What we're trying to do is apply discipline. Any characterization that customers will be treated like widgets isn't right. The real measure that counts is: Is the agent solving customers' problems? My goal is to have less than 10% of calls require a transfer. My goal is to have 90% of problems resolved on the first call. When that happens, we'll be high-fiving each other and having a recognition luncheon.

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 01:08 AM

Netopia president resigns, eyes career in mining industry

First posted 09:55pm (Mla time) June 15, 2006
By Alexander Villafania
INQ7.net

After seven years of helping shape the country’s largest Internet chain business, Netopia President Raymond Ricafort is leaving the company ostensibly to pursue a career in the mining sector.
Ricafort resigned effective June 15 and will be replaced by ePLDT Chief Financial Officer George Tan.

Likewise, Netopia’s new chief operating officer is Jose Maria Grau.

ePLDT is the parent company of Netopia’s holding company, Digital Paradise, Inc. Netopia was acquired by ePLDT in 2001.

In a telephone interview with INQ7.NET, the 40-year old Ricafort said he is moving on to the mining industry since his parents own a mining firm.

“It’s a career shift. I used to be a banker (Citibank) then moved to Netopia when it was still a fledgling startup. Now I want to help the family run the business” Ricafort said.

On the other hand, Ricafort said he will remain as a member of the board of directors for Digital Paradise.

Ricafort said he is leaving the company that is

already going back to profitability after a slow year of growth in 2005.

He said the company had a net loss of 73 million pesos in 2005, against a net revenue of 277 million pesos, below a targeted 300 million pesos for that year.

Ricafort attributed the losses to massive expansion last year and the closure of some branches.

However, the company is showing an 18-percent in cash flow, earning an average of 25 million pesos per month.

“Netopia may finish the year with 330 million pesos in net revenues with only about 35 million in losses for this year,” he said.

Netopia has 193 branches nationwide, with four branches in Bangkok, Thailand. It also operates five Extreme Gaming Grounds branches which are specialized facilities for gamers.

to read more pls visit our friends at INQ7.NET

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 01:25 AM

i think i posted something about youtube a couple of months back. but i guess ill just re-iterate it here. whoever owns you tube will become filthy rich

you tube = its the new google.

its really changing the internet culture as we know it. from the "phone uncle"
to the "dateline britney episode" you tube is now the hottest place to hang out if youve got broadband

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pyz5vagVZbg

makes you wonder when they'll do an ipo...

edit add:
the making of you tube. these are the guys that owns youtube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qgHJNxo0W-0&search=youtube
i tell you these guys are going to be rich!!! with pinky finger on the lips.. billions i tell you. billions!!

omeng

Jun 21, 2006, 11:08 AM

Morning, guys.

Yesterday was my lucky and funny day. While on transit going to SEC for the payment of the reserve corp name, my 3230 cellphone was stolen by the group of "dura gang" (excuse me po sa mga kumakain.. yan ang tawag ko sa kanila). I did not confronted them because i'm outnumbered. They were 7 "mukhang tulisan" men, so i decided not to use my expertise in "seyo na chi" skills since white belter lang ako. :lol:

After my breakfast (oo, yun ang almusal ko), I got back to my office, pampaalis malas baga, after couple of hours, I took a cab to go straight at SEC office, and you know what? Well hindi naman ako naholp-up, dinala ako sa Stock and Exchange Commission, oo nga naman SEC din yun.

So when I arrived at the real SEC office around 1:15 PM, this funny guy in charge stamping my documents, sobrang bagal. After 15 minutes of doing nothing, he decided to start his job and then, when he called the name of my another future construction company, he said, "MARICON BUILDERS CORP". Ah leche plan. It's MIRACON, you, you moron, naka in bold letters na nga.. (sa isip ko lang yon ha?) :lol:

And so, i went back to my office and eat a lot. Funny and lucky, right? or It's just me? :D

SILENTMAX

Jun 21, 2006, 03:43 PM

construction? baket mo pinipilit construction pre. wala pera dyan sabi sayu....

how about mini stop nalang or squidballs or franchise nang jamaican patties...

nakupo wag na construction pre. sabi sayu. panget na industry yan...

:D kita kits nalang sa net night

omeng

Jun 21, 2006, 04:28 PM

Mwehehe. Idol, what's the point of reading all Trumpo's book if I will not venture into construction business? :D

I am tryin' to close a 10 million pisetas construction project next next month, sayang naman and then wala akong pambili ng konting cream na pampapogi kay miss kate. :lol:

Mini and other like stuff are not my forte anymore. Galing na tayu dyan. Remember the donuts? Very limited ang market. Kaya ka nga nasa call centre business na because you want the world. So why go for a small town, when you can have the whole island? ha ha :lol:

See you on net nayt.. wala bang ibang pupunta? :D

omeng

Jun 21, 2006, 04:52 PM

... and besides, namuhunan na kaagad ako ng isang cellphone. :D

omeng

Jun 22, 2006, 07:46 AM

NATIONAL SME DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2004-2010

ATTENTION: Businessmen and Entrepreneurs

SMEs, which compromise 99.7% of all firms in the country
and employ 69% of the labor force, will emerge as a
powerful engine for growth.

But how will you energize and strengthen your business for
the years to come?

Whether you like it or not, the success or failure of your
endeavors will be largely affected by the National SME
Agenda. Be informed! Don’t miss the Public Business
Forum organized by the Entrepreneurs Society of the
Philippines. A speaker from the Department of Trade and
Industry will uncover some of the important points you
should include in your business strategies.

Reserve a seat now. Only Php 500 per person inclusive of
lunch. Please call ESP at 726-5466 or email
esp@rmpconsultancy.com. You can also visit our website at
www.entrepreneursociety.com.ph

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ESP Business Forum and Networking
NATIONAL SME DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2004 – 2010
Club Filipino, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Thursday 29 June 2006
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sharingan

Jun 22, 2006, 10:07 AM

SILENTMAX

Jun 22, 2006, 03:53 PM

thought for the day

oprah just recently came from a trip from africa (most probably on a charity mission)
and she was asked this question by a close friend
"dont you just feel guilty dont you just feel terrible?"
oprah said
"no i dont, i do not know how me being destitute is going to help them."

edit add:
Speaking in Baltimore on Monday at a fundraiser for Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Winfrey told the audience, "I have lots of things, like all these Manolo Blahniks. I have all that and I think it's great. I'm not one of those people like, 'Well, we must renounce ourselves.' No, I have a closet full of shoes and it's a good thing."

Winfrey, 52, who is reportedly worth more than $1 billion, said she doesn't feel guilty about her wealth. "I was coming back from Africa on one of my trips," she said. "I had taken one of my wealthy friends with me. She said, 'Don't you just feel guilty? Don't you just feel terrible?' I said, 'No, I don't. I do not know how me being destitute is going to help them.' Then I said when we got home, 'I'm going home to sleep on my Pratesi sheets right now and I'll feel good about it.' "

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like jay-z said how am i going to help the poor if im one of them.
it is your god given right to earn every single centavo that you have when you work hard. you should never feel guilty about the wealth you accumulate.

Trevi

Jun 22, 2006, 09:59 PM

@ Max. Muchas Gracias for the Perc tip.:-) set up ako meeting for next week. Is your work sked still the same?

@ Omeng. I knew a lot of people from 7-11 and Ministop (even shell, petron treats and all the convenience store chains) when i was still an employee. I don't know if most of them are still there but I can ask around. Ano bang department?

Question lang...ano bang nagyayari sa net night ? sorry, Lola na kasi. networking ko sa phone-phone nalang. bawal mapagod at mapuyat :-)

Hello to all.

Trevi

Jun 22, 2006, 10:02 PM

I agree with Max..Illac is the quintessential Maverick...a true visonary galing ng batang yan !!! 25 years down the line, baka taipan na yan...

I hope it isnt my failing eyesight, but don't you think Illac has an uncanny resemblance to our tennisace??...though I should say T-ace is the better-looking version. Hands down. :) diba Max, Omeng, Kraks and the rest? *okay*

SILENTMAX

Jun 23, 2006, 03:49 PM

@trevi
why not join us mam? :) sched still the same.

tennisace? well the thing that was on my mind was getting a fan pic and an autograph. artistahin eh..... cough cough cough... saisaki...

lehboy

Jun 23, 2006, 04:17 PM

yeah might also go sa net night, baka pwede makisali sa group niyo?

Krakista

Jun 23, 2006, 05:17 PM

Last night, while cruising along E. Rodriguez we had to stop for a while to give way to a police-escorted convoy that turn right at St. Luke's Hospital. Reading today's Inquirer, it turned out it was President GMA being rushed to the hospital.

I just came from the Greenhills One Toastmasters Club meeting at Country Waffles in Greenhills. We had an anything goes portion and we were divided into groups of three and we were to give a brief impromptu talk on some Confucian virtues identified with certain taipans (Li Ka Shing, Lucio Tan, Henry Sy, and Gokongwei, etc.). Our group picked Gokongwei and the virtue of hard work. I stated that Mr. Gokongwei is in the substitution business. Tostillas is a substitute for Doritos, Spuds for Pringle's, Cebu Pacific is an alternative to PAL, and Sun gives us a choice other than Globe and Smart. And I closed by saying there's no substitute for hard work.

Practically most of us are in the substitute or me-too business. Everyday, we try to get a chunk of what should have gone to those who are ahead of us, hoping someday we'll be ahead of the pack in our little corner of the market. Every once in a while, there comes an opportunity to start something new. It could simply mean being first in a virgin territory or simply being a new substitute. But just like substitutes or reserves in a ballgame, some substitutes eventually become stars.

There's still work in progress, I have an NDA with myself. To be continued .... :)

Krakista

Jun 23, 2006, 05:30 PM

I hope it isnt my failing eyesight, but don't you think Illac has an uncanny resemblance to our tennisace??...though I should say T-ace is the better-looking version. Hands down. :) diba Max, Omeng, Kraks and the rest? *okay*No resemblance. I've crossed that path of Illac many times before but I agree, T-Ace should have been in that Close-Up commercial in place of Illac. :glee:

SILENTMAX, patay na nga ang mga I-cafe ngayon. Remember, I posted about an Internet Cafe cum Spa that opened at my next door? They already pulled out the computers but the spa remained. There's a huge disparity between charging 20 pesos and 300 pesos per hour. :D

GOwin

Jun 23, 2006, 06:40 PM

The Internet cafe business is a surefire way of putting a hole in an investor's pocket. In general, this is a business for those who have huge pockets who can sustain their operations until they can capture their market.

rexdflex

Jun 24, 2006, 01:05 PM

tennisace

Jun 24, 2006, 11:12 PM

:eek: Huwaaaat???! Baka Close-Out mwehehehe

Btw, fan pics and autographs are available...

tennisace

Jun 24, 2006, 11:20 PM

TWO-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE

Lesson One:

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, “Can I also sit on my as s like you and do nothing?” the eagle answered, “Sure why not?” So the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson: To be sitting on your as s and doing nothing, you must be sitting very high up.

Lesson Two:

A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, “but I haven’t got the energy.” “Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my manure droppings?” replied the bull. “They’re packed with nutrients.” The turkey pecked at a lump of manure and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after the fourth night, he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Management Lesson: bullsyet might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there.

Lesson Three:

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out. He lay there all warm and happy and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Management Lessons: (1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy; (2) Not everyone who gets you out of s hit is your friend; and (3) When you’re in deep s hit, it’s best to keep your mouth shut.

cashwriters

Jun 25, 2006, 05:10 AM

omeng

Jun 25, 2006, 10:33 AM

:eek: Huwaaaat???! Baka Close-Out mwehehehe

Btw, fan pics and autographs are available...

Kala ko Close-Down. :D

Oo nga pala, please extend my best to sarsi, pepsi at lampel. :rotflmao:

omeng

Jun 25, 2006, 06:27 PM

Quote for today;

"Capacity is indeed a state of mind."

SILENTMAX

Jun 25, 2006, 09:22 PM

http://www.alienware.com/special_edition/superman/main.aspx

just let the soundtrack play in the background.

i must say it is very inspiring :)

thought's for the day.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

"Your arrows do not carry, " observed the master," because they do not reach far enough spiritually," -from Zen in the Art of Archery,

Beleive while others are doubting.
plan while others are playing
study while others are sleeping
Decide while others are delaying
Prepare while others are daydreaming
Begin while others are procastinating
Work while others are wishing
Save while others are wasting
listen while others are talking
smile while outhers are pouting
commend while others are criticizing
persist while others are quitting

SILENTMAX

Jun 25, 2006, 09:24 PM

posted this before: but this needs to be reposted

Are you a Carrot, an Egg or Coffee Bean?
By Author Unknown

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it, and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first pot, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they got soft. She then asked her to take the egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to smell and sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she smelled and tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity- boiling water-but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When trials and adversity knock on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a passive heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside, am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or, am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you become better and change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?

How do you handle adversity?
Like the CARROT, the EGG, OR the COFFEE BEAN?

SILENTMAX

Jun 25, 2006, 09:26 PM

Charles Schultz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't need to actually answer the questions . Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners .

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier?

The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care .

Krakista

Jun 25, 2006, 10:13 PM

How To Be Creative (http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html)

geekhead

Jun 26, 2006, 07:08 AM

May balak kaya mag pa franchise cdr king?:confused:

SILENTMAX

Jun 26, 2006, 08:23 AM

ive talked personaly with the owners.

nope di po talaga pwede beleive me ive tried. (by the way cute yung girl na isa sa mga may ari nang cdr king. pero lupit mag salita she is tough despite of her exterior looks)

you can be a distributer for them though just send a letter of intent
support@cdrking.com

geekhead

Jun 26, 2006, 08:37 AM

Thanks bro! Lakas sana nun pag nilagay mo sa province. Distributor like you can get there products at a discounted price? ( cdr's, mouse, flash drive's)

SILENTMAX

Jun 26, 2006, 08:58 AM

yes boss. according to her discounted sya assuming that it is in stock

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notes:
ive been offered recently to be an ambulance driver. i must say it is awfully tempting. first thing to go is the steering wheel raplace that with a sparco or nardi or some momo's and ooh yeah i will need some racing gloves...

geekhead

Jun 26, 2006, 01:25 PM

ThAHuStLa

Jun 26, 2006, 06:25 PM

See yah guys at the Marketing Night! :D

Krakista

Jun 26, 2006, 09:15 PM

There's an ongoing VoIPCon 2006 (http://www.voipcon-manila.net/) Tradeshow at the Pasay Trade Center AKA WTC. Received a text message from a dignitary:yes was there this am for d opening. walang laman, many govt people, few attendees, have sent our skype cordless for display at the skype boothSo don't waste your time. :) Buti pa yung Call Center Show last week sa EDSA Shang. Especially the Cisco booth. :glee:

lehboy

Jun 26, 2006, 11:20 PM

hi again guys, who's going to the net night tom night?

omeng

Jun 27, 2006, 10:47 AM

Max, my sun cell number.. wala akong number mo.. 0922 649 8742. See you guys later.

SILENTMAX

Jun 27, 2006, 03:02 PM

@omeng
nakupo ka bago bagong sim post ka, ka agad sa thread :rotflmao:

sabi sayo dadagsain ka nyan nang mga stalker fans mo and the usual life insurance sales man and college students who want to interview you regarding their thesis.

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Buti pa yung Call Center Show last week sa EDSA Shang. Especially the Cisco booth.
boss kakrista sayang i badly wanted to go to that call center show last week di na kaya katawan ko by the time i woke up di na ako umabot for the show.

vaevictis

Jun 27, 2006, 11:29 PM

I was at the Entrep Net Night earlier this day. And someone pointed out to me who SILENTMAX was. :D

lehboy

Jun 28, 2006, 01:07 AM

was at the net night earlier, kita ko rin si silentmax and omeng :)

prestige

Jun 28, 2006, 04:24 AM

^and i missed it again. busy with a lot of mediocre endeavors. and sir omeng didn't remind me about it. peace sir :)

hello to all entreps.

omeng

Jun 28, 2006, 06:47 AM

morning good to all. i just saw the big guy and no one else. hello miss prestige.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/omengski/INVITATION_A.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/omengski/INVITATION_B.jpg

ThAHuStLa

Jun 29, 2006, 01:17 AM

Hmm.. I was at the Networking Night too. San ba nakaupo ang mga Pexers dun? :D Me and my friend were seated sa bandang harap eh

SILENTMAX

Jun 29, 2006, 04:58 PM

i now feel like i was wearing this placard that said
SILENTMAX WAS HERE (also sells cellphone load and C2)

hope i get to meet you guys on the next net night, and next time pls mag pakilala naman kayo :)

SILENTMAX

Jun 30, 2006, 01:08 AM

thought for the day

"No worker from a rich country can equal the energy of someone trying to move out of poverty" -newsweek

PoshBoss

Jun 30, 2006, 08:05 AM

Hi there, I am thinking of putting up a small training center (5 - 8 students every class max) for call center agent enthusiast. The reason is, my center is usually vacant at around 1pm-8pm everyday. I would like to maximize its use, after their training they have the option to render their service with us or apply at other center. Please advise the ins and outs of a start-up training center, what's the best marketing strategy to get enrollees. Thanks.

Krakista

Jul 2, 2006, 08:14 AM

omeng

Jul 3, 2006, 06:45 PM

So who's gonna attend the kapihan? I'm a fan of pedro.

prestige

Jul 4, 2006, 09:21 AM

^i will sir! lacking motivation already. it might help to go see an interesting forum.

omeng

Jul 4, 2006, 11:12 AM

Good. Francis is a good motivational speaker.

omeng

Jul 5, 2006, 07:17 AM

At last, I got the SEC certificate for my new business. Funny that one examiner/attorney. As my friend always say... "Wala sa hulog!"

Good morning to all.

Bok, napa-dhl mo na yung lobo? :D

omeng

Jul 6, 2006, 06:20 PM

Buenas noche fellow entrepreneurs.

So I attended the 10th kapihang entrepinoy today at megamall, and I have learned so much and recharged as full blooded entrep.

I reached my goals and I'm so glad. First, promotion of Campo Grande, www.campogranderesort.com, to this organization. They are very interested with their live-in 4-day seminar by using the pavilion.

Second, the possibility of tying-up the Flag Society, www.falgsociety.ph, with CSE or any sort of connection.

Third, to listen well and digest all the inspirational words from Francis Kong. This guy is really good.

Fourth, small chit-chat with my idol Pedro.

Last but not least, exchanging cards with these two great guys. Now, they are just 1 email away from me. :D

And I got two bonuses... I met a guy from the famous businesswolrd newspaper and my mind keeps on pumping ideas on how I can get connected with them..hehe. I met also the very founder of CSE, Belgian-Filipino guy and he gave some tips on how to capture Belgian market.

By the way, wala akong "prestige" na nakita dun. :D

omeng

Jul 7, 2006, 11:30 AM

omeng

Jul 7, 2006, 01:39 PM

Worth to read... ( from http://www.planetphilippines.com )

We Can Do it, Says David of Philippine Business

The story of Cecilio Pedro and his Lamoiyan Corporation has always been associated with the parable of David and Goliath. The Filipino-Chinese businessman, you might have guessed, is the David in our story. But in this case he did not slay the giant, not yet anyway. But now Goliath is forced to share his turf with David.

Our story revolves around how Pedro established a small company and created the local brand Hapee toothpaste. In an industry dominated by multinational giants like Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever, makers of the leading toothpaste brands Colgate and Close-Up, respectively, Pedro’s exploit is foolhardy, if not sacrilegious.

Recently, Planet Philippines visited Pedro in the modest confines of Lamoiyan Corporation along the South Expressway in Paranaque City to talk about his business, faith, and his hopes for the Filipino worker.

Before Hapee, Pedro was running the Aluminum Containers, Inc, which he started in the late ‘70s supplying aluminum collapsible toothpaste tubes to Colgate-Palmolive and Philippine Refining Company. “Together with a friend, we were looking at the manufacturing business,” he recalls. “We thought, well, you have to brush your teeth throughout your life. Whether the economy is doing well or not, you still have to brush, so there would be constant demand for tubes.”

The business flourished until 1985 when the plastic laminated toothpaste tubes were introduced in the country. The innovation was a hit with consumers and other companies followed suit, leaving Aluminum Containers with no customer. Pedro and his partners had made substantial investments and to shut down the company would result in massive financial and job losses. Rather than fold up, Pedro decided to turn around the factory, refitted the equipment and came up with an affordable toothpaste brands to compete with the big names. Two years later, the Hapee and Kutitap toothpaste brands were born under the banner of Pedro’s re-christened Lamoiyan Corporation. (Lamoiyan is the Cantonese name of his late grandmother – the first Christian in their family.)

“I was inspired by William Colgate,” he says. “He started when he was 16, working in a soap factory. He eventually put out his own company manufacturing toothpaste, and became the biggest exporter. Maybe it’s what God wanted me to do here in the Philippines. I told Him, ‘You closed down my factory, maybe you want me to produce.’

That started my dream of making my own toothpaste to compete with the giants.”
By selling Hapee at 30 percent lower than the competition, Pedro managed to grab the No. 3 spot in the market, behind the leading brands Colgate and Close-Up. Pedro’s feat was so reckless by ordinary standards and his feat was so impressive that it did not escape notice from Harvard University, which invited him last year to speak in a conference of Asian business leaders. Soon afterwards, Harvard dispatched a team to the Philippines to conduct a case study of how a local entrepreneur was able to tap a market dominated by big multinationals.

Lamoiyan has since diversified its product line to include Dazz dishwashing paste and liquid, Tenderly fabric enhancer, Fash liquid detergent and the recently-launched Gumtect, a special gum-formula toothpaste.

The 53-year-old Pedro is not your typical businessman who is purely concerned with profit. He deeply believes that every company a has social responsibility and that everyone must fetch in to help the less fortunate members of society. “I found out that people are looking for companies with values and CEOs that care, not just for making money, but to help the community, reach out, give, and bless others,” he says.

A devoted member of the United Evangelical Church, he chairs the board of the Deaf Evangelistic Alliance Foundation, Inc. (DEAF) which helps the hearing impaired with employment and skills training. DEAF provides free college education to at least 200 deaf-mute students, and has established several centers throughout the country which teach some 1,000 students sign language. Lamoiyan is committed to providing employment and housing to 30 disabled students who graduate from high school every year. “They’re given first priority in our company, and we help them find jobs in other companies that are related to the church.”

This, Pedro says, gives him a sense of fulfillment as a Christian. “In my public speaking and outreach programs, I see to it that this is part of my campaign; to reach out to the poor and inspire a generation of new leaders that will be taking care of their fellow man, that will be sharing and caring and believing in God, and make this country a better place to live in.”

Proof of Pedro’s devotion to his faith, service and commitment to the Lord is his company’s practice of holding regular Bible studies and prayer meetings to nurture the employees’ spirituality and “make food for the soul.” Their singular corporate motto is “To make a difference for the Glory of God.” He has been labeled a “social entrepreneur” for his philanthropy. In 2004 the international accounting and auditing firm Ernst & Young bestowed him the Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Pedro attributes the appeal of his products not only to their low price and quality but also to the social values and advocacy of Lamoiyan. “Many of our competitors don’t value relationships, for them it’s survival of the fittest,” he says. “Of course we value price and cost, but on top of that, we add the human dimension. It’s no longer just the product, it’s the company behind the product and it’s the people behind the company.”

He adds: “It’s also the packaging, the way we promote the product, the way we deal with customers, with our distributors, our suppliers. We are selling 20 to 30 percent lower, so we have to see to it that we get the best product, the best raw materials at the best price. How do you get that? You have to deal properly with your suppliers. They have to trust you, develop the confidence in the relationship. It’s out of the box, maybe, but we treat our suppliers like family members, like partners, like friends. In return, they give us special terms and prices, and that way, we can compete.”

Pedro looks to expanding Lamoiyan’s reach throughout Asia, particularly China, Vietnam and Indonesia. His ultimate goal is to make Hapee the leading brand in the entire continent. “Things are moving ahead. We’re very optimistic that in the next five to ten years we should be all over. It’s another level.”

He says the major players are getting threatened. “Unlike before when we started, this was just a small company, they weren’t paying attention. Today, we’re a threat to them. It will be tougher, but I believe in the capabilities of the Filipino talent. We’re very good; we can compete with the best in the world.”

With his faith in the Filipino just as strong as his religious convictions, he sees a rosy future. But he wonders why many think the Philippines is a hopeless case. “We’re lagging behind our neighbors in Southeast Asia like Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and even to a certain extent Indonesia. Now Vietnam is coming in. We should compete, train, educate our people - they have the talent and capabilities to be the best. Why not stand up, join our efforts to come together to make our country strong again?”

In the end, he believes that it’s the Filipinos themselves that could help our country. “I believe in the world-class Pinoy,” he says. “We’re sending so many professionals outside the Philippines, but here, how come we can’t do it? Why can’t we help ourselves move? If they can do it abroad, why can’t they do it here? That’s what’s pushing me. I believe in the Filipino’s ability to succeed.”

omeng

Jul 10, 2006, 11:19 AM

Quote of the day:

"I'm above average. I'm an entrepreneur."

scroll

Jul 11, 2006, 10:14 AM

^ WAHAHAHAHAHA

you forgot to add the consuelo de bobo part :lol:

Trevi

Jul 11, 2006, 02:49 PM

from the NEGATORS mind...

There are just three ways to make money these days;

One, marry a rich woman.

Two, steal in a nice, clean and legal way.

And three, get to know the right people, somebody with plenty of pull.

I agree.. but Who / What is a NEGATOR (s) ?
Omeng, You doin' all three ? ;) ....
you forgot the FOURTH. :naughty:

May your tribe increase !!!!:lol:

omeng

Jul 12, 2006, 08:43 AM

Good morning to all.

Miss Trevi, sorry, can't disclose it. :D

Quote for this morning;

"Manage your environment. Go first class."

ratusratus

Jul 12, 2006, 09:06 AM

hello everyone,

i believe i felt the "calling" to be an entrep when i was in elementary(grade 2-3 i guess). i still can remember when me (the boss) and my playmates (employees), buy and sell stuff from the money we've collected from singing carols. and if the sales reaches 100, i'll divide it and put in an envelop (my playmates' salaries). and to augment our revenue, we strategically added the "palabunutan" in our business. haha

working abroad is my last option. hope my plans will materialize next year.

guys, this thread is so inspiring. :P

thanks!

omeng

Jul 12, 2006, 10:02 AM

Best of luck, ratusratus. Stay with us and welcome on board.

Trevi

Jul 12, 2006, 11:16 AM

SHARE KO LANG....
You might want to try this out.

The application forms can be downloaded.

Scholarships are given to those who are deserving. I have 5 friends who have joined this programme in the past. Presently, 3 run a foriegn-funded NGO, One is with NEDA and the other one an Elected official. I hope we can have one from this forum join the next batch.

GoodLuck :-)

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Welcome to the select group of applicants to the Global Village for Future Leaders. You will find recommendations in each section of this form to help you submit your application in a way that enhances your possibilities of being selected. First and foremost, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible. Selection is a competitive on-going process and there are a limited number of spaces available each year. Applications are reviewed on a first come-first served basis, so if you want to attend this year every minute counts!

People like yourself are applying from all over the world to be an intern in the Iacocca Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry program. The selection committee will assess each applicant’s personal qualities in order to assemble the group that best serves the interests of the Global Village program and each of its interns, including yourself.

Your admission to the Village depends largely upon how clearly you communicate who you are now as well as who you want to be in the future. The selection committee will be looking for qualifications such as personal values and ethics, motivation, skills, the benefit that you hope to derive by attending and the contribution you would personally make to your colleagues in the Global Village experience. To best assess these factors, the committee is asking all applicants to submit the following:
• Educational Transcript (mailed by your last educational institution) or latest Job Performance Evaluation (if sponsored by your employer).
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• This Application Form
• Statement of Interest
• Certificate of English Proficiency
• US $50.00 application fee
We recommend that you begin the application process by asking your last educational institution to send the committee an educational transcript of your academic record with an explanation of the significance of any special achievements you may have had. We have a request form on our Web site www.lehigh.edu/~village a request form you might want to translate and send to your educational institution to speed up the fulfillment of this requirement. You can also request and receive a copy of this form by mail.

Next, think of the two persons who can best provide the committee with ample evidence to support an overall assessment of your qualifications as described above. A former academic, workplace or other mentor and a peer are good choices. For your convenience, a cover letter to those you ask to write the letters of recommendation is also available on our Web site at http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~village/Apply/sampleletter.html . Ask each of them to act as soon as possible.

With these steps behind you, please complete the personal information immediately following the suggestions provided in each section of this form. You may provide this latter information via email or on our web page if that is more convenient. After you sign, date and mail your application, please allow 3-4 weeks for the committee to get in touch with you. Meanwhile, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Global Village staff via e-mail at village@lehigh.edu fax 1-610-758-6550 or via regular mail service: Iacocca Institute, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4732 or phone 1-610-758-4440.

We look forward to learning more about you. We hope to meet you in the Global Village for Future Leaders.

**** Brandt
Program Director

materialistic

Jul 13, 2006, 12:59 AM

Hi! For my fellow entrepreneurs who have boutiques or tiangge stalls. Please check out tzangnladd.multiply.com for pix of my prouducts. Mga beauty and spa products sha and we're available for retail, wholesale, terms or consignment. Thanks! :)

Krakista

Jul 19, 2006, 04:09 AM

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Everyone's invited to join the Emperor Mandarin Toastmasters Club. Learn and practice Mandarin in an atmosphere of fun and great food. Next session is on July 5, Wednesday, 7PM, at Causeway Seafood Resto in Banawe. PM or text me at +639179896230 for further details.

:bounce2:Emperor Toastmasters meets every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month and that means we have a session tonight at 7PM. Everyone's invited. :)

Here's a nice website for learning Chinese --> http://www.linese.com. You can download the lessons down to your PC and into your MP3 player for convenience.

:bounce2:

ratusratus

Jul 27, 2006, 09:12 AM

up ko lang po ^_^

omeng

Jul 27, 2006, 02:38 PM

Sana hindi ko na nabasa ito...

"Delaying gratification is one of the key elements for your success."

ratusratus

Jul 28, 2006, 12:02 PM

Sana hindi ko na nabasa ito...

"Delaying gratification is one of the key elements for your success."

ayon nga sa lumang commercial na tungkol sa EQ, mas nagiging successful yung mga batang hinihintay yung mga sunod na marshmalow kaysa dun sa mga batang kinain agad/dinilaan ang marshmallow. :bashful: :bashful: :bashful:

Jedd

Jul 29, 2006, 09:12 AM

Trevi, how long does this program take? And in essence, what does the program teach?

SHARE KO LANG....
You might want to try this out.

The application forms can be downloaded.

Scholarships are given to those who are deserving. I have 5 friends who have joined this programme in the past. Presently, 3 run a foriegn-funded NGO, One is with NEDA and the other one an Elected official. I hope we can have one from this forum join the next batch.

GoodLuck :-)

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Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry : at Iacocca Institute Program at Lehigh University

Dear Future Leader:

Welcome to the select group of applicants to the Global Village for Future Leaders. You will find recommendations in each section of this form to help you submit your application in a way that enhances your possibilities of being selected. First and foremost, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible. Selection is a competitive on-going process and there are a limited number of spaces available each year. Applications are reviewed on a first come-first served basis, so if you want to attend this year every minute counts!

People like yourself are applying from all over the world to be an intern in the Iacocca Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry program. The selection committee will assess each applicant’s personal qualities in order to assemble the group that best serves the interests of the Global Village program and each of its interns, including yourself.

Your admission to the Village depends largely upon how clearly you communicate who you are now as well as who you want to be in the future. The selection committee will be looking for qualifications such as personal values and ethics, motivation, skills, the benefit that you hope to derive by attending and the contribution you would personally make to your colleagues in the Global Village experience. To best assess these factors, the committee is asking all applicants to submit the following:
• Educational Transcript (mailed by your last educational institution) or latest Job Performance Evaluation (if sponsored by your employer).
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• This Application Form
• Statement of Interest
• Certificate of English Proficiency
• US $50.00 application fee
We recommend that you begin the application process by asking your last educational institution to send the committee an educational transcript of your academic record with an explanation of the significance of any special achievements you may have had. We have a request form on our Web site www.lehigh.edu/~village a request form you might want to translate and send to your educational institution to speed up the fulfillment of this requirement. You can also request and receive a copy of this form by mail.

Next, think of the two persons who can best provide the committee with ample evidence to support an overall assessment of your qualifications as described above. A former academic, workplace or other mentor and a peer are good choices. For your convenience, a cover letter to those you ask to write the letters of recommendation is also available on our Web site at http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~village/Apply/sampleletter.html . Ask each of them to act as soon as possible.

With these steps behind you, please complete the personal information immediately following the suggestions provided in each section of this form. You may provide this latter information via email or on our web page if that is more convenient. After you sign, date and mail your application, please allow 3-4 weeks for the committee to get in touch with you. Meanwhile, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Global Village staff via e-mail at village@lehigh.edu fax 1-610-758-6550 or via regular mail service: Iacocca Institute, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4732 or phone 1-610-758-4440.

We look forward to learning more about you. We hope to meet you in the Global Village for Future Leaders.

**** Brandt
Program Director

omeng

Jul 29, 2006, 09:23 AM

Jedd

Jul 29, 2006, 09:29 AM

Hi, omeng. And it's good evening to us.

I'm busy saving moolah to allocate for whatever venture I can put up with when I land home.

And though I'm earning $, trust me, saving is still bloody hard.

SILENTMAX

Jul 29, 2006, 09:52 AM

Para ngang may napanood akong ganyan... pero sana 'di ko na rin napanood yan. :D

So, where's everybody? Busy looking for "moolah"? In my world, lots of my business friend are complaining. Business is tough. I mean really tough. Cost cutting, cost cutting and cost cutting. Dagdag parusa pa ang "wage hike".

Oh well, life must go on, as well as the business.

Good morning, pex.

chasing http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9836/salapi2nr7.jpg

elusive...... dreams

"thought for the day"

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." -T roosevelt

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" -roosevelt

SILENTMAX

Jul 29, 2006, 09:58 AM

Criticism.
The easiest thing in the world to avoid is criticism. All you have to do is nothing. Do nothing of your own free will. Do only what is asked of you and nothing more, and and chances are you will never be criticized .

For those of us who set goals and want to have an impact in the business world in particular , criticism is part of the job description. You have to be able to be able to take it and sometimes you cant be afraid to dish it out.

Although criticism is typically perceived as a negative, it can be one of the most positive and motivating forces any of us can experience. The key to turning criticism into a positive is understanding the nature of the criticism.

In a nuthsell it comes down to content. Is the criticism based on content or not.

Ive received a ton of criticism in the media over the last few weeks. People criticized where, when and how I did things. Not a single person criticized or challenged why.

I get criticized a lot.

So what.

if someone says something of value. I will learn from it. If they criticize to fill up a column or to hear themselves talk, I can get a good laugh out of it.

What it all comes down to is content and effort.

If someone puts in the effort and challenges the content and makes me rethink my position, I come out ahead. So criticize away.

-marc cuban

tennisace

Jul 29, 2006, 01:07 PM

chasing http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9836/salapi2nr7.jpg

elusive...... dreams

"thought for the day"

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" -roosevelt
Is it just me or does Roosevelt sound gay? In any event, he's full of crap. Tried it before, it doesn't work. People either told me to speak up or to keep it in my pants.:lol:

omeng

Jul 29, 2006, 05:37 PM

Hi, omeng. And it's good evening to us.

I'm busy saving moolah to allocate for whatever venture I can put up with when I land home.

And though I'm earning $, trust me, saving is still bloody hard.

Lucky you! Here, no single cents to save. All outcome, no income. :D

dalepatrick

Aug 1, 2006, 11:00 PM

read the latest issue (AUGUST 2006) of the ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE. The topics are really good!

dalepatrick

Aug 1, 2006, 11:03 PM

^^^^^^
Purchase the magazine. It's worth the money!

omeng

Aug 3, 2006, 05:47 PM

Quote for today;

"The real question is, how high will you rise of that corporate ladder?"

SILENTMAX

Aug 4, 2006, 09:31 AM

ive been recently thinking if i should go ahead and work for the family business. its painfull for me in that this was my last option, but the debt i incured with my own business was subsidized by the family business. im thinking i owe them at least this much as the option for them was to close down the business due to nobody helping them out.

edit add:
initialy ill just be working on my days off at the call center company that im working for, hey its a lot off fun working there. why let go? :D

omeng

Aug 4, 2006, 10:48 AM

Max, have you heard this thing... "panandaliang aliw"?

Xandman

Aug 5, 2006, 08:59 PM

anyone know of an open source accounting software? or any site with basic accounting lessons for small businesses.

Krakista

Aug 6, 2006, 04:45 AM

Try TurboCASH Accounting (http://sourceforge.net/projects/turbocash/) and So , you want to learn Bookkeeping! (http://www.dwmbeancounter.com/tutorial/Tutorial.html).

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BTW, the next Emperor Toastmasters session is on August 16, 2006. Everyone's invited. :)

Xandman

Aug 6, 2006, 12:39 PM

thanks krakista!

With P100,000 what franchise is there to start with?

omeng

Aug 7, 2006, 08:25 AM

Buenas diaz, fellow entrep. Be inspired by the man himself.

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JOHN GOKONGWEI JR.
A taipan turns 80

http://showbizandstyle.inq7.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view_article.php?article_id=13673

By the Staff
Inquirer
Last updated 01:14am (Mla time) 08/06/2006

Published on page C1 of the August 6, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE INVITATION TO THE celebration of taipan John Gokongwei’s 80th birthday on Aug. 11 shows the silhouette of a boy on a bicycle, a poignant reminder of the days when young John peddled soap, thread and candles on a bike.

The eldest of six children orphaned at a young age, Gokongwei put his education on hold and relied on street smarts and a keen instinct for choosing businesses with sure markets to support the family his father left behind. But he made sure he had time for reading and for dreaming, two ingredients of his success of which he was never in short supply.

At 19, Gokongwei put up his own company, importing textile remnants and old clothing from the United States, pioneering so to speak the ukay-ukay business in the country. At 30, he turned his attention to food manufacturing and thus was born Universal Robina Corporation.

His growing empire, eventually to be known as JG Summit, soon branched out to land-development (hotels, malls, offices, housing, condominiums and mixed-use), telecommunications, textiles, banking, petrochemical, airline and publishing—in all, 22 business units providing products and services which are leaders on the market.

Considering he started pedaling toward taipan-hood at age 15, it has been a busy 65 years for Mr. John, despite his “soft retirement” five years ago.

While most people his age spend their time reminiscing about the past, Gokongwei is busy plotting his next moves.

“I’m going into philanthropy,” he says. “I’m shifting.” And so it seems the prime of Mr. John has just begun.

What’s the secret of your youthful look?
I don’t know. Keep working. (Laughs) When I was on a ship last month in the Baltic, most of the Americans and Europeans looked 60, but the Orientals didn’t have wrinkles. Sila 50 lang, wala na, bald na. (At 50, they are already bald.) I still have a full head of hair.

Do you work out?
I do every day. I walk on my treadmill, that’s 30 minutes; then I swim 20 laps. Takes me about 20 minutes a day.

No vices?
I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I used to drink half a bottle 20 years ago. On average, I drank a fourth of a bottle. I drank scotch or gin. Every day, one-fourth bottle. But I stopped 20 years ago when Benigno Aquino was shot.

Why?
I was shocked. I didn’t drink and I didn’t smoke. So the next day, my wife said, “O, you didn’t smoke the whole day.” So I just stopped.

Cold turkey, just like that?
I just stopped. I’m glad I did because if I didn’t stop I think I’d be dead by now... You know, when I’m on a trip, I take beer.

How about red wine?
No, I’m allergic. I have a problem with stomach acidity.

How about white wine?
A little, but not too much.

Do you drink coffee?
I take a lot of coffee but decaf.

Does Great Taste have decaf?
No. (Laughter) At least I tell the truth. (Laughter) I have to take decaf because if I drink more than two cups I can’t sleep the whole night.

So why isn’t Great Taste making decaf coffee?
Decaf has a very limited market. You have to spend siguro P200 million just to build a plant. Maybe even more. Please try our doughnuts. They are very good.

How is your health? Any health problems?
Big health problems, no. Small health problems, yes. I have a lot of uric acid.

But it’s not serious enough for you to stop trying your products?
No. I eat anything. In fact I like to eat chicharon. My wife doesn’t like me to eat it, but I eat it when she’s not around. (Laughter)

Which of your achievements are you proudest of?
Having a nice family—I think that’s my best achievement. I have children who are all very responsible. They’re all okay.

Are they all involved in the business?
Yeah, all.

How did you know which part of the business to give to them?
Oh, no, they did the picking themselves. Like Lisa, she wanted to be a publisher... They pick what they want. I always tell them, “Do anything you want as long as you excel.” Lisa, Robina and Lance, they picked what they wanted. The three younger ones are still doing merchandising but, you know, I think they’ll have to move from there. I mean, Robina was in publishing, but she’s head of the whole retail group now. The retail group is our second-biggest business now.

That includes the department store and what else?
Ministop, department store, supermarket and then, what else, Do It Yourself.

How about the boutiques like Dorothy Perkins?
That’s all under her. I think we’ve got a new one again.

Toys ‘R’ Us?
No, not Toys ‘R’ Us. It’s for ladies.

Ah, Wallis in Shangri-La Mall?
Right, Wallis.

Do you still micromanage?
Everybody says I micromanage. I’m like a housewife. I look at everything. I have managers, though. I think we have 10 or 20 professionals who are doing very well. All our BUs are run by professionals except for two. One is her [referring to niece Patricia] brother [Vincent, son of his brother Henry] and the other one is Bobby [son of his deceased brother Johnson]. And the professionals, some of them are pretty good, very good.

Who hired them? Did you pick them?
Some are homegrown; the rest are from the outside.

How do you instill discipline among your children since you cannot let go of them if they don’t do well?
I don’t discipline them. I think they’re more disciplined than me. (Laughter)

How did that happen?
I don’t know. (Laughter) All six of them are very disciplined.

Thanks to Elizabeth [his wife]?
Yeah, I think Elizabeth has something to do with it. But I think maybe it’s also the environment. They’re very good kids.

Did any of your children try to work somewhere else?
No, they’re all in the business. Except Lisa. When she was in the US, she wanted to stay for three years. I was worried she would marry an American there. (Laughter) So I told her, “You come home.” Better you’re all here. (Laughter) So she came home. She worked with the telecom/telephone company for a year. Then one day she said, “Dad, I wanna do something else.” What? “I wanna publish magazines.” Are you sure? Are you serious? That’s a very difficult field, but go ahead. I let them do what they want.

Of the Chinese traditions you’ve been born into, which ones have you kept?
The best Chinese tradition is filial ties. That means love your parents, your grandparents, you know. This is, I think, the most important thing. You take care of the old. And the rest are education, humility, but the most important one is you’re supposed to be loyal to the family... That’s why when I go to the US and I see the old people, I feel sad.

What qualities do you look for in people you hire?
The most important to me is integrity. After that, of course, ability, and knowing how to mix with other people, because, you know, these people, once they become BU managers, they’re running a corporation bigger than most corporations in the Philippines. Just one, like Robinsons Land, you know, it’s bigger than most... or URC [Universal Robina Corp.] So, you have to have people who have integrity, ability, also people who can work with others. There are some people who are very good but they cannot work with others. People who work hard—that is the criterion for top people. For the lower ranks, we have different criteria.

What do you demand of your employees? Do you demand loyalty, for instance?
That one, definitely, yeah, if you’re working for me. But if you resign, what can I do? If you are working for me, you had better be loyal.

What are the biggest challenges facing all your businesses right now?
If the political climate doesn’t change, it’s okay [because] we could manage to grow the business well. But any big changes in the environment can affect the course of our business. Secondly, I think, manpower. Getting good people is very difficult. A lot of people are immigrating. We lost a lot of pilots in our airlines. We lost a lot of engineers in the petrochemical plant. They were people who had been trained.

You train your own engineers, right?
Yes, but then they leave for the Middle East. Maybe now, [given the situation] in the Middle East, they’ll come back. (Laughter) They’re very good people. But in the Middle East they’re paid four times more, so what can you do? How can you compete?

Those who’ve chosen to stay, why do you think they’ve stayed?
I think, first, they love the country. They want to stay here. Their families are also here.

Did you have to entice them with bigger bonuses and salaries?
The good ones are always given a big bonus at the end of the year. Sometimes they get up to six months [bonus]. But not many are that good to get that kind of bonus. (Laughter)

C2 is one of your successes.
This product is very successful. I went to China. We have a plant there and I visit China quite often. I saw people drinking this and I checked around and I noticed this was outselling Coca-Cola in some areas. So I looked at the statements and this fellow from Taiwan was No. 1. The biggest beverage-makers in China are from Taiwan. So I made a study. We came up with one line and in three months we were going to be short. So we ordered six more lines. That’s what we have now, six lines.

Do you use, or at least try, your products?
Every product we make, I try.

What’s your favorite among your products?
I like Nova.

How about candy?
I like Dynamite. But I don’t like to eat too much candy, you know, because my sugar is borderline, 120, 130.

Which of your restaurants do you like best?
You know, I like Mr. Choi’s Kitchen. We have now six branches.

All in the Robinsons malls?
No, four in Robinsons, one in Abenson and one in Caloocan, in Gotesco.

Why do you think the Chinese are so good in business?
It has nothing to do with being Chinese. Well, basically the Chinese are like the Jews. They immigrated. The Jews went to the West, the Chinese came here, went to Thailand, Indonesia, all over Asia.

When you go to a foreign country and you’re an immigrant, you have no land, no money—nothing. So what do you do? You become a peddler or a stall-keeper. I think if you look at all the big companies formed here, they’ve all been formed by immigrants. I would say 99 percent by immigrants. But after a while, by the second or third generation, nawawala naman. My great grandfather was the wealthiest man in Cebu in the 1920s, but by 1940 there was not much left. It’s like water, it flows, like the tide.

Are you more Chinese or more Filipino?
What do you mean by more Chinese or more Pinoy? I think it should not be whether you are more Chinese or more Pinoy, but whether you’re … it depends on your philosophy. You might think you’re Filipino, but what is Filipino culture? What is it? Can you tell me? What is Chinese culture? But you can tell a Rightist from a Leftist. Do you believe in free enterprise, democracy?

So it’s not about race, it’s more about beliefs.
I think it’s more of the beliefs. What is race, anyway? If you trace the history of the Philippines, all the great heroes have Chinese blood, including José Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo. Sergio Osmeña, Cardinal Sin, all of these people. It’s a belief kasi that if you’re Chinese, you’re good in business. That’s one of the things that people think immediately.

As I’ve explained, immigrants, when they come here, really have nothing. So what can they do except work hard? But if you were born here, the worst that you can have are a few bananas and coconut trees. You won’t starve, really, if you stay in the provinces. And most of the Chinese who immigrated here were peasants and farmers. There were no wealthy guys.

You know, Lee Kwan Yew, when I attended a seminar, he was telling the Chinese leaders in China, “Don’t tell me you cannot beat us. Singapore was founded by peasants and farmers and fugitives while China [had] all the intellectuals. The rich people stayed in China. You should do a better job than Singapore.” And everybody clapped their hands... Well, Singapore, if you trace the history, a hundred years ago it was really nothing. It was a barren rock.

How do you see the new generation of entrepreneurs, the likes of Ben Chan and the owners of Abenson and [other companies]?
I think they’re doing a good job. But I think our entrepreneurs are not as daring as those in Thailand or Malaysia. I don’t know what you would call it but, if you take a look at their economy, they’re better entrepreneurs than us, I think. They’re pretty good, especially the ones in Thailand.

To what can you attribute our lack of entrepreneurial flair. Could it have something to do with our political [climate]?
I don’t know. A lot of people say it may be because we were under Spanish or American rule or because we’re the only Catholic country. So many reasons. Could it be the political climate? But the political climate has been going on for, what, 60 years? Independence was ’46.

What distinguishes a Gokongwei business from the others?
Well, we started as a one-man show. That’s me. We have tried to keep the characteristics of that one-man show. I mean, we have frugality and all the usual things. But one point I think I have and most of our execs have is we can see what’s happening and we take a position right away.

If you notice, we take positions in every area. We’re always No. 1 or No. 2. I think that it’s very important for entrepreneurs to see where the wind is blowing and what areas you can go into. And then you decide to put your resources there and, as I’ve said, you have to have the stomach for it because you are not able to sleep nights.

What sets a Gokongwei airline apart from other airlines or a Gokongwei mall from other malls?
It’s not a Gokongwei factor. Like the airlines (Cebu Pacific)—we provide a no-frills airline, point to point, always on time. And now we have one thing that other airlines don’t have. We will be the first one with all brand-new airplanes (Airbus) by the end of the year. So that’s one advantage. I think we’ll get half the market.

Now, our malls, we’re not as many as Shoemart but we’re getting there. Shoemart took 60 years to reach its level. We only started in ’85, so we’re only 20 years old. Maybe ’83. We have now 19 malls. We’re about half the size of Shoemart and it took us only 20 years. It took them 60 years. I’m not saying they’re not good... (Laughter)

What about real estate or land development?
The same, 1980-something was when we started. In malls, we’re No. 2 now. In development, in condominiums, we’re doing very well. People like to buy into our buildings because we deliver. Our buildings, the quality and time schedule, we deliver.

What about promotions of arts and culture? For example, the other malls have galleries.
Well, the promotion of arts and culture doesn’t have to be done through a mall. There are many things you can do. You can contribute money to the schools. We’ve given about P400 million... to ICA (Immaculate Conception Academy), Xavier, La Salle, Ateneo (the John Gokongwei School of Management). The engineering school (Technical Training Center in Rosario, Pasig) also.

What happened to your Children’s Library ?
It’s still going on.

These contributions are all under the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation?
Yes, because the foundation was created to help education in the Philippines.

How about your contribution to the protection of the environment?
All our plants have been proven to be environment-friendly. I think that is another achievement.

Which business is closest to your heart and why?
I started with food, that’s why I like Nova. (Laughter) And that’s still our biggest business. Then retail is No. 2. Real estate is No. 3.

Are all your brands making money? If there are brands not making money, do you let go of them?
If we don’t become No. 2 or No. 1, we drop the product, just like the ice cream. There’s no more Presto ice cream. We were No. 3, No. 4, so we decided [to pull it out].

So it’s not good enough for you to be No. 3. Are you still No. 1 in fun snacks?
Yeah, we’re No. 1 in fun snacks, chocolates, candies.

One of your first-biggest success stories was Blend 45 coffee. What happened to that?
It’s still doing very well, Great Taste and Blend 45. We’re No. 2 in coffee, next to Nestlé.

So what’s the No. 1 snack?
Jack n’ Jill.

Which variant?
Chippy, Chippy, Nova, Piatos.

Do you think the generation of your children have it easier, now that the business has been set up, compared to your time?
It’s different, you know. We had to struggle in a different way but the second generation, in order to prove themselves, have to work real hard to keep the momentum, because they’re gonna be judged also.

Aren’t you afraid the third generation might lose it, as the saying goes?
That’s always everybody’s fear. (Laughter)

How do you ensure that they don’t?
There’s no way you can ensure that. You just make sure that your second generation will take their job seriously and... teach the same discipline to the third generation. But you never can ensure. It’s hard.

What is the most difficult decision you’ve had to make, business-wise?
None, it’s all the same. Oh, one of the most difficult was when I wanted to buy PLDT. That’s when I bought already from [Anthoni] Salim, but he could not get the approval here.

Wasn’t it a big risk to come out with Sun and go up against two giants?
I love risks, but you have to have equation of risk and reward. If the reward is there, you won’t mind the risk.

You came out with the first no-limit…
...24/7. Now everybody wants free SMS. We have some other things coming out.

Like what?
I can’t say. (Laughter) If I tell you wala na, tomorrow [it’s the] headline.

What was your biggest mistake, business-wise?
There have been mistakes, but not really big mistakes. We have a rule of thumb which is very good. We cannot invest more than 15 percent in any project however profitable it is. So, on that basis, if one company goes broke, you lose only 15 percent.

Are you friends with any of your competitors?
I’m friends with Lucio Tan, with Henry Sy, everybody. We’re friends but we still compete.

And the Zobels?
The only thing we’re competing in is malls.

How about telecommunications? They have Globe, you have Sun.
Ah, yeah, Globe. I forgot about Globe. (Laughter)

Who do you admire among your competitors?
In Manila? I don’t know. Among businessmen abroad, Li Ka-Shing, the fellow from Hong Kong. I think he’s the most progressive businessman in Asia, excluding Japan. He owns this thing of Shoemart’s...

Watsons?
Watsons. He owns, I think, 1,500 stores all over. He owns the biggest real estate in Hong Kong, and he’s the richest man in Asia. But if you say admiration, I admire Lee Kwan Yew more.

What is the best attribute if you want to succeed in business? Should you be shrewd, for example?
You can be shrewd even if you are a professor. If you’re a husband telling your wife lies, you’re shrewd. Shrewd is not the correct word. They use that but I think in business, first, you have to love it. Second, you have to be really focused. And third, you have to have some capital.

When I started I didn’t have capital. It was easy during the war. I just needed a bicycle. But now, it’s not that easy to start from zero. During the war it was easier, I think. Everybody was practically equal. We were all broke. I was 15 when I started with a bicycle. You didn’t need money then.

Wow, 15, that’s young! You missed out on a lot of fun years.
No, I had fun also. (Laughter) At 15, what fun can you have?

This was, of course, before you met Elizabeth.
Oh, no, that was different. That was already in the 1950s. I was 26, 27. I courted her for five years, a long time. And she was in the (United) States, so, you know, I had to fly there every Christmas. It was very difficult to call. I had to go downtown to this wireless or whatever or cable. You have to place a call there and you have to wait half an hour to one hour.

That must be love.
I guess so. (Laughter)

At what time did you have to make the calls?
About 8 or 9 a.m. But it was very hard to make a call.

When was that?
1954. I started calling her ’53.

How did you two meet?
We were neighbors in Cebu. And then she went to the US to study.

Were you childhood sweethearts?
No. (Laughter)

That was a quick answer!
But I said, “Hey, that’s the one for me.” So I courted her. I was 27, she was 20.

Oh my, seven years age difference.
What’s wrong with seven years? (Laughter) The woman ages faster. (Laughter)

Did she know you had already decided she was the one for you?
No. I decided that she was the one and I tried hard.

Were you always faithful to her?
That’s a difficult question. (Laughter)

Do you get to choose any of the girls that get into FHM or the calendar?
No, I have nothing to do with that. (Laughter) You know, Lisa is very independent.

You don’t even get to nominate any of the girls?
No. Lisa is different. She’s very independent. I asked her, “Ly, can you send some girls at my party?” She said, “No way!” I said, “Why?” She said, “We don’t do that.”

Can you imagine? Saying no to you?
Yeah. (Laughter)

When FHM first came out, it was controversial.
Oh, yeah. A lot of people were against it but, you know, I said the Philippines is the only country that would not print it. Even Indonesia is printing it, you know. And they’re Muslim. Even Malaysia... There is one magazine that comes out against FHM but they’re not doing too well... I think we’re the biggest now. We have 25 magazines now.

And which is your best-selling magazine?
FHM, I think. Cosmo, Preview… Yes! Magazine.

The entertainment magazines. Sa inyo rin ‘yung mga OK? Lisa is so aggressive about getting these titles.
Lisa is doing all the work. She does it well.

Does she also get a big bonus in a red envelope at the end of the year?
I don’t know. That’s under Lance.

So you don’t have a say on the bonuses?
Depends on what level. The top ones are decided by the execom.

What particular business are you handling right now?
I am the chairman emeritus. I attend Friday meetings full-blast from 2-8 p.m. As I’ve said, I’m like the housewife who snoops around but I don’t have to go. I just call them, “Hey...”

And if you find something wrong, what do you do?
I have to pass through the channels. I look at things but I cannot do something directly. I can’t say, “Something’s wrong with you.” I tell Lance or James. They are the ones to discipline these people.

What’s your management style?
It depends. Before, as I’ve said, I was a one-man army. Now 90 percent of the time it’s James and Lance running it.

Were you a flexible manager?
Now I’m no longer a manager. But before I was very flexible.

What did you do to subordinates who made mistakes, for example?
Well, most of the people who worked for me are still around so I must have allowed them to make mistakes… otherwise most of them would have been fired. People will always make mistakes, you know. No matter how good you are, you’re liable to make mistakes. There’s no such thing as a perfect manager or anything.

Can you text?
I call. I can text but slowly.

But why text if you’re using Sun? You can call anytime. (Laughter)
Yes, I call. I don’t text.

Can you use a computer?
I use the computer. In fact, I use it every day.

What kind of music do you listen to?
I like the classical, like Beethoven. You know, I had five years of piano when I was young. Then my father died, no more money, so I stopped.

Do you still play the piano?
No more. My grandson is very good. Justin [son of his daughter Robina] is a good golfer, a good swimmer, and he’s very good in music. He can play from memory.

What if your grandkids refuse to go into the family business?
I don’t really care what they do as long as they’re good at what they’re doing. They can be engineers, lawyers, doctors, politicians, anything—as long as they’re good at it. You cannot stop them from doing things that they like.

How tall are you?
5’11”.

You’re the tallest among the brothers?
I’m the tallest, yeah.

You’re the tallest among the taipans?
Yeah, I think I’m the tallest.

You’re taller than Lance?
Ah, yes. Lance is, I think, 5’10” or 5’9”.

Larger than… (Laughter)
I look larger, yes. (Laughter)

You said earlier that you love traveling. What is your favorite place to visit?
I used to like Geneva, San Francisco and New York. Now I like Shanghai. Maybe Eastern Europe, but I like Shanghai. That city is very cosmopolitan. You can find everything you want at half the price.

Do you still have a night life?
Not much. Not here. (Laughter)

In Shanghai? (Laughter)
I don’t go out here.

Where then?
When I go to Shanghai, I go out. I go with Tony Go, my friend.

Do you gamble?
I used to gamble before. I used to gamble up to midnight, even 3 a.m. at the Boulevard [Roxas]. Then I decided, hey, I better stop this nonsense.

What was your game?
Black Jack.

Did it affect the business?
That was why I decided to stop.

Whenever you decide to stop something, you quit just like that.
Exactly. Smoking, drinking, gambling.

Do you and your wife watch in your movie theaters?
We don’t have a movie theater. My daughter has.

I mean Robinsons.
Ah, we go every Sunday, once a week.

What kind of movies do you like?
I like historical or detective.

What was the last movie you saw? “Superman”?
“Superman,” yeah.

When was the last time you visited your birthplace?
Fujian? I went to visit my grandfather’s grave in ’89, I think. You know, it’s funny... the old people before, they knew when they were gonna die. My great grandfather, my grandfathers from both sides, they went home and in six months they were dead. But now no more. Nobody goes to China to die anymore.

Your father died here?
My father, my uncle, they all died here but during my great grandfather’s time, in the 1920s, everybody went home to die there.

(Patricia): But your father didn’t have a choice. He got typhoid.
But still he wanted to die there. Even grandpa did. That’s a big difference. Now they stay here and die here.

Maybe because to them this is home?
Yeah, that’s right. Before, the old folks really wanted to go home and die there.

Wasn’t it very difficult to travel back then?
It took about three weeks. Now I’m always telling my people, in 1½ hour I’m in Xiamen, just like going to Davao. Have you been to Xiamen? Beautiful place. We’ll [Cebu Pacific] be flying to Beijing in October.

Where was your father buried?
My father’s buried in Cebu. My mother left word that he should not be disturbed because we have been blessed by God. We have been very lucky, the family, for the last 30, 40 years. She said you should not remove your father. That place is turning into a dump, but what can you do? That’s what my mother’s instructions. I wanted to move him to the mausoleum but that was her last instruction. Don’t move him since God has been good to us, so don’t tempt the gods.

Do you still go to Cebu?
Not very often.

You still have a sister there.
Yes, Lily.

You can still speak Cebuano.
I speak perfect Cebuano. I can even make a speech in Cebuano. But I’m not good in Tagalog.

How about your children, do they speak Cebuano?
They speak Tagalog, all of them. In fact, they don’t speak Chinese. The only one who speaks Chinese, I think, is Robina. You know where she learned it? In New York University, not here. She took two years of Mandarin in New York University as an extra subject and because she had some Thai friends.

But weren’t they schooled in Chinese schools here in Manila?
Lance went to Xavier, the girls to ICA. But, you know, wala. Anybody who studied in ICA and Xavier, they don’t speak Chinese. (Laughter) You have to go to Chiang Kai Shek or St. Jude’s. But my grandchildren, we have a tutor now for them. My granddaughter, three years old, she can speak Mandarin na.

How are you as a grandfather?
I love being a grandfather. Every morning I play with my grandchildren.

How many do you have?
Nine, but only six are with me because Lance is staying in Makati. The girls are with me. They always bring the kids to me at 8 every morning. One is four months, another is six months, another is one year... They’re mostly infants.

Do you know how to change nappies?
No. (Laughter) But I find it more enjoyable to play with the grandchildren. Because with your own children, you’re still busy, you’re in your 40s...

Were you very involved as a father?
Well, I knew what was going on but I didn’t really bother about it. But we had a rule. They could not go out after 11 p.m. and they had to come home before 11 p.m.

Did you spank your children?
I think the only one I spanked was Robina because she was very stubborn, very stubborn. (Laughter)

Maybe she took after you?
I don’t know. But she was stubborn. She was only 3 or 4 years old. She wanted to bring a duck into the house. I said no.

Where did you get your children’s names?
You notice all my children have either my wife’s name or my name. Robina was from my name, John Robinson. Then you have John Lance. Lance is really John. Then you have Lisa, from Elisabeth. Faith and Hope [were so named] because there were a lot of trouble in the country, so, I said, I better name them Faith and Hope. And Marcia was born on martial-law day.

You once said the happiest day of your life was when your son was born. Was that ever a problem with your daughters?
I don’t see it. They’re very close. Even when I said Lance would head the business, they liked it. Lance has the leadership qualities and he’s very, very good-natured. His sisters like him. I don’t see any problem with the sisters.

Would you have given the leadership of the business to a daughter if Lance were not up to it?
Yeah, I would have. If Lance were not up to the task, I would pick one of the girls.

Who among the girls, after Lance?
Now that’s difficult to answer. If I answer that, I’ll have five people after me. (Laughter) I’ll have five ladies running after me, “Daddy, what are you doing to us?”

Who among your kids is most like you?
Lisa, I think.

Why?
She’s decisive. But, you know, I don’t really know. Lance is a very, very good leader.

Who’s the sweetest to you among the daughters? Most caring?
I don’t know. All the same.

Who’s the funniest?
Robina, I think.

The most serious.
I don’t know. I think Lisa.

What else do you want to do?
I want to pay a lot of attention to the foundation, to see what can be done to really help education, the things that matter to the country. I think, the quality is not as good as before, especially in the public schools... We have quite a big budget for that every year. It can make a difference somewhere.

Do you think you’ve achieved your vision for JG Summit?
Well, so far, we have achieved more than I dreamed of when I was a kid. The thing now is to be sure that the next generation will carry on and make the company better than what we have now because the second generation is more equipped, more educated, more exposed to travel and all that. They should be doing a better job.

Do you collect art?
My wife does. She has a lot of paintings. Amorsolo, Ang Kiukok. There’s some here also. This is where we stayed before. I stayed here for a few years but I didn’t like it because it’s huge. This is 2,000 sq m. When my children started getting married, we moved to this new place, only 450 sq m. It has a garden. This one has no garden.

Are you religious?
[b]No. I believe in one God, but I’m not religious. I don’t believe in hell. I don’t believe in purgatory. I don’t believe in many things but I believe in one god. I’m a Catholic but I don’t go to church. I go Christmas only. (Laughter)

You mentioned in one of your speeches that one of the secrets of your success is the concept of delayed gratification.
No, that is part of humility, filial piety, austerity, these are basic things that you learn when you’re young. Hard work, education—these are basic. And delayed gratification, that’s a good word for it. Sometimes I look back and say, I should have done it before. (Laughter) But it’s better to do it now because you appreciate it more. (Laughter)

Is that something you would recommend to entrepreneurs nowadays?
I would recommend it to the people who started with nothing, or started with very little... because a lot of my friends earn money but spend their money so they have no capital. Ako naman, I only spend 10 percent of what I earn. I have to keep capital. Well, as you said, delayed gratification. I could afford to buy Mercedes but I only bought Chevrolet 40 years ago.

What is your car now?
Now it’s a Lexus. It’s a very good car.

And now do you fly business class?
Ah, yeah. First class and business class. I cannot fly economy because I’m too big. I don’t fit. (Laughter)

You should make the seats bigger in the economy section of your planes.
In Cebu Pacific, we have only one class, monoclass.

Do you have plans to expand the routes of Cebu Pacific?
We’re now flying to Hong Kong and Korea. We’ll be flying to Singapore at the end of the month... There are a lot of Koreans now coming to Manila and Cebu, especially Cebu. They enjoy it here. They like the diving, the beaches. They have money to spend.

Weren’t you flying to Singapore already?
We stopped because of the SARS. For Singapore we’re charging, you know, P1,499. That’s only $30! ... We have very good planes, these 319s and 320s, very efficient. We’re going to fly to Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, also September. Beijing and Shanghai in October.

How soon will you fly to America?
That is difficult. That would take another year and a half to two years unless we lease planes.

But do you have plans?
Yes.

Do you use a helicopter to travel?
We have two helicopters but I’m afraid to take the helicopter. My brother James is the one taking it. We have a very beautiful one. It’s a French two-engine [chopper]. I took it only once and it’s been with us six years. I’m allergic to… I’ve known a lot of people who’ve died [in a helicopter] because when a helicopter drops, it drops this way (gestures the motion of a falling chopper), not like a plane that can glide.

There was a rumor for some time that you were going to move all your businesses to Singapore.
How can you move this? I’ll never sell these assets. I might do more business outside but I would never get rid of these assets.

How about China, are you doing business there?
China, yes. We make products in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China. You can eat our candy, our snacks, chocolates. We’re the only company in the Philippines that is in all these countries with the full complement of manufacturing. There’s nobody else, not even San Miguel. We’re the only one. Remember we’re a Philippine brand that’s made in the Philippines, developed by Filipinos and being sold all over Asia. That’s something very unusual. We’ve always imported from other people.

What is the biggest legacy of John Gokongwei?
I don’t really know. I think I’ve done my best for my family, for my country, for myself and for the whole community. And I would say we have given jobs to more than 30,000 families and we have shown the young that you can achieve without shortcuts. That’s about it.

sooperbutts

Aug 8, 2006, 04:21 AM

guys,

kindly help me naman po... may samples po b *** ng letter of intent to franchise a business???

pacencia na kse i have really no idea what should i put in there..
hope that someone could help me here...

thanks!!! :)

Krakista

Aug 8, 2006, 06:47 AM

"China is the second-biggest market to the NBA, and sometimes even bigger than the United States," Stern said.

"We want to make the China game a continuous competition. We'll have pre-season games, regular-season games, national competitions and coaching clinics here. China is such an exciting market."
LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/06/AR2006080600107.html?sub=AR)

@Xandman, here's another open source accounting/ERP software --> HowWell.org (http://www.howwell.org) :)

Xandman

Aug 10, 2006, 12:36 PM

what are the benefits an employee should be entitled to according to the law?

I was talking to a friend of mine and he told me I needed to have a health card for the employees but, isn't that what Philhealth and SSS for? your health insurance?

This is what I know are required by LAW:
SSS
Philhealth
Pag-Ibig

although not a benefit but required is the withholding tax to be deducted from taxable compensation for BIR.

Krakista

Aug 10, 2006, 12:40 PM

Pag-Ibig is optional. Or should it be unconditional? :D

Xandman

Aug 10, 2006, 06:09 PM

krak d ko maintindihan ang howwell. hehe! wala pa daw *** english version.

Trevi

Aug 15, 2006, 09:05 PM

Up ko lang the thread. Nawawala na the thread sa top.
Where is everybody ??!!!! Si Omeng? Si SilentMax? Kraks? the regulars?
Let's get something going here.....sayang naman.
Hello to all.

Krakista

Aug 16, 2006, 12:33 AM

Yes ma'am, I just came from the INXS concert at the Araneta. For those in the software business here are something to read:
Is Enterprise Software Doomed? (http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/editorial.php?id=93)
The Death of Packaged Apps?
(http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/editorial.php?id=83&page=1)
Software's Sky is Not Falling (http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/editorial.php?id=94)
Coach Wei (http://www.coachwei.com/)

Emperor (Mandarin) Toastmasters meeting again tonight at 7PM in Causeway Banawe. Everyone's invited. :)

pgma

Aug 16, 2006, 08:19 AM

^^^
can u pls. give more info abt mandarin toastmasters? details pls.

GOwin

Aug 16, 2006, 10:17 AM

Here's a website that I recently stumbled into. It has some articles which you may also find interesting.

www.entrepreneurhelp.net

tinkerbellfemme

Aug 16, 2006, 05:35 PM

Krakista

Aug 16, 2006, 10:52 PM

i've observed that there is really a need for internet shops here in our area. they really boomed. but the after a while, they all closed down. do you think its advisable to put up a business like that?No
ano ba usually ng problems na na encounter ng ganitong business? why can't they stay long?Customers eventually get to afford their own Internet connection. SILENTMAX can shed more light on the problems.

lehboy

Aug 17, 2006, 02:20 AM

tinkerbellfemme, nope try to look for other businesses. Eventually sakit ng ulo nalang ang internet cafe.

Trevi

Aug 17, 2006, 06:52 AM

Xandman

Aug 17, 2006, 07:53 AM

im sorry, this may have been asked on this thread but i can't browse thru all the pages just to check coz im using dial up. just need a few opinions here. do you guys think its still profitable to put up an internet shop? i've observed that there is really a need for internet shops here in our area. they really boomed. but the after a while, they all closed down. do you think its advisable to put up a business like that?

ano ba usually ng problems na na encounter ng ganitong business? why can't they stay long?

How much are you ready to shed out for the internet shop? 300-500k? ever considered opening a small callcenter? i know someone who rents seats and may even provide you a campaign for it at Ortigas for USD$3 per hour for every seat you take.

I believe the booming business that is related to the net are callcenter that ran on VoIP systems.

tinkerbellfemme

Aug 17, 2006, 10:16 PM

thanks thanks for your replies. at least i now have an idea why its not worth it.

How much are you ready to shed out for the internet shop? 300-500k? ever considered opening a small callcenter? i know someone who rents seats and may even provide you a campaign for it at Ortigas for USD$3 per hour for every seat you take.

I believe the booming business that is related to the net are callcenter that ran on VoIP systems.

really? can you give me more info about that? thanks for sharing infos btw.

Krakista

Aug 20, 2006, 10:34 PM

tinkerbellfemme and newbies setting up a business, first thing to ask yourself is who will be my customers?. Second, why will they buy from me? For those who ask what business to get into, ask yourself what business would I like to get into? Be aware also even though the world is very much Napterized, information especially trade secrets aren't usually given away in a public forum but are sometimes shared in face to face meetings. But it's good to be asking questions. I myself posed a question to myself, how do I differentiate my open source offerings from the rest? This morning I may have found the answer in a certain industry's blogger talking about one successful company who did it. I am not yet sure if their business model fits right here but knowing one company has done it is enough. Pose questions (the right ones) and seek the answers (the right ones too).

omeng

Aug 21, 2006, 09:44 AM

Trevi

Aug 22, 2006, 07:23 AM

Morning. I saw this TV ads about PLDT DSL cafe' shop. I don't know if this biz will be worth, especially for OFWs.

Hi Trevi.. just busy on my new firm. Alam mo naman, kailangan kumayod ng kumayod ng may pang-kain. Hirap ng buhay ngayon. Dalawang kahig isang tuka ako ngayon. :D

Hi Omeng, tagal mo MIA (missing-in-action). :) Ganyan talaga pag may bagong negosyo..isa pa mahirap kasi DALAWA yatang pamilya ang binibgiyan mo ng pagkain heheheh..joke lang. :lol: I hope you soon get over the birthing pains of you new biz. All the best to Miracon.

Xandman

Aug 22, 2006, 09:00 PM

thanks thanks for your replies. at least i now have an idea why its not worth it.

really? can you give me more info about that? thanks for sharing infos btw.

tink, the cost may be surprising but, owning a callcenter is not as easy as owning a cafe. Clients are what you need, and these clients are hard to get.

here's the thing with call center, you will lose money but, if you find the right client, the right project and the right workforce...it will be big money. there are a lot of call centers opening up here in the Philippines and some have closed due to the fact they have not successfully found the right business to hold and some are just to stiff to move on like the others as what call center businesses really are...movement and flexibility.

Now, if you want to really go into the callcenter business. I suggest you do some research about call centers and how they organize and do business.

I know I told you, "why not have a call center instead" but i failed to realize that business should be built not just for the benefit of having one but,for the love of it.

If you have decided to venture into such business let me know. i have friends who can help you. BTW, im not into the call center business yet...I just sell some equipment to them.

omeng

Aug 23, 2006, 09:23 AM

Hi Omeng, tagal mo MIA (missing-in-action). :) Ganyan talaga pag may bagong negosyo..isa pa mahirap kasi DALAWA yatang pamilya ang binibgiyan mo ng pagkain heheheh..joke lang. :lol: I hope you soon get over the birthing pains of you new biz. All the best to Miracon.

:lol: . Hey good buy ini. Sana nga ako na lang ang pamangkin mo. :rotflmao:

Well, just like i mentioned on the other thread, may buena mano na kaagad. But you know what, it's been more than a year when i started to work on that deal and finally, signing of contract this week. With that amount for the first deal, it's worth to wait. he he. I feel so good about it. Thanks, and all the best too. ;)

omeng

Aug 23, 2006, 10:53 AM

Quote of the day:

"If you will pay peanuts, for sure, you will get monkeys."

Trevi

Aug 24, 2006, 07:09 AM

:lol: . Hey good buy ini. Sana nga ako na lang ang pamangkin mo. :rotflmao:

Well, just like i mentioned on the other thread, may buena mano na kaagad. But you know what, it's been more than a year when i started to work on that deal and finally, signing of contract this week. With that amount for the first deal, it's worth to wait. he he. I feel so good about it. Thanks, and all the best too. ;)

Great news yan !!!!! :) :) :)
Advice ko lang - leverage, leverage, leverage.
and.... (as per your quote -- hehehehe) delay gratification :)

PrinceKassad

Aug 24, 2006, 08:52 AM

GOwin

Aug 24, 2006, 10:46 AM

I am not sure kung naitanong na ito. Masyado kasi mahaba yung thread at hindi ko na nabasa lahat.

I am working full-time. In case I decided to setup a business, how long should I take a leave? Ok lang ba na sabihin sa boss na magtatag ka ng negosyo? Alsso... any tips on how to gauge the trustworthyness of the person who will work in your business? Thanks

Depende sa scope ng preparation na kailangan ng plano mong negosyo. You can do it slowly or hire people to do some of stuff for you, pero depende yan sa tasks involved. Merong pwede mong ipagawa, meron ding ikaw lang ang pwedeng gumawa.

Trustworthiness is not something that can be easily deduced - it takes time and experience to know it, unfortunately.

As for telling the boss ... well, it depends. If you take a personal leave, how you spend your time or what you do is none of their business.

cutiehonney

Aug 25, 2006, 12:12 AM

ask lang po suggestion from u guys.. im planning to invest my hard earned money sa franchising..have u heard of super value? ok ba *** waffle business.. since dami ng waffle *****.. mas ok ba mag franchise nun?

Trevi

Aug 29, 2006, 06:33 AM

Up ko lang the thread. :-)
How is everybody ????

sheenams

Aug 29, 2006, 01:06 PM

hey guys! i just graduated and initialy of course i did think of being in a corporate realm :bop: yet i was able to look at this MLM business. for those hu had been hapless at this kind of industry im telin u ryt now that this one will surely give u a new positive outlook at the business. its curently no.1 and it has 7 awards to prove it. its a network marketing business. pls dnt associate it w/ networking cz theyre 2 different bananas. so for those YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS who wants to have their own business w/o too much risks.. heres a business opportunity im sharing to you. u only need to invest 5k-7k to start. and of course ur every effort here wud be commensurately rewarded. im only 21 and i surmise im d youngest.. so lets pioneer this business altogether! *okay* heres a gist of what the company is about so i dnt need to email nemore the details for those hu r interested.. yet i advise u those concerned individuals to attend our free orientation okie? ;)
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So our company is JC Spice. Does the name sound familiar? Well I deem that you haven’t heard of it yet. not unless smbdy already mentioned it 2 u. JC Spice Corporation is the no.1 MLM company in the country and it has 7 awards to prove it. (they are displayed at the office.) It is a network marketing company not a networking company. So how do you comprehend a networking company? Simply saying pyramiding. They are those companies na yaya ng yaya I mean yung nagrerecruit *** without any products. But for us, the company becomes stable because of the product movement not by recruitment alone. So if ever you’re going to join us, YOU ARE IN A VERY GOOD COMPANY IN THE SHORT AND LONG TERM ASSESSMENT.

To prove more, SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION is one of our tie-up companies. So do you think they will risk their name into something na after ilang years pa lang mawawala na? We offer a wide array of products.. from food, to condominiums, house and lot, health supplements, apparels, shoes, beverages, you name it! Everything that a Filipino needs is here! Kaya u know maganda talaga ang company. Products pa lang ok na ok na!

Well, lets just proceed to the earning opportunities coz admit it this is the very reason why we engage into this business..
So there are 6 ways to earn. And yng first:
1. Direct Selling
For products you buy you get discounts d ba? So that becomes earnings/ savings. JC spice offers 2-70% on its items.
2. Sales package commission
For every person you’ll invite to join you get 1000 pesos. No limit.
3. Group Sales Commission
For every pair (1Left + 1Right = 1thousand pesos). But here we do have limits. So if ever you get 18 pairs in a day, your maximum earning potential for the GSC is 16,000 (its per day) and the rest would be in gift certificates. These gift certificates are the very reason why a lot of companies want to be part of our family. Coz they know this company will really become successful and stable in the long run because there is product patronage.
4. Rebates
This one is complicated to explain in text. Basta dib a you get discounts by buying products. Then monthly, the purchases of your 1st level up to the 3rd level, 2-3% of their total purchases will be your rebates. So nakabili kna ng may discounts, may matatanggap ka pa ulit na money. Di ba ok?
5. quarterly rebates
6. franchising

So why do you need to join JC SPICE now?
Know what, we are only 100,000+ members pa lang yet still counting. 1 year pa lang sya though it has been operating as a diff company dati. Il explain this further if we can meet up. Neway, hihintayin mo pa bang masaturate yung market? I mean lahat members na then ikaw dati u were offered but you turned it down, then huli na nkapagdecide ka na sumali. Saying ang time diba and your opportunity to earn. Actually im one of the youngest nga e.

1. you’lle get LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP..imagine that one cash out lang dami mo ng earning opportunities..
2. a variety of products
3. no sales quota, no sales time frame or deadline
4. six ways of earning
5. fair commission scheme for all members
6. infinite level structure
7. benefit of an accident insurance
8. on-line service
9. delivery service
10. lifetime discount on products
11. YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS

So what more can you ask for? So how do you get started..well all you have to do is purchase a package yung minimum is 7 thousand lang. product package includes bonus products, brochures, catalogues, geneaology, presentation materials, insurance, id and privilege card. BUT WAIT, GOOD NEWS! Until August 31 we have a promo..you can be a member with as low as 5000 investment! So hurry! Be part of our family and sabay sabay tyo yumaman!

I advise you to attend an orientation at our office, its everyday 2 nd 4 pm. So ul know more and things will look clearer. Thanks!

omeng

Aug 30, 2006, 10:51 AM

que barbaridad. :D

Krakista

Aug 30, 2006, 10:59 AM

omeng, rumor has it that you're in a frenzy going into high-rise condomoniums. Totoo ba? :D

omeng

Aug 30, 2006, 05:48 PM

oh, no. not yet amigo. marami pang akong concrete na sisinghutin.. he he

townhouse-townhouse muna, bosing. agents are welcome.. wahhhhhhahaha.

Krakista

Sep 2, 2006, 09:00 PM

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:bounce2:Another 1st Wednesday of the month is approaching--the 6th of September. Everyone's invited and for 1st-time attendees dinner's on us (Read FREE). :) Not only do we learn and practice Mandarin here, we also have fun, network with fellow businesspeople and some of the best techies in PEx, and the best part (for me) is the very good food. Kahit na manlibre pa kami, the economies of scale makes it one of the best in terms of value for money. :)

fossil7

Sep 3, 2006, 06:28 AM

Guys, could you help me find buyers for sugpo, and tiger prawns. yung nakikita nyo sa sea side at sa mga dampa. kung may kakilala kayo na pde kong pagbagsakan neto, i would appreciate it. thanks!

omeng

Sep 4, 2006, 08:59 AM

Morning good to all young entrep. May this week be a glorious day to all of us.

Quote of the day;

"Why wait for your spirit to move you. Take action and move your spirit!

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Sep 4, 2006, 11:06 AM

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abhet

Sep 5, 2006, 09:00 AM

Krakista

Sep 8, 2006, 06:12 AM

SteadyBoy2k

Sep 9, 2006, 11:12 AM

Hi guys,
I think that we really have a nice forum and thread here. There's a lot of wonderful would-be or already successful entrepreneur already making great leaps beyond their years here. I'm also trying so hard to think the kind of business that I can start there in the Philippines. I'm almost finish with my undergraduate studies here in the US for BS Management and there's no other place that I would love to have a business but in my native land. Does anyone know if it's a great investment to have a big internet cafe in Manila or a coffee shop perhaps? Or perhaps an apartment rental property would be profitable, huh? Anybody got any idea what's hot in today's market and what's the best way to find how much is the start-up capital and maintenance cost of the business.

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys..

Abhet

Pareho kami. I'm finishing my undergrad BS in Managerial Econ here sa US. I would LOVE to do business back home sa pinas.

Question to the rest of the people here:

If you guys were in my situation, with US education and access to US market (kasi nandito na), what would be a good industry/business to get into that would use these advantages but be in involved with the philippines? thank u

Krakista

Sep 11, 2006, 09:04 PM

If you guys were in my situation, with US education and access to US market (kasi nandito na), what would be a good industry/business to get into that would use these advantages but be in involved with the philippines? thank uI'll get back to you as soon as I have more time as right now I can't get into specifics but its basically in the area of knowledge business as almost everything is these days.

Cable thieves took advantage of the rains and stole the telephone cables in Greenhills and knocked out the phone and data lines in Eisenhower and Annapolis streets. I was speaking with a clients who was thinking of going with Netsuite.com or Salesforce.com and the incident should make him think twice. A high level of redundancy is needed and these cable thieves are becoming a big problem. Some years ago the call center of an airline went down as some thieves stole the cable connected to their premises all the way to the PLDT central office. I wonder how long it takes PLDT to rewire.

Anyway, just discovered coffeeshops are a good place to get new clients for my software services and licenses. Especially those frequented by businessmen for their extra-curricular activities. :D

Krakista

Sep 11, 2006, 11:22 PM

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abhet

Sep 12, 2006, 11:56 PM

Abhet, the best best for you is BPO or Business Process Outsourcing. Since you're right there in the US you can already begin some groundwork. Keep an eye on office jobs that can be outsourced to the Philippines. You can always start small so it won't be that capital intensive.

Thanks Krakista, I will definitely look into that. Ang concern ko lang eh BPOs tend to have a trend for the clients to go for bigger companies so start-up companies gets obliterated but its worth a try. Coffee shops are pretty much getting popular, as I heard from the news and teleserye trends through TFC, but I do not know the length or number of competition there. I know that internet shops are out of the question for they are starting to wither down unless the business will cater to a more upscale market environment which then again might not attract the high class because its probably typical for them to already have PCs at home.
Sorry for my blubber, anyways, the reason I'm asking is because I'm about to finish my studies in 2 months and I only have at least 500,0000.00 Php for a start-up capital. I don't even know if its going to create a good business with this amount. Its not enough so I'm asking anyone if you can please your ideas or comments or tips for a business oppurtunity to me for this amount, I would really appreciate it. salamat.

Abhet

abhet

Sep 12, 2006, 11:58 PM

Abhet, the best best for you is BPO or Business Process Outsourcing. Since you're right there in the US you can already begin some groundwork. Keep an eye on office jobs that can be outsourced to the Philippines. You can always start small so it won't be that capital intensive.

Thanks Krakista, I will definitely look into that. Ang concern ko lang eh BPOs tend to have a trend for the clients to go for bigger companies so start-up companies gets obliterated but its worth a try. Coffee shops are pretty much getting popular, as I heard from the news and teleserye trends through TFC, but I do not know the length or number of competition there. I know that internet shops are out of the question for they are starting to wither down unless the business will cater to a more upscale market environment which then again might not attract the high class because its probably typical for them to already have PCs at home.
Sorry for my blubber, anyways, the reason I'm asking is because I'm about to finish my studies in 2 months and I only have at least 500,0000.00 Php for a start-up capital. I don't even know if its going to create a good business with this amount. Its not enough so I'm asking anyone if you can please share your ideas or comments or tips for a business oppurtunity to me for this amount, I would really appreciate it. salamat.

Abhet

Trevi

Sep 13, 2006, 07:42 AM

Thanks Krakista, I will definitely look into that. Ang concern ko lang eh BPOs tend to have a trend for the clients to go for bigger companies so start-up companies gets obliterated but its worth a try.

Abhet

Just for inspiration - My husband and I are 3 months short of a year in the BPO business (with about 3 revisions in our business model/plan) and we have managed to get a big account and three more in the pipeline. BUT we are considered SMALL in size by industry standards. We veered away from call centers, MT's, CAD and the more high-profile BP's - the usual route. We didnt throw ourselves in the arena of the big boys only to be obliterated (annihilated - is more like it), instead we looked for a BP where we can be a pioneer and hopefully, a major player in the future. We took stock of what we are, what we can do (resources, experience, etc.) and what we can offer - we deliberately made it modest and below-the-radar to parry competition - our game plan is simple : build our portfolio, resources and reputation - until such time that we can be competitive.

This applies to any business endeavor.
Everything starts small. Manage your expectations, be patient, be resourceful and be CREATIVE and work to become Big. Good luck. :)

Vietnam is a market to consider. :) There is a lot to be done there, But you will have to relocate (your operations/people) . We hope to be there by next year.

Hello to All the newbies & regulars.........with special mention to Kraks, Omeng (Missing-In-Action ka yata), SilentMax (another MIA) and TennisAce.

arkangel

Sep 13, 2006, 08:21 AM

To the US-based guys, why not look into RESELLING BPO services in the US? You can build a US company that resells BPO services like transcription, billing, graphics design, etc. The local company provides the back end services, you provide sales.

Krakista

Sep 14, 2006, 11:07 AM

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September 14-15, 2006, 9AM-9PM
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Admission is free

omeng

Sep 14, 2006, 05:41 PM

Hello to All the newbies & regulars.........with special mention to Kraks, Omeng (Missing-In-Action ka yata), SilentMax (another MIA) and TennisAce.

Hello there! Still busy in both biz.

Yesterday, I stopped-by in mall of asia (exhibit) to have a chit-chat with this man..

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=13562

I'm glad that his 1st invention is doing ok.

I saw also this "tennisace look-a-like" (hehe), Illac, but instead of approaching him to exchange cards, I decided to talk with his beautiful biz partner(?), Artessa. Deym! :lol:

Bok, nagkita ulit kami ni mr. bizworld. Just standingby for the new PR.

Trevi

Sep 15, 2006, 06:02 AM

TennisAce and Illac are both mavericks...but TennisAce, definitely looks better.
As for your usual "damoobs" with beautiful women-entreps..so very you, Omeng. Good luck on your search. :-)

tennisace

Sep 16, 2006, 03:27 AM

Ngek, no wonder my ears are burning. Pinag-uusapan pala ako dito. :lol:

Hello M.Trevi. I hear mas makapal daw ang wallet ni Illac kaysa akin. Mas pogi daw yon sabi ni Artessa. :naughty:

Mr. Omeng, available pa ba si Artessa? Baka hanggang cards na lang tayo. :(

Maverick? Now I know where I got my name from. Sounds a lot better than "bara-bara". *okay*

nobodyshome

Sep 16, 2006, 12:05 PM

arkangel

Sep 16, 2006, 04:31 PM

hi, im also thinking of setting up an internet cafe business, kaso im having some doubts pa... anybodys got any ideas how much minimum investment **? im just starting out so i really dont have much.. thanks.

Hmmmm why not be a Data entry reseller. PM me, I might have a way for you to make AT LEAST P50K a month if you have at least 5 workstations going full blast 24/7

kabuto_kun_24

Sep 17, 2006, 08:38 PM

^^ what do you mean by data entry reseller. will pm you for details *okay*

arkangel

Sep 17, 2006, 11:07 PM

^^ what do you mean by data entry reseller. will pm you for details *okay*

I addressed the answer to user "nobody's home" so I can only tell the details to that person. Sorry. He asked for the opportunity so I would give it to him.

Krakista

Sep 18, 2006, 07:00 AM

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speQter

Sep 18, 2006, 09:25 AM

Hi folks,

My friends and I are planning to start a coffeeshop, and are having fun doing the feasibility.

The gray area though is estimating how many cups of coffee we can sell in a day.
Do you guys have any pointers on how to come up with an estimate?

kyutichris

Sep 19, 2006, 02:32 AM

guys... need your advise....
i've started saving some money... and hopefully by next year will be able to save enough to start a biz... i have 2 businesses on mind: travel agency and small restaurant. i just want to know which of those is more feasible today. and also, how much is it really to do business in the philippines.

Thanks!!!!

DarkStreet

Sep 19, 2006, 07:25 AM

Hmmmm why not be a Data entry reseller. PM me, I might have a way for you to make AT LEAST P50K a month if you have at least 5 workstations going full blast 24/7

I am interested to know this too ;) what's Data Entry Resseller?

arkangel

Sep 19, 2006, 08:33 AM

I am interested to know this too ;) what's Data Entry Resseller?

Here's the answer to your question: http://pinoyexchange.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16472028&postcount=3391

omeng

Sep 19, 2006, 10:05 AM

TennisAce and Illac are both mavericks...but TennisAce, definitely looks better.
As for your usual "damoobs" with beautiful women-entreps..so very you, Omeng. Good luck on your search. :-)

Thanks, but the search ek ek might be over sooner than i thought.. :lol:

I will mail you soon in regards of 7-eleven and mini stop. :)

omeng

Sep 19, 2006, 10:11 AM

Mr. Omeng, available pa ba si Artessa? Baka hanggang cards na lang tayo. :(

:rotflmao: hanggat may makakahoy lang naman ako. :lol:

business first before leisure, right? :p

omeng

Sep 19, 2006, 10:16 AM

Dear friends of Entrepreneur Philippines,

Interested in learning the latest strategies from the experts/gurus and real-life best practices from top entrepreneurs?

If you are, join Entrepreneur Philippines' 56th Networking Night entitled "Selling and Marketing Strategies" on September 26, 2006, from 6 PM to 9 PM at Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Eugenio Lopez Foundation Bldg, 123 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City.

The Networking Night is a casual business get-together hosted by Entrepreneur Philippines Magazine and is open to both existing and aspiring entrepreneurs. This month, we have invited Karen de Asis, Chief Brand Strategist and Learning Officer of MKS Training and Consulting; Jos Ortega, Chairman and CEO of Brandlab; and Dickie Soriano, Founder and President of BCD Pinpoint Direct to share their proven selling and marketing strategies with you.

A copy of the September issue of Entrepreneur magazine will serve as entrance. Food and drinks are on us. Please confirm your attendance at least 2 days before the event.

Should you wish to confirm your attendance, please send an email with subject: Networking Night to jaffa.joseph@summitmedia.com.ph or call us at 631-8971 loc.146.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

JAFFA JANUS JOSEPH
Sr. Marketing Associate

wild_cherry

Sep 20, 2006, 09:48 AM

I'm juggling a lot of biz...

1. being a student
2. make-up artist
3. model's folio shoot organizer (sino gusto dyan magpagawa ng portfolio? PM NA!!!)
4. planning to be an events planner. :rotflmao:
5. planning to put up a modeling agency

hahahaha... lakas mangarap...

hey PM me to avail of my services!

tennisace

Sep 21, 2006, 11:55 PM

:rotflmao: hanggat may makakahoy lang naman ako. :lol:

business first before leisure, right? :p
Sometimes leisure begets good business.:naughty: I'm not kidding.;)

Trump

Sep 24, 2006, 06:25 PM

Anyone knows if any reputable schools will be conducting short courses on entrepreneurship? or just about anything related with business operations?

Krakista

Sep 24, 2006, 07:45 PM

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Sol_Badguy

Sep 24, 2006, 09:47 PM

hello, aside from practicing architecture i want to start a small business so that i'll have extra income for my family kung wala akong project. i have a capital of 100k here ill add more capital kung after 3 months okay sya.

what business ba in demand today aside sa food?

Sol_Badguy

Sep 24, 2006, 09:55 PM

krakista, thanks for the link

Krakista

Sep 28, 2006, 07:15 AM

Typhoon Milenyo has rained out two conferences I was supposed to attend this morning--the Philippine Venture Meet at the AIM (at 7AM) and the Philippine Open Source Conference at the EDSA Shangrila.

Anyway, here's a link for everyone this rainy Thursday--The Real Business of Web Design (http://rapidshare.de/files/34691166/Allworth.Press.The.Real.Business.of.Web.Design.eBook-LiB.rar.html).

what business ba in demand today aside sa food?Professional Services.

omeng

Sep 29, 2006, 11:31 AM

musta kayo? semi disaster on my place. no power electricity. no phone. no water. most trees are down. =-C

*sm bicutan ako surf :D

Trevi

Sep 29, 2006, 01:25 PM

Ortigas CBD 9:30 am na nagkaroon ng electricity.
Sa village namin also in Ortigas wala pa !!!!!!! And to think katabi namin ang MERALCO. good grief!?!!!!!!

Its payroll time again. Ouch !!
3 months to go nalang till 13th month pay !!!! Ang Cashflow!!!!!!...:-(

Sorry for the gripes...I am having a bad entrep day.
Hello to all

Trevi

Sep 29, 2006, 04:04 PM

Top 10 Tips to Create A Business Plan
(For People Who Hate Business Plans)

One of the key challenges for any business is to remain focused and invest resources for maximum pay-off. It's said that 80% of a business's activity accounts for only 20% of total profits. In plain language, most of the work we do is unfocused, poorly designed and ineffective. In today's competitive world, no business, whether it's an individual professional or a large manufacturing operation, can survive with that much lost time and wasted effort. A business plan can help, but most small business owners (and some managers/supervisors) hate doing them! In the spirit that any map is better than no map, here are my top ten keys to creating your own map to success:

1. Have a dream. This sounds simple and obvious, but answering the questions: "Why am I doing this? What's the big picture?" can lead to profound changes in many organizations. Too often in the daily grind, we forget to think about where we want to go, or why we started the business or took the job in the first place.

2. Make the dream bigger. What if the whole world bought your products or loved your service? What would it mean if your profits, or your personal income were 10 times greater? How about 100, or 1000 times greater? What shifts in focus would that require? Would your daily routine change? Would you spend your time and energy on different problems, attend to different priorities? Why wait?

3. Make the dream clearer. Have a precise description of exactly what you want and hang it in your office, in the employee lunch room, in the restrooms, and on the dash of your car. Use key words, phrases, a photograph of your future office building or whatever symbol will crystallize the dream and make it real for you and for every member of your team

4. List 100 obstacles that will get in your way. Enlist staff, friends, competitors to help. Ask your customers to join with you in looking for the roadblocks, blindspots and bottlenecks that prevent you from growing. Make it a matter of personal pride to never have a problem pop up that you haven't already considered.

5. List 1000 solutions, 10 for each potential problem. The key here is creativity, flexibility, and responding instantly when the unexpected happens. Expect the unexpected, and have a file of alternative solutions at your finger tips. It's called contingency planning. Do it!

6. Get tons of advice. Have your accountant, your attorney, your insurance agent, your spouse and your cousin take a look at this. If you can't explain it to them, will you be able to explain it to your staff? If these people don't understand and support your plan, will you be able to maintain your own enthusiasm over the long haul?

7. Get good advice. After explaining your dream and your plan to lots of people, sit down with a handful of those you trust the most, and pay them to give you their best feedback. Lots of people can give you technical advice, expert advice, and even friendly advice. Wisdom is more important, and harder to find.

8. Create the path of least resistance. Using the dream as your goal, and knowing the obstacles that could get in your way, begin mapping your way through the wilderness to your destination. What's the easiest, most direct, route? What's the safest route? Which combination of activities and priorities makes the most sense?

9. Take action. Once you know where you want to go and have a path to get there, start walking! Too many managers put their business plan into a nice file folder that is never looked at because they are too busy working "hard." Instead, use your efforts and your plan together so that your effort is focused, productive and smart!

10. Re-assess often. Just as someone hiking across barren territory needs to periodically stop and check their map and compass to avoid walking in circles, business owners and managers need to check their direction and their priorities. Conditions change. Opportunities pop up or disappear, new problems arrive or the nature of the dream changes. All of these things will happen. Plan for it! Regularly step outside your business to re-assess and redefine your most important tasks. You can't afford to spend 80% of your effort in busywork and unprofitable distractions. Re-assess and stay on course.

© Copyright 2003 "Written by Dr. Philip E. Humbert”

ducksoup

Oct 1, 2006, 09:59 PM

Hi,

I don't know if this has been posted before, but does anybody have information on the business of buying scrap metal? Is anybody in this thread engaged in such?

ichi

Oct 2, 2006, 11:06 AM

most of it is being sold to China...

Krakista

Oct 6, 2006, 03:59 PM

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frisco anconia

Oct 8, 2006, 03:16 PM

Hello!

Organica Nutraceuticals Inc., a company founded by
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We are asking for your help by telling your family and
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We believe in the value of entrepreneurship in
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Regards,

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Jonas Gonzales

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After the business folded, he joined the family
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course on Distribution at the Asian Institute of
Management, he set up a company that was involved in
the distribution of whitening soaps. Now, his company
Organica Nutraceuticals Inc.) is the exclusive
distributor of Sleepasil Natural Sleep Aid in the
Philippines. Jayvee graduated from Ateneo de Manila
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Jonas Gonzales worked as an oilfield engineer for
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company) after graduating from college. In his brief
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technostress

Oct 9, 2006, 04:44 PM

nice post Trevi! very useful to... :)

omeng

Oct 10, 2006, 09:50 AM

Just sharing from my mail..

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VIRTUAL BUSINESS By TONY LOPEZ

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But can you believe that Indonesia is more competitive than the Philippines? That country has very few English-speaking workers and is notorious for its red tape and the corruption of its government, while its infrastructure is no better than Manila’s.

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The Philippines is No. 71 in the world in terms of competitiveness. That is supposed to be good news.

In 2005 the Philippines ranked 73. So the country improved its competitiveness. A two-rung gain doesn’t mean much. At No. 71, the Philippines is the least competitive country in the ASEAN, outside of Vietnam, No. 77 and Cambodia, No. 108.

However, Vietnam and Cambodia have seldom been competitors to the Philippines in terms of attracting investors.

Manila’s competitors are Thailand, No. 35, Malaysia, No. 26 and Indonesia, No. 50. Singapore, at No. 5, of course, is out of the Philippines’ league.
But can you believe that Indonesia is more competitive than the Philippines? That country has very few English-speaking workers and is notorious for its red tape and the corruption of its government, while its infrastructure is no better than Manila’s.

On the other hand, the Philippines has a large English-speaking pool of workers and professional managers. The amenities are excellent. For $1,000 a month, you can live like a king in an upscale village with security guards, maids, drivers, and even a caregiver.

And the Philippines has the best and most innovative wireless phone system in Asia, thanks to cellular giants PLDT/Smart and Globe. It also has the most dynamic airlines, thanks to Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, both of which are in expansion mode.

On the fiscal side, Manila has posted budget surplus, resulting in a higher credit rating, a booming stock market, and greater investor confidence.
So why does the Philippines rank lower than Indonesia? Blame the Makati Business Club, the partner of the World Economic Forum in making its annual competitiveness rankings.

It used to be the MBC ranked the Philippines among the top 40. In fact, for many years, under President Estrada, the country was even ranked No. 35. Now under President Arroyo, the country has suddenly fallen to below 70.
Why? The reason: MBC doesn’t like Arroyo, an economist who is proving to be a strong leader and has led the country to five and a half years of consecutive economic growth, something that has not happened in the last quarter century.

Why doesn’t the MBC like Arroyo? Simple: The President has proved to be intractable. She doesn’t like to give tax incentives to big businesses like PLDT/Smart and Globe Telecom for engaging in a business that is already very profitable. Such incentives have amounted to P50 billion over the years.
During Estrada’s time, Globe and Smart were given tax incentives for operating a cellular service, which is hugely profitable. Giving them incentives is like giving a Mercedes car for someone who already drives a Porsche.
Now, Arroyo thinks that’s foolish. She suspended the grant of tax incentives for Smart and Globe’s 3G cellular services.

No wonder, when the WEF came asking for how is the Philippine competitiveness, the MBC, which is under the influence of the Ayala family, which owns Globe, gave the country very poor marks.
There is perhaps another reason why the Philippines is rated poorly by its own businessmen. They don’t like competitors.

In the latest WEF survey, Switzerland is the world’s most competitive economy in 2006-2007, overtaking Finland and Sweden, and replacing the United States, which dropped to sixth position, according to Augusto Lopez-Claros of the Forum.

Switzerland’s top ranking reflects a combination of a world-class capacity for innovation and the presence of a highly sophisticated business culture, Lopez-Claros explained. He points out: "The country has a well developed infrastructure for scientific research, with close collaboration between the leading research centers and industry. Companies spend generously on research and development. Intellectual property protection is strong and this has helped spur high levels of technological innovation, as measured by per capita patents registration, for which the country is ranked sixth in the world."

E-mail tonylopez@biznewsas ia.com

snoopy2

Oct 10, 2006, 10:35 AM

hello all!

just like to ask if anyone can give me tips on how to start a corporate giveaway business (umbrella, mug, cap, etc) ..and where can i get training if there's any? gusto ko po sana etong maging sideline muna...

tnx for all your help :rolleyes:

omeng

Oct 12, 2006, 03:52 PM

^ attend ka ng mga tradeshow (megamall, etc). may mga nagpapa-franchise na ng mga ganyan.

geekhead

Oct 12, 2006, 04:18 PM

Ok na negosyo kaya yung advertise nila na internet cafe na pldt my dsl sa tv? Just an honest opinion guys. *okay*

SpeedyPedro

Oct 12, 2006, 09:44 PM

I don't know if I am considered an entrepreneur. Maybe infopreneur :) . I'm a college student here in makati and trying to make money online through promotion and marketing. Anyone wants to be my affiliate??? :) Its free and all that is required is a website, or blog or email and a dash of effort. *okay*

omeng

Oct 14, 2006, 05:26 PM

Ok na negosyo kaya yung advertise nila na internet cafe na pldt my dsl sa tv? Just an honest opinion guys. *okay*

Kung yung mga ordinaryong entrep ay umaangal sa parang kabuteng nagsulputan na interner cafe', ano pa kaya dagdag na kakumpitensya na ito? ;)

Papichulo168

Oct 15, 2006, 09:13 PM

Entrep gurus, where can I buy / download / arbor a foodstall business plan or thesis. Particularly a burger or barbecue or lechon manok multi branch foodstall business?

Thank you!

Papichulo168

Oct 15, 2006, 09:42 PM

Ok na negosyo kaya yung advertise nila na internet cafe na pldt my dsl sa tv? Just an honest opinion guys. *okay*

Depende siguro sa puwesto. Yung mga internet cafe sa tabi ng Rizal Tech University sa Boni Ave Mandaluyong parating puno kahit magkakatabi silang internet cafe's.

Pag less than 5 stations (PCs) ka, you can target the VOIP market in most depressed areas. Ngayon, hindi lang mga studyante nag i-internet kundi yung mga housewives and house husbands talking to their spouses abroad via VOIP.

omeng

Oct 16, 2006, 07:20 AM

I wonder how much is the charge for that cafe' near in RTU. 15 Pesos?

Morning good to all !

omeng

Oct 17, 2006, 01:25 PM

Quote for today:

"Superficial goals lead to superficial results." - King Attila

Sol_Badguy

Oct 17, 2006, 10:04 PM

how muich does a fishball stand (aluminum) cost? magkano kaya kikitain ko dun as operator?

Sol_Badguy

Oct 17, 2006, 10:04 PM

is there any business events for the months of oct-nov?

Krakista

Oct 22, 2006, 08:14 AM

Trevi

Oct 22, 2006, 08:31 AM

We're thinking of turning an idle old house on a main road into a commercial place. We're going to maintain the old look of the house and there's room enough for 2 establishments with lotsa parking. Our objective is to add value to the adjacent real estate. So we're thinking of inviting Rustan's/Starbucks to set up shop here and run a business next door that complements such coffee shop.

What do you people think? :)

GO. :) IDLE siya, its more than enough reason to put it to good use. (What Biz is altogether a different matter that needs discussed/analyzed/evaluated. Good luck kraks!

Hapi Sunday morning to ALL. :bop:

green_phlegm

Oct 23, 2006, 02:32 PM

We're thinking of turning an idle old house on a main road into a commercial place. We're going to maintain the old look of the house and there's room enough for 2 establishments with lotsa parking. Our objective is to add value to the adjacent real estate. So we're thinking of inviting Rustan's/Starbucks to set up shop here and run a business next door that complements such coffee shop.

What do you people think? :)

Saan ang property? Ano ang main roads near it? Thanks.

Krakista

Oct 23, 2006, 08:20 PM

It's near Quezon Avenue. A corner building housing China Bank separates it from Quezon Avenue and it's two blocks away from Welcome Rotonda and a block away from E. Rodriguez on its south. Ideally, we would have torn the place down and build anew but we can't afford it right now. Typhoon Milenyo forced the repairs.

omeng

Oct 24, 2006, 01:10 PM

Kraz, in case you will need my construction services, i'm just 1 e-mail away.. he he

fellow entrep, who need cold beers on sat? tennis will be on site.

Krakista

Oct 27, 2006, 10:47 PM

See you all at the EB tomorrow!

A friend of mine in the hardware business sold a little over 100 units of gensets in the aftermath of Typhoon Milenyo. It was practically 1 unit every 20 minutes.

How much does it cost to run on generator? According to a restaurant owner who ran on generator for a week, it costs P 15,000 a day which is around two drums of oil.

Met a Managing Consultant of Headstrong yesterday and he told me they have 506 software developers in the company including a 64-year old doing legacy Cobol work.

I also spoke with someone who was part of the team who did the masterplan of the LRT and he said its all messed up. The trains and tracks are not of the same size and makes traversals from one line to another impossible. The lines are supposed to be interconnected. Meaning, one could go around Metro Manila without the need to alight and change trains.

So anong kuwento naman tomorrow?

omeng

Oct 31, 2006, 11:13 AM

Krakz, tennis and I, had a chit-chat with the executive director of centre for small entrepreneurship last sunday night at megatrade fair. She gave us valuable insight on the discussion we had last sat.

Ano, tuloy na ba natin ang NCO natin? he he

Morning to all Entrep Young

jazzy

Nov 1, 2006, 08:09 AM

Makiki chismis naman. Baka may mapulot kami sa usapan nyo. :)

bridesmaid

Nov 4, 2006, 11:45 PM

join din ako dito. nagbabalak pa lang magbusiness. :)

omeng

Nov 6, 2006, 08:57 AM

Makiki chismis naman. Baka may mapulot kami sa usapan nyo. :)

Nagsimula ang lahat sa crablets... history na lahat. :D

as per krakz (kinda like this), trade secrets can only be shared in EB but not here on forums. sorry. ;)

omeng

Nov 6, 2006, 09:02 AM

Idol max, ano ng balita sayo? mukhang kinarir mo na ang pagiging call boy? he he

Hi Trevi.

Hello to all entrep.

Welcome on board bridesmaid.

noodles8000

Nov 6, 2006, 12:56 PM

Hi young entrepreneurs! I'd just like to share with you that we are offering livelihood courses for the ff. interests:

ORGANIZING PARTY FUNFARE & BALLOON DECORATIONS
COMMERCIAL BREAD MAKING
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT & FLORAL DESIGN
CHINESE DIMSUMS
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
MEAT PROCESSING

The service that we provide you does not only end with the course that we give you. Rather it will be a continuous partnership with you as you execute what you learned in our classes. Our experts.montors will still make themselves available for consultation.

If you are interested, please send me email at livelihood8000@yahoo.com

Sharing with you below a more detailed description of the programs we are offering... Very soon, we will be expanding to other courses as well...

1.) ORGANIZING PARTY FUNFARE & BALLOON DECORATIONS
This course is a comprehensive course on the different techniques in balloon arrangement which includes twisting, balloon sizing, costing, sourcing, and material selection. This course will bring out your creativity, balance, proportion, texture, color combination, party-planner needs and organizational management. You will be given hands-on training in balloon arrangements for different settings and party set-ups.

2.) COMMERCIAL BREAD MAKING
This course will enable the participants to learn the basic techniques of bread making. This will also serve as an eye opener for those wishing to go into the bakery business. This course will teach them the methods of mixing , bakers percentage, stages of mixing, function of ingredients and formula construction. They will also be trained in the art of creating special cakes and pastries. Each participant will be exposed to actual hands-on baking from the simple to the advanced cakes and they will be introduced to the utensils and equipment generally used in baking. Sourcing of materials and equipment will be provided to budding business participants.

3.) FLOWER ARRANGEMENT & FLORAL DESIGN
This intensive course will tackle training skills on the different techniques of arranging fresh flowers that will suit any occasion. Create attractive flower arrangements and be able to learn the mechanics of arranging flowers, the eight basic designs, choosing the correct container, wiring techniques and tips on how to prolong the life of your fresh flowers. The participants will be able to create presidential table arrangements, inaugural arrangements and other arrangements for any occasion.

4.) CHINESE DIMSUMS
This course will train the participant on the different techniques of Chinese cooking principles, utensils, equipment, functions of ingredients, etiquette in Chinese dinning and costing. This course will also teach you how to establish your own Chinese cuisine and other Chinese related dishes. You will also be trained in cooking popular dishes like wanton soup, Siomai, Almond Jelly, Pork Dumplings,Crispy spring rolls,Seafood chow mein and a lot more

5.) THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
This course covers acupressure, aromatherapy, reflexology, and Swedish massage. This offers the basic and advance techniques used in the different elements to alleviate one's condition. This will also create an opportunity to enhance one's skill and establish a market for entrepreneurship.

6.) MEAT PROCESSING
This course will enable the participants to learn how to make tasty Ham, Bacon, Beef Crunchies and other delicious recipes for your family or food/catering business. Learn The entire course includes training materials that covers a combination of food preparation, cooking, arrangement and secrets in the proper storage of food ingredients, all in one!

omeng

Nov 9, 2006, 11:23 AM

- how to think like a leader? -

There are two special things you can do to develop your progresive outlook:

1. Think Improvement in Everything You Do.

2. Think High Standards in Everything You Do.

KuyaDanny

Nov 14, 2006, 05:14 PM

We now have a separate subforum for entrepreneurs, young and old. Thanks for making PEx a part of your world.

omeng

Nov 15, 2006, 11:38 AM

Allright !!!

Quote for today;

"You are what you THINK you are."

omeng

Nov 16, 2006, 12:02 PM

Want to know how the secrets of money-making?

Then join Entrepreneur Philippines' 57th Networking Night entitled "2007 Hottest Business Trends" on November 28, 2006, 6pm-9pm at Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Eugenio Lopez Foundation Bldg, 123 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City, and discover how you can earn more money while you're young.

The Networking Night is a casual business get-together hosted by Entrepreneur Philippines Magazine and is open to both existing and aspiring entrepreneurs. This month, we have invited holiday entrepreneurs Calen Legaspi of Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Ian Carandang of Sebastian's Ice Cream Studio and Grace Dimaranan of Animation Council of the Philippines to provide tips and share their experiences of how they go to be successful at a young age!

A copy of the November 2006 Entrepreneur magazine will serve as entrance. One magazine per person. Food and drinks are on us. Please confirm your attendance at least 2 days before the event.

Should you wish to confirm your attendance, please send an email to donna.fuentes@summitmedia.com.ph with subject: Networking Night or call us at 631-8971 loc. 146.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

webdev

Nov 17, 2006, 08:35 AM

count me in! we need dynamic young filipino entrepreneurs; not afraid to fail, willing to try all, optimistic minds. hehe

i am venturing into web - because web traffic MEANS income.

my site: http://www.webinnovationph.com/

Krakista

Nov 18, 2006, 10:44 PM

Here's a somewhat heated discussion (http://meeya.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273504&page=5) on the phenomenon that is cdr-king. Begin at post #172. :)

omeng

Nov 22, 2006, 10:59 AM

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I had a chance to meet Jack and would like to share with you
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Here's the link to see a picture of Jack and me.
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As I looked through my notes of Jack's program one
theme came through loud and clear: Winning
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Grow your people and you grow your company.

Create a great team and you create a great company.

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"People development should be a daily event, integrated
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You must tell each of your people what they're doing well
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"Kind" management is BAD. Kind management is telling
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I've written extensively about the 80/20 Rule over the past
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Jack's turned the 80/20 Rule into the 20/70/10 Rule.

In any organization 20 percent of your employees are doing
a great job. Seventy percent are doing okay and the remaining
10 percent aren't making it.

Over the years, Jack has used the 20-70-10 Rule to evaluate
his people. He breaks everyone into three groups

* The top performers: The best 20 percent
of the organization.
* The people who do their jobs well:
The middle 70 percent of the team.
* The people who have to go: This is the
10 percent of the people at the bottom
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"Differentiation is fine for the top 20 percent and the bottom
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"One of the best things about differentiation is that people in
the bottom 10 percent of the organization very often go on to
successful careers at companies and in pursuits where they
truly belong and where they can excel."

Jack's feeling is that nobody should ever be surprised by
where they are on their performance reviews. He's always
looking to improve the quality of the performance of his team.

That means coming to the realization that a number of people
within the organization will need to be moved, or will be
leaving the organization because they aren't performing
to the levels that are expected of them.

He needs to 'weed out' the worst 10 percent of the organization.

You need to have a system where you evaluate your
people's performance so you can build a great team.

This means you've got to have a methodology for reviewing
and evaluating your people so you can have the best people
in the most important positions.

* A Leader Must Ask Questions
The role of a leader is to ask questions. To be looking for answers.

The key questions to be asking are

* What if...
* Why not...
* How come...

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I found Jack's comments about choosing an investment
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Jack's thoughts about how to choose one were brilliant.

He wants investment bankers who come to him with
great ideas. People who make him think. People
who are asking the question

* What if...
* Why not...
* How come...

That goes back to the subject of asking great questions.
People who have great ideas are thinkers.

Surround yourself with people who think. Who look at
business - and life - from a different perspective than you do.

You'll be best served when you can get honest ideas
- and opinions - even if you don't agree with them.

* Show Me The Numbers
There's an old saying, "Anything that's worth
doing is worth measuring."

Jack is a numbers guy. He's always asking of his people:

* Prove it to me.
* Show me.
* Where is the data that supports this?

He doesn't take anything for granted.

* Creating A Budget
Jack doesn't like the 'traditional' budget process. Instead of
asking his people what their budget and forecasts for the
coming year will be, he likes to look at the future from
a different perspective:

* What are your dreams?
* What are your goals?
* What do you want to create?

He tells his people to "Ask for the moon." He wants to see
the highest possible number from his people.

Then he has them work backward to create a plan
to achieve those dreams and goals.

Finally, he determines which moons he wants to shoot
for and allocates the company's resources appropriately.

* Only Loyal Customers Are Important
If you don't have a customer you don't have a business.

Sounds simple, but it's easy to lose that focus. From
Jack's perspective, the only thing that's important
is CUSTOMER LOYALTY.

You want - and need - to have customers who are happy
with the product and service you deliver.

Loyal employees aren't of great value, in Jack's opinion.
Because that's the wrong focus. If you've loyal employees,
but no customers, you've no business.

So build the loyal customer base, and you'll have
loyal employees and a thriving business.

And that means you've got to be looking for new business every day.

Follow Jack Welch's advice and you'll have a Winning Company.

omeng

Nov 24, 2006, 10:03 AM

Good morning, guys!

How lucky, found a good book. The 2nd book after The Magic of Thinking Big. Only 200 pesos.

Just sharing this one from the book of "The Magic of Thinking $UCCE$$"..

"TO get profit without risk, experience without danger and reward without work is as impossible as it is to live without born." - A.J. Gouthey

A very rich king wanted to summarize what it takes to become a success. He asked the wisest people in his kingdom to find the secret.

"I,ll give you ten years to come up with the answer," he said.

Ten years later, the wise people returned and put 24 books on the king's table.

"This looks too complicated," the king said. "Take ten more years to find the real answer."

Ten years later, the brilliant scholars returned. This time they put only one book on the king's table.

"That's still too complicated," the king said. I'ii give you ten more years to find the answer to success."

Ten more years passed and the wise people, older and weary, returned and put one piece of paper on the king's table. On it was written, "There is no free lunch."

The king was elated, "Finally," he said, congratulating the wise people, "you have found the answer to success. There is no free lunch."

tennisace

Dec 2, 2006, 11:22 AM

Several weeks ago, a couple of entreps and I were discussing the current state of Philippine entrepreneurship and the issues and circumstances affecting it. Between the crunchy bites of crablets at this jungle-themed restaurant, we started toying with the idea of establishing a web-based (initially, until we achieve critical mass) national organization of entrepreneurs (referred to temporarily as NOE).

We are putting this out here so that we may take the pulse of prospective and current entreps and see if this NOE is a practical and viable pursuit. We welcome your reaction, comments and suggestions.

Please note that the NOE will not operate as a some kind of “social club”.

Please direct your posts to the Nat’l Organization of Entreps thread: http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280648

The main purpose of the NOE is as follows:

1) to encourage, promote and support entrepreneurship and foster its growth

Many of us have thought about owning our own business, but few of us dared to get out of our comfort zone to do it, for various reasons. Among these reasons are: fear of the unknown; inexperience; lack of knowledge regarding governmental procedures and requirements; absence of realistic goals and goal-setting; lack or shortage of capitalization; demoralization; lack or shortage of vision; perceived personality shortcomings; etc. The NOE aims to become the country’s premier resource for formal and practical business information and real-world entrepreneurial experiences that will enable prospective entrepreneurs to make an informed decision regarding their business ideas, and will help define a realistic path that their planned business will take. It also aims to be the premier provider of peer support in order to help its members strengthen their entrepreneurial resolve and maintain their focus on achieving their entrepreneurial goals. The NOE will work with other local entrepreneurial groups such as the Center for Small Entrepreneurs (CSE) in furtherance of its goals.

2) to encourage and enable B2B transactions among its members

In order for our enterprises to prosper, we need to support and patronize our own. The NOE aims to create a venue that facilitates the procurement of needed products and services among its members.

3) to give entrepreneurs a voice and political clout

Statistics bear the fact that micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises are the lifeblood of the economy. The lack of a strong and effective political lobby, however, has turned this economic power into a silent majority. The government policies created supposedly for the benefit of SMEs are a sham at best and governmental support for programs that are supposed to promote entrepreneurship is meager at most. Let’s face it, entreps, the silent majority is but a pawn in the overall political and economic scheme of things, and the people in power who are supposed to be supporting our cause are more concerned about photo-ops and pork barrel. We have to take care of our own, scream at policy-makers with a unified voice, and flex our collective economic muscle in order to effect the policies of change. Political and economic policies and support should not and must not be reserved only for big business and multinationals.

The NOE shall be established as an SEC-registered non-profit organization. Membership will be free. Operating funds will be generated from corporate sponsorships and ad spaces. Donations from its members will be encouraged but not mandatory. The NOE will be open to all entrepreneurs and business owners who are at various levels of success, from prospective and budding entrepreneurs to seasoned business people. We will also encourage those who have suffered temporary setbacks to join in and contribute to help us learn from these setbacks and maintain a realistic perspective. While the Entrepreneurs Corner sub-forum promote the discussion of general business-related views and opinions, the NOE will provide a venue for the discussion of specific and particular entrepreneurial issues. For instance, a particular issue regarding a specific business will be responded to by members who are involved in that business. The NOE will also establish a mentorship program wherein budding and “senior” entreps can discuss matters of concerns in real time via live IM. The NOE aims to breed success from the success of others. In all, the NOE will rely upon the contribution of the members' time and areas of expertise. If we are serious in uplifting the spirit of entrepreneurship in this country, we must collectively lend ourselves to this effort. The NOE aims to be a vehicle in this pursuit.

omeng

Dec 9, 2006, 04:51 PM

Quote of the day:

"All hardwork brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." - King Solomon

omeng

Dec 11, 2006, 11:58 AM

The 13 Characteristics of Successful People
by Jeffrey J. Mayer

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I’ve spent many years studying successful people and have identified the skills, talents, and characteristics that enable them to succeed. As you look at and study these skills, talents, and characteristics, you’ll realize that you possess many of them yourself. Some of these skills and talents are more dominant than others and will play a greater part in your being, or becoming, a success in the business of life. These are the things you do well. The things you do easily and effortlessly. These are your strengths.
When you find you need a skill or talent you don’t have, just go out and look for a person or group of people with the skills, talents, and training you need. Skills and talents that complement your own. These people will become your teammates, colleagues, co-workers, professional advisors, and friends. With these combined skills and talents organizations grow, prosper, and become successful.

These are the five things you’ll find every successful person has in common:

1. They have a dream.

2. They have a plan.

3. They have specific knowledge or training.

4. They’re willing to work hard.

5. They don’t take no for an answer.

Remember: Success begins with a state of mind. You must believe you’ll be successful in order to become a success.

The following is a list of the skills, talents, and characteristics you’ll find in successful people:

1. Successful People Have a Dream. They have a well-defined purpose. They have a definite goal. They know what they want. They aren’t easily influenced by the thoughts and opinions of others. They have willpower. They have ideas. Their strong desire brings strong results. They go out and do things that others say can’t be done.

Remember: It only takes one sound idea to achieve success.

Remember: People who excel in life are those who produce results, not excuses. Anybody can come up with excuses and explanations for why he hasn’t made it. Those who want to succeed badly enough don’t make excuses.

2. Successful People Have Ambition. They want to accomplish something. They have enthusiasm, commitment, and pride. They have self-discipline. They’re willing to work hard and to go the extra mile. They have a burning desire to succeed. They’re willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Remember: With hard work come results. The joy in life comes with working for and achieving something.

3. Successful People Are Strongly Motivated Toward Achievement. They take great satisfaction in accomplishing a task.

4. Successful People Are Focused. They concentrate on their main goals and objectives. They don’t get sidetracked. They don’t procrastinate. They work on the projects that are important, and don’t allow those projects to sit until the last minute. They’re productive, not just busy.

5. Successful People Learn How to Get Things Done. They use their skills, talents, energies, and knowledge to the fullest extent possible. They do the things that need to be done, not just the things they like to do. They are willing to work hard and to commit themselves to getting the job done.

Remember: Happiness is found in doing and accomplishing, not in owning and possessing.

Anecdote: Many years ago I was asked: "Jeff, do you like pleasing habits or pleasing results?" As I pondered that probing question, and squirmed in my chair like a worm at the end of a hook, I felt as if I had painted myself into a corner. A few moments later I answered: "I like pleasing results." From that moment on my life changed. I began to do the things that were difficult, because they enabled me to achieve my goals.

6. Successful People Take Responsibility for Their Actions. They don’t make excuses. They don’t blame others. They don’t whine and complain.

7. Successful People Look for Solutions to Problems. They’re
opportunity minded. When they see opportunities they take advantage of them.

8. Successful People Make Decisions. They think about the issues and relevant facts, give them adequate deliberation and consideration, and make a decision. Decisions aren’t put off or delayed, they’re made now!

SuccessTip: Spend more time thinking and planning before you make your decision, and you’ll make better decisions.

SuccessTip: When you don’t get the expected results from the decision you’ve made, change your course of action. Decisions should never be carved in stone.

9. Successful People Have the Courage to Admit They’ve Made a Mistake. When you make a mistake, admit it, fix it, and move on. Don’t waste a lot of time, energy, money, and/or other resources trying to defend a mistake or a bad decision.

Remember: When people are wrong, they may admit it to themselves. If they are handled gently and tactfully, they may admit it to others and even take pride in their frankness and broad-mindedness. But people become very defensive and angry when others try to cram their mistakes down their throats.

10. Successful People Are Self-Reliant. They have the skills, talents, and training that are needed in order to be successful.

11. Successful People Have Specific Knowledge, Training, and/or Skills and Talents. They know the things they need to know to be successful. And when they need information, knowledge, or skills and talents that they don’t possess, they find someone who does possess them.

12. Successful People Work with and Cooperate with Other People. They have positive, outgoing personalities. They surround themselves with people who offer them help, support, and encouragement. They are leaders.

13. Successful People Are Enthusiastic. They’re excited by what they’re doing, and that excitement is contagious. They draw people to them because these people want to work with them, do business with them, and be with them.

omeng

Dec 19, 2006, 09:26 AM

A forwarded mail from a biz friend...

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very
interesting aspects of his life:

1) He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he
started too late!

2) He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering
newspapers.

3) He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid-town Omaha ,
that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has
everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a
fence.

4) He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or
security people around him.

5) He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest
private jet company.

6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.

7) He has given his CEO's only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose
any of your share holder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule
number 1.

8) He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time
after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch
television.

9) Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only
5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with
Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But
when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

10) Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his
desk.

11) His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest
in yourself.

Krakista

Dec 24, 2006, 11:27 PM

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

:santa3:

Trevi

Dec 25, 2006, 10:20 PM

To all entreps (omeng; T Ace; S Max, Kraks etc...)

Wishing you all the timeless treasures of Christmas, the warmth of home, the love of family and the company of good friends. Have a blessed Christmas!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All... May 2007 be a year of profits.. :-)

omeng

Dec 28, 2006, 02:38 PM

:santa3: :stocking: :bdaygrin:

:director: HAPPY NEW DEAR TO ALL YOUNG & OLD ENTREP OUT THERE !!!

:cheers: for this year of the pig, 2007

omeng

Dec 28, 2006, 02:50 PM

Great Idea: Learn the best from the best, and you become the best.

Dell's designers are thrilled when they can eliminate a single screw
from a product. That saves the assembler about four seconds on
each computer built. Four seconds may not sound like a lot, but
it adds up when you're building almost 50,000 new machines
before lunchtime.

For comparison purposes, in 1991 Dell's 4th quarter production
was 49,269 computers, about 550 per day. Look at how they've grown.

When Dell tries to save production time, they're trying to shave
seconds off the production line. When they decided to place one
fewer stickers on each computer, they shaved another two
seconds off the production time.

Dell's constant and continuous striving for improved productivity
has reduced its labor costs per computer to roughly $10, or 2
percent of the overall cost of a PC.

Time is money. Leverage your time and make more money.

Five years ago it took two workers fourteen minutes to build
a PC. Today it takes a single worker five minutes to do the same.

Improving Your Sales Processes
We can learn a lot from watching and studying how
Dell approaches its manufacturing processes.

Dell studies every one of its processes and searches for ways to
do each one in a shorter period of time. It's become their mission.

That leads me to these questions:

* What are you doing to lower your costs of sales?
* What are you doing to lower your costs of production?
* What are you doing to increase and improve your productivity?

I see wasted time as the biggest challenge to a sales person. It's far
too easy to spend many hours with people who don't buy. And
when you add commuting and sales call preparation time, it
becomes a huge investment. Wasted Time! Wasted Effort!

And after that H-U-G-E investment of time, it's real depressing
when the sale doesn't close, and you don't earn a commission check.
Especially when you've worked so hard on it for 30, 60, or 90 days.

Better Qualify Your Prospects
My belief is that if you're able to ask better questions you can
do a much better job of qualifying your prospect.

If the answers don't measure up to what you think they should be
- and you know you've asked good questions - then you don't
have a good prospect. Or at least not presently.

It's time to put the file away and move on.

And when the questions do measure up, and you've found a
problem, you've created a good opportunity for yourself.

The secret to becoming a H-U-G-E success is to have a process. A
step-by-step process that you follow day-in and day-out.

Create - and refine - your processes and it's easy to increase your
revenues and profits without working more hours.

Remember: The goal isn't to work harder. It's not to work smarter.
It's to work less. And everybody should have an MBA:

Massive Bank Account.

Krakista

Jan 1, 2007, 07:33 AM

Here are compilations of actual business plans developed by business throught North America:
Business Plans Handbook, Volume 11 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5Y0D9TLB)
Business Plans Handbook, Volume 12 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G7754HES)

Have a happy and prosperous 2007 everyone!!!

omeng

Jan 4, 2007, 05:47 PM

Dear Friends of Entrepreneur Philippines,

Entrepreneur Magazine and Mansmith and Fielders Inc., in association with Entrepreneurs School of Asia, invite you to

ENTREPRENEUR COACH: MARKETING RESCUE

on Jan. 30, 2007, 4-8pm at Entrepreneurs School of Asia.

This is your very own customized marketing seminar by
Josiah Go (Chairman of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc, the multi-awarded trainer and business consultant). He will answer burning questions about marketing and sales as they affect your business. A two-hour discussion on your email inquiries and presentation of strategy frameworks and concepts will be the highlight of the event. This will be followed by an open forum.

Mechanics: Email your marketing and sales questions to EntrepreneurCoach@summitmedia.com.ph on or before January 16, 2007. Only the first 30 questions will be entertained with each sender assured a seat during the event. A maximum of 200 participants will be granted admission based on email confirmations.

Your copy of Entrepreneur Magazine's January/February issue will serve as your entrance ticket to the event.

ipodbaby

Jan 4, 2007, 09:37 PM

hello peeps,

i'm still studying (college) but i'm very eager to run even a small business. in partnership with a close friend, we are thinking of something na high-schoolers and college students would patronize.. since internet cafe's are almost everywhere, we marked it out on our list. so,so far a botique, a bookstore and a medical supply center (since allied health students are outnumbering) are on our list..
so entreps, which would you prefer? or any suggestions?

thanks guys =)

tqbfjotld

Jan 4, 2007, 09:50 PM

bump! di na umusad ang thread na to ah...

MaryAnnTatum

Jan 7, 2007, 09:49 AM

how about INK FOR LESS franchise beside a university which is surrounded by lots of computer rental? is there a possiblity that the franchise would be successful (the computer rentals have ink refilling kits...sometimes, they also refill outside cartridges) tnx

Krakista

Jan 17, 2007, 07:02 AM

MaryAnnTatum, the questions to ask yourself is who will be my customers? Why will they buy from me? Computer rental shops doing lots of printing are likely to source their ink directly from the wholesaler or distributor of ink and not from a retailer.

omeng

Jan 17, 2007, 01:09 PM

I'm 60 and Compounding
By Dr. John C. Maxwell

For 23 years now, since 1983, I’ve created audio lessons on leadership. Every 10 years, when I hit a milestone age (40, 50, 60), I share my vantage point of life’s journey in the hopes it will lend perspective to younger leaders as they mature and grow.

I recently celebrated my 60th birthday and found myself thinking about aging. It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus. As leaders, aging allows us to separate the important from the unimportant, to appreciate more and reach for less, and to allow those who are younger to step up to the plate and learn their lessons.

In this edition of Leadership Wired, you’ll find a summary of my thoughts after turning 40 and 50, but I’d like to focus upon my reflections after reaching 60 years of age.

I’m 60 & Compounding

Turning sixty, I look at my life and realize that I’m slowing down. I don’t have the energy I once had, and I simply can’t do as much as I once could. However, I also find that I’m entering a “compounding stage” in my life. I’m profiting from the investments I made when I was younger, and I’m watching them earn interest and steadily grow in value. I’m reaping the benefits of decisions which I made early in life and continue to manage to this day.

What Is Compounding In My Life?

1. Relationships

Through the years, I’ve tried to see the best side of people. Looking closely, we can flaws and defects in every person, but our relationships have a richer quality when we search for strength and beauty in the lives around us. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moments.”

I’ve sought to relate on a heart to heart level with those around me. The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential. To understand the mind of a person look at what he has already achieved, but to understand the heart of a person look at what he aspires yet to do.

Over the course of my life I’ve built bridges with those around me. I’ve stayed connected with others, linked my friends with helpful contacts from my network, and refused to allow conflicts to sabotage my friendships. According to Joseph F. Newton, “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” Opening ourselves to others yields a satisfaction that’s missed when we surround ourselves with defenses.

I’ve consistently strived to give more than I receive. Keeping score is for games, not friendships. Avoid feeling entitled when you give, and don’t be too proud to accept when another person acts generously toward you.

I’ve tried to live for others. One is a little number, and when we live only for ourselves we lead small and shallow lives. Selfishness is a destructive disease with unpleasant symptoms. I agree with Helen Keller: “Life is an exciting business and most exciting when lived for others.”

2. Influence

Leadership is influence—nothing more, nothing less.

According to Jim Collins, the total number of philosophers who are significant in world history is approximately 135 to 500 persons; the smaller number if we take only the major figures in each world civilization; the larger one if we add secondary figures. Even if we add the minor figures in all of the networks, in all of the civilizations, the total is 2,700. In sum, between 150 and 3,000 people (a tiny fraction of the roughly 23 billion people living between 600 BC and 1900 AD) framed the major contours of world civilization. Clearly, the transformations here were top-down.

My focus has been to influence the influencers in the main areas of influence: religion, economics, government, family, media, education, sports. In my early years as a pastor, I had significant influence within church circles, but little elsewhere. As I’ve grown as a leader, I’ve learned to branch out and add value in additional areas.

3. Time

At 60, life begins to resemble a roll of toilet paper—the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

At 51, a heart attack helped me to understand the precious value of the time. Lying in the hospital, I remember thinking I had so much more to do, so much I wanted to give, but I didn’t know how much time I had remaining. Today matters more than we’ll ever know. Each second is a gift, and every day a treasured opportunity.

4. Perspective

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down. The best way I know to explain this concept is through a sports analogy. In football, the decisions of the quarterback determine the effectiveness of the offense. When a college quarterbacks transition to the pros, they often go through a rough stretch, as they adjust to the faster pace of play. However, after a few years of experience, the game “slows down” for the quarterback as he is able to speed up his decision-making. Aging is similar. Even though everything around you appears to pick up speed, you can process experiences and prioritize what’s important more easily than ever before.

Perspective thoughts at 60:

(1) Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

(2) Look at everything as though you might be seeing it for the first time and the last time.

The “First Time” look provides curiosity, excitement, anticipation, and learning. The “Last Time” look provides gratitude, memories, appreciation, and reflection.

(3) Separate the important from the unimportant.

(4) Laugh at yourself … everyone else is!

5. Giving

George Burns said it well: “When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it’s time to turn out the lights.” The worth of our lives comes by what we give. What we keep, we squander. Look for ways to impart value, be generous with encouragement, and hand out hope to those you lead.

6. Legacy

As a leader, when you hit 60, you start to see your legacy being formed. To leave an indelible legacy in the lives around you, I would suggest three activities:

(1) Choose today the legacy you want to leave others.

People will summarize your life in one sentence–pick it now! Don’t make your friends and family guess at your life’s purpose at your funeral.
The forming of my one sentence began late in the 1960’s and evolved into my life-sentence today. Here is the sequence:

“I want to be a great pastor.”
“I want to be a great communicator.”
“I want to be a great writer.”
“I want to be a great leader.”

As my world expanded my one sentence changed. I looked at my previous statements and realized that my true desire was to not to be great, but to add value to others. For a few years my one sentence was “I want to add value to people.” That statement evolved until I picked one sentence that I hope others will believe about me now and at my death.

“I want to add value to leaders who will multiply value to others.”

(2) Live today the legacy you want to leave.

Dr. Anthony Campolo tells about a sociological study in which fifty people over the age of ninety-five were asked one question: “If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently?” The open-ended question was met with a multiplicity of answers from the respondents, however, three answers emerged to dominate the results of the study:

1. If I had it to do over again, I would reflect more.
2. If I had it to do over again, I would risk more.
3. If I had it to do over again, I would do more things that would live on after I am dead.

(3) Appreciate today the value of a good legacy.

A life is short; history is long. Spend your life on pursuits that will outlive you. Elton Trueblood wrote, “We have made at least a start in discovering the meaning in human life when we plant shade trees under which we know full well we will never sit.”

Why Is My Life Compounding?

1. Attitude

The secret of positive compounding is contributing more than consuming.
I approach each day with the attitude that my success is determined by the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.

2. Personal Growth

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

3. Strength Zone

The only way to rise above average is to hone in on areas where you excel.

4. Teamwork

Teamwork makes the dream work. Your success depends upon those closest to you. Inspire a shared vision that binds you together for big dreams and audacious goals.

5. Partnerships

Mother Teresa, one of the greatest leaders of the 20th Century, embraced partnership with these words: “I can do what you cannot do and you can do what I cannot do. Together we can do great things.”

6. Credibility

When you consistently combine character with competence, you establish credibility.

Closing Thoughts:

Life compounds positively or negatively. The choice is up to you. The age at which you make your choices will determine the magnitude of the compounding.

Choices made during youth yield enormous compound interest.

Choices made in the middle of life earn a small degree of compound interest.

Choices put off until late in life don’t have time to compound.

omeng

Jan 24, 2007, 03:16 PM

Hello to all.

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rexdflex

Jan 28, 2007, 05:29 PM

for the experienced entrepreneurs here, our family has been in the type of business much like a store, where in we manufacture according to customers requirement as is on the day itself sometimes.. I have been contemplating of putting up an office where it would handle corporate accounts, meaning big clients with repeat orders usually where you should take care of them, present co structure is..

Owner, handles customers, sales, sales ladies, workers, cargadors, payroll, accounting, even security matters..

what I want is to put up an office and have some sort of organization structure like for example

Owner handles marketing officer, marketing officer handles some number of account executives and key accounts. Owner has the power to question overrule, act as marketing manager himself. Production manager reports to owner, the prod manager supervises cargadors, workers, and the production rate.

my question is, how does a company wanting to build an org structure like that start? where do you find employee such as marketing officer to work for you for such a small amount not comparable to those multinational with unlimited money to pay them. How do you make them dedicated to the work..?

omeng

Jan 31, 2007, 10:59 AM

omeng

Jan 31, 2007, 11:06 AM

my question is, how does a company wanting to build an org structure like that start? where do you find employee such as marketing officer to work for you for such a small amount not comparable to those multinational with unlimited money to pay them. How do you make them dedicated to the work..?

Other company give them good commission in every sale the made.

rexdflex

Jan 31, 2007, 04:40 PM

thanks omeng, e thats the account execs, how about the marketing officer? they have commission too? do you give commission both in marketing officer and AE? thanks

omeng

Feb 1, 2007, 09:50 AM

My bad, account executive nga binabanggit ko. :D

Sadly, most employees are motivated by the salaries. Maybe after the project and it becomes successful, reward them thru gift checks or equivalent.

omeng

Feb 2, 2007, 11:10 AM

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Technology Software: Software-related products and software-development businesses
Restaurants and Food/Beverage: Businesses that offer catering, food services, food/beverage product and etc.

STEP (2): Email the following information to marketmatch@entrepreneur.com.ph

Name (Trade Name)
Office Address (Head Office)
Branches
Contact Person and Details (phone and email)
Company Profile (maximum of 80 words)
Main Products/Services (including Prices)
References/Past Clients (Company name; Product/ Service provided, maximum of 5)
Website (if any)
Email Address (for the built-in email client feature)
Category Choice (based on Step 1)
Indicate if you're interested in availing of the Maximize Space and/or Bigger Mileage Upgrades
Include as attachment the following:
Logo/Picture (jpg/gif, 230x230px)
Product Shots (jpg/gif, 230x230px, max of 4 pics)

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? EMAIL NOW FOR YOUR FREE BUSINESS PAGE!

Launch target is February 2007. For inquiries, please email marketmatch@entrepreneur.com.ph.

Received company information and pictures will be confirmed through email.

omeng

Feb 5, 2007, 10:39 AM

And so, I attended last night and my "burning" question was picked also by Mr. Josiah and lucky me, he will mail me his book free of charge.

I learned a lot on the event. Still, so many things I should learn. ;)

All the best to all young entrep here.

Related stuff...

Three Ps in Successfully Managing your Business

I recently attended a seminar titled, Entreprenuer Coach: Marketing Rescue Guru by Marketing Guru, Josiah Go. It was a consultation-program seminar wherein the participants where asked to send their marketing questions weeks before the event - the questions became the basis for the content of the seminar. Noticeably enough, there was just one question running in everybody's mind and that is, "what makes for a successful business?"

Josiah Go's answer was plain and simple, for a business to be successful, it should have the 3Ps: Product, Program and People. Apparently, these three woven together are what could make or break a business, which to me makes a lot of sense.

Your product is your business' reason for being, which basically makes it the foundation of the entire operation. An effective entrepreneur should be able to identify the weak from the more saleable product/s. Banking on a strong product equates to building a strong foundation, which more or less dictates your business' long term productivity. With your product in place, formulating an effective program to promote and market your product should also be given ample attention. Go enumerates the following: Create Awareness, Arrange Placement, Stimulate Trial and Ensure Repeat Purchase.

The very essence of marketing is about understanding customers and creating products and/or services according to their needs. Sharpen your competitive edge by researching, observing and understanding the environment and the market. Don't just rely on flyers or print and TV ads because there are a lot of creative means to market your product without spending too much. A lot of businesses these days are turning to non-traditional marketing to get customers to notice and try out their product and/or service.

The last, and oftentimes least understood element, is people, which consists of not just your clients (external customers) but your employees (internal customers) as well. Because they are the ones who bring in the money, most if not all businesses are so engaged in meeting the needs and expectations of their external customers so much so that the clients within the company - the employees - end up being neglected. Ensuring that employees are contented in their workplace and that they have good quality customer care training helps promote a healthy business environment where employees work for a common mission, vision and goal.

Managing and running a business is never easy but what the 3Ps is telling entrepreneurs is "the formulas may vary but with the three elements - Product, Program, People - in place, the end result will ultimately spell S U C C E S S.

Russelle S. Trinidad
SME BizLink Editor
http://www.sme.com.ph/

omeng

Feb 6, 2007, 06:21 PM

Patalastas muna...

FIVE LESSONS FOR TODAY

LESSON 1
Standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand,
"Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important
document, And my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive.
He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start
button.
"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside
the Shredder machine. "I just need one copy."
LESSON I: "NEVER, NEVER ASSUME THAT YOUR BOSS KNOWS EVERYTHING"

LESSON 2
An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA
When The American turned to the Japanese and asked, "What kind of -ese are
you?"
The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what
You Mean."
The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?"
Again, the Japanese was confused over he question.
The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you
... Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese!, etc......???"
The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese."
A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked What kind
Of 'key' was he.
The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what kind of
-kee'am I ?!"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"
LESSON II: "NEVER INSULT ANYONE"

LESSON 3
There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and a
French, who Found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the bottle, a genie
Appeared. Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle,
He said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of
you A Wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want
the Pool of water to become, then your wish will come true."
The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and
shouted, "WINE".
The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was
So Happy swimming and drinking from the pool.
Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and
Immersed himself into a pool of vodka.
The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was so
Contented With his beer pool.
The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when
suddenly He Steps on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted,
"****!!!!!!!........."
LESSON III: "THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES
ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN"

LESSON 4
The organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who
was In Charge. Each organ took a turn to speak up:
Brain......... I should be in charge because I run all body functions.
Blood........ I should be in charge because I circulate oxygen for the Brain.
Stomach... I should be in charge because I process food to the brain.
Legs......... I should be in charge because I take the brain where it Wants To go.
Eyes......... I should be in charge because I let the brain see where it's Going.
@SSH0LE.....I should be in charge because I get rid of your waste.
All the other parts laughed so hard and this made the ******* very
mad.
To prove his point, the @SSH0LE immediately slammed tightly closed
And Stayed that way for 6 days, refusing to rid the body of any waste
whatsoever.
Day 1 - Brain got a terrible headache and cried out for relief
Day 2 - Stomach got bloated and began to ache terribly
Day 3 - Legs got cramps and Became unstable
Day 4 - Eyes became watery and vision became blurred
Day 5 - Blood became toxic and poisoned the body
Day 6 -The other organs agreed to let the @SSH0LE be in charge.
MORAL OF THE STORY: "NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, OR HOW IMPORTANT YOU
THINK YOU
ARE, YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS ALWAYS THE @SSH0LE THAT IS IN CHARGE"

LESSON 5
A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to
A Meeting. On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp.
They Rub the lamp and a ghost appears.
The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are
Three, I will allow one wish each"
So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I want
to be In the Bahamas, on a fast boat and have no worries." Pfufffff. And he
was Gone.
Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be
In Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails."
Pfufffff. And He was also gone.
The boss calmly said, "I want these two idi0ts back in the office
After Lunch at 12.35pm."
MORAL OF THE STORY IS: "ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSS TO SPEAK FIRST"

omeng

Feb 7, 2007, 11:40 AM

By: Eric Albertson
www.succeedinginbusiness.com

The Effective Person’s Action Secret

Individuals and businesses succeed by achieving worthwhile outcomes. Outcomes result from a series of specific actions. No action; no outcome: no success.

Going even further, the greatest successes often come from achieving outcomes in situations where there was no clear idea, at the outset, of what actions it would take to produce the outcome.

For example, when JFK challenged the US to send a man to the moon and return him safely to Earth, I’m fairly certain that no one was clear on all the steps it would take to do that. Yet the outcome was a huge success. Why?

How did we get from that dream of sending men to the moon to the actuality of it?

First, by relying on a guiding principle while taking steps into the “unknown.”

Next, by recognizing the contents of the three major “buckets” in life: the things I know I know; the things I know I don’t know, and finally, the things I don’t know I don’t know. (Sounds like a Donald Rumsfeld press conference.)

Worthwhile outcomes often lie on the other side of the things that I don’t know I don’t know.

But here’s the secret: You don’t have to just step off into the void and hope for the best.

There are two steps you can count on to realize an outcome (and in so doing, learn what you don’t know you don’t know).

The first is simply to write down where you are today. The second is to write down in detail what it is that you want to achieve (your outcome).

I’ll elaborate on both of those in a moment. First, I want to define three terms so I know we’re all on the same page:

Outcome: An outcome is a goal you cannot achieve by yourself. Example: Let’s say the outcome you envision is the creation of a new subdivision. Even if you’re a master builder, you can’t reach the outcome by yourself. Maybe you can install all the windows in all the houses. Possibly you can even build all the houses yourself. But you can’t issue the construction permits that allow you to occupy them legally.

Action: An action is a step you (or a member of your team) can take as an individual, without anyone else’s help. To continue with the example above, you can certainly call the local governing body and arrange to get building permits.

Sub-outcome: A sub-outcome is an outcome in disguise. It’s simply an outcome that might seem like an action. This is especially important because sub-outcomes can confuse the heck out of you, if you’re not aware of them.

The point here, is that you can perform only actions. You must break down outcomes (and sub-outcomes) until you get to actions that you, yourself, can perform.

And now, back to the two steps you can take to achieve any outcome. Let’s say you want to move from an apartment into your own home.

Step 1: Write down where you are today. (I live in an apartment.)

Step 2: Write down your outcome in detail. What is it that you want to achieve? (I want to be living in my own house in a particular section of town by next December.)

Now for the magic (also in two parts).

Part 1: Simply ask yourself, what’s possibly missing for you to be living in the new house by next December? What has to be accomplished? Write down all the steps you can think of. (Don’t worry. You don’t have to be perfect at this). Initially, many, if not most, of what you write down will be sub-outcomes. In other words, they will be steps that don’t really qualify as actions that you can take now. Write them down, anyway.

Now look at the sub-outcomes and break them down until you get to an action that you can take yourself.

Part 2: When you finally get to an action instead of an outcome, take the action. Pretty simple. Amazingly effective.

Each time you get to an action (usually in three or four iterations of the “what’s possibly missing” exercise), you learn something about what you didn’t know you didn’t know, and you magically move ahead through the process. You’ll have performed all the actions required to reach your outcome. Try it, you’ll see.

Pretty simple. This is the process that takes me and my clients through what they don’t know they don’t know to go to their version of the moon, to build a house, or to double their income. Please don’t let the simplicity put you off.

Sure, you can use project management software, flow charting software or whatever. Pencil and paper work just as well in most cases. The big key is: Just do it.

Dream big. Accept big assignments. The process above is the way we got to the Moon and it can take you to your moon. You can go to the bank repeatedly, on the back of this simple process.

So, if you want a future different from your past, this may be the most direct path for creating that new future. The trick is to use this process to get to action, and then stay in action. All the way to the bank.

By the way: Lest you think the process above is trivial, you should know that this is a process I teach to high performance leaders at companies like Microsoft, Boeing, Intel, HP, and hundreds of smaller companies. It is always a revelation in both it’s simplicity and it’s effectiveness.

omeng

Feb 9, 2007, 08:10 AM

Entrepreneurs Society of the Philippines Business Forum

DOING BUSINESS WITH THE U.S.

When : February 21, 2007

Where : Centennial Room, Club Filipino, Greenhills San Juan

Fee : Php 500 for Non-ESP Member

Php 350 for ESP Member

Speaker : Ms. Judy Reinke
Commercial Councilor
US Commercial Attache

Pre- Registration Required
Slots are extremely limited for this very informative forum. Please
contact Joyce at Tel: 721-3353 or send an email to
secretariat@ esphil.org. Fax the form below to 725-0220

jowy222

Feb 19, 2007, 03:18 PM

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ajoyride

Mar 12, 2007, 05:04 PM

Sa mga Pinoy Bloggers jan:

Sa Citibank Makati lang ba talaga pwedeng maencash ang google adsense check? or pwede syang madeposit sa metrobank account ko? how many days kaya para mawithdraw ko sya as cash?

pls. help. thanks

omeng

Mar 13, 2007, 06:32 AM

National Trade Fair at Megatrade MegaMall on March 15 to 18 (?)

Krakista

Mar 13, 2007, 05:17 PM

Open Source Business Models: A Wall Street Look at a Wild 2006 and the Prospects for Even More Fun in 2007 (http://stephesblog.blogs.com/presentations/BrentWilliamsEclipseConV02.pdf)

omeng

Mar 20, 2007, 06:46 PM

Dear Friends of Entrepreneur Philippines,

Interested in learning the latest strategies from the experts/gurus and real-life best practices from the top entrepreneurs?

If you are, join Entrepreneur Philippine's 58th Networking Night entitled "Affordable and Easy to do Businesses" on March 28, 2007, 6pm-9pm at C3 Events Place located at 18 Missouri Street, North East Greenhills, San Juan.

The Networking Night is a quarterly get-together of aspiring and existing entrepreneurs that allows them to network, learn and be inspired hosted by Entrepreneur Philippines Magazine. This month, we have invited entrepreneurs Richelle Carmona, CEO of Bela's Crafts and Chocolate Lounge, Charlene Belle Wong, Junior Applications Developer Advanced Manufacturing Management Information Consultants (AMMIC), and Bel Surla, General Manager, ISLAS Aromatic Body and Massage Oils to share their proven selling and marketing strategies with you.

A copy of the March or April 2007 issue of Entrepreneur magazine will serve as entrance. Food and drinks are on us. Please confirm your attendance at least 2 days before the event.

Should you wish to confirm your attendance, please send an e-mail with the subject: Networking Night to raoul.erana@summitmedia.com.ph with the following details:

Name:
Company:
Contact number:
Email address:

For questions and clarifications, please feel free to contact us at 631-8971 loc. 146.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Raoul Eraña
Marketing Assistant

Krakista

Mar 30, 2007, 07:01 AM

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omeng

Apr 4, 2007, 01:16 PM

Quote of the day;

(a response letter to my mail yesterday)

Nothwithstanding, I must not also fail to inform you that, where ever there are good people, bad people must surely be there and where is good people so also the bad people will also be there, and to compound my statement or advise to you is that "Without original, there must not be a photocopy".

Oo nga naman. :D

omeng

Apr 9, 2007, 01:07 PM

"Nothing happens until a sale is made." - The way to the top by Trump.

Edgezekiel

Apr 13, 2007, 08:06 AM

hello i don't know if mine counts ... but i'll give it a go!

Well i have recntly started my own lil bussines - an online shop of apparel and gifts. It's a partnership between me (the graphic designer) and an online shopping company.

Problema ka lang is its not getting much traffic and sales. But I guess it's because bago pa lang.

Isa pang problema is that im not getting enough support from family and friends.

This online bussines that I have is juts to help me survive college life ... but I'm also hoping and planning to make it big when I graduate. I want to have my own boutique.

THIS IS MY LIL ONLINE SHOP!

http://www.cafepress.com/ejiikiieru

Advice & suggestions are welcome!

What can i do genrate more traffic and sales?

omeng

Apr 14, 2007, 11:03 AM

Dear Friends of Entrepreneur Magazine,

Greetings!

Entrepreneur Magazine, the country's only magazine for existing and aspiring entrepreneurs is providing you the resource book to help you start up your own business, step by step. On April 20, 2007, Friday, Entrepreneur Magazine will launch it's second bookazine entitled "The Ultimate Guide to Starting your Own Business". This is definitely the bible for the aspiring Filipino entrepreneurs as well as entrepreneurs with growing businesses!

Learn the tips and tricks of starting your own business straight from our distinguished speakers: Jos Ortega, President of BrandLab Inc. and former president of Philippine Marketing Association; Ricky Cuna, President of the Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc, and owner of Milkin Corporation; and Francisco Bernardo III, Founder of Let's Go (Leading Entrepreneurs Towards Sensing Global Opportunities) and Professor in AIM Center for Entrepreneurship.

The bookazine launch is on Friday, April 20, 2007 from 6:00pm to 8:30 pm at A Different Bookstore, Serendra, Makati. Light merienda and drinks will be served. Please email your confirmations to marketmatch@entrepreneur.com.ph with the following details:

Name:
Position and Company:
Contact number:
Email Address:

Take the leap and become your own boss! Admission is FREE! We hope to see you at the launch!

Thank you so much!

Darlyn Ty
Entrepreneur Magazine
Publishers Group
Summit Media Publishing Inc

foolcha

Apr 14, 2007, 04:11 PM

Anyone who has a friendster account? you can join our Entrepreneur & Investing group
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-Eijay-

Apr 15, 2007, 04:02 AM

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Can mediocrity appreciate greatness?

Often it is lamented that greatness is dead. We are told that people yearn for it, wish to see it before them, dream of it. But is greatness something that most people can appreicate? Or is greatness something recognized only by the few?

What would you do if you found greatness before your eyes? I ask because it is not self-evident. Perhaps you would appreciate it, admire it and bless that moment where you were allowed to see it, to experience it. And then again perhaps you would simply walk on by oblivious to its existence.

On an early, chilly Friday morning the rushing commuters at the L’Enfant Plaza metro station, in Washington DC, were scurrying to work. As they came up the escalator they could hear the music of a violin wafting, echoing through the halls, bouncing and reviberating with an unusual richness. It would be almost impossible to ignore the notes dancing about their ears. But ignore them they did.

At the top of the station, not far from the main doors stood a man with a violin and for almost an hour he played his heart out. And for most of that time he was ignored. Yet in his hands was a violin worth millions of dollars, a Stradivarius that was handcrafted 63 years before the Declaration of Independence was written. It is believed that he paid $3.5 million for that instrument. And the man with the violin is considered one the greatest classical musicians alive today, Joshua Bell. One publication said of his music that it “does nothing less than tell human beings why they bother to live.”

In an experiment the Washington Post asked Bell if he would mind playing while they secretly videotaped the responses of commuters at a local metro station.

This man would receive standing ovations from an audience that would pay very large sums of money to hear him play.

So how did the typical Washington, DC commuter respond? They didn’t. They walked past with no acknowledgment that he was there. Between each piece of music Bell pauses briefly as if expecting applause, they always applaude, loudly and enthusiatically before. But that Friday morning no one applauded. Bell said that his “expectations quickly diminished. I started to appreciate any acknowledgment, even a slight glance up. I was oddly grateful when someone threw in a dollar instead of change.” Of the few who dropped anything in his violine case most dropped some loose change, some only a few cents.

Few actually stopped to listen. One man who did admitted he knew nothing about classical music technique but “Whatever it was it made me feel at peace.”

The reporter describes one woman with her three year old son. She wasn’t interested but this child couldn’t stop watching and listening. As his mother rushed him out of the building he kept pulling and turning to look back, to watch, and to listen. No discernable group of people paid much attention. Neither men nor women, nor any particular ethnic group; they all were just as likely to ignore the sound of greatness -- all except one group. “Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. And every single time, a parent scooted the kid away.”

I suspect that there is a lesson here for us. We do have a natural tendency to yearn for greatness. Especially as children we seek it, and often when we don't find it we imagine it, and just as happened that Friday morning parents pull us away from it. Often the adults around the child discourage “dreaming”. There is no such thing as heroes, no such thing as greatness. Settle. Why be different? Children in America are patiently taught to stifle that desire for the great and to embrace mediocrity. And if perchance one’s parents have not sufficated this desire the child is subjected to twelve years of government schooling. And when the educators are finished even mediocrity is beyond many.

When Bell watched the video of that day he said that he could almost understand why busy people didn’t stop to listen. But what was beyond comprehension was that for most he simply didn’t exist. “I’m surprised at the number of people who don’t pay attention at all, as if I’m invisible.”

And even some who noticed him ignored the music. One government official said she just “didn’t hear that much’ because she was wondering what he was doing there and if he made much money. For most he was simply not there.

Reporters took the names and phone numbers of 40 people who walked past Bell that morning. Each was told he or she would be called later to be interviewed about commuting. Each was asked if anything unusual had happened that morning. Only one said it did. John Picarello immediately said there was this violinist at the station. The reporter asked him if he hadn’t seen musicians in the station before. Picarello had, he says, “But not like this one.” He said he had “never heard anyone of that caliber” before and he stopped and listened. And he noticed that everyone else was just walking past in a blind stupor. “Other people just were not getting it. It just wasn’t registering. That was baffling to me.”

Another of the very few who stopped to listen was Janice Olu. She stayed as long as she dared and then whispered to an undercover reporter, who was standing next to her: “I really don’t want to leave.”

Before the experiment the staff at the Washington Post discussed how to deal with problems. And the problem they most anticipated was how to control the crowds. They assumed that surely several people would recognize one of the most famous violinists in the world. If they did the crowd could grow dramatically and quickly. They worried over nothing.

That morning only Stacy Furukawa recognized Bell. She had attended a free concert he had given at the Library of Congress. She stood and listened to him as he finished his subway concert. And when he was done she told him that she had seen his previous performance. She told the reporter: “Joshua Bell was standing there playing at rush hour, and people were not stopping, and not even looking, and some were flipping quarters at him! I wouldn’t do that to anybody. I was thinking, Omigosh, what kind of city do I live in that this could happen.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=artslot

jowy222

Apr 23, 2007, 05:45 PM

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Apr 27, 2007, 01:22 PM

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April 21, 2007

Phil. Wacoal launches new product lines; Business Agenda

Philippine Wacoal Corporation's (PWC's) new brassiere line, LuludiLingerie, will open new business opportunity to local dealers in thedirect-selling industry in the country, Toshihisa Tanaka, PWC's president and CEO said.

The said brand will be the only line to be carried in the direct selling venture of the company. This is the company's strategy to strengthen and define the different brands they carry.

"Wacoal and Luludi are intended for the same age bracket, althoughdifferentiated in terms of their choices and priorities. With the launching of Luludi, we are hoping to cater to a broader market which we were not able to tap with our flagship brand," Tanaka said.

Philippine Wacoal Corporation is known for quality and functional lingerie with its flagship brand Wacoal introduced in 1989 and was made available both in stores and dealers or direct selling agents.

With the introduction of Luludi Lingerie, the company decided to distribute Wacoal in store counters only and opted to exclusively distribute Luludi through dealership. Luludi is aimed at opening businessopportunities for women, thus the best channel to bring it to its market is through direct selling.

Luludi fits in to the practical women. They are hardworking, wisespender, yet exudes the aura of confidence and femininity.

Luludi Lingerie products are high quality pieces at consumer-friendly prices intended for all the sensible women who think of their responsibilities first before themselves but still want to reward themselves by being so. This brand's lingerie pieces are of simpler styles but are functional and durable to last longer than other brands.

"For women who assume more responsibilities, buying a piece of lingerie is already considered a luxury. But we believe that regardless of role or position in the society, all women have the right to a piece of nice lingerie to feel good about themselves. With Luludi, we are indulging women to lingerie sans the guilt," shared Tanaka.

The Philippine Wacoal Corporation is targeting to increase its dealership this year with Luludi Lingerie. New styles will be available this April at dealers nearest you.

http://corporate.lexisnexis.com/news/marketing,branding/cat300001_doc601266161.html

Krakista

Apr 29, 2007, 07:24 AM

Business Without Borders: A Strategic Guide to Global Marketing (http://rapidshare.de/files/28197732/Business.Without.Borders.rar)

speQter

Apr 30, 2007, 09:58 AM

Hi guys,

Do you have any contact numbers of manufacturers of lechon manok biz equipment?

Thanks!

omeng

Apr 30, 2007, 01:21 PM

Exercising Entrepreneurial Leadership

To be an entrepreneur is to ply the roads of leadership. From managing and directing daily business activities to deciding big projects, delegating and advising, these elements, no matter how you call it, are parcels of leadership.

Having your own business means you are ready to take responsibilities and step up to become a leader. But leading is not just a mere task of pointing this and scrapping that. It takes enormous mental and emotional strength and discipline to effectively steer your people to your company’s advantage and to their individual growth as well while sealing in their commitment.

If leadership is founded on ethical principles, you can easily win the trust and respect of your men. Every productive activity you engage yourself in is a reflection of the quality of your leadership where your men can take after. By inspiring your people, you more than inspire yourself. This only means that somewhere in the moral outskirts, you have accomplished something of great importance, a legacy perhaps, by providing them good leadership as they go home and tell stories how a day’s work can be a lifetime of heart uplifting and learning experience.

In the exercise of leadership, one must know how to adapt. Being in charge is not an easy thing. As a leader, learning to adjust your approach means you ride well with the tide. How you have led your way yesterday may be different with how to deal with things tomorrow. Yet the leader will always adapt.

A good leader also knows how to care. Caring about your people especially in the heat of things pictures your sensitive nature - and that sends the message that you know how to understand and empathize. External stress or stress arising from the job will always bring complains to some degree yet leaders never let these pressures get in the way of their duties. It’s alright to listen and feel the brunt of emotion, but be on guard not to overdo it as this will tip you off the right perspectives as the one in control.

Equally important in playing the role as a leader is assessing how your people interact or respond to situations under your authority. Grumbles may carp your leadership style but you can always treat this as a welcome avenue for improvement if you are really keen on making yourself an effective leader. Positive remarks about your leadership will burn more your passion and sense of service, so just keep it up!

Your leadership is also an indicator of your personnel’s morale how they feel about themselves and how they feel towards you and your company. If things get nasty, be prepared to listen. Your willingness to sit things down with them signals that you are open to communication scoring you a nice deal of good leadership points. By listening you encourage mutual confidence. You might even pick up something from their opinions and turn it to a plus factor.

Remember that your people will look up to you if you know how to lead them. Once you’ve gained their trust, you’ve already built a team willing to stand and labor for your ideals. Your people are your most valuable commodity. As your company’s most precious asset, their support becomes the yardstick of your business and even personal success.

Why not try pondering as a leader and find out how you fare as an entrepreneur? It can determine your venture’s success.

Russelle S. Trinidad
SME BizLink Editor
www.sme.com.ph

Krakista

May 1, 2007, 09:15 AM

FSB.2007.05 (http://rapidshare.com/files/28627878/2007.BFSB.05.rar)
BZ2.2007.05 (http://rapidshare.com/files/28636331/2007.BBZ2.05.rar)

3cylinder

May 25, 2007, 03:46 PM

Ako naghahanap ng partner sa business.Sana meron interested dito.Tungkol sa cars.

checkraisepinoy

May 27, 2007, 02:47 AM

This is the first time you guys will hear about this because this is very very NEW in the PHILIPPINES and in ASIA!!!

LR Health & Beauty Systems Info:

-established in Germany since 1985, financially stable -> NOT A START-UP COMPANY!
-present in 29 countries, definitely not small time-> WE ARE THE 1ST COUNTRY IN ASIA!
-1,000 quality products to choose from -> all made in GERMANY ONLY and PRODUCES ITS OWN PRODUCTS, NOT GETTING IT FROM A SUPPLIER!
-endorsed by celebrities -> MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, CARMEN ELECTRA, CHRISTINA AGUILERA...
-the only compensation plan that has a car incentive -> HAS GIVEN MORE THAN 2,000 MERCEDES BENZ CARS TO QUALIFIED PARTNERS!
-the business should have a LOW-ENTRY PACKAGE -> we have 2 sets: 1st is the 8,000 pack and the 2nd is the (get ready for this)

4,000 PACK. YES! AN ABSURD 4,000 PESO STARTER PACK. LR manufactures its own products that's why they are very competitive!!!

I CAN SINCERELY SAY THAT THE RIGHT TIMING IS NOW!

The company is 20+ years. To stay that long means that the company works with the strictest guidelines. I won't even promise you X thousands of pesos monthly income. This depends on how smart you work (as with any business ventures). But our team will be working with you and help you because most people are just doing this part-time. We are helping them (FULL-TIME) to talk to their friends, family, business partners.

F1 world champion Michael Schumacher won't just endorse any MLM company, he is just endorsing ONE and that's LR Health & Beauty Systems. Why? Because he trusts in the COMPANY, PRODUCT & MARKETING PLAN! Other companies can't even get 1/4 of the endorsers that this company has!

Early positioning matters but the most important thing is GETTING THE RIGHT LEADERS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES!!!

Let me show you how an MLM company has survived since 1985 in Europe while giving a CAR INCENTIVE PLUS COMMISSIONS. They are just about to enter the PHILIPPINE market.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? IN A SUPER-HYPED START-UP COMPANY THAT DON'T EVEN MANUFACTURE 80% OF THEIR PRODUCTS, THAT AREN'T EVEN 10 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY...

OR WITH THE COMPANY THAT I'M PROUD TO TELL EVERYONE AND I'M NOT EVEN HIDING ANY INFORMATION!!!

Please call or text me (or leave a voice mail) so I can schedule our meeting and explain how we can help you. IN LIFE, IT'S PARTLY THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW THAT DEFINES YOUR OWN SUCCESS.

I can explain this to YOU - student/employee/small business owner/big business owner/investor/real estate broker, consultant, owner/etc.

There's also investing sides that applies to traditional business models in our business. Please don't hesitate to contact me.

RYAN
0915-6277-387

Krakista

May 28, 2007, 02:28 PM

FSB.2007.06 (http://rapidshare.com/files/33728327/2007.BFSB.06.rar)
BZ2.2007.06 (http://rapidshare.com/files/33802447/2007.BBZ2.06.rar.html)

Krakista

Jun 4, 2007, 05:27 PM

The reunion of the last two great old skoolers (http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/video-steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-prologue/)
For those who are not aware of this great reunion, two of the greatest visionaries together on an interesting chat.

Thanks to Esteban Pacheco (http://blogs.epachsoft.com/) for the link. :)

-Eijay-

Jun 5, 2007, 08:42 AM

Ako naghahanap ng partner sa business.Sana meron interested dito.Tungkol sa cars.

what kind of money are you looking at? i might be interested. im not interested in managing the day to day business but i need full transparency i have a secretary and analysts that need monthly f/s reports

silent partnerships only.

pm me if interested.

Krakista

Jun 7, 2007, 06:20 AM

How to Kill a Great Idea! (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070601/features-how-to-kill-a-great-idea.html)Jonathan Abrams created the first online social network and enlisted Silicon Valley's best and brightest to run it. Yet Friendster flamed out spectacularly. What went wrong?

Lunt remembers marveling sometime in early 2004 at how Friendster's traffic would mysteriously spike at 2 a.m. Intrigued, he started looking at the site's log. Oh, my God, he thought, everyone is from the Philippines.

From a business standpoint, the revelation was devastating. Friendster, it turned out, was paying millions of dollars a year to attract eyeballs that were effectively worthless to its advertisers. Says Abrams: "We needed to make a tough decision"--either spin off the Asian business or become the No. 1 Filipino social network. But because the Filipino users had come by way of their American friends, there was no easy answer. If Friendster cut the cord to Asia--either by drastically cutting back on engineering resources or by kicking the Asian users off the site altogether--it risked damaging its American user base. The Carmens of the world might look for a less restrictive site.

I'd like to invite entrepreneurs, developers, and venture partners to join the OpenCoffeeClub ("http://www.opencoffeeclub.org). Let's meetup one of these days. :)

GOwin

Jun 8, 2007, 11:32 AM

krak,
link is bad. try www.opencoffeeclub.org

orangef1

Jun 8, 2007, 09:17 PM

magkano franchise ng zagu and siomai house?