Superb Entrep classes at GSB

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

This is a self praise.  No one has praised the hard work this post did at a GSB (probably contributed to high enrollment then).  Had courses in Cebu, Subic, Clark and the main campus in Makati.  This post taught for a decade plus

There was a lot of work for the students:

Topics subjects covered:

     1.  Self improvement:   speeches, self affirmation

     2.   Opportunties - scanning

     3.  Innovation

     4.  Business operations:   accounting, finance, marketing

     5.  Leadership

Individual:

    1.  Book report, videos on self affirmation

    2.  Making a 2 minute speech in class

    3.  Electronic assignments and submission

    4.  Preparing and submitting business plan

    5.  Serependity walk -  listing as many as possible business opportunities for an assigned area

Group:

    1.  Innovation (dry cooking)

    2.  Inviting an entrepreneur in class to tell stories about themselves to inspire tudents

    3.  Group report on a resto or food stall at Mercato or Makati Av.

When the management of the school decided to have grades submitted on time (that meant no time to submit a business plan) this post quit teaching.  This post believed that preparing a business plan is an essential gtaduation skill for an Entrep graduate

This class on three  occasions sponsored  talks that involved the whole GSB:    that of Dr. Belo, the head of BCDA on social entrepreneurship, and a famous motivator.   This was an entrep class project, not even that of the Management Department or the GSB

Thankfully the GSB sent me and several others to Bangkok and Seoul to advance my knowledge on the subject matter.  We attended lectures and workshop by Stanford University and Denver Colorado U.  

If this will be revived, I may teach again.  

Tariffs: an act of war.. - Warren Buffett. It hits the consumers hard an indirect tax

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

Warren Buffett is against tariff:   it is an act of war.  Tariff promotes global economic instability.   Also ultimately, the citizens in the country imposing the tariff suffer due to higher price, an indirect tax. 

Experts say this favor PHL, because many China factories are bent on relocating to the PHL 

Do you agree?

Being a businessman, an agripreneur, instead of being a technician, field extension worker

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

This article was lifted from FB.  This jives very well with Michael Gerber's book   E myth that employees, technicians cant be business owners/or enterpreneurs.

Michael Gerber Emyth

This article tells us that being focussed on technicalities of agriculture:   ph of soil, irrigation, crop scheduling does not make you an agripreneur nor a businessman.   A real agriprineur focuses on cash flow, customers, work scheduling, what sells and what does not sell. In our experience, we depend too much on govt for crop product production, but no one bothered about marketing and then we blame the govt.

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f You Want to Get Rich from Farming, STOP Reading Farming Books. Read Business Books Instead.

Let me save you time and money. If your goal is to get wealthy through agriculture, here’s a secret: Don’t focus on becoming a better farmer. Focus on becoming a better entrepreneur.

Too many people are obsessed with the technical side of farming — soil pH, feed ratios, crop spacing — while completely ignoring the money side. That’s why most small-scale farmers remain broke or barely break even.

Be an agripreneur, not a farmer.

That means your job isn’t to know everything about the farm — it’s to build a business that uses farming to generate income, create jobs, and scale.

Yes, you can and should hire people who read farming books. Hire the ones who obsess over fertilizers, animal feed, and livestock cycles. That’s their job. Your job is to run the business, make strategic decisions, and sign the cheques.

Let’s get real:

Universities and agricultural colleges are releasing thousands of graduates every year. Do you honestly think all of them will start their own farms or businesses?

No. They’re looking for jobs. That’s your opportunity. Don’t compete with them—employ them.

I don’t need to know the biological processes happening inside a pig to run a profitable piggery. I need to know how to calculate margins, manage staff, expand operations, and find buyers at scale. That’s the game.

Stop doing "projects" like it’s a school assignment. Run a farming business. Projects don’t scale. Businesses do.

Someone once told me, “I’m planning to go to agricultural college so I can run a profitable farm one day.” I laughed — not because she can’t succeed, but because she’s walking into the wrong door.

To disrupt an industry, you don’t need to be an insider. You need to think differently. I don’t follow the rules. I follow the money. I do what works.

You don’t need more agricultural knowledge. You need business knowledge.

Read books on sales, operations, marketing, cashflow, and leadership.

Learn how to negotiate, systemize, and scale.

Understand branding and customer psychology.

Master logistics and supplier networks.

Use tech to automate, track, and grow your enterprise.

That’s how you turn chickens into cash flow.

That’s how you turn cabbages into capital.

That’s how you stop working for the land and make the land work for you.

Thank me later.

#chrophetmuchinezuro