Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution
Rizal Philippines
April 5, 2017
I met with a up and coming exporter of food products to Korea. He has partnered with Koreans, and they are selling many local products to Filipino community in Korea: saging na saba, tilapia, bangus, boneless bangus, tocino etc.
One of their suppliers also a Korean, started five years ago with nothing. Now he is a millionaire with a house in Alabang. He started exporting through them Moringa, then tea from dried guyabano leaves. (The Korean doctors discovered the the anti cancer properties of guyabano) and the coconut sap sugar. For the latter they had a cooperative with the local mayor in Quezon, and they paid P150.00 per day for the coconut stalk cutter
Why does it take foreigners to see opportunities in the country. I told long time ago to an acquaintance to start this business, ie developing suppliers in an island province like the coconut sugar, and other herbals. We talk about so many herbals, but those who believe early seize the opportunity and make money from out of those ideas
One Korean I know has a vision of providing interment via crematorium. He now has 14
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
11 quotes from Steve Jobs to help you make a dent in the world, ie leave a legacy
Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution
Rizal Philippines
April 2, 2017
Every one wants to be hero. Every one wants to make a dent in the universe. Like a pencil, we like to continue writing and leave a mark.
Our life is a canvass on which we paint the strokes daily hoping that one day it will be a masterpiece which the world will admire. A great work. An OBRA MAESTRA
By sheer luck or sheer determination and drive and passion, some of us will be able to do that. Some will not.
Here Tips from Steve Jobs on how to make a dent in the universe, ie leave your mark
Rizal Philippines
April 2, 2017
Every one wants to be hero. Every one wants to make a dent in the universe. Like a pencil, we like to continue writing and leave a mark.
Our life is a canvass on which we paint the strokes daily hoping that one day it will be a masterpiece which the world will admire. A great work. An OBRA MAESTRA
By sheer luck or sheer determination and drive and passion, some of us will be able to do that. Some will not.
Here Tips from Steve Jobs on how to make a dent in the universe, ie leave your mark
Friday, March 31, 2017
Innovative creative, turn around ideas from a fmr classmate, multinational veteran
Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution\\
Rizal Philippine
March 31, 2017
I met this morning at Glorietta a former classmate, also a public school product after 28 years. (Almost 45 years na kami since college) The last time we met was when he was VP of media company.
He is now retired and we met for two reasons: 1. old times sake, and 2. ask his help run a business and get him on board as a director.
He shared with me a lot of things:
1. He is active in youth leadership training as an Executive Director as one of the Knights of Rizal He inspires them, and trains them to be future patriotic leader where love of country is prime concern;
2. As a former toothpaste executive who was assigned in Malaysia, he quarreled with a Malaysian, because his argument was that the product needs Moslem certification. However, he argued that when he visited the stores, the shelves had none of their product
3. When he worked with a local media company, (and he was promised presidency)) he found it to be bleeding profusely? Why? Because according to him, there is a self inflicted wound. In order to keep its rating up, it had to pay the dealers an x amount to tell the auditor that indeed their sales say is 500 pcs (instead of say 100) To top it all, the dealer had to return the unsold papers at the expense of the publishing company. What if the papers come from Mindanao. Well that amounted to a loss of P10 million a month. He viewed the whole thing from a business finance perspective and simply had to stop the practice.
Because the production cost of the papers exceeded the selling price of the papers, he had to change the Pulitzer formula: he raised the fee for the ads, and added more ads by showing that they were really selling more papers. If the cost structure is wrong the more they sell, the more they lose money
4. At an insurance company, (non life) he said that they were a game changer. He bypassed the traditional agencies in order to save com expenses, went by way of DSM, through partner banks, (to save also on expenses). He employed tele marketers and after this failed then thats the only time they will go face to face selling
5. He had good connection with IC because after they get an international award, they have photo opps with the Insurance Commissioner to honor IC with their achievement. They were the first financial services company to win Agora award for Marketing in 1993
With OIC commissioner
Even at the age of 66 he is innovative, restless, and impatient
Rizal Philippine
March 31, 2017
I met this morning at Glorietta a former classmate, also a public school product after 28 years. (Almost 45 years na kami since college) The last time we met was when he was VP of media company.
He is now retired and we met for two reasons: 1. old times sake, and 2. ask his help run a business and get him on board as a director.
He shared with me a lot of things:
1. He is active in youth leadership training as an Executive Director as one of the Knights of Rizal He inspires them, and trains them to be future patriotic leader where love of country is prime concern;
2. As a former toothpaste executive who was assigned in Malaysia, he quarreled with a Malaysian, because his argument was that the product needs Moslem certification. However, he argued that when he visited the stores, the shelves had none of their product
3. When he worked with a local media company, (and he was promised presidency)) he found it to be bleeding profusely? Why? Because according to him, there is a self inflicted wound. In order to keep its rating up, it had to pay the dealers an x amount to tell the auditor that indeed their sales say is 500 pcs (instead of say 100) To top it all, the dealer had to return the unsold papers at the expense of the publishing company. What if the papers come from Mindanao. Well that amounted to a loss of P10 million a month. He viewed the whole thing from a business finance perspective and simply had to stop the practice.
Because the production cost of the papers exceeded the selling price of the papers, he had to change the Pulitzer formula: he raised the fee for the ads, and added more ads by showing that they were really selling more papers. If the cost structure is wrong the more they sell, the more they lose money
4. At an insurance company, (non life) he said that they were a game changer. He bypassed the traditional agencies in order to save com expenses, went by way of DSM, through partner banks, (to save also on expenses). He employed tele marketers and after this failed then thats the only time they will go face to face selling
5. He had good connection with IC because after they get an international award, they have photo opps with the Insurance Commissioner to honor IC with their achievement. They were the first financial services company to win Agora award for Marketing in 1993
With OIC commissioner
Even at the age of 66 he is innovative, restless, and impatient
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