Marketing and sales experiences are important for starting a business

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

I was a pharma promotion rep (a detailman) for 5 years before venturing on new businesses.  I was assigned to two specialty hospitals  One was a teaching hospital operated by the religious which I covered 4x a month.  And they were difficult to cover with odd hours available for visit:   after  1 pm, or 6 pm.  The other was a govt run orthopedic hospital

The experience gave you persistence, self initiative, self discipline, and being goal oriented.  There were sales targets and lot of planning and itinerary.   

Many detailmen I knew went into business, and many were successful 

I too knew that I would be successful if I went on my own. 

The first venture we had was starting a savings and loan association   I did not have much banking experience but I used my pharma experience:   1.  to recruit and organize my team   2.  to set goals and plan   3   market the bank to the public,   4.  expand the offerings to the public:    new loan products 

and thinking of how to make the residents wealthy by saving more and giving them more income 

opportunities:   like going abroad, the govt agri projects 

Make love not war ... with China

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

Except for Israel and Ukraine, most nations will not go to war.  Many think that PRC is simply sable rattling for Taiwan.  There is so much to lose from going to wart, so much to gain from not going to war.

And so with PHL in relation to China. China is a long time trading partners.  So much in our culture we owe from Chinese,  food, language etc.   The earliest trading post with Chinese are in Otong Iloilo

The Chinese dreaded the Visayan marauders/pirates.  

This post is no PRRD defender.  But he must be commended for taking a pacifist albeit "treasonable" agreements   So much to  lose from trade and prosperity.   

By siding with US we have become a US proxy in this deadly cloak and dagger geopolitics.  The US welfare is not equal to Philippine welfare.   And China is employing a different kind of warfare with its enemies:    They call it unrestricted warfare that cover:   biological, military, economic, social, IT.

Our country's strategists must study all the fronts with adequate countermeasures.    Coast guard to coast guard cutter may  not be enough.   

We have to fight this war as smartly as they are conducting this now   

The hawks are having their time in the suites of power and authority  But it is time to pause and not be carried by false sense of patriotism.  Is not taking care of our jobs and economy not patriotism 

The Lord is all ready punishing the almighty country floods, financial scandals, unrest.  And the islands they byukt are subjubg

Think again.

Artificial intelligence: boon or bane to humanity

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

We are facing the greatest development in history of mankind:   Artificial Intelligence.    While it can boost our productivity (remove hours in thinking and analyzing problems)  make manufacturing more efficient it poses threats as eradicating necessity for human labor and thinking altogether.   Mr. Elon Musk, the richest man today, has expressed his fears about this.   It is a scifi futuristic movie came alive  (Terminator -  man vs machine)

Various investments opportunities for AI is flooding the techie stock market.  And yet there are difficulties ahead for jobs, economy and society.   Are we ready for these?

As we are facing these challenges, safeguards, limits must be defined.   And we here in LDC must immerse ourselves in AI and anticipate the challenges.

Are you immersed in AI practices and uses?

Are you prepared for this