From Pampanga to Pittsburg: Home-cooked Success Story
One California-scorching Sunday afternoon, I have decided to get myself buco-pandan from a small casual Filipino restaurant nearby. Being a frequent customer, I know some of its daily staples on the sterno-warmed unit …
From Sari-sari Store Heiress to COMCAST executive
(A wife, a mother of two, a promising name in the industry, and a really gracious head turner – Michelle Alba-Chua, is a complete package of brains, beauty, and business. This feature article …
Why I Prefer To Stay Single As A Young Founder
As per the request from a buddy of mine, he thought it would be interesting to write about a personal life lesson about relationships from the perspective of a career-focused, young adult. A …
Yobie Benjamin: The Angel Within the Investor
The Global Filipino Network (GFN) through its partnerships with various educational institutions such as the Stanford US-Asian Technology Management Center has been organizing the “Entrepreneurs and Innovators Speaker Series” for quite some time now, …
Turning Up Talent: ‘Technopreneurs’ Drive Development in the Philippines
By Liana Meyer – USAID Philippines A few years ago, Paulo Oscuro, a computer science student from the rural region of Bicol—about 250 miles from the capital of the Philippines—observed that, despite a …
Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before Starting A Start-Up
By Irwin Gonzales Recently, I have been helping a few people who want to start their own company by either being a source of advice or actually dipping my feet in production. Personally, …
The Pinays behind California Schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson
Independent observers believe the closest and most expensive statewide race in California this November is for the post of state school superintendent. It pits two Democrats, the top winners in the June primary, …
How We Started Our Coffee Shop Business
It all started in 2008. Having been old friends from the Ateneo Law School in Manila, Karen Recinto and I, both based in the Bay Area, started talking about a possible business venture …