Marina vows support to entrepreneur behind Cebu sea jeepney proposal
CEBU CITY—Metro Cebu commuters may soon opt to escape the grueling road traffic by taking a catamaran, or a sea jeepney, in going to their destinations.
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CEBU CITY—Metro Cebu commuters may soon opt to escape the grueling road traffic by taking a catamaran, or a sea jeepney, in going to their destinations.
Royce Jeric Chua, president of the Philippine Society of Baking (PSB), wants to improve and enhance the skills and capabilities of aspiring bakers to be competitive and to be better entrepreneurs.
BAGUIO CITY—Food items produced by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) here have found a venue at the Baguio Country Club’s (BCC) “food camp,” which opened on February 15.
Zilingo Pte.’s path to becoming a fashion platform with a valuation approaching $1 billion began in December 2014, when Ankiti Bose, then an analyst at Sequoia India, chatted with a neighbor at a house party in the Indian tech capital Bengaluru.
By Ma. Eloisa H. Aquino
The current fast-paced lifestyle of urban dwellers has required individuals to avail themselves of devices that could bring greater convenience in doing day-to-day chores.
In his younger days, Dr. Robert So, chairman of Ecosystems Technologies Inc., was amazed by his father’s stories on the pristine state of the Pasig River. He added that his father also used to take a dip in the mighty river under the Jones Bridge in Escolta, Manila.
FOR 24 years, EMS Group of Companies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ferdinand “Perry” Ferrer was enjoying his job as a high-ranking executive in the aerospace industry working with different companies in Europe, the United States, Canada and China. In fact, he planned to stay abroad for good.
By Leilani Adriano / Philippines News Agency
THE Philippines continues to be one of the attractive investment destinations for famous foreign brands, one of the most recent of which is Pretty Huge Obstacles (PHO), because of several factors such as consistent above average gross domestic product growth, openness to foreign cultures and the fluency of the English language.
LONDON—London-based Filipino street food operator BBQ Dreamz secured a whopping €350,000 investment after wowing a panel of investors during the first episode in the second series of BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu, a reality show that hopes to give emerging food businesses a big boost in the competitive food industry last January 9.
For 30-year-old James Anton Uy, owner of Cubcakes Bakery, winning the Bakery Fair competition in 2013 organized by the Filipino Chinese Bakery Association Inc. (FCBAI) was a realization that he could be a successful entrepreneur.
Young people see things in a different yet equally valuable lens and this is visible in the way they do and handle their businesses.
THE Association of Filipino Franchisers Inc.(AFFI) aims to attract more aspiring Filipino entrepreneurs into its fold, especially the millennials and generation Z, to venture into business as franchisees of existing tried-and-tested businesses or by coming up with innovative business concepts.
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija—Sen. Cynthia A. Villar on Friday called on graduates to pursue an entrepreneurial career that would get them an opportunity to employ people, instead of seeking employment.
Bytedance Ltd., the world’s most valuable start-up, barely met its 2018 revenue target after a sharper-than-projected slowdown in Chinese advertising growth, people familiar with the matter said.
IN these changing times, business leaders and entrepreneurs are rethinking their policies to remain relevant—and commercially viable, of course—in the constantly changing economic landscape.
HER passion for baking and determination to give Filipinos an option for a healthy lifestyle pushed businesswoman Caroline Tanchay to open the New York-based gourmet grocer and food hall Dean & DeLuca in the Philippines.
TECHNOLUX will hold its Business Series featuring Convotherm, Lincoln and Merry Chef ovens to be held at Mall of Kitchens on January 24, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
FINANCIAL inclusion of millions of Filipinos, notably those belonging to the bottom of the pyramid, is a principal objectives of the government and the private sector to prepare them for the digital economy.
SENSETIME Group Ltd., the world’s most valuable artificial-intelligence (AI) start-up, is beginning preparations for a new financing round, people with knowledge of the matter said.
MILLENNIAL women are participating in the American job market at levels last seen in 2000 as people like Remya Ravindran dive back into the labor pool.
Husband and wife team Jim and Shayla Sanchez left their careers in the airline industry in Manila to channel their talent and energy in helping micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Caraga region be on a par with global trends and to capture the market with higher purchasing power, as well as a greater appreciation of native products.
Bryan Tiu, president and chief executive officer of IFoods Group Inc. and also the man behind the success of Peri-Peri, tells entrepreneurs to embrace flexibility to weather challenges that come their way due to rising competition, changing market demands or increasing operations costs.
KAWIT, Cavite—Cavite is gradually boosting the food and beverage industry on top of its manufacturing hub, leveraging its “most populous” status to high consumption in retail services as among the top drivers of the province’s economy.
THE country’s staple food is rice but the pan de sal culture, developed during the Spanish era, has created such a huge impact on the Filipino breakfast table that until this age of globalization, the country’s baking industry is experiencing a boom. This, thanks to the emergence of social media where aspiring bakers have the opportunity to sell their products anytime and anywhere.
TWENTY entrepreneurs from 16 start-ups across various industries have become part of Endeavor Philippines, the local network recently reported.
CONSTELLATION Brands Inc., maker of Corona beer for the US and Svedka vodka, will invest $100 million in female-founded alcoholic beverage companies over the next 10 years in an effort to support women in the male-dominated liquor and beer industry.
TUGUEGARAO CITY—Local government units (LGUs) in Region 2 are getting some technical help from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in promoting their proposed projects to investors.
AS part of its continuing business literacy program for its constituency, Barangay San Lorenzo in Makati City recently held the Barangay San Lorenzo Business Week with the theme “Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset.”
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