The Filipino Entrepreneur

One of the first Filipino online stores is Kabayan Central.Com which is co-owned by Armin Santiaguel that sells tagalog videos, OPM CD, Filipino books, e-Load and other Philippine source products. It was started in 1998 when most of the big time players on the internet now were still rising.

Like most internet entrepreneur, it allows them to start on a minimal investment and inventory and small overhead expenses. Way back then it cost about US$70+ to register on a domain for two years and they registered www.kabayancentral.com for their first online store. Armin and his group work on building their dream, the two worked on programming, one on handling merchant account. Since those days there were no internet merchant accounts available locally, you have to have a US bank account to apply for one.

Their initial plan is to have a local counter part of amazon.com which only sells books that time. But they include CDs in their planned inventory for local artists. Since it’s not so easy to persuade local publishers to post their books in their online store even it is for free, they have turned their attention to recording. Luckily there were recording companies who responded to them: Viva, Sony and Vicor Records. They have also discovered that people were more interested in music that in books and again, with the stroke of luck found a distributor who have access to all the labels.

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Ricky was already running Manila ice Cream Company for two years catering to restaurants, kiddie parties and other events when he acquired Milkin Corporation. At the time He didn’t even know that Milkin owned Fiorgelato, his favorite ice cream brand in college. Gelato and ice cream are not the same according to him. Gelato, which means frozen delight in Italian, has significantly less butterfat than ice cream, so you taste its full flavor immediately. It is also denser than ice cream, producing an intensely flavored and creamier dessert.

To make real gelato, he studied Italian ice cream making techniques and started making ice cream using the most advanced equipment. Now they produce around 500 gallons daily with Italian ingredients and local fruits.

They offer up to 37 flavors in the market and have developed 72 in reserve at that time. To enhance his knowledge of gelato, he took up a course in ice cream making at Pennsylvania State University’s Science and Technology Creamery in the United States, he is the only Filipino to complete the course. He also graduated from the Carpigiani Gelato Ice Cream University in Winston, Salem, in North Carolina. As soon as he took over the helm, we mapped out a 10 year program where he saw franchising in the first five years and becoming a leading provider of quality ice cream and catering services in the next five.

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SUN Shops, the retail stores of Sun Cellular has opened its doors to individuals who wish to earn extra income by becoming a retailer of SUN’S prepaid products, which includes prepaid SIM Packs, prepaid call cards and Xpress Load, SUN Cellular’s electronic load service. Through this program, SUN Cellular invites interested parties to visit any of The SUN Shops to register, purchase their Starter Retailer Sales Kits and be on their way to earning additional income.

A registered retailer is entitled to great discounts for bulk purchases of prepaid products, enabling him to end huge profits through sales of SUN’s products. To make this project even more enticing, The SUN Shops also offer discounted starter Retailer Sales kits at P528.00 or P99.00 less than its Standard Retail Price of P627.00. A Retailer Sales Kit contains one Xpressload SIM, P500 Retail value Xpressload Wallet, two Super Value S1Ms and various merchandising support. Merchandising laterals to be provided are as follows outdoor banners, mini posters, tent cards and the SUN Cellular product guide. The discounted Retailer Sales kit offer is good for a limited period only.

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The inauguration of Amherst Laboratories, Inc, was led by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the most recent manufacturing subsidiary of United Laboratories, Inc. (Unilab)and the country’s biggest and well-known pharmaceutical and healthcare company. Amherst Laboratories, Inc. occupy a 35,000 square meters of land in the Unilab Pharma Campus in Mamplasan, Binan, Laguna. It is complete with new accommodations that are at equality with the world’s best, which makes it the most modern plant for pharmaceutical and healthcare products manufacturer in the Philippines today. Amherst is a P1.7-bllllon venture dedicated to produce high quality and affordable medicines to help elevate the health and fitness of millions of Filipinos. With this advanced technical competence, Amherst stringently compass with both local and international standards of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), as well as with the tight regulatory provisions brought about the ongoing regulatory to be consistent in Southeast Asia.

Amherst has established a building automaton system that controls and monitors the important support systems for best operation and energy effectiveness. The building, structures, equipment, and critical support systems life cycle has been enhanced for utmost long-term cost effectiveness. It is as well designed to aid growth projections and new technologies in the future. Amherst manufactures mostly prescription medicine in tablet, capsule, and powder form, as well as ointments and non-steroidal creams. Its planned yearly capacity is more than one billion tablets.

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I have frequently noticed business owners say that they perhaps never imagine being employed for someone else, because they like the liberty of being a business owner. Conversely, I have heard employees utter that they in no way want to have their own businesses. They presume that there is a lot of headache connected with being a business owner.

I have experienced being both a business owner and an employee, and have observed that business owners and employees have opposite ways of thinking. Some of these key distinction are enumerated below, and may aid you to know where you are suitable to.

Businessman Manner Of Thinking

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