The Filipino Entrepreneur

The liquid laundry soap maybe used in hand or machine washing. That’s why it’s called a laundry soap. In making liquid laundry soap, it is important to thoroughly boil the lye solution so that it will become clean and clear.

In this mixture, the quantity of the ingredients to be used is good for 2 liters of liquid laundry soap.

Ingredients

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Sorry for the sudden change of my blogs’ theme. From brown background to almost white. The reason is that I found out that it was my lucky color revealed to me by Chinese astrology. I think there is nothing wrong when you follow these kind belief since we know that Chinese civilization has been on earth for thousands of years. And it is also a fact that many affluent and rich business men here in our country belongs to the Chinese minorities.

Anyway I would also like to share with you the website about Chinese astrology where you can determine your lucky color, lucky element and lucky direction or place. To find your lucky element, follow this link: Find your lucky element then put your birthday information, gender and your nickname. I think there is no need to put the time of birth since not all of us know that detail. Then you will see your birth chart. Just read what you will find on the page and you will also see the five elements generated. The element with the smallest number is your lucky element. You will find on the bottom of the page two links: “Click here to find The Rise and Fall Chart of Your Life” and “Click here to read the your Lucky Element Guide to improve your luck.”

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Whether you plan to start a business or already have one, it is important to have an uncanny talent for spotting new ideas. Creative thinking and brilliant idea generation are two ways to continue differentiating your business vis-a-vis your competitors and raising your business to a higher level.

HOW DO YOU GENERATE NEW IDEAS?

Spotting opportunities are all about the right mindset. You need to be in the ”idea-spotting mode” everyday so you can turn simple everyday experiences into opportunities. A starting point for this would be finding a solution to problems shared by a number of your friends and family that a current product/service cannot fully satisfy.

Observe your surroundings and listen to people. When you’re in the idea-hunting mindset, you’d be surprised how many ideas will go your way. Start reading books, magazines like Entrepreneur, websites, newspapers and the like. Read between the lines; some ideas come about from current events or even advertisements.

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While Christmas is still around, after a hectic day of helping my wife cook and entertain my wife’s nephews and their parents, I would like to greet everyone a very Merry Christmas! ( kahit butas na ang bulsa! LOL ) Thanks and hope you enjoy your Christmas with less worrying.

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We have so many good products but does not sell very well because the packaging is not right. Like for example the simple yema or the piaya. If your packaging is well presented and attractive, your product will stand from the rest. If you have purchased the Bong bong’s piyaya, you will see that the packaging is very well presented and attractive. Besides, it’s not only attractive but taste’s better from ordinary piaya. It’s imperative that you should blend the delicious piaya of yema in your packaging and should also look good to eat.

So how will you improve your packaging specially to a small scale businesses?

You can visit the Department of Trade and Industry (www.dti.gov.ph), Bureau of Food and Drugs (www.bfad.gov.ph) or Packaging Research and Development Center (www.mis.dost.gov.ph/prdcp/index.php) for the guidelines in packaging. For samples of label attractive label designs, you can visit here: http://www.mis.dost.gov.ph/prdcp/label_design.html You can also hire an artist that does not charge too much to help you in your packaging design. So don’t fear on the cost because in the long run it will benefit you and your product.

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