Hoping this Lenten season we are all reflecting the real purpose why our Lord died on the cross and to rise again to save mankind. But to those who just think that Holy week is just going to Boracay, resorts and beaches to enjoy the summer, well I hope you have a safe journey and enjoyed your vacation. And as far as I’m concerned, me and my family just climb the hill near our place to visit our version of grotto yearly.
So back to the story. Ants, bees and spiders are all insects but they differ from each other. Ants crawl, bees fly and spiders hangs all day on its web. The only common thing you might observe are their persistence to survive. When you try to destroy the ants nest, the ants will build their again. And when you try to destroy the bees honeycomb, they will build another and the spider too, when you try to destroy its web, it will make another one. Those insects we used to hate are also a source of inspiration after all. The lesson there is never give up. If someone or something destroyed our hopes and dreams, we should build another one like the ants, bees and the spider. To know more about the story and why I included this in my post, just follow this link: A lesson from the ants and the bees
Again I have posted the TRC training and seminar schedule for the month of April 2010 from the TRC website. For those who wish to ask anything about the trainings, either if there is a particular training that you want to attend but not available on the list below, please contact TRC directly. The contact information is on the bottom of this post.
There are other training centers that I want to post here also but they are very similar to TRC so maybe it will be redundant if I do that. If you have seen any livelihood trainings not similar to TRC, you can suggest to me about it and might consider posting it here to help others who can’t find the trainings they need. Like example, there is a commenter here that was asking if TRC have a motorcycle repair training. I haven’t seen that kind of training on TRC but if you can find one, you are welcome to suggest it here. Thanks!
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I guess most people are dreaming of becoming a CEO someday owning a big company with lots of employees. But somehow that dream seems to be impossible specially in this kind of competitive business environment where it seems that every kind of product imaginable are already existing. And if you want to compete with other corporate giants, well it’s like you will be squashed like an insect when they stepped on you. But in this modern internet age, many became instant millionaires just having a business (or a very unique idea) and used their talents for amassing millions of dollars in the internet. Facebook and Google are best examples of those companies. The founders of those companies have the right to call themselves CEO and it’s because they have lots of employees and billion dollar companies.
But when I stumbled across a forum, I then realized that many people have a negative reaction to those small businesses or emerging entrepreneurs that call themselves CEO. One poster started the question because he sees tons of people toss around the title CEO: [click to continue...]
About ten years ago when I was still working in a semiconductor tooling company, I was really fascinated on tilapia farming and wish that I could have a fish pen on a lake (e.g. Laguna bay) so I could produce my own tilapia. The only thing that hinders me is the capital needed and since I was employed then I know I could not handle that business if I will still work and engage in tilapia farming. I know that it will cost much and the reason why I knew that is, just last year my wife’s friend is selling a portion of their tilapia fish pen on Laguna lake which I think cost 300k pesos.
During the time (again, ten years ago) I was thinking of a best way to grow tilapia without fish pen. I’ve seen on some television program, probably the Ating Alamin by Gerry Geronimo, that can grow and produce tilapia using plastic drums. I never got the chance to see the filtration and aeration system if it has any. Tank culture of tilapia is not much different of setting up an aquarium for tropical fishes. Any kinds of fish need to eat and breathes oxygen so the water must have a good amount of oxygen. A good filtration is also needed to minimize water pollution caused by waste products coming from the fish and the fish food that settled on the bottom of the tank. Using plastic drums can be the cheapest and practical way of tank culture of tilapia. You only need to ad another drum if you wish to expand it.
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Although I know the meaning of the word entrepreneur, I always assume that an entrepreneur is synonymous to a businessman. But just yesterday I was reminiscing my past employment days when I had a chance to meet the owner of the company I’m working with. He was a foreigner, a Swiss, which only visits his company here in the Philippines once a year. That is the kind of boss I really like to have. You only meet him once a year, he he he, just joking. I always consider him as an entrepreneur and he handles his business satisfactorily but not as efficient as I would expect.
He is a kind of person that who wants to do everything himself because he was very keen in details. He wants to know exactly what is happening on his company and employees which I know is also important but managing a multinational corporation, it will be impossible to manage everything. That is why there are managers to do his tasks.
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I just made another face lift for this blogs logo because the older one seems unappropriate. When I was just starting this blog I was thinking if I will use a local icon like a Philippine jeepney. It might look good and what I have in mind is since jeepney drivers is one of a good example of a Filipino entrepreneuer, a jeepney was the best idea. But putting it in a blog, well I might look silly so I thought of another one and found a graphic that might blend well on the niche of entrepreneurship. Just a clipart of a man with an attache case on a jumping pose. Then again after a year I changed the logo with a graphic representation of a man with salakot (a native hat used by Filipino farmers) with a laptop covered with a sawali (woven split bamboo mat) to symbolize a typical Juan dela Cruz being high tech despite of the traditional stuffs like those. (See the logo below)
But despite how hard I made the logo (I used Autocad to make that laptop), I did not bother to think that text or wordings are the most important. The graphics might catch too much attention and the blog reader might forget about the brand name. Of course this blog has a name but the logo and the name should be one. So now I decided to make another change and below is the outcome:
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