I really don’t know what is the criteria (aside from beating the odds in 2009) for crowning (sorry I can’t think of other terms) those entrepreneurs as the most outstanding Filipino entrepreneurs last 2009 but it is on the Entrepreneur magazine on the December 2009 issue. Many businesses have survived last year and not only them. My hunch is maybe they had an unexpected growth or more revenue created than any other businesses.
Nevertheless I will just give their names and their business names on the list below but if you want to know more about them, then get a copy of the Entrepreneur magazine.
Patricia Besinga
Company Name: PRESTIGE LABELS CO.
Website: http://www.prestigelabelsco.com
Address: 15 Presidents Ave., Teoville Subd., BF Homes, Parañaque City
Contact no.: (02) 825-6202; 0917-5269127
Email: innovate@prestigelabelsco.com
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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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Greetings! I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to post your original articles to my blog. As much as possible I would only accept those in the category of business, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, Filipino entrepreneur success stories but others I have not mention can also be accepted. Just look at the categories on the right hand sidebar of this blog.
So what are the benefits on posting your original articles on this blog?
First is exposure. With a daily unique visitors ranging from 500 to 800+ visitors a day and 800+ loyal subscribers all targeted on entrepreneurship and business niche, you will have a good opportunity to transact, sell your products or services to your prospects and additional traffic to your website (if you have any). With this kind of exposure other sites will charge you but I’m offering it for free provided that you will not use the articles you submitted to me and it should be original and informative.
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Jollibee is the leading fastfood chain in the country and that is only my opinion but nevertheless I when it comes to fast food, Filipino’s have only one thing in mind when they want to eat out. I sometimes hear this joke “halika mag-Jollibee tayo sa mac Do” or “Mag-Jollibee tayo sa Chowking”. ( “come let’s Jollibee in Mc Donalds” or “Let’s Jollibee in Chowking”). Thinking that Jollibee is now synonymous with the word “let’s eat out”. That is how Mr. Tony Tan Caktiong put his effort to preserve and promote the brand name “Jollibee”.
On a video below from WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), (actually I got it in Youtube) he has some interesting explanation about preserving his brand name and how dangerous it is for a business or company for letting copy cats imitate their brand name. If companies are not strict on enforcing their trademark, over time it will become diluted and consumers will be confused and will not get the quality they want. Mr. Caktiong stressed that both the company and the consumers will be harmed in the process (probably because the company’s reputation will be tarnished and the consumers will not get the genuine products). So without much ado just watch the video after this jump…….
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When I was just starting to blog, I was thinking of a kind of niche that I’m intertested in and that is entrepreneurship. Why? it’s because this is the only way I know to get the freedom that I want. No, I don’t mean that I’ll be totally free from work, what I only mean to say is freedom to make my own decision. Maybe the phrase “being your own boss” makes an entrepreneur free to make his own decision and not hanging around and consulting his boss all the time.
I think there is no need for me to talk about my days when I was still in the corporate world, working there and slaving myself. It’s true that I envy those managers who take all the privilages which includes nice fat salary and having their own cars but in exchange to that they have to kiss the “big boss’s” ass all the time. That is why I never aspired to be a manager. I was contented being a staff because I know deep inside that even if I have a high position in a company and enjoying all the authority and money, I would still leave it any moment (e.g. retrenchment, retirement or simply being fired). But being an entrepreneur will serve me for a lifetime even if I don’t earn as much as a corporate executive.
For more than two years this blog have served its purpose: to be a portal for entrepreneurs and would be entrepreneurs. So to those who are submitting comments asking for information about training and supplies, and to those who have businesses that wants to help those who seek your help, you are most welcome to post your comments.
