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starting a business

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(Photo Credits: Here) I have a story to share. The other day kasi, I was chatting with my friend. He was asking me on what to do with his credit card debts. He said, he has been religiously paying it. But he was curious why his credit card balance continues to either be the same [...]

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How to start a tutoring center

by reynz on November 8, 2009

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(Photo Credits: Here) With 10.2% unemployment rate in America, signs of times. Effects of recession continues to linger. I’m sure I’m not the only one who is affected by all these. Out of the blue, I received an email from an OFW wanting to go home and is asking me for some advice on how [...]

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Starting a business in the Philippines

by reyna16 on February 18, 2008

Aray ko! Nauntog din ako! Believe it or not, it’s a lot easier to start your own successful business in the Philippines, compared noong panahon. True, medyo mahirap mag-start with all the lagay na gagawin ninyo, pero, let’s not let them win na mawalan tayo nang pag-asa to start our own. Di ba? Share on [...]

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My business empire is crumbling!

by Rainier on May 1, 2007

All in it’s 4 weeks of operation! And here’s the biggest irony of them all. The biggest anomaly ever ever! Just this week, I expect to collect about $2.5 million in equity contributions dahil yan ang aking sinasaka sa trabaho. Nag-mamanage ako nang trentang tao sa division namin. Cash na minamage ko?! Milyones. But, sa [...]

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Php100k for a food cart business

by Rainier on April 21, 2007

That’s an email I received from Rey. He’s in Japan. Like Ghandee, I promised him that I will take care of his email after the audit season. Well, April 17 has gone by and our audit season for about 3 other corporations with a different fiscal year starts this week. So, I better act on [...]

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How to open a barbershop

January 14, 2007

Rosanna… Salamat sa sulat… na feed na naman ang aking ego… me sakit akong atunshun depizitz syndrone… kelangan ko to… purihin mo pa ako… dagdagan mo pa… sige na… don’t be shy… pliss!!! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Ang Pagong: An eBay Story by Chuva Chienes

December 12, 2006

  I really liked the eBay comment story by Chuva Chienes. So, I called him last week and see if we could meet up and do some chika chika. So, I decided to hook up with him one night. We had dinner at Jade Harbor in Chinatown. I was interested to find out more about his [...]

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How to grow your cleaning business

December 11, 2006

Mahal na Reyna Elena, Una sa lahat gusto muna kitang batiin ng magandang gabi at sana nasa mabote kang kalagayan., at pati na rin sa mga tagasubaybay mo magandang gabi/araw senyong lahat! Reyna, kelangan ko lang ng adbays, balak ko po kasing mag quit na sa aking trabaho. Ako po ay nagtratrabaho sa opis (WKFTA) [...]

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Acting on entrepreneurial dreams

November 18, 2006

Dear Madame Reyna Elena: Your blog and articles are really informative.. Sana maka receive ako ng response mula sa inyo. I’m Mina, been living here in Kuwait for 3 yrs. with my husband. Since naranasan ko na ang buhay abroad, masyado na kong naging passionate maging isang entrepeneur. I’ve been searching the web this past [...]

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How to start a nursing home in the US

November 13, 2006

Mahal na reyna, Kararating lang namin in the US. We’ve been here close to a year. We stayed in Daly City for four months. It’s nice. Daming pinoy. Kaso, di ko po ma-feel sila. I moved to Las Vegas. Eto po ako with my friend, bed-spacer he he he. Hindi, po.. Kuarto po ang space [...]

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How to start a tutoring agency

November 5, 2006

Name: kutang bato | E-mail: mooncrystal72@yahoo.com | mahal na reyna-isa akong dakilang guro na kasalukuyang naghahasik ng lagim ng agham at matematika dito sa maryland… feel ko na ring umuwi kapag napagtapos ko na ng nursing yung dalwa ko pang sisterettes, give ka naman ng advise sa byuti ko kung paano mag start ng preschool [...]

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Puto at kutsinta

October 29, 2006

This is a really, really nice success story that I picked up on the Inquirer. This is just to prove that you don’t really have to go anywhere else to be successful. I know, I am one of those who is working outside of the Philippines, still hoping to make it. But I have friends [...]

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My dream business is gone

October 15, 2006

It’s been a rough four (4) months (I found out about the closure in June 2006 – My business opened in April 2005). My business folded without my knowledge. All the years of preparation right in the middle of my MBA program, all the years of savings from day one when I arrived in America, [...]

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San Miguel Dealership

October 6, 2006

hello reyna elena, 2 years na ko dito sa kuwait and newly wed ako. gusto sana nmin mag start ng business sa PI. balak sana nmin is san miguel dealership. kaso internet lang ang gamit nmin to get info bout that kind of business. ano ba ang requirements ng san miguel for dealership and mga [...]

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America’s Youngest CEOs

July 14, 2006

There’s a fittingly playful nature at the offices of children’s clothier Gymboree. A lot of that has to do with the tone set by 33-year-old Matthew McCauley, the youngest CEO ever to head the $700 million outfit in its 30-year history. A graduate of Brigham Young University who got his start handling distribution at Payless [...]

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Chicken Fingers, Creative Talent & Ring Shopping for Men

July 7, 2006

Todd Graves went fishing to start his Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant locations. No, he wasn’t lounging on a lake—he and co-founder Greg Silvey, now 31, were working 20-hour days on a salmon fishing boat in Alaska to raise money to open their first Baton Rouge, Louisiana, restaurant. It was lucrative, though dangerous, work. “It [...]

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Start a business in your home

May 28, 2006

In these times, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get by or make ends meet with just one source of income. Thus, more and more people are investigating the possibilities of, and indeed, the idea of, starting their own extra-income businesses. Most of these part-time endeavors are started and operated from the comforts and privacy of [...]

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Export Procedures and Documentation

May 6, 2006

Mahal na Reyna, Maybe procedures on how to go over in the export of dried seafoods…halimbawa meron nang contact from oversees pano ang mga procedures dito sa atin to export….salamat ulit!! Karen ========= i would be very interested to know about exporting fashion accessory… grin I hope you’d be able to share some amount of [...]

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Bed and Breakfast

April 30, 2006

As you all know, I live in East Ortigas. I met a number of hyphenated-Filipinos there. One from London who owns two units, another from San Francisco, from the Middle East, from Tokyo and New York. Like me, they don’t live there 365 days a year. They go visit. But I’ll share to you all [...]

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Registration – Starting a Business in the Philippines

April 18, 2006

Eto po ang registration requirements of starting a business in the Philippines. As I was looking into this, I don’t think na-beat ko yong number of days na sinasabi dito when I incorporated myself there. But this should give you a timetable para sa tamang planning na gagawin ninyo. You can find this article here: [...]

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Starbucks Cultural Impact

April 16, 2006

Look what I found!!! And the Professor who’s?doing the study comes from?my dear?school!?This should be a very good and interesting read to all you who are planning to get a Starbucks Franchise!!! According to this article, part of Starbucks appeal in the US is it’s cleanliness. Well, it’s different in the Philippines. Part of the [...]

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Copier Business

April 14, 2006

Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: BAHRAIN Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:01 am     Puede po bang humingi ng mga tips about starting a copier business? Gusto ko pong mag umpisa sa ganitong maliit na negosyo, say 1-2 copiers installed sa mga eskwelahan, but i need enough information on how to manage and [...]

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The Business Plan

April 8, 2006

“Mahal na Reyna,Nabasa ko po yong feasibility studies at business plan na reference ninyo na mas gusto mo na business plan ang tawag. Alin po ba talaga sa dalawa kasi kami po dito talagang feasibly studies ang tawag. Di ba eto yong binibigay sa bangko? Ano ang business plan? Eto po ang email ko: Carlo”Even [...]

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Manage apartment biz or quit?

April 4, 2006

“Dear: Mahal na Reyna, Hihingi lang po sana ako ng isang good advice galing sa inyo (as a mentor) kasi i like the way you give an advice your straight ang detailed. Here’s my story. I’m an OFW but we have an appartment business in the Phil,my parents are getting older ang they can’t improve [...]

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Bakery Strategy: Partnership

March 30, 2006

[quote]Quote: becoolini posted on 3/25/2006 15:36 hi to everyone! balak ko tumayo ng bakery..may gamit na kame pero la pa pwesto..ung mga gamit kase binili namin s family friend nmin kase aalis na sila ng pinas.ano po ba mgndang tip sa bakery busness?la pa kase kame pwesto eh..binili ko ung makina dahil balak ko nga [...]

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Market Positioning – response to Sho Ha Da

March 28, 2006

(From the gov.ph board, question posed to me by a certain Sho Ha Da and this is my response. He’s asking about Market Positioning.) Mahal na Reyna Elena, Naaliw naman ako sa iyo… b~klang b~kla kang magsulat… at an dami mong alam sa business, huh? yang qualities mo ang nilalapitan ng customers… bagay kang magbusiness…. [...]

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Starting a catering business

March 25, 2006

Ang kagandahan of getting into the catering business is that you don’t need any special education or training to become successful at hinding hindi na po kayo lilinya sa POEA. Kailangan nyo lang nang certain charisma at people skills at kumbaga woman’s intuition (oo na! man’s intuition na rin!) as to what people enjoy sa [...]

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Pano simulan Taxi Business?

March 16, 2006

O, Solomon, eto prehas to nong tinanong sakin ni Taz Mahal. Pano ba ako magsisimula nang taxi business. Ok, eto. Napakaimportante nitong sasabihin ko. Una, kelangan me taxi ka. He! He! He! Chika lang! Kaw naman! Kalesa? Tipid nga sa gas pero mahihirapan ka sa Edsa. Alam mo naman satin, andami daming binebentang kotse na [...]

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Opening a Starbucks sa Pinas

March 9, 2006

Anonymous said… hoy mga sisters – tama na ang bolahan. kidding!! I like this, may interaksiyon!! simulan na natin ang diskasyon ng business no. gusto ko ring magsimula ng business and this is a good way to get ideas. sa palagay ninyo ba kapag nagbukas ako ng coffee shop (ala starbucks) eh mag-hi-hit sa Pilipinas? [...]

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Opening an Internet Cafe

March 8, 2006

Ayan, for the most part, ang mga emails to me is all about the how’s of opening an internet cafe. Kaya eto na ho. Eto mga kabayan. Maupo kayo’t makinig sa lola nyo. The first thing that you need to do is market research. Wag kang matakot. Simple lang yan. Ang gawin mo, visit mo [...]

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Buying a Franchise

March 6, 2006

Kung talagang concerned ka sa mga risks involved nang isang start-up company o kaya, ayaw mo namang bumili nang negosyo dahil takot ka baka bulok namang yang binibili mo, well baka franchising ang best option para sayo. Pero tandaan mo, at dagdagan mo yang batong uukitin mo, dahil you still need hard work, dedication at [...]

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Buying a business

March 6, 2006

Alam ko, karamihan saatin dyan eh talagang gustong mag-run nang small business. Kaso mo, nawawalan na nang gana once na pinag-usapan na ang business plans, makikipag usap na sa mga investors, pati na mga legal issues na kasama nang pagbubukas nang isang start-up company. Kaya yong mga mahihina ang loob, karamihan, bumibili na lang nang [...]

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Ready ka na ba talaga?

March 6, 2006

Ang pagiging negosyante ba eh para sayo? Sa negosyo, walang guarantees. Wala talagang paraan para maalis mo ang mga risks na kasama pag nagsimula kang mag-negosyo. Pero – pwede mong i-improve ang chances mo na mag-succeed with good planning, tamang preparasyon at kaalaman. Evaluate mo muna ang mga strengths at weaknesses mo as potential owner [...]

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