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It’s the economy, stupid! (Paano na lang tayo?)

by reyna12 on October 1, 2007

Remember this famous line that catapulted Bill Clinton’s winning the US Presidency? My blog article today has got nothing to do with Bill Clinton, rather, I am truly disappointed by the never ending role of POEA as an eternal human resource department of the Philippines pushing Filipinos to work abroad and finding them jobs from all [...]

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A successful entrepreneur, alleged mastermind in the Manlapaz killing?

by reyna20 on June 3, 2007

In July 2, 2006, I had a blog entry trying to feature about successful entrepreneurs in the Philippines. I thought we need some role models. I picked up this supposedly successful entrepreneur – where else, but on the Entrepreneur Magazine in the Philippines. Here’s an excerpt of what I wrote:
Anita Buce started in business borrowing [...]

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Puto at kutsinta

by reyna11 on 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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Yunus, Yunus, Grameen, Grameen…

by reyna11 on October 22, 2006

As you can see, I am still inflicted by too much Yunusitis and Grameenichwavoyos-voyosnatchivnosky. It’s difficult to get rid of this yunusitis because just as good as it is, it’s interesting how he was able to manage the adversity and the negative advices he got from the banks that lending money to poor people is [...]

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Mohamad Yunus, Nobel Prize winner

by reyna11 on October 20, 2006

You have no idea what is happening to me! I am sooooo hooked into this Yunus! I know, I just posted news about him the other day and for the last 25 hours, I have been reading and goobling up every news and information about how he got started!
OMG! I can’t believe what he has [...]

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Microfinancing or Microlending

October 19, 2006

Microfinancing is in the news today, solely because of Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. And who is he? He is the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) 1984 awardee for Community Leadership who now this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner.
So what is Yunus guilty about? Read here… I am sure you will get an [...]

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Jared Isaacman: More of him

July 14, 2006

I noticed that?Jared Isaacman is?quite popular with all my readers. Here’s another article I found about this unbelievably smart and intelligent young guy.?You can find this article in this site: http://www.greensheet.com/industryleaders/jaredisaacman.html
Making the Most of His Time and Business
People often think that in order to be considered a leader in the industry, you must have several [...]

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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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Starbucks Voyage of Success

July 7, 2006

It starts out like the classic American entrepreneurial success story. Three college friends get together from time to time and talk about what kind of business they could start. In this case, the three friends were Zev Siegl, Gordon Bowker, and Gerald Baldwin. The business they decided to start was gourmet coffee. It gets interesting. [...]

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Anita Buce: Successful beverage distributor

July 2, 2006

Anita Buce started in business borrowing from neighborhood markets to stock her store. Her deft use of credit has served her in good stead, enabling her to become one of the top grossing beverage distributors in the country today. 
Anita Buce was not quite 16 and a junior high school student when she got married. While [...]

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The Jolibee Story

July 2, 2006

Tony Tan Caktiong’s Jollibee phenomenon is recognized globally as a shining example of entrepreneurship

It came as no surprise when Tony Tan Caktiong, president and CEO of Jollibee Foods Corporation, was voted the World Entrepreneur Of the Year 2004 by Ernst & Young. Just two months before bagging this prestigious award, Tan Caktiong was named the [...]

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Michael Dell: The Dormitory Millionaire

July 2, 2006

The story of Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Corp. reads like a business fairy tale. A college student, armed with nothing more than an idea that revolutionized the way computers were sold. Michael Dell, born in February 1965, in Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin. The idea was to become a doctor [...]

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Jared Isaacman

June 24, 2006

I have a lot of admiration for this guy?which is why I thought I would post excerpts of?his Inc. write-up here. It’s unbelievable how he?got so successful at a very young age. Check it out!?
Jared Isaacman started his credit card business in his?parents’ basement. Can you imagine? Now, it’s a $58 million credit-card processing firm.?
His [...]

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