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One entrepreneur at a time
Last week, I had 20 senior high school students from two public schools here in Metro Manila as guests in the RFM boardroom. The visit...
Sep 5, 2024


Womenpreneurs’ time to shine
We are on the cusp of change in our country’s economy. I say this because we now have a woman entrepreneur leading the Department of...
Aug 29, 2024


Cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset
I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the winners of the 2024 Go Negosyo Most Inspiring Microentrepreneurs Awards last month....
Aug 22, 2024


Past and present
Last week was meaningful in many ways, and it is only upon reflection that I realized how significant it was. Last Monday, exactly a week...
Aug 15, 2024


A winning streak for Filipino MSMEs
The President could not have picked a better person to lead the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) when he named Cristina...
Aug 8, 2024


Right words, right actions
When the President dropped the bombshell on banning POGOs at the tail end of his State of the Nation Address last week, he quickly...
Aug 1, 2024


The state of the nation’s MSMEs
Today will be President Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address and I will be following the events from Bali, where I flew this...
Jul 25, 2024


Celebrating the Filipino entrepreneur
This week has been a whirlwind of activities. We celebrated MSME Development Week together with the Department of Trade and Industry and...
Jul 18, 2024


If you fight for your dreams, your dreams will fight for you
I had been traveling again last month, and one of the stops we made as a family was to Fontainebleau, near Paris, France. My daughter...
Jul 11, 2024


Birthday thoughts and wishes
I spent my birthday last week with the people who matter most to me: my family. All that time, I kept receiving warm greetings that just...
Jul 4, 2024


Travel content creation and Philippine tourism
The week brought me an unexpected birthday gift. It is the happy news on two fronts which are foremost on my agenda these days: jobs and...
Jun 27, 2024


Helping workers through upskilling and entrepreneurship
Poverty is often tied to low wages. Every administration has had to grapple with the problem of labor and wages. It’s a tough balancing...
Jun 20, 2024


A good partnership
Sometimes, life-changing encounters can come from unexpected places. Go Negosyo is participating in the ongoing LIKHA fair, where our...
Jun 13, 2024


A passion to serve
As someone who runs a company started by my grandfather and nurtured to growth by my father, I have been fortunate to see firsthand the...
Jun 6, 2024


Public-private sector collaboration for Filipino workers
On the day we held our commitment signing for the Trabaho Para sa Bayan: J.O.B.S. (Job Opportunities Building Skills) initiative of the...
May 30, 2024


Powering Philippine growth and prosperity through tourism
There were more than a thousand attendees at the Tourism Summit 2024 last Monday, majority of them MSMEs. They came to learn about the...
May 23, 2024


The goldmine that is Philippine tourism
I have said it time and again, and I will not tire of saying it: the Philippines has so much to offer the traveler. There is so much...
May 16, 2024


Carrying on Joecon’s legacy in the Asean
Who knew a business meeting would elicit deep emotions? I’ve been to more business meetings and conferences than I can count, and each...
May 9, 2024


An alliance for prosperity and food security
What a fruitful meeting that was in Kuala Lumpur. In the space of a few days, we were shown the potential of region-wide agriculture...
May 2, 2024


Taking the first steps towards an Asean Food Security Alliance
In the face of climate change and the realization of how fragile our global food supply chains are, I think it is high time we took the...
Apr 25, 2024
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