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Joseph Calata: Trial-and-Error Billionaire

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:19:16 +0800

"It was definitely trial-and-error but I wanted to prove that it could be done with patience and determination. I asked myself, ‘Will I end up working in this store, merely giving change for animal...

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Top Online Classified Ads in Philippines (2012)

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:02:38 +0800

We had a poll on the top e-commerce sites in the Philippines. That was years ago. Some websites in the list are gone and new online classified ads have surfaced. The increased spending on TV...

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Lending: From the Creditors' Point of View

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:12:32 +0800

There seems to be a consensus that certain practices of some credit card collection agencies go beyond what is fair and reasonable, something which is officially recognized when no less than the...

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Duty of Filipinos in Economic Diplomacy

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:11:56 +0800

"The platform of the President is to address poverty alleviation and the creation of employment through good governance. What is the role of the DFA? In our relations with all nations, we are...

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Poll: Government-Mandated Wage Increase

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:39 +0800

A number of regional wage boards already approved an increase in the minimum wage rates. As noted in our primer on the process of fixing the minimum wage in the Philippines, the regional wage boards...

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Franchising Scams: Investors Beware

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:26:23 +0800

Franchising is a good option for first-time Filipino investors or those who have absolutely no experience in starting and running a business venture. Some say it's an entrepreneurial alliance between...

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Dig a New Money-Well Before the Existing One Dries Up

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:22:15 +0800

Entrepreneurs deal with opportunities, drawing water from the [money]well until it's empty. The well may be full or half-full today. Many times, however, entrepreneurs don't know if and when the...

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FexEx CEO Fred Smith: Trust and Reputational Intelligence

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:51:43 +0800

". . . what we call reputational intelligence is particularly important in our organization because at the end of the day we're essentially selling trust. People give us some of the most important...

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PayPal Account Confirmation Scam

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:01:17 +0800

Pinoy Entrepreneurs engaged in online business usually have a number of online payment platforms. One standard mode of payment is credit card. Another payment platform is PayPal. It's no wonder,...

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Support an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:30:36 +0800

Budget airlines don't care much about customer complaints, we read somewhere, because passengers will always come back when low price is involved. Even if a number of passengers do refuse to stick to...

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5 Business Lessons We May Learn from The Hulk (and the Avengers)

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:24:26 +0800

There must be a reason why The Avengers movie (2012) hogged all cinema houses on opening day and long ticket lines still exist a week after. It would appear that this will be one successful movie....

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Farm Boy to Billionaire: Darwin Deason

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:43:55 +0800

A farm boy left home with just $50. Now he's a certified billionaire. We love a rags-to-riches story. It's a source of inspiration, something which fans the hope, for Pinoy Entrepreneurs who were not...

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What Does Labor Day Mean to You?

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:14:16 +0800

Today, May 1, the Philippines celebrates Labor Day. The celebration should mean something because everyone is 'involved' in Labor Day. For one, it's a national holiday in the Philippines so that ...

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Why the Philippines is Poor

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:17:22 +0800

(This is article, attributed to Dr. Arsenio Martin, is doing the email rounds. We posted an article along the same topic [Why Many Filipinos are Poor] but we couldn't arrive at the root. This does...

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Labor Day (1 May 2012) is a Holiday, 30 April 2012 is Not

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:59:37 +0800

Additional holidays within the year shall be added from time to time, we noted in our list of 2012 official holiday. May 1 is Labor Day, obviously a national holiday celebrated throughout the...

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Export and Industry Bank under Receivership by BSP

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:30:01 +0800

The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced that the Monetary Board, through MB Board Resolution No. 686 dated 26 April 2012, placed the Export and Industry Bank, Inc. (EIB) under receivership on...

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Necessary Change and Dead Links

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:56:14 +0800

There are a lot of dead link , a sudden change that you must have noticed starting last weekend. Dead links, for those who don't know, are links in the articles or anywhere in Pinoy-Business.com that...

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Be a Billionaire: What Sector of Economy to Pursue

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:16:33 +0800

There are many lists of rich people. One such list is Forbes' annual list of billionaires in the world. It's dizzying to see the wealth amassed by these billionaires (that's in US$). We have a number...

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Philippine Business Registry (PBR) Launched by DTI in QC

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:09:44 +0800

Starting a business in Quezon City is made faster and more convenient with the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) now available at Quezon City Hall.

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School Projects and Student Entrepreneurs

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:51:15 +0800

We've come across a number of stories involving students turning their university thesis or school projects into business success. We didn't get to etch those stories here (so members of the Pinoy...

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New Telephone Credit Card Scam

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:56:15 +0800

Received this email regarding a credit card scam. We've noted a number of scam and schemes, including top internet scams which include phishing and identity theft. You may have encountered this modus...

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Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES)

pinoy.entrepreneurs@gmail.com (Fred Pamaos) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:49:50 +0800

Reduce your manpower expense and at the same time help the community. Is that possible? The answer is "yes". There's currently a lot of interest on the Special Program for the Employment of...

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