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2011-08-16T21:45:00.003+08:00

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UNKNOWN is the Top 3 Mobile OS in Philippines

2011-06-24T09:13:00.000+08:00

Based on the data StatCounter Global Stats, UNKNOWN is the 3rd most-used mobile OS Filipinos use. This makes me wonder if 'unknown' refers to the celphones we call 'China phones.' If yes, then I guess it shows how big a market the 'China phones' are, and somehow, in a way proves that China phones work.

Top 8 Mobile OSs in Philippines 2008-2011

What does the stat say?
* There is 'money' in unsexy stuff like 'unknown.' Willie Revillame probably knows this that's why he has 'Wil Phone' (by Cherry Mobile) coming.

* It seems Android has still a lot of catching up to do in also in Philippines.
* If we make a story out of the graph, it can be that a typical Pinoy like me wants an iPhone, but since it's too expensive, the Pinoy will just pick what is very familiar to him like a Nokia phone or go to the least expensive one (China phones) in the hope that soon he can save up for an iPhone.
* Android, if you want to get a foothold of the Philippines, you know who to get.

Tumbly - Tumblr Client for Symbian (Nokia) Touch Mobile Phones Made Possible by a Filipino

2011-05-19T08:27:00.000+08:00

And, it is brought to you by a Filipino from down south Davao, Philippines -- Loell Anthony Erecre. Tumbly is not Loell's first applications but those will be for other posts.

Tumbly - a native symbian client for Tumblr

I really have not much to say about the application since I do not have a Nokia touch. I got an old boring E71. But nevertheless, I'm excited that tumblr in Nokia is created by a Pinoy. Tumblr is like facebook and twitter, which are available in all mobile OS except Symbian. And, now it's on Nokia, and it's made possible by a Filipino. Delightcious!

You can find a 'more detailed' post about Tumbly at my yet another blog -- phmobileapps.com. Tumbly is free for download at the Nokia Ovi Store (which will be renamed soon?) - http://store.ovi.com/content/119525.

FanPic with Jojo Flores - Co-founder & VP Operation of Plug and Play Tech Center

2011-05-12T08:21:00.000+08:00

As always, I am late in posting. Last March 23, 2011, Jojo Flores, who co-founded Plug and Play Tech Center which is a California-based incubator, presented 'Start up, Take a Pitch.' In the beginning, before they become Plug and Play Tech, they their business was more of a realty business. It was started by Saeed Amidi who is more in the merchandising industry. They have a garage-kind of building in the Silicon Valley where they had and have it rented out. It just happens that most of the people who came and come to rent their places where doing tech and web products. As such, the place somehow became a mecca of people building mostly web-based products / services.

With a roster of successful (and not able to make it) start up teams starting from Plug and Play incubator, aside from getting space from them, start up teams can also get mentorship from the other existing and alumni incubators, and networking among others. PayPal and eBay were among the popular web companies that stayed there when they started (these are just what I can remember from the companies mentioned by Jojo Flores). They also have a roster of products that started from them which are then acquired by bigger companies like Google, and such.

For a more detailed story about Plug and Play Tech Center, and their start-up story, you can check this Mixergy interview of Saeed Amidi from CastRoller -- click here.

My fanpic with Jojo Flores.

This Friday (May 13, 2011), there will be a meetup, Learn about setting up a company, which will be held at CEDF-IT place. The talk will be given by Atty. Janjan Perez, IT Law Specialist. Please join us, and let me have a fanpic with you. =)

Fanpic with iOS TeachMate App Developer

2011-04-30T15:03:00.000+08:00

The best thing about my new work is being surrounded with 'cool' people -- people who design and build stuff. They can already be more than enough subjects for my (make-believe) start-up stories.

So below's a pic with Lord Norlan Mumar, who co-founded ui + code with his programmer wife -- geek couple huh! Being Mac geeks, ui + code will be about fun iPhone / iPod Touch utility applications.

Their first iOS application released is Teach Mate. It's for teachers. So for those looking what to gift their teachers, you must get them this app. You can find more details about TeachMate at my phmobileapps blog (girls can not have too many shoes, and so is I with blogs).

with Lord Norlan Mumar & TeachMate

Why an iPhone / iPod touch application for teachers? That is probably for another post. But I'm guessing is that because they, Norlan and his wife, had and have been in the academia.

Kuyi Mobile Infographic -- It's iOS Apps Downloads & Revenues

2011-04-27T11:44:00.000+08:00

Infographic showing iOS apps downloads and sales statistics is nothing new but viewing an infographic of a Filipino mobile developer is very interesting because it is something close to us, and in a way inspiring. And, the more interesting thing about is that it is a one-man team, Erick Garayblas.

via digitalsinigang.blogspot.com

From the infographic, something I learned:
* You can not put ads on free iOS applications
* So a good way to market your other apps via free apps is to create your own free apps -- make sense?

PH Start-up is a Fairy Tale

2011-04-26T05:11:00.003+08:00

I have to put this quick update after I got the following mention on an article of Piclyf/Eric Su on the The Next Web Asia. This place has been quiet for some time, not that any one cares. But I got busy with a start-up whirlwind romance, then moved on and get busy starting on a new 'day job.'

The Filipino startup community
I first asked Eric about the startup community in the Philippines, which he told me is very fragmented. There are a bunch of folks in Manila who are trying to sustain one with regular meetups like Roofcamp, and blogs like StartupPhilippines.com. The city of Cebu is also undergoing a fantastic birth of one, mainly through the efforts of Caresharing co-founder, Marc Buenconsejo, and his wife Rose, who is also the editor of Techboba.com. There are actually some fantastic startups like InSync, Infinite.ly and Cashcashpinoy but the problem is that most of these Filipino founders aren’t actively helping foster a community.

via thenextweb.com

Since I'm mentioned in an article about 'The Filipino Start-up Community' so I though of putting down my thoughts about start-up in the Philippines.

* All I can say is that start-up in Philippines is like a FAIRY TALE -- happy endings only happen in the book. In start-up case, happy endings only happen in Silicon Valley... And, just like in fairy tales, they key to success in PH startup is to foolishly believe in it (my best shot at trying to be poetic about it=)).

* I'm really sick and tired listening of comparing the start-up in Philippines to Silicon Valley. I guess aside from the programming language, there is no eeny weeny comparison between the two. So let's stop the disillusion of having the Silicon Valley start-up culture/environment here. My point is that it's like planting an apple tree in the dessert, I no longer know how to finish this line. But I don't mean to discourage us from creating start-ups, it's just let's not get frustrate of why we cannot have the Silicon Valley because we're not Silicon Valley. New York even wonder why they cannot get the Silicon Valley style of start-up so how much is the Philippines which is like 360 degrees away from the Valley.

* If Filipinos can unite for Edsa 1 to x, there's no reason why we cannot rally for a start-up effort. It's just a matter of pushing the right button in us but that's the big question -- what is the right button.

This is getting boring so I'll end here.

Anyhoo, I hope I'll be able to make some noise again here the soonest (until I get a grip of all the changes and such) to make up start-up fairytale stories, create my own imaginary start-up world, until the right buttons will be discovered.

PicLyf #478 - The VERSION 1.0

2011-03-15T19:48:00.002+08:00

My First Pic via Piclyf ver 1.0. Reminiscing my First Post of it,Twidl.it times, http://bit.ly/hogxHy. =)

My Comments: Philippine Web Awards Finalist - ARTS AND PORTFOLIO Category

2011-03-11T08:26:00.002+08:00

This is the world wide web, and not just any world wide web, it is the PHILIPPINE web, so let's have some LOLZ.

Arts and Portfolio
* http://www.metromaniladirectory.com/ -- Why would a directory be part of this category?

* http://www.philippineartawards.org/ -- Typical of an 'artist' website, it uses dark tones. Why do most artists like dark colors?

* http://www.bridalbook.ph/ -- so so... It looks like since there is no wedding / bridal category, they thought of just placing it here.

* http://www.dottystylecreative.com/ -- Their home page clearly indicates their agency is located in Sydney, Australia. Duh, it's Philippine Web Awards.

* http://www.jeffsimonsdesign.com/ -- My 2nd bet.

* http://www.projectskyrocket.com/ -- Their website looks like it came out from one of Smashing Magazine's featured site. And, they have a tagline that sounds like Carsonified.

* http://www.manilafinancialcenter.com/ -- What does a financial website got to do with 'Arts & Portfolio'? Worse, it has this 'running' text at the very top of the page.

* http://www.manilasky.com/ -- It looks like this service provider created the other 2 nominees in this category. The best feature of their site is the rotating globe / earth at the top left -- it reminds me of the old Internet Explorer. And, yes, their home page has literally a sky, not only a sky but a moving sky.

From the looks of it, even this poopoo-looking site techboba can be a nominee of this category. There are still a lot of categories that needs my commentary, but they will to follow, if I have nothing better to do and if I need some comedy.

NowShowing.ph is Now Showing

2011-03-10T17:07:00.001+08:00

After one week of announcement of NowShowing.ph's beta launch, it is now live according to Jason Torres' facebook status.

Their search shows Cebu cinemas right away, that's sweet.

I like that you can find quick links to most important details about the movie by hovering on it.

Then, details open on the same page.

If you're a movie buff, I know you would love NowShowing.ph -- better bookmark it now.

Piclyf: Our Story by Eric Su

2011-03-06T22:11:00.001+08:00

I've known Piclyf way back Twidl.it times. A few would ask why I keep on using Piclyf when there are other picture-sharing tools. The thing is I'm not really much into the product, but of the Piclyf team, the people behind the product. It's rare that you can find people here that are courageous enough to go against all odds.

So it was nice to see one of the co-founders, Eric Su, in live talking about Piclyf -- the product, their team, and their story. I'd done a short rough interview of him some time ago, which you can find here.

Most of us only know about start-ups when they're no longer start-ups, which, for me, is just the tip/ending of the story. The real story is when they're still yet to be discovered. So below, you can view the video of Eric Su talking about Piclyf's story, taken during the last meetup, and find out how they were able to survive with only one-week worth of cash for the their start-up team.

I'm sorry for the crappy quality, and I was not able to finish the whole talk since I ran out of batt. You can also find below a (incomplete) video of Eric Su's The Startup Game.

You can check the following links for Eric's slide presentation used during the meetup.
* The Startup Game
* Startup Tips

NowShowing.ph -- Upcoming Web and iPhone App

2011-03-03T07:20:00.000+08:00

Based on the blurb on their beta launching site, NowShowing.ph is a way for you to discover new movies, get the perfect schedule, and stay updated with upcoming titles. I'm thinking it's kind of ClicktheCity and SureSeats.

NowShowing.ph is a ProudCloud product according to Jason Torres' tweets, which then I assumed that Jason is one of the developers of it.

Haybol.ph -- an interactive Philippine Real Estate Listing

2011-03-01T06:42:00.001+08:00

Haybol.ph is a Philippine real estate search tool. Or, if you have a property for leasing or selling, then you can post it on Haybol.ph for free. It's a web-based application so you can do all the listing online by yourself.

It has a ready set of forms online so you will be guided when making your listing.

If you are looking for a real estate properties -- house, building, lots, etc -- to buy or rent, Haybol.ph can help you with that. You might ask, "so what, I can do it in other classified ads sites or listing sites?" It integrates Google maps. What I like with Haybol.ph is that it gives me the different listings in an area in one view. This can free the buyers / renters from the hassle of having to scour the whole area just to find different available properties.

Haybol.ph is free for both seller / leaser and buyer / looker of properties so go and register for an account, and start checking in your property listings.

It is co-founded by Edge Dalmacio. And, it's incubated by Orange & Bronze, a Filipino-owned software development firm.

Photo shows CEO and co-founder of Orange & Bronze Software Labs (O&B) Calen Martin Legaspi (3rd from left), gesturing as he fields a question from the media during the company’s formal launch at the O&B headquarters in Makati City. Looking on are (from left): O&B developer and online search site haybol.ph co-founder Edge Dalmacio, O&B chief technology officer and co-founder Butch Landingin and O&B head of consulting services Mike Mallete.

via newsbytes.ph

This Shirt Will Soon Be Inked By the Piclyf Founder

2011-02-23T12:57:00.000+08:00

See you later at Exist Techbar for the meetup, details here.

by Eric Su of Piclyf

Meetup: Web designers & developers meet & greet!

2011-02-20T21:22:00.000+08:00

Before another meetup, The Startup Game by Eric Su, will take event this Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2010), here are some pics of the previous meetup, Web designers & developers meet & greet by Albert Balbutin Jr.

with Albert

with Mark Yap and his team working on money remittance platform

finly got to have a pic with Vernon Go, president of Cebu Bloggers Society

Cebu's Startup Community Getting Hotter

2011-02-07T00:51:00.000+08:00

Before the 3rd meetup will happen, I just have to do a quick post about the first of the meet-up series this year 2011 in Cebu, Business of Software Startup and Challenges of Building One Locally. This first meet-up of 2011 was headed by Mark, who is my husband, so I'm not going to talk much about that part.

Instead, I'll talk and show you a few of the interesting people I met on that event, who, I bet, will have a big role in shaping up the Startup community culture here in Cebu. I missed on a lot of the other people who were there -- will make up on the next meet-ups.

Ms. Pauline Wade
She heads the newly opened incubator (co-working space) facility here in Cebu, UP Cebu DOST-TBI. The incubator facility in UP Cebu is all set-up, the only piece missing is you -- the rockstars, your idea, and your passion.

Jun Saa
He is the Executive Director of Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology.

Marvis Sanchez
There's a long personal story behind that, but I will not bore you with that. But he and Mark had been working for different software projects before -- Cleverlearn/Bigfoot, LearningToGo, and there were more I can no longer recall the names.

Marvis, Mark, Harm

Carebears - the instant crow

Paolo, Engwan, Jean, Poy (half)

Harm Rietjens

Harm shared his view about Cebu / Philippines, how he came here, and founded Caresharing here in Cebu.

Jesslee Cuizon
The fresh-from-Japan programmer I met via twitter. Thank you for coming.

Albert Padin & Spelldial Team
Spelldial is a new way of dialing a call. It's a Cebu-based start-up team.

Albert Padin

Me & Albert

Spelldial girl, Nicole, Albert, Me, Honee (of Etroduce)

Ademar Tutor & Odina Abellana

The hunk and chick hackers of Etroduce. I'm part of this team. I will invite you soon, you know who you are. =)

Dave Overton & Kevin Leversee

They are the people behind Sym.ph -- solutions provider built on trust. Dave is also involve with Glory Reborn Organization -- an NGO that provides maternity care.

Dave and Kevin gave a talk

Dave

Kevin

Paolo Lim & Jimbo Cortes

Paolo and Jimbo founded codecampr. And, wheedly is their first web application built.

with Jimbo

Paolo's presentation

Ian Bert Tusil & Stephen Paul Suarez

Both founded Next Sparks Studios, Co. They're currently working on iTropa (formerly GroupsMe) -- a web and SMS-based group-collaboration tool.

Ian

Ian and Paul

Ian Zafra

We all probably know him best with his band, Sheila and the Insects. But little did I know that he also create music for mobile apps.

Lia Doria

The wedding coordinator turned start-up meetup organizer.

Ademar and Leah

You can check few more pictures here. There were a lot of people I totally missed out on documenting. I totally felt bad about it. But anyhoo, I will try to do my best of documenting each one for the upcoming meet-ups. This series of meetups was started by Tina Amper, who is remotely organizing meet-ups here in Cebu.

To be updated with Cebu start-up meetups, you can check Tech Talks from Cebu and Beyond meetup group. I'd love to see you in one of the meetups.

Crowdder -- realtime crowdsourcing via SMS

2011-02-05T20:10:00.000+08:00

Crowdder is a real-time crowdsourcing via SMS. From my own understanding, it's something like doing a market research survey. Crowdder has a pool of crowd / panel, then businesses can use Crowdder to do survey for products and such. The results are more immediate since the survey will be conducted via SMS.

To get a feel of this service, check the following video and slide.

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Start-up = No Life = insanely FUN

2011-01-18T06:07:00.001+08:00

I started being part of a team working on web / mobile product last week of December, 2011. Thus, I can hardly find time to update this blog because I have to be 'living' the so-called 'start-up life.'

I started working with only one person in the team, the hacker chick, Odina whose secret to not sleeping is Cobra Energy drink. (Sorry, too lazy to rotate this.)

Then, it grew because Odina needs a partner so she can get some sleep. She might overdosed with Cobra Energy drink just to finish the whole thing.

And, since it grew. The team was on the haunt for a bigger place.

at some high-rise building =)

UP Cebu Incubator Space

at the condo

at some cozy place (condo)

But then no place is ready to take us in, we have to go back to the Carebears foster home. =)

Leah the foster mother. at Mr. Moon's turf

getting cozy

And, from then on, it's crazy fun (mostly crazy for them?)! =) I should have a picture of John's helicopter. =)

Fan Pic with Eddie Lee of Buyanihan

2011-01-18T05:36:00.000+08:00

I, together with a few friends, attended the Buyanihan launching last January 10, 2011 at Crown Regency. It was a brief and intimate gathering, which I like.

I had talk about Buyanihan here and here. So I'll just present to you my fan pic with Eddie Lee, the CIO / founder of Buyanihan.

Mockaroo Alpha -- Turn your mockups into websites in minutes

2011-01-02T06:38:00.001+08:00

Mockaroo is a web-based application for turning your static mock-ups of your web application or site to a dynamic one, giving it a look and feel of the finished product minus the 10,000 hours of coding.

"Mockaroo adds links to your mockup layouts (napkin doodles allowed) to let you create a prototype in minutes. Instead of coding your prototype in HTML and CSS, Mockaroo is the more effortless way of getting your idea in prototype mode. Actually, it's only a three-step process:

Upload your mockup images ("Home page", "Dashboard", etc.)

Add links to navigate between mockups

Invite your collaborators to view and critique your site"

via mockaroo.com

You can check a demo of Mockaroo in action here.

Mockaroo is a product of Percolait, a UI design and prototype development for startups shop, founded by a Filipino rails developer and designer Bobby Santiago.

aloo.ph -- the First Location-Based Social Site in Philippines is Back

2011-01-02T05:34:00.002+08:00

Something was missing me ha. Apps now miss me.

Seriously, aloo.ph is now back, ready to serve your location check-ins. And, also local business establishments or international businesses who wants to make an online visibility more targeted at the Filipino netizens, aloo.ph will be a good booster. Just a quick note, the top 3 most checked-in location categories are:

* Restaurants with 458 check-ins which make it way on the top. This shows how much we Pinoys love to eat. =)

* Schools with 92 check-ins

* Coffee Shops with 70 check-ins

The least number of check-ins at 6 but totally surprises me that people do bother to check-in this place -- Smoking Area.

This new year, let's make our first check-in on aloo.ph. One feature they added on this 're-opening' is 'I'll be here' which can let you check-in advance, a good way to inform your friends in advance where you heading.

And, it also comes with a mobile web version so you can check-in via your phone.

The aloo.ph is created by 2 Filipinos: the founder and 'wannabe actor' Brian Dimarucot (seriously he is good looking add to his LBS application) and Arvi Acuzar as the overall lead developer.

Find me here http://aloo.ph/profile/owrange even if you do not care. =)

The Japanese Robot Maker I Met

2010-12-22T23:39:00.002+08:00

Gen Ito

I met him via Philippine Android Community online. He's an Android developer who happens to be on tour, and his first stop is Cebu, Philippines.

He also create robots for hobby. His robot is somewhere in the picture (sorry, I don't understand a thing from this Jap site http://jp.makezine.com/blog/2010/11/mtm06_announce.html). Ain't that cool! =)

He'll be here for 3 weeks in Cebu, Philippines. One thing I realized is that, I guess, Android enthusiast / developers is almost non-existent in Cebu. If you are interested to learn Android from him, you can check him out at http://twitter.com/itog_.

Insynchq.com is on Top Recently Installed Apps of 2010

2010-12-21T17:52:00.001+08:00

Top Recently Installed Apps of 2010

Manymoon

Insightly

Zoho CRM

Aviary Design Suite

Mavenlink

Outright

MailChimp

RapidTask

Insync

myERP.com

via googleenterprise.blogspot.com

Insync, created by a team of Filipinos headed by Terence Pua, just launched last September 2010, and they are now in Top 10 Recently Installed Apps of 2010 in Google Apps Marketplace. This can be a signal of a great 2011 for the Philippines regarding technology and startup in general.

GroupsME -- collaborate via mobile phone

2010-12-21T09:46:00.002+08:00

GroupsME's tagline is "Empowering people to collaborate as a group through mobile." So it's mainly a mobile application. They launched first the SMS-based version of it, and I believe they will be later on releasing a mobile web version, and probably a native client for different mobile OS.

The gist of it is that GroupsME will provide you and your group, organization, businesses or whatever association you have a one unique number. So you no longer need to get all your members / friends mobile number, and so the other members of your group just so you can update each other via text / sms. Every one in the group can just text that one number, and all members who are registered to that group number will receive the message.

Following is just a sample that it works. Sorry, it's such a crappy screenshot from a mobile phone. But anyhoo, you can check GroupsME at http://groupsme.nsparks.com/ and use it for your fan club, businesses, and movements.

You can also use it for marketing -- you can send updates to your clients in one go. Then, it can be also a branding to your business since you have that unique number. And, then develop / create a bond with your customers with quick personal updates.

It also has a corresponding web app. I'll just share the public view of it. You can simply sign up a Groupsme account, and you can see how it works.

GroupsME is developed by Next Sparks (NSparks), a software start-up based in Cebu, Philippines. The main guys are Ian Bert Tusil and Stephen Paul Suarez.

Ian (yellow shirt) and Paul

Over a quick chat, I asked them how did they come up with GroupsME. And, the first answer they blurted out is that they just wanted to do something cool. They just develop their 'first' version for a month, so I believe they're that cool.

I've known Ian years back, and back then he was into e-commerce web apps so I'm kind of surprise as to why he's now doing mobile. Well, I guess some people just wanted to do cool stuff. I guess, without them knowing, they're on the track since, as the statistics God say, mobile is now the new black.

fan pic

UP Cebu-DOST TBI -- co-working space & support system for your ideas and start-ups

2010-12-20T02:16:00.003+08:00

Last Thursday, I got a chance to visit the new Cebu Business Incubator for IT (CebuinIT), a UP Cebu-DOST TBI (Technology Business Incubator) project. I sat in the discussion of the incubator manager, a start-up enthusiast, and market entry guy -- they are all veterans. So I, somehow, was able to listen to 3 different point of views about ideas, innovation, team building, start-up, passion, culture and such. There are too many things I realized from that visit but let me keep this post to the facility first.

For spaces, UP Cebu-DOST TBI has cubicle spaces and room type. The cubicle type is already way spacious for a start-up (me thinkgs). They're located inside the campus of UP Cebu, Philippines.

Cubicle: 5 sq.m area per cubicle

The 'room type' is like a size of a classroom. My classrooms back in college is below the UP TBI so I'm quite familiar with the size.

Room type: Each unit range from 17.17 to 34.34 sqm

The UP Cebu-DOST TBI is a wifi zone, has a service center for your printing, faxing, copying needs, a pantry area, shower and all the amenities to spoil you. =)

Their facility which you can use for co-working is very affordable. The cubicle starts at P1,500 / month, the room type starts at P 10k / month but best to contact them because I believe they have different rates depending on your project. But before you can use their facility, please note that they are quite strict on who to accept. They mostly cater to start-ups or individuals who are still in the 'incubation stage' of their projects.

Question: What is the concept of your Pre-Incubation Program? How can we qualify?

Answer: Pre Incubation Program is offered to those qualified start-ups and will be allowed to occupy a cubicle and avail of the services/consultation free of charge for 3 to 6 months, upon approval of the business concept and other requirements.

Entrance criteria to the pre-incubation program is the submission of a feasibility study or description of the business concept/idea to be approved by the advisory committee, entitling the proponent to a maximum stay of 3 months.

Submission of a business plan and feasibility study (if not submitted already) for an additional extension of 3 months.

via cebuinit.org

I believe whoever has experienced being in a start-up, you already know what's the importance of having an access to this kind of facility. Aside from being able to save from the space rental fees, it can provide you a place to exchange ideas with other people. Plus, UP Cebu-DOST has a pool of supportive experienced advisers you can take advantage of.

Being able to work with your team in one place helps in building a good relationship with your mates which can be more important than your product. With a good team bond/spirit, it can mean you can easily jump from one failed product to another (yes, that is reality.).

And, being located in a University campus, it means you have an easy access to community of users (very very important from my POV) and possible additional members to your team.

The facility (think of apartment in Social Network movie), pool of advisors and possible investors are all laid out to you by UP Cebu-DOST TBI. According to Ms. Pauline Wade (Incubator Manager), they are well-supported both from government agencies and private sectors. Now, the only piece missing is you and your idea. With all things in place, you can now go crazy with your idea as you have a very good support system at your back.

Me, Ms. Wade, Mark, John taking the pic =)

I'm very excited for this because it means I have more tech stars to fan and cheer. =)