More entrepreneurs eye franchising to grow businesses

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/29/2018

MORE homegrown businesses are exploring the possibility of franchising out their products — an opportunity which also opened doors to expanding overseas. Rudolf Kotik, founder of RK Franchise Consultancy Inc., said some of their client-businesses have been…

MSME entrepreneurs’ target: P5M revenues in 11-day run

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/14/2018

    IT’S SINULOG TRADE FAIR The 79 micro, small and medium-scale enterprise (MSME) entrepreneurs, who are participating in this year’s Sinulog Trade Fair, are targeting to hit P5 million in revenues for the trade fair’s 11-day…

Entrepreneurs urged: Explore opportunities in Halal market

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/05/2017

Local entrepreneurs are encouraged to cash in on the huge global market for Halal products. Director Ma. Elena Arbon of the Department of Trade and Industry-Cebu (DTI-Cebu) made this call as she cited the estimated 10 million…

Presidential adviser’s call: Bring back PPP

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/01/2017

THE government should strengthen its relationship with the country’s private sector, starting with bringing back Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the implementation of big-ticket infrastructure projects. This was the call made by Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III, presidential…

If only

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/27/2017

Lulu Trinidad Ocampo exudes that energetic “can do” spirit that has made her elegant “Bags for Life” enterprise a life-changer for many in our communities. It was exciting to see her again and her eye-catching hand-painted bags,…

P3 offers soft loans for micro entrepreneurs

Intern 05/31/2017

  THE Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI-7) announced on Wednesday the nationwide roll out of Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3). P3 is a lending program initiated by President Rodrigo Duterte for micro…

Startups urged: Be exporters

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/29/2017

Entrepreneurs told to avail of DTI program to help them export their products More start-up businesses were encouraged to take steps to become full-fledged exporters as the export industry is expected to experience a rebound this year,…

31 entrepreneurs to undergo DTI’s Mentor Me program

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/13/2017

THIRTY-one local entrepreneurs will learn new concepts, ideas and practices that can help improve their businesses from other successful entrepreneurs and business experts in the second round of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Cebu’s…

Adapt investor mindset Firm to Cebuanos: Invest in stock market

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/05/2017

Banking on the growth potential of the Cebuano market, a brokerage firm is primed to beef up its campaign to educate more people here to adapt to an investor mindset. Michelle Ungco, assistant vice president of UTrade…

DTI: Micro fund program to pilot run this month

PR 01/13/2017

FOLLOWING President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to replace the “5-6” money lending system and provide an affordable micro-financing for the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the government’s Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3) program pilots this…

Corruption in government

Editorial 10/17/2016

So what else is new about the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed about 63 percent of Filipino entrepreneurs convinced that corruption is rampant in the country? The survey results which covered the February to May…

Collab between gov’t, creative sector needed to uplift arts and culture — expert

Dominic D. Yasay 10/16/2016

THE creative sectors and the government are the very propagators of a community’s arts and culture. As such, both have to maintain a strong collaboration and work together in making arts and culture become an asset that can…

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