This is the second part of this series. If you missed Part 1, then please go here first: Reasons For Expanding Your Business: Growing Your Business Part 1 Now that you’ve decided that you want to grow your business, what will be the challenges ahead? From experience, entrepreneurs are often faced with three obstacles when [...]

I always advise people to start small when putting up their own business for the first time. “Keep it simple so it would be easy to manage,” I’d say. Not only does this cost less, but it also gives new business owners the proper time to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset. Then after some time, usually [...]

Richard St. John was able to discover the Eight Traits of Successful People. But if you ask Angela Lee Duckworth, she will say there’s only one key to success – and that is GRIT. What is grit? And why is it so important to have it if you want to achieve your goals? Instead of [...]

I’m giving the “stage” today to a guest post from a good friend who is a patent lawyer in Australia. Louie talks about the importance of protecting the intellectual property of your business, but more importantly, making sure that yours is not violating any trademarks or IP’s of other businesses. If you’re up to date [...]

Yesterday, I went to the IMG Wealth Academy office in Makati to attend the official announcement of IMG’s newest product, the Philam Life Annual Term Life Insurance. One of IMG’s top mentors, Mr. Noel Arandilla, together with Philam Life’s top marketing executives discussed to us the features and highlights of this special term life insurance [...]

Most people change over time, some for the worse and some for the better. How a person changes depends on his or her decision. But I also believe that the circumstances that happen in one’s life is a big factor on affecting that change. For example, I’ve been out of the corporate world for ten [...]

I believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And the same principle goes for personal finance and investments. What I mean is… if you ask an insurance agent if you need life insurance, then you’ll probably get “Yes, you need it!” for a reply. Alternatively, if you ask a stock broker where’s [...]

The Philippines goes on holiday today for Labor Day, that special date when we all celebrate the contribution of workers to our economy and society. I honestly believe that without them, our country will fall down to its knees – that’s why I’d like to say thank you to all of them for helping our [...]

Hi everyone. Today, I’d like to introduce you to my latest project called 199Jobs 199Jobs is a marketplace where you can buy and sell services starting at 199 Philippine Pesos. It’s an online store, but instead of buying or selling tangible products – people can either sell their services, or hire someone to do a [...]

This is the story of Earl Crawley, a 69-year-old Baltimore parking lot attendant. He’s been working there for around 44 years. He’s dyslexic and is earning only a little over the minimum wage for employees in Maryland, United States. And yet, he owns a fully-paid house and a net worth of $500,000 (that’s roughly Php [...]