Early this week, I had the opportunity to meet the future entrepreneurs and marketers of our country during the launching of the Junior Achievement Marketing Society. Through an invitation extended by Business World Philippines, I was able to share with the audience a short presentation on “How To Give Your Business an Online Presence”. Today, [...]

Being able to start your own business is always a great achievement, but it is also a difficult challenge, specially if you have no prior experience in entrepreneurship. Some of us may have the courage and the determination to go out and build a new venture. However, not everyone can afford the risk, have the [...]

It’s easy to say that you’ll try to save more money. But if you’re like me and most people out there, that’s really easier said than done. For years, I’ve had a hard time saving money until I learned that the key to it is to make a list of workable and concrete things that [...]

I had nothing much on my plate this weekend and so I decided to surf online and see if there’s anything interesting that I’d discover. True enough, a few minutes into my random internet journey, I stumbled upon The Holstee Manifesto. Holstee what? A manifesto, as the dictionary defines it, is a declaration of principles [...]

Starting a business can be tough, but I think nothing will ever be more difficult than putting up your very first venture. Without the advantage of experience, your tools are usually just textbook knowledge, observed wisdom and generous advise. So let me help you today by giving you one of those… generous advise. It was [...]

“Christmas is a time of forgiving and forced giving,” a friend jokingly tells me the other day. I can understand her frustration – and I think everyone can relate to that. Personally, I do believe that true friends won’t mind what gift you give them (or if you don’t give one at all) – because [...]

I have so many friends who went abroad to become an Overseas Filipino Worker. Even my brother is an OFW in the Middle East. Good thing there’s the internet, because with the help of social networking sites such as Facebook and web applications such as Skype, we are more connected with them than before. Indeed, [...]

During my first day in college, I wandered around the UP Shopping Center and found a nice bead bracelet which I bought to mark that new chapter in my life. A couple of years later, I did not fancy the bracelet anymore so I stopped wearing it but kept it in my dorm room desk [...]

This long weekend, in my opinion, is the real start of the Christmas season in the country. Christmas decors are already up almost everywhere, specially in malls. People don’t protest anymore when they hear Christmas songs on the radio. And of course, Christmas bazaars are now happening all around the metro. In fact yesterday, Friday, [...]

It’s going to be the holidays soon and for most Philippine households, it’s time once again to put up those decors and Christmas lights to brighten our homes. Unfortunately, with the longer nights and all those lights, our household electric bills could go up more than usual. Save for the fact that we might be [...]