Personal finance coach, Randell Tiongson, will again be holding his annual Steps to Financial Peace Conference this May 18, 2012. It will happen from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Friday, about a couple of weeks from now at the Victory Greenhills Center, in San Juan City, Metro Manila. This year, he’ll be joined by [...]

Last week, January 26th, I attended the 2nd Lenddo meetup over at Jack’s Loft in Eastwood, Libis. It was my first time to meet the people of the Lenddo community, and I’m glad that I did. I’ve never been with a group before who are as hungry for financial knowledge as those I’ve met that [...]

By now, many of you are already aware of how typhoon Sendong (international code name: Washi) have severely ravaged the country, particularly Mindanao. A lot of relief efforts are now being done to help our countrymen in Iligan, Cagayan de Oro and other places in Southern Philippines. But it seems there’s still a lot of [...]

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, [...]

Money can’t buy happiness – that’s true. But I also believe that happiness is easier to find if you have money. Why? Because if you’re living your life without financial worries, then you can focus more on pursuing your personal dreams, you can spend more time with your loved ones and you are more empowered [...]

What are you afraid of? Snakes? Heights? Public speaking? In this video which I am sharing with you today, Josh Fraser from Boulder, Colorado talks about why you should fear staircases more than snakes. By using facts, humor and a lot of common sense, Josh points out the disparity between the things that scare us [...]

I have good news for everyone… We won as the Best Business Blog in the recently concluded Philippine Blog Awards 2010! And I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people behind the PBA 2010 for this great honor. This award is for all the readers, visitors, subscribers and Facebook fans whose support [...]

Please read the first half of this post at Business Lessons From Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs of 2010 Part 1. We now continue with the rest of the recipients of the Entrepreneur 10 Awards which was given last November 24, 2010 by Entrepreneur Magazine Philippines. I’ve already shared with you Myrna Bituin, Eduardo Cabantog, Carlos De [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to attend the Entrepreneur 10 Awards – an annual event by Entrepreneur Magazine Philippines that honors ten small to medium-scale entrepreneurs who have been able to reach great heights in their field of business for the year. Held at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Inter Continental [...]

You’ve probably already heard the news that Mang Inansal was bought by Jollibee for P3 billion – not bad for a food business venture that started with only P800,000 capital back in 2003. When I asked my friends several weeks ago on what they thought about this news, most of them said that while they [...]

Last weekend, I was in Iloilo for the Visayas Blogging Summit 2010 where I gave a talk on the “101 Ways To Make Money Through Blogging“. I’d like to share with you today a part of my presentation where I taught the audience the three things that a blogger must do if he really wants [...]

Ask anyone invested in the Philippine stock market today and they’ll probably give you a wide smile. Why? Because for the past few weeks, the PSEi has been very bullish and has in fact set a new record and broke the 4,000 resistance level. While the market seems to be approaching resistance now, some analysts [...]