How do you raise a $2.1 Million Series A round during a pandemic? In this episode, Ronster welcomes back Ray Refundo of Qwikwire. Ray will share how they were able to get massive traction to close out 2019 and get a lead investor. However, things fell apart in 2020 because of the pandemic and Ray will share how they were able to bounce back and get the Series A round closed. He will also share what's in store for Aqwire in this episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustleshare.co...
Nov 29, 2020•45 min•Season 4Ep. 111
How is Kahon.ph changing how space and storage is done in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Nick Padilla of Kahon.ph. Nick will share his humble beginnings as a photographer in Zalora and how he was able to climb up the ranks there. He will also share how he became an integral part of Rockwell Land's digitalization and how he eventually launched Kahon.ph to address a growing space and storage problem that Metro Manila has. He will also share key learnings on how they were able...
Nov 22, 2020•56 min•Season 4Ep. 110
How big is the Philippine Startup Ecosystem now? In this episode, Ronster chats with Natasha Bautista of QBO and PH Startup Week. Natasha will share how she got into the startup industry early in her career and how she contributed to growing Grab in the Philippines. She will also share her low points in joining startups that were not a fit and how she eventually found a home in QBO to help more Filipino Startups. Natasha will also share the dynamics and the hustle that the QBO team does to help ...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 109
How did PouchNATION become the leading cashless payment and brand activation provider in Southeast Asia? In this episode, Ronster chats with Ilya Kravstov, Founder and CEO of PouchNATION. Ilya will share what it was like travelling the world and learning to adapt to different cultures and how he decided to stay put in Southeast Asia. He will also share why he decided to create his own startup versus doing an MBA. Ilya will also share how he decided to go back to corporate after the first iterati...
Nov 08, 2020•56 min•Season 4Ep. 108
How is it like getting your first startup acquired in just 8 months since inception? In this episode, Ronster chats with Shahab Shabibi of MyKuya. Shahab will share how he founded 2 websites that became viral in his home country, Iran. He will also share how he adjusted to living in the Philippines and how his friends changed the perspective of how he can help solve problems using technology. Shahab also shares how he got his first startup acquired in just 8 months without spending anything in m...
Nov 01, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 107
How did Zalora revolutionize e-commerce in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Paulo Campos, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zalora. Paulo will share his early hustles as a child and how he became a Magna Cum Laude in Princeton during college. He will also share what he learned in his first job as a special assistant to the President of Ayala Land. Paulo also shares how he forged a friendship with his batchmates at Harvard Business School that created multiple unicorns in So...
Oct 25, 2020•59 min•Season 4Ep. 106
How did a former Silicon Valley executive build the leading online marketing platform for real estate in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Dennis Velasco of Prosperna. Dennis will share his humble beginnings growing up as an Asian in Texas and how he got exposed to entrepreneurship early in life through his family. He'll also share how he got to Silicon Valley and what the business he did when the financial crisis of 2008 hit just to keep him afloat. Dennis will also share how...
Oct 18, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 105
How did Taxumo become the number one tax filing platform in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with EJ and Ginger Arboleda of Taxumo. EJ and Ginger will share their own respective hustles as employees and their side hustles like photography, web development, workshops, and more, that equipped them with the skills they needed as full-time entrepreneurs. They will also share how they created Taxumo and scaled their idea fast and got paying customers and funding through Ideaspace. They...
Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 104
How did Human Nature become the number 1 brand of natural cosmetics and home care products in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Anna Meloto-Wilk of Human Nature. Anna will share how she got immersed into hustling at a young age by accompanying her father while he was building Gawad Kalinga. She will also share how the advertising industry forged her to learn skills and key experiences. Anna also shares how she co-founded Human Nature and how they were able to overcome huge obs...
Oct 04, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 103
How did MetroMart become the longest-running on-demand grocery delivery app in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Stefano Fazzini of MetroMart. Stefano will share his beginnings by shadowing his father in their food distribution business and what it was like studying business in London. He will also share how he co-founded TwitMusic which became a global hit with artists like Ariana Grande, Shakira and Lil Wayne using the platform. Stefano also shares how he bounced back after ...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 102
How can you get to see a doctor without going to the hospital during the pandemic? In this episode, Ronster chats with Paolo Bugayong, Patrick Bugayong and Pamela Donato of AIDE. They will be sharing how the started their successful careers individually and garnered the necessary experience they needed to become an entrepreneur. Pao, Pat and Pam will also share how they took the leap of entrepreneurship together and how they built traction despite the early struggles. They'll also share how they...
Sep 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 101
How did Dado Banatao become the Bill Gates of the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Dado and Maria Banatao of Phildev Foundation. Dado will share his humble beginning growing up in a rural barrio and how his parents hustled to get him a quality education. He will also share how difficult it was to study alone away from his family and the struggles he had to go through to pursue Engineering. He will also share how he almost became a pilot and how he got to go to the US to work for ...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 100
How did Globe Telecom become the biggest telco in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Ernest Cu, President and CEO of Globe Telecom. Ernest will share his roots and the skills he learned while helping in their family business. He'll also share what it was like studying in the states for and his first few jobs working primarily in tech. Ernest will also share his first attempt at entrepreneurship and why he came back to the Philippines to revolutionize the BPO Industry. He will a...
Sep 06, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 99
What does the former Country Head of Viber and Honestbee have for us with a new on-demand delivery app? In this episode, Ronster chats with Crystal Lee Gonzalez, CEO of Pickaroo. Crystal will share the skills she learned in her first jobs working for telcos and big conglomerates as her early hustles. She will also share how she got into the tech world working for Yahoo as a young executive and also how she led Viber as the first country head where she led them to get skyrocketing growth. Crystal...
Aug 30, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 98
How did the Belo Medical Group become the gold standard of beauty in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Vicki Belo, CEO of the Belo Medical Group. Vicki will share her early life struggles and how it fueled her fire to help everyone become beautiful and confident through her medical practice. She will also share how she became a pioneer in laser and liposuction technologies that allowed her to help thousands of people. Vicki will also talk about how she grew the business side o...
Aug 23, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 97
How did a former janitor become one of the most successful tech entrepreneurs in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with David Almirol Jr., Founder and CEO of Multisys Corporation. David will share his humble beginnings being a working student in the province where he became a freelance computer programmer. He'll also share how he went in Iraq during the war where he was illegally recruited and worked odd jobs in order to survive and send money back to his family in the Philippines....
Aug 16, 2020•48 min•Season 4Ep. 96
How did Frontrow become the biggest networking company in Asia? In this episode, Ronster chats with Sam Verzosa, CEO of Frontrow International. Sam will share his humble beginnings on how he became street smart by growing up by hustling in the streets and how he got to UP to become a civil engineer. He will also share how he got into network marketing and the sacrifices he had to make to become a top seller. Sam will also share how he started Frontrow with his co-founder RS Francisco and the dif...
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 95
What is it like to work in Canva? In this episode, Ronster chats with Yani Donato, the Country Head of Canva in the Philippines. Yani will share how she started her career as an HR practitioner and how she became an expert in hiring talent and team building. She will also share how she got in Canva and how the helped design the strong culture that they have and helped it scale. She'll also share what it's like to work in Canva along with the perks employees get. Yani will also give light on how ...
Aug 02, 2020•46 min•Season 4Ep. 94
How did a college dropout get the founder of Tinder to invest in his startup? In this episode, Ronster chats with Victor Rivera, Founder and CEO of Avion School. Victor will share his bold move of dropping out of college and moving out of his parents' house to pursue being a startup founder. He will also share the sacrifices he made when he interned for Lalamove in order to learn the startup skills he needed. Victor also talks about his tenure in PayMongo as a growth marketer and how he came up ...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 93
How did Society Eight grow to become the leading concept store chain in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Jazmine Torralba - Endaya, founder of Society Eight Concept Stores. Jaz will be sharing her very humble beginnings like how she decided to become a network marketer at the age of 14 and how she dropped out of school to focus on networking. She will also share she was sent to a faraway province to do MLM there without knowing anyone but allowed her to realize her full poten...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 92
How do you make 1 Million by trading stocks? In this episode, Ronster chats with JC Bisnar, CEO of Investagrams. JC will share how he became an entrepreneur early in his life by selling in-game items in an RPG game while being a student-athlete. He will also share how he get immersed early in the stock market and how he educated himself through reading books about trading that helped him create his formula. JC will also tell us how he made a fortune in trading and what inspired him to create Inv...
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 91
How did a hacker earn his first million at the age of 19 by exposing websites like Facebook and Medium? In this episode Ronster chats with AJ Dumanjug of Secuna. AJ will share how he became a self-taught white hat hacker and how he made a million by bounty hunting for big websites. He will also share how he improved by joining the hacking community in the Philippines and how he helped UP as a one-man team for their cybersecurity. AJ will also share how he founded his cybersecurity startup Secuna...
Jul 05, 2020•50 min•Season 4Ep. 90
How did the former CFO of Lazada launch the biggest online flower store in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Saul Molla Cuesta of FlowerStore.ph. Saul will share his early background in aeronautics engineering and how he pivoted his career early by doing consulting in Spain. He will also share what led him to go to the Philippines and join Lazada to be their head of pricing and eventually, their CFO. Saul will also share how he founded FlowerStore and how he grew the team to s...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 89
What does it take to give effective mentorship to a startup founder? In this episode, Ronster chats with Jojy Azurin, a serial entrepreneur and startup mentor. Jojy will share the early influences he got from his mother and from his colleagues that acted as mentors in his career. He will also share the lessons he learned through the ups and downs he of being a serial entrepreneur and how it better prepared him for mentoring other startup founders. He'll also share how surviving Covid-19 changed ...
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Atty. Josef Acuña is a very experienced lawyer who has helped both investors and startup founders and in this playbook, he will teach how to properly prepare and execute due diligence in a startup fundraising round. Josef will share the things startup founders shall prepare for and the process of due diligence that they have to accomplish in order to get the check from their potential investors in this playbook brought to you by Unionbank Globallinker . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com Hust...
Jun 17, 2020•29 min•Ep. 11
How does GoodWork.ph plan to elevate the service economy using their $1.6M seed funding? In this episode, Ronster chats with Andrew Koger, the Founder and CEO of GoodWork.ph. Andrew shares how he was immersed in entrepreneurship at a young age and how he studied remarkable entrepreneurs when he took up History in Princeton and became Magna Cum Laude. Andrew will also share how he became an investor and traveled the world looking for amazing companies in emerging markets. He will also share his e...
Jun 14, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 87
How did Esports and gaming become mainstream in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Tryke Gutierrez, CEO of Tier One Entertainment. Tryke will share how he became a hardcore gamer early in his life and how he was able to overcome early challenges in finishing college while pursuing his love for gaming. He will also share the experience he got working in a gaming company and with a computer manufacturing company that gave him immense experiences to support the gaming community. H...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Miggy Azurin of Huskee Digital is an expert in Facebook Advertising and in this playbook, he will teach us how to properly set up your ads to get the best results. He will also share how not to overlook key steps that people forget in creating their ads and how to set the right benchmark for your ad budgets for your campaigns in this playbook brought to you by Unionbank Globallinker . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com Hustleshare is a proud affiliate of the Podcast Network Asi a Checkout Fou...
Jun 03, 2020•37 min•Ep. 10
What is the origin of the Hustleshare podcast? In this episode, Ronster was surprise interviewed by Magellan Fetalino on his birthday to discuss the hustle behind Hustleshare. Ron shares his early hustles growing up and how he realized that entrepreneurship was the path that he wanted to take and how he was influenced by his mentor to pay it forward when he becomes successful. Ron also shares how he struggled with his first startup Partyphile along with the big mistakes he made that led to its f...
May 31, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Having quality leads is integral to any business. In this episode, Ronster chats with Stanley Chee and Jeffrey Chan of SalesCandy. Jeff and Stan shares their individual journeys prior to working together where they hustled thru multiple businesses with different backgrounds. Then they will share what led them to finally work together to solve the problem of helping businesses optimize their sales through their leads. They will also share how they were able to scale across Southeast Asia in this ...
May 24, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 84
