In this edition of #AskHustleshare we brought along Franco Varona of Foxmont Capital to answer questions A member of the #StartupPH community asked us centered around the common traits that founders that get investments have. We also discuss the questions that VCs typically ask that reveal the character of the founder they are looking to back along with the traits they look for from each founding team. Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast...
May 26, 2021•43 min•Ep. 4
Cristian Muñoz, Founder of Draper Startup House in the Philippines joins is in this episode to share his intercontinental journey of entrepreneurship. Cristian would share his humble beginnings in Costa Rica and how he ended up studying and becoming an entrepreneur in China. He will also share how he decided to help other entrepreneurs by joining Draper Startup House by bringing it to the Philippines. Cristian will also share valuable advice about persistence and networking in this episode. This...
May 23, 2021•53 min•Season 5Ep. 135
Fresh from their stint in Y Combinator as one of the 3 Filipino startups in YC W21, the co-founders of Dashlabs.ai joins us in this episode to share their journey on providing lab software to emerging markets. Philly Tan, Weston Lim, Bryan Giger and Martin Gomez will also share their respective hustles that prepared them to creating world-class healthcare tech that enabled them to come together during the pandemic with Dashboard Philippines. They will also detail how they got into YC and what th...
May 16, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 135
An anonymous letter sender sent us very interesting questions for #AskHustleshare about the ideal profile of an angel investor or a VC and we brought along Joan Yao, VP of Investments of Kickstart ventures to do a deep dive on it. We also answered how to properly value a startup from a VC's perspective and what the differences are between a corporate VC and independent VC. Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hus...
May 12, 2021•43 min•Ep. 3
George Padin of Buko Ventures joins us in this episode to talk about the newest venture fund in the Philippines founded by current and former Lazada and Rocket Internet executives. George will share his crash course into startups in the Philippines and how he learned to handle tech teams by working for Symph and eventually founding Abstract Digital and specialize in creating MVPs for venture-backed startups. He will also share why he decided to create Buko Ventures with his former Rocket Interne...
May 09, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 134
Our first letter sender in #AskHustleshare sent us several questions about how they can split their equity among his co-founders before they pitched a potential investor for a startup they are working on. Ronster brought along his co-founders in Podcast Network Asia who are experts in this field to answer the questions on how to properly structure splitting equity among co-founders and how to valuate their company that is pre-revenue. Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup...
May 05, 2021•33 min•Ep. 2
Grace David the newly minted CEO of Edukasyon.ph joins us in this episode to share how she will lead the growth of the largest education platform in the Philippines. She will also share her background in business and how she was able to have an incredible career in marketing that took her to multiple stops across Southeast Asia. Grace will also share what's in store for Edukasyon and how she plans to lead the charge for the company in the coming years. This episode brought to you by B21 . For sh...
May 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 133
In the very first edition of #AskHustleshare, Ronster gives his take on a post on the #DLSUFreedomWall48782 where a startup founder shared his experience on having 2 failed tech startups. Ronster will dissect the post point by point to give his take on the anonymous poster's learnings and shine some light if hard work is really enough to succeed in a startup. Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com s...
Apr 28, 2021•37 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Luis Sia of 335 Fund and PayMongo joins us in this episode to share how they invested in 2 Filipino Y Combinator startups despite being the newest angel fund in the Philippines. Luis will also share his journey as an entrepreneur starting with his drone business all the way to how they got to YC themselves with PayMongo and how they continued to grow after. He will also dissect what it takes for a startup to have a chance to get into YC and the qualities they look for in a startup they invest in...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 132
Coach Lyqa Maravilla joins us in this very educational episode to share her journey as an online educator that helps millions of Filipinos. Lyqa will share her she overcame great challenges during her time in school that fueled her to help other people to overcome the same challenges she experienced and bridge the wide gap of eduction through her content. She will also share how she built the team behind Team Lyqa and the dynamics they have in creating great educational content. This episode bro...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 131
Frederic Levy, Chief Commercial Officer of GCash joins us in this episode to share his very inspiring entrepreneurial journey that featured spectacular exits and heartbreaking failures. Fred will share his early beginnings as an entrepreneur in France and how he founded companies in the Philippines like Netbooster and CashCashPinoy. He will also share how he bounced back and joined GCash to help contribute and grow it to what it is today. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go t...
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 130
John Januszczak of UBX joins us in this episode to share how Unionbank created a venture studio and venture fund to help startups and businesses in the Philippines. John will also share his unique early hustle in Astrophysics which eventually led him to celebrated career tech and finance. He will also share the startups that UBX have created and what they look for in founders they want to support and in startups that they want to fund. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to h...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 129
Sophia Nguyen of LYKA joins us in this episode to share how LYKA became one of the most popular apps in the Philippines. Sophia will share her humble beginnings growing up in the Bay Area and how she accrued skills that helped her through her role as President of LYKA. She will also share how LYKA got traction and gave value to their users and their merchants across the Philippines. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com To apply for Velocity by 917Ventures cl...
Mar 28, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 128
Kim Lato of Kimstore joins us in this episode to share her very inspiring story in being one of the e-commerce pioneers in the Philippines. Kim will share her humble beginnings and how she hustled to get Kimstore off the ground and how she grew the company from being a small team to professionalizing and scaling their operations. She will also share how she overcame incredible hurdles that came along Kimstore's 15-year journey. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustlesha...
Mar 21, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 127
Roland Ros and Rexy Dorado, the co-founders of Kumu, along with Atty. Josef Acuña of Podcast Network Asia joins us in this playbook to teach how to choose the right co-founders for your startup. They will discuss the characteristics of what to look for in a co-founder and how to look for them and convince them to join your startup. They will also provide great tips and examples of how they recruited co-founders and looked for the right talent to bring in within Kumu as they grew their company. T...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 12
Stephanie Sy of Thinking Machines joins us in this episode to share her hustle in leading the AI revolution in the Philippines by helping the government and companies make better decisions through frameworks and data. Stef will also share her amazing journey starting out in Silicon Valley while studying in Stanford, putting up her own startup, joining a startup that got acquired and eventually joining Google. She will also share why she chose to come back and launch a Machine Learning and Data S...
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 126
Vince Yamat, Managing Director of 917Ventures, joins us in this episode to share how passionate Filipinos can turn their ideas into the next big startup powered by Globe Telecom through the corporate biggest venture builder in the country. He will also share how he started out his career in tech and how he moved up the ranks in his earlier hustles and in Globe telecom. Vince also shares how aspiring startup founders can maximize the perks that 917Ventures gives to scale their startup idea. This ...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 125
Joyce Pring joins us for our 2nd Anniversary episode to share her journey in lifelong communication that culminated in creating her podcast Adulting With Joyce Pring. She will share her humble beginnings and the sacrifices that she went through growing up to provide for her family. Joyce will also share the inspiration on how she created her podcast and how she creates great content for her audience. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com To apply for Ideaspac...
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 124
Nikki Jurado also known as Nomad Finance Girl joins us in this episode to share her lifelong entrepreneurial journey that started at the age of 6. She will share all the business ventures she started even as a minor and raising money to start all her numerous businesses without having the personal capital at the start. She will also share how she started her journey in sharing her business successes and failures through NFG to help people with their businesses and finances. This episode brought ...
Feb 21, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 123
Ash Mandhyan of Quanta Digital, An ex-Lazada and ex-Facebook executive joins us in this episode to share his experience in being a vital part of the growth of big tech companies he worked for. He will also bring us back to how he worked and led the digital transformation of the SM group and what ultimately led him to take the jump and become a full time entrepreneur. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com To apply for Ideaspace Batch 2021 click HERE Hustleshar...
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 122
Brianna Carney and Kate Ringcodan of CrewBloom joins Ronster in this episode to share how they built a recruitment agency connecting businesses to the top 2% of remote professionals. Brianna and Kate also shares their very unique past hustles and how they decided to come together to grow CrewBloom. They will also share their 7 Core values that startups can use to build amazing culture with. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com To apply for Ideaspace Batch 20...
Feb 07, 2021•45 min•Season 5Ep. 121
Monette Itturalde - Hamlin - Founder and President of TeamAsia joins us in this episode on how she overcame unthinkable hurdles to put up TeamAsia and make it grow from its humble beginnings. She will also share how she grew the team and how TeamAsia was able to withstand the constant evolution of demands of their clientele and become a team that is at the forefront of innovation in marketing despite going through numerous challenges along the way. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show n...
Jan 31, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 120
Tina Shieh - Marketing Director of GoDaddy Asia visits us to tell the importance of having the right domain for your startup and how founders can leverage the tools that GoDaddy has for entrepreneurs. She also shares with us how she hustled in her career and how she helped grow GoDaddy in Asia. She also talked about the recently concluded Project Go and brought the winner, Pearl De Guzman of Staffz, to talk about how their experience doing the show in the middle of a pandemic. This episode broug...
Jan 24, 2021•44 min•Season 5Ep. 119
Franco Varona, Managing Partner of Foxmont Capital Partners joins us in the episode to give a fresh perspective of a Filipino Venture Capitalist and the world of startup investments: He shares how he grew up in Canada and fell in love with the Philippines after moving here How he hustled early in his career bouncing from country to country to do sales How he struggled in his first foray into entrepreneurship and how he ended up as a founding member of Grab in the Philippines He shares how Foxmon...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 118
Mickael Cardoso - Co-Founder and CEO of CloudCfo shares with us the importance of starting the year right by having your business above board in your finances in this episode: He shared how he studied business school in Paris and Masters in Australia How he decided to stay put in the Philippines to work in the cargo business ICTSI How he became a CFO in a project in Australia How he decided to become an entrepreneur because he didn’t want to be comfortable in his corporate job How important it i...
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 117
Josiah Go - The Marketing Guru, Chairman of Mansmith & Fielders and Waters Philippines kicks off the new year by sharing his hustle with us in this episode: How he got exposed to entrepreneurship by his father at a young age How he sacrificed early by studying concepts in business How he built his companies Mansmith & Fielders and Waters Philippines How he became a professor and an educator How he created the Business Model Map and how it can help entrepreneurs and executives He also sha...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 116
How easy is it to invest in cryptocurrencies? In this episode, Ronster chats with Nitin Agarwal of B21. Nitin will share how he started out his career in payment processing highlighted by his stint as a product manager in PayPal. He will also share how he mastered business development and sales in Wave Crest Group before he decided to create his own startup. Nitin also gives light on the state of cryptocurrencies now and how B21 levels the playing field for the common man to invest in cryptocurr...
Dec 27, 2020•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 115
What does it take to get a crypto or blockchain company funded? In this episode, Ronster chats with Vishal Uttam of CCIX Global and Veloquence Capital. Vishal will share what it was like growing up in the Philippines and how it was like studying and working in the states at an early age. He will also share the experience he got while working in a software development company and how he eventually founded his own company. Vishal will also share how he created CCIX Global and Veloquence Capital to...
Dec 20, 2020•53 min•Season 4Ep. 114
What does it take to get chosen in the Ideaspace Startup Competition? In this episode, Ronster chats with Diane Eustaquio of Ideaspace. Diane will share how she mastered the art of nurturing people by becoming an EA to CEOs and executives of big companies. She will also share how and why Ideaspace was formed and how the competition has evolved over the years to help the local startup ecosystem. Diane will also share the characteristics they look for in startup founders and the startups they are ...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 113
How was the viral RC Cola Ad made? In this episode, Ronster chats with Badong Abesamis and Herbert Hernandez of GIGIL. Badong and Herbert will share how they started out being drawn to the arts and how they found themselves working in the advertising industry. They will also share who their biggest influences were in the ad industry that taught them invaluable skills. Badong and Herbert will also share how they came up with GIGIL and how they grew their team despite being boostrapped. They'll al...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 112
