Mikee Liwag and Javy Mantecon of LBC SoShop! joins us in this episode to share how the country's market leader utilized its pickup service for online sellers who can't go out to the nearest LBC branch due to quarantine restrictions. In this episode, our #TeamPogi guests discussed how LBC's rewards program allows online entrepreneurs to deliver products in far-flung areas as LBC SoShop! aims to enable, educate and unlock business potential of online entrepreneurs in the country. Mikee and Javy al...
Dec 05, 2021•41 min•Season 6Ep. 164
Mister Chink Positive, Chinkee Tan, joins us in this episode to share his journey to financial expertise and how he is paying it forward to thousands of entrepreneurs using his content. Chinkee will share his humble beginnings growing up and how he got into sales that led him to lots of opportunities like going in showbiz and more. He will also share how he was able to become and expert financially and how he turned his expertise to a content-driven empire that is able to reach millions through ...
Nov 28, 2021•53 min•Season 6Ep. 163
Jamie Lopez of ABS-CBN Digital joins us in this episode to share how ABS-CBN evolved and migrated digitally. Jamie will also share his upbringing and growing up years on how he had to hustle to get the tech background he has now. He also talks about his daily grind and the challenges he had to go through and how he climbed up the ranks in the Lopez group of companies before he headed ABS-CBN Digital. Jamie will also share how ABS-CBN pivoted to digital after their challenge last year and how the...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 162
In time for Philippine Startup Week 2021, Carlo Delantar of Gobi Core joins us in this episode to shed light on how exciting 2021 has been for the #StartupPH Ecosystem. Carlo will share his humble beginnings and how he ended up being a VC and how Core Capital forged a partnership with Gobi Partners to create Gobi Core PH Fund. He will also share the amazing stats that the #StartupPH milestones achieved this year like unprecedented funding rounds, check sizes and deal counts. Carlo will also shar...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 161
Vince Golangco, CEO of When In Manila, joins us in this episode to share how When In Manila stays on top of their game for 12 years. Vince will share his humble beginnings like dropping out of high school, joining the Navy and going back to the Philippines to start anew. He will also share how he founded When In Manila and how he grew the team and weathered challenges during their 12 years of existence. Vince will also share tips on how he invests in other income streams and how he reignites his...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 160
Peter Ing of BlockchainSpace joins us in this episode to share how they are powering communities in the Metaverse and the Play-To-Earn community. Peter will share his history of growing up in London and how he was able to use his background in French with his ad sales job that took him around the world. He will also share how he took the jump on entrepreneurship when we went to the Philippines and how he struggled running his first startup. Peter will also share how he was able to bounce back by...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 159
After recently raising $1M for his environmental intelligence startup, Felix Ayque of Komunidad joins us in this episode to share how they are helping businesses respond more quickly to the threats of climate change. Felix will also share how he started hustling at a young age until he got into the IT industry that prepared him to acquire the skills he needed to launch Komunidad. He will also share how Komunidad is making a product using climate data that allows the government and businesses tha...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 158
Fresh off her Y Combinator stint, Mikee Villareal of MadEats joins us in this episode to share how MadEats got into YC and how they got in despite not having any tech background. Mikee will also share her early hustles in the F&B industry that prepared her for launching her own food startup. She will also share how she and her team struggled to create MadEats and how they hustled to get to YC despite being rejected in their first try. Mikee will also detail their whole YC experience and how ...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 157
July Palafox and Lester Lim of SHAREit joins us in this episode to share how startups can use using SHAREit’s 40 million monthly active users. July and Lester will also share their respective hustles that prepared them to help scale SHAREit in the Philippines. They will also discuss how startups can leverage SHAREit’s platform in supercharging their user acquisition along with the cool new features that the app can do. They will also share great advice that startups can learn from in this ep. Th...
Oct 10, 2021•40 min•Season 6Ep. 156
Nichel Gaba, CEO of PDAX joins us in this episode to share how they were able to raise $12.5 Million in funding. Nichel will also share how he overcame being risk-averse and how he jumped to become an entrepreneur. He will also share PDAX’s early struggles and how they were able to overcome them by sticking together as a team. Nichel will also share great startup advice in this episode that revolves around product development, leadership and the future of crypto and NFTs. This episode is brought...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 155
Ed Bonoan, General Manager - Marketing, Epson Philippines joins us in this episode to share Epson’s transformation in the Philippines. Ed will share impressive career in sales and marketing that led him to multiple stops in tech. He will also share Epson’s journey in the Philippines to become a market leader not just in Inkjet printers but also in new technology that changed the landscape of the product categories they lead. Ed will also share great advice in leadership and management in this ep...
Sep 26, 2021•59 min•Season 6Ep. 157
Jojo Malolos, CEO of JGDEV; the Gokongwei group’s tech investment arm joins us in this episode to share how JG Summit is investing in startups. Jojo will share his storied career from starting out in Engineering to making the jump to tech with multiple stops around the world. He will also share how he turned around Cambodia’s leading fintech app that eventually led him to go back to the Philippines to head JG Summit’s data analytics company and their investment arm, JGDEV. Jojo will also share w...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 6Ep. 153
Serial entrepreneur Christopher Tan of OKEx joins us in this episode to share his amazing entrepreneurial journey. Chris will share his early hustles after repatriating and how he bounced back from business failures and debt. He will also share how he created multiple pioneering concepts in media in the Philippines. Chris will also share his new fascination with cryptocurrency and how he went all in with OKEx along with a lot of great advice entrepreneurs can learn from. This episode is brought ...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 152
Cyrus Cruz of Assured joins us in this episode to share how UBX Singapore is expanding their reach across Southeast Asia. Cyrus will also share his illustrious career with stints in JP Morgan, Globe, AIG and AXA. He will also share how it is being the venture lead of Assured and how it is changing the game of insurtech in the Philippines. This episode is brought to you by Xendit Philippines ad. Join their SME program here now: https://podlink.co/xenditph Also brought to you by PDAX . Join PDAX h...
Sep 05, 2021•53 min•Season 6Ep. 151
Manny Ayala of Endeavor Philippines joins us in our 150th episode to discuss how endeavor supports high-impact entrepreneurs gain access to networks and capital. Manny will share his early hustles in pioneering media companies in the Philippines and in Asia. He will also share how he started investing with Hatchd and how he ended up leading Endeavor in the Philippines. Manny will also share what it takes to be a high-impact entrepreneur along with a lot of great advice for entrepreneurs in this ...
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 150
After raising $12.5 Million in 30 seconds and becoming the first Filipino startup that a16z invested in, Beryl Chavez Li and Gabby Dizon of Yield Guild Games joins us in this episode to share with us the incredibly bright future of Play-To-Earn. Beryl and Gabby will share both of their startup journeys that revolved around investment, building games and building startups. They will also share why they decided to join forces in YGG to accelerate the NFT Play-To-Earn model in the Philippines that ...
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 149
Fresh from their stint in Y Combinator and after successfully raising $1.6M, Don Pansacola and Aldrich Tan of NextPay joins us in this episode. Don and Aldrich will be sharing their humble beginnings being born in the Philippines and how they spent their teenage and early adult lives in Canada that shaped their careers in tech and design. They will also share what led them to come back and build a startup in the Philippines along with the pivot they did to during the pandemic. Don and Aldrich wi...
Aug 15, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 148
After successfully raising a grand total of $30 Million, ER Rollan joins us in this episode to share the hustle it took to build Growsari to where it is now. ER will also share how he built a successful career in FMCG that equipped him with the skills and experience needed for him to take the jump to entrepreneurship. He will also share how he struggled to keep Growsari afloat when he decided to do it full-time and how they eventually turned the corner and to get traction. ER will also share how...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 147
Serial entrepreneur Bill Yuen of StackTrek joins us in this episode to discuss how they're revolutionizing how tech talent get hired. Bill will also share his entrepreneurial journey and how he founded 7 startups prior to StackTrek with 4 failures and 3 exits. He will also share why they built Stackleague, the Philippines' first year-round programming league that helps Filipino devs fast-track their development. This episode is brought to you by Xendit Philippines. Join their SME program here no...
Aug 01, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 146
Mharicar Castillo-Reyes, President and CEO of Asticom joins us in this episode to share how they are enabling big companies with staffing and tech solutions with thousands of employees. She will also share remarkable career journey in HR highlighted with her stint in the Ayala group and Globe. Mharicar will also share how Asticom pivoted during the pandemic and spun off several companies to further help the companies that they support. She will also share great advice about culture and building ...
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 145
Fresh off raising a $5 Million pre-series A round Bela Gupta D’Souza, the Founder and CEO of Edamama, joins us in this episode to share her hustle in helping moms find the best products for their babies. Bela will also share her origin story and how she grew up in multiple countries in Asia and how she continued to move around different countries in her first few hustles. She will also share how she ended up in the Philippines to be the founder of AdSpark and how she helped grow it from its ince...
Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 144
Gretchen Largoza, CEO of AdSpark joins us in this episode to share how she is leading the biggest digital agency in the Philippines. Gretchen will share how she hustled early and started out her career through direct marketing. She will also share how her career evolved through digital marketing that brought her to lead huge ad agencies like OgilvyOne and GroupM across Southeast Asia. Gretchen will also share why she decided to come home and join AdSpark and how she is leading them into a data-c...
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 143
In this episode of #AskHustleshare, Ronster will be teaching a method on how to find out your chances if your startup is going to succeed or fail and how you can change the trajectory you are in. He will also share a tool that can determine how much your startup would need to raise in your future fundraising rounds. He will also answer questions asked by founders from Upscale, the University of Philippines' technology business incubator. Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous star...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 6
To start off our 6th Season, we will have Senator Dick Gordon to share the hustle behind the Philippine Red Cross. Sen. Gordon will share his early hustles that immersed him in business and eventually in public service. He will also share how he became a part of the Philippine Red Cross and how he has led them to what it is now and how they did a data-driven approach to combat Covid-19. Sen. Gordon will also share amazing advice about networking, leadership and management in this episode. This e...
Jul 04, 2021•56 min•Season 6Ep. 142
Fresh off securing 1 Billion pesos in retail deposits after their 1st month, Greg Krasnov, the Founder and CEO of Tonik Bank, joins us for our season finale of Hustleshare. Greg will share his early hustles in finance and tech that led him into private equity and finance that ultimately led him to get a bank that he founded in Ukraine. He will also share how he helped build fintech companies in Southeast Asia through Forum and how he decided to go all in on creating a digital bank in the Philipp...
Jun 27, 2021•59 min•Season 5Ep. 141
Yang Yang Zhang, Managing Director of Xendit Philippines, joins us in this episode to share how she is leading Southeast Asia’s biggest payment solutions provider in the Philippines. She will also share her amazing career in tech and creating products and infrastructure. Yang Yang will also share how she joined Xendit and how she is leading their expansion in the Philippines in the middle of a pandemic while applying lessons from her previous hustles like how a startup can attain and measure pro...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 140
Agnes Gervacio, CEO of MDI Novare, joins us in this episode to share how she leads one of the biggest and oldest tech companies in the Philippines. She will also share her journey in her illustrious career and how she overcame stereotypes as a woman while she led multiple tech corporations. She will also share great career advice on how employees can break through challenges to climb up the corporate ladder and become a C-Suite executive by surrounding yourself with the right people. This episod...
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 139
In this edition of #AskHustleshare, Ronster will be answering 3 very interesting questions sent by Hustleshare listeners. The first question is about how can founders protect their business solution from being stolen. The second question asks about how social enterprises can raise funds and the last question asks us how to formulate a startup's company culture. Ronster also provides a lot of tools in this episode that will definitely help with your startup hustle. Got questions you want to ask R...
Jun 09, 2021•26 min•Ep. 5
Franco Espinos of Bux, a portfolio company of UBX, joins us in this episode to share how startups and businesses can take advantage of Bux's powerful payment processing methods. Franco will also share his journey coming from corporate to how he became a Product Owner in UBX to lead Bux. He'll also share tips for aspiring founders looking to join venture builders or venture funds as a pathway to launch startups. This episode brought to you by B21 . For show notes, go to hustleshare.com Check out ...
Jun 06, 2021•44 min•Season 5Ep. 138
Cholo Tagaysay, the COO of the largest telehealth company in the Philippines joins us in this episode to share how KonsultaMD provides 24/7 access to high quality medical info to Filipinos. Cholo will also share his amazing journey in tech and digital media that led him to become a key part of the very first Tech IPO in the Philippines thru Xurpas. He will also share lots of amazing advice especially for corporate people looking to take the leap of entrepreneurship in this episode. This episode ...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 137
