Laila Marquez of Interleukin joins us in this episode to share how they are making medical procurement easier for hospitals in the Philippines. Laila will share how she hustled early in the medical sciences field that exposed her to a wide network in the medical industry. She will also share how she shifted careers in medical sales that led her to create Interleukin. Laila also shares the challenges she needed to overcome to get Interleukin off the ground all the way to how she was able to get f...
May 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 8Ep. 189
Ryan Llamoso of Soltera Energy joins us in this episode to share how they are trying to change the big energy problem in the Philippines. Ryan will share how he hustled through volunteerism in his early days that led him to get his first stint in startups. He will also share how he created his first startup Rentalbee PH and his second startup - Alternative Housing Group. Ryan will also share how his path in proptech led him to what he’s doing now trying to revolutionize the energy problem in the...
May 22, 2022•56 min•Season 8Ep. 188
After recently raising $3M for their Series A, Victor Lim of Kravers Canteen joins us in this episode to share how their cloud kitchen have grown exponentially over the past 2 years. Victor will share how he grew up in the states and how his first hustle took him to stints all around the world to work in E-Commerce. He will also share how he failed in his first business and how he went to the Philippines to work in Coins.ph and eventually launching Kravers Canteen. Victor will also share the cha...
May 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 8Ep. 187
James Chua of Anito Legends joins us in this episode to tell us how his team is building the first Filipino Play-To-Earn game in the Metaverse. James will share how early passion for games and how we double down on his passion by being in IT. He will also share his entrepreneurial leap when he created his first game studio and the struggles they had to go through before they decided to create Anito Legends. James will also share how Anito Legends will help enable Filipinos earn through the game ...
May 08, 2022•59 min•Season 8Ep. 186
Francis Jimenez of Nekoin joins us in this episode to share how they want to create tokenization programs paired with DeFi Tools to maximize blockchain adoption in the Philippines. Francis will share his early hustles mastering the art of affiliate marketing and selling time shares that helped him become an expert in monetizing mailing lists. He will also share how he got into crypto and how they saw a big gap in tokenization that they wanted to fill using Nekoin. Francis will also share the det...
May 01, 2022•58 min•Season 8Ep. 185
Serial entrepreneur and a pioneer of Philippine gaming, Niel Dagondon of Edusuite joins us in this episode to discuss how they are solving the problems of schools in the Philippines. Niel will be sharing how he started Anino Games and how they thrived through a decade and a half of making games before they got acquired. He will also share how he started his school CIIT and created Edusuite to help solve the problems they encountered in their school. Niel also shares how they were able to get oth...
Apr 24, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 8Ep. 184
After recently raising $1.3 million in pre-seed funding, Andreas Hufnagl of Armada Brands joins us to share how they are powering the new brands that will propel Philippine e-commerce to greater heights. Andreas will share his early hustles in consulting and how he mastered the skill of assessing businesses that can scale. He will also share how he co-founded Armada brands and how they were able to get the first few brands onboard. Andreas will also share how brands can scale up by partnering wi...
Apr 17, 2022•53 min•Season 8Ep. 183
The premier SEO expert of the Philippines, Sean Si of SEO Hacker, joins us in this episode to share his amazing journey he's had running the top SEO company in the Philippines for over a decade. Sean will share his early hustles working for his father and how he stumbled upon SEO accidentally at a young age to create SEO Hacker. He will also share how SEO Hacker scaled over the years while being bootstrapped and how they overcame numerous challenges along the way. Sean will also share how leader...
Apr 10, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 8Ep. 182
Joey Marcelo, CEO of Santé International, joins us in this episode to share how he built an empire using Barley products that are now world-renowned. Joey will share the beginning of his direct selling career and how he accidentally got into direct selling and how he became a better sales person over time and rigorous practice. He will also share how they were able to bounce back from multiple failures in direct selling until they able to discover Barley as the product that would make them succe...
Apr 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 181
Michael Dugenia of PRC Inc joins us in this episode to share his illustrious career in PR and Marketing Comms. Michael will share his early hustle in how he had to carve out a niche for himself in the ad agency world despite the discrimination he received from clients and colleagues. He will also share how he was able to get respect throughout the industry and decided to create PRC Inc to help companies with their PR Strategy. Michael will also share how tech businesses can benefit from doing a ...
Mar 27, 2022•53 min•Season 8Ep. 180
How did PDAX get Tiger Global as an investor for their Series B? Nichel Gaba of PDAX joins us again in this Soonicorn Session to share the exponential growth that PDAX underwent en route to their Series B fundraising. He will also share the big adjustments he and his team had to make to reach this milestone along with his outlook for the Metaverse in the next coming years. This episode is brought to you by PDAX. Join PDAX here: podlink.co/hustlesharepdax For show notes, go to hustleshare.com Hus...
Mar 24, 2022•44 min
Dustin Onghanseng of uHoo joins us in this episode to share how they are helping improve air quality of homes and offices around the world. Dustin will share his early hustles that led him to study in Singapore as a scholar and get into consulting that taught him key skills and experiences that will come in handy in his startup life. He will also share how he founded uHoo and the multiple near death experiences they overcame as a startup and how they were able to overcome those challenges. Dusti...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 8Ep. 179
How did Growsari continue to grow after raising Series B last year? ER Rollan joins us again in this episode to share their milestones in Growsari that led them to raise Series C. He will share the changes his team had to make to help them scale faster. ER will also share the new challenges he was faced with by having a rapidly growing startup and how he is currently finding a solution to solve these new challenges. This episode is brought to you by PDAX. Join PDAX here: podlink.co/hustlesharepd...
Mar 17, 2022•55 min
Nigel Lirio and Gabriel Lopez of MedHyve, 2 college dropouts tells us the story of they helped Filipino hospitals and thousands of patients with medical supplies procurement. They will also share how they got in early into programming and how they eventually decided to drop out together to create MedHyve to solve the problem of procuring of medical supplies in the Philippines using technology. Nigel and Gab also tells us the story of how they hustled during the pandemic and how they were able to...
Mar 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 178
How did Kumu raise their Series C round? Roland Ros, Rexy Dorado, and Crystal Widjaja joins us in this episode to share the dynamics of Kumu’s meteoric rise. They will share the metrics they had to hit and the adjustments they had to make in their product to enable Kumu to grow fast. They will also share how they got Crystal onboard to further accelerate their growth along with the lessons they learned on fundraising and executing a huge team. This episode is brought to you by PDAX. Join PDAX he...
Mar 09, 2022•59 min
Myla Villanueva, one of the most successful tech entrepreneurs in the Philippines with 4 exits under her belt joins us in this episode to share her illustrious career. Myla will share her humble beginnings and how she started creating her first tech companies in the early 90s and how she overcame odds despite the Philippines not being ready infrastructure-wise. She will also share how she was able to disrupt tech giants and get 4 successful tech exits which a vast majority of Filipinos still get...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 8Ep. 177
For our very first Soonicorn Sessions episode, Steve Sy of Great Deals E-Commerce Corp tells us how they became a Soonicorn after raising Series B last year. Steve shares their key milestones and the metrics that they had to hit in the middle of the pandemic. He will also share the hardest things he needed to overcome and the most difficult decisions that he had to do before they raised Series B. Steve also shares great tips on raising, scaling teams and how he pays it forward by investing in ot...
Mar 02, 2022•46 min
On our 3rd anniversary episode, Hsu Ken Ooi of Iterative joins us to share how they are building the YC of Southeast Asia. Hsu Ken will share his origin story being raised America and going back home to Malaysia every summer along with how he hustled while he was in school. He also shares how he struggled creating multiple startups with Brian Ma until they finally cracked the code with Decide that got acquired by eBay. Hsu Ken also shares why they decided to create an accelerator inspired by YC ...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 176
The Hustleshare Podcast turns 3 with a brand new format dropping every Thursday: Hustleshare Soonicorn Sessions. Featuring the stories behind soon-to-be Unicorns of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Checkout Founders Only on these Platforms: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hustlesharepodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u01gZ1nBXSHOw2oxoBQWC?si=d3062142ecd345d5 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/hustleshare-presents-founders-only/id1689672917 Hustleshare AI: http...
Feb 24, 2022•3 min
Gian dela Rama of Aiah joins us in this episode to share how Aiah was able to scale and be the leading company in conversational commerce in the Philippines. Gian will share his early hustles that included stints in FMCG and hardware companies that he co-founded before he decided to create a software development company - Innovantage. He will also share how he became part of the #StartupPH community and how the community have grown exponentially over the years. Gian will also share how they evol...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 7Ep. 175
Coming off a $4.3 Million seed funding, Nel Laygo of Peddlr joins us in this episode to share their journey of teaching financial literacy to Filipino MSMEs. Nel will share his grassroots story of growing up in Catbalogan, Samar and how he hustled to have a great career in finance and tech that led him to be assigned overseas. He will also share how he bootstrapped his first startup HiBes while working and how it scaled along with what he learned when it failed. Nel will also share how he starte...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 174
Yuri Marshall, CEO of Mind You, joins us in this episode to share how they were able to revolutionize the mental health services sector of the Philippines. Yuri will share his early hustles growing up in Papua New Guinea and how he did side hustles while studying in Australia that established his business acumen. He will also share his first few businesses that had varying degrees of success which also caused him to have mental health struggles along the way. Yuri also shares how he came up with...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 173
After successfully raising $10m from a16z, Renz Chong of BreederDAO joins us in this episode to share how they want to boost the supply of Play-To-Earn games in the Metaverse. Renz will share his early hustles working for their family business and working as a consultant before joining Angkas. He will also share how he got into crypto and how he built BreederDAO to support the lack of quality NFTs in the supply side of Play-To-Earn games. Renz will also share how they got tremendous traction in ...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 172
Javi Lorenzana of Up Next joins us in this episode to share how they want to up-skill Southeast Asian professionals for the digital age. Javi will share how early he got into the startup ecosystem by being a dev and interning early in startups amassing 7 years of experience at a young age of 21. He will also share how he decided to create Up Next to help prepare professionals with new skills that they need to be productive in the digital age. He will also share how they got into Iterative and ho...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 171
After recently raising $900,000 to become the biggest laundromat service in Manila, Ignacio Phelan of WeClean joins us in this episode to share the story of how WeClean scaled fast. Ignacio will share how he started his hustle by being an events producer for nightclubs that forged his skills that came in handy with WeClean. He will also share why he decided to go to the Philippines and create a laundromat business that was able to scale very fast by creating innovations on things typical laundro...
Jan 16, 2022•53 min•Season 7Ep. 170
The Head of Ideation and Incubation of 917 Ventures, Francis Simisim, joins us in this episode to talk about KodeGo. Francis will also share his startup journey starting with co-founding When In Manila and Blogapalooza and founding Social Light Ventures that he led through an acquisition. He will also share how he joined 917 Ventures and his involvement in helping founders create their startups under the 917V umbrella. Francis will also share how KodeGo helps aspiring developers accelerate their...
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 169
Fresh off raising $3.5 Million for their seed round; Ariane Lim, Justin Banusing, and Kevin Hoang of AcadArena to share their incredible journey to power the next generation of gamers in the Philippines. Ariane, Justin and Kevin will share their origin stories on how they supported collegiate gamers from the Philippines and the US and how they decided to team up and join forces to scale up their mission. They will also share how they got into Iterative VC and how they hustled to get traction des...
Jan 02, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 7Ep. 168
For our season finale, we will be having the Chief Innovation Officer of RCBC Digital, Lito Villanueva aka Mr. Fintech. Lito will share his career spanning 20 years with stints in banking, telco, payments and many more across multiple countries. He will also share how he brought that experience to RCBC and began the rapid digital transformation of the bank that eventually led them to become AsiaMoney's Best Digital Bank in the Philippines. Lito will also share great advice on leadership and how ...
Dec 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 167
Cristopher Sanchez, Head of Sales of Epson Philippines joins us in this episode to share the journey that Epson Philippines had to take to become the market leader of printing in the Philippines. Cris will also share his illustrious career and how he got to eventually Epson for years to become their head of sales. He will also share in depth the development that Epson did throughout the years especially during the pandemic. Cris will also share great advice for leaders that can help manage and s...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 166
Gabriel Benito of Nexplay Esports joins us in this episode to share how Esports and gaming have evolved in the Philippines. Gabriel will share how he developed his love for gaming that translated when he started his career in advertising. He will also share how he took the leap into entrepreneurship to start Nexplay and how he was able to convince top Esports players to work with him. Gabriel will also share how he was able to scale Nexplay over the pandemic and what’s next for the Esports and g...
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 165
