For our season finale for 2023, Koh Onozawa of Bit2Me joins us to share they became the biggest crypto company in Spain. Koh will share his origin story being raised in an entrepreneurial family in Cebu and launching the award-winning Loudbasstard natural amplifiers. He will also share how he decided to move to Spain and how he was able to join Bit2Me early on as an adviser until he became Co-CEO through the years. Koh also shares the amazing journey Bit2Me had to undergo in order to become the ...
Dec 25, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 219
Joshua Aragon of Zagana joins us in this episode to share how they are bridging the wide gap between farmers and consumers in their app. Joshua will share his early hustle working in the family business and how he got exposed to great business acumen from his kin. He will also share how he decided to pursue his own business when he launched Pushkart.ph along with how he hustled to get it off the ground. Joshua also shares how joining the Alibaba Fellowship in China changed his perspective that e...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 218
Rafael Jouwena of Cocotel joins us in this episode to share how they are helping Filipino hotels improve discoverability in the hospitality industry. Rafa will share his early hustle growing up in Indo before moving around and working in finance. He will also share what made him take the leap to start Cocotel along with the initial pivots they made after the pandemic hit. Rafa also shares how they survived the pandemic and got to profitability that led them to get investors. This episode is brou...
Dec 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 217
Chris Howe of Limitless Connect joins us in this episode to share how they are elevating the customer experience of contact centers around the world. Chris will share how he started his career being in the military that played a vital part in his success when he entered the technology and business world. He will also share how he leveled up in his career in tech and how he decided to create Limitless Connect. Chris also shares great advice on how to scale your business globally with remote teams...
Dec 04, 2022•59 min•Season 9Ep. 216
Filipina pilot Chezka Gonzales joins us in this episode to share with us the hustle behind Philippine Blockchain Week. Chezka will share her inspiring journey of being a young mom while studying and eventually working as a flight attendant. She will also share how she became a pilot and how she got immersed into the crypto world during the pandemic. Chezka will also share why she started the Philippine Blockchain Week and the amazing roster of speakers she was able to invite for the crypto commu...
Nov 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 215
Rudy Abrahams, Managing Director of SAP Philippines, joins us in this episode to share how SAP is powering thousands of business in the Philippines. Rudy will share his inspiring journey growing up in South Africa and working globally in SAP before he came to the Philippines to lead the SAP Philippine team. He will also share how SAP is advocating digital transformation and the transition to the cloud for the thousands of clients they help along with their commitment to sustainability. Rudy also...
Nov 20, 2022•52 min•Season 9Ep. 214
OJ Lopez of REVAStaff joins us in this episode to share how they are helping real estate businesses around the world outsource their creative needs. OJ will share his colorful journey in finding his passion towards Architecture and Entrepreneurship despite the many setbacks he experienced in college. He will also share how he discovered the demand for REVAStaff and how he was able to grow it organically while bootstrapping. OJ also shares how he's able to see new opportunities to scale REVAStaff...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 9Ep. 213
Magno Conag of Tindahang Tapat joins us in this episode to share how they are impacting the sari sari stores in 7 provinces in the Philippines using technology. Magno will share how he started his career as an educator and how he decided to be an entrepreneur to help tech talents in his hometown of Naga get great careers and stay home. He also shares how he struggled with his first venture and how he learned from that failure to launch Tindahang Tapat to apply all the learnings he got from his f...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 9Ep. 212
Ram Morales of STAT joins us in this episode to share their quest in revolutionizing the way Filipinos access their meds. Ram will share his early hustles in college and how his previous stints in customer service impacted the way he navigates the business world as an entrepreneur. He will also share how he created a pizza restaurant with his wife while working full-time and how they were able to make that work despite massive challenges. Ram also shares how he created STAT and the challenges th...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 211
Ahmed Elsamadisi of Narrator.ai joins us in this episode to share how they are solving the data problems of all startups and tech companies using a very easy-to-use product. Ahmed will share his previous hustle working as a dev in WeWork and how they were able to grow fast and solve problems even though they were using fragmented data points. He will also share what triggered him to create Narrator because of the need to create a functional Business Intelligence tool that is easy to use despite ...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 210
Timothy Cu and Jojo Lontok of the grocery delivery app Supah join us in this episode to share how they are able to improve Manila's quick commerce industry and delivery to their users in 15 minutes. Timothy and Jojo will share their origin stories with Tim sharing his previous experience in Ninja Van and Freshket while Jojo shares his 20+ years of experience in aviation and logistics. They will also share how they joined Sarisuki to work with Brian Cu and created Supah to make it easier for Fili...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 9Ep. 209
Serial entrepreneur Bjorn Pardo of AHG Lab joins us in this episode to share how AHG Lab aims to create startups that solve big problems in the Philippines. Bjorn will share his early ventures in selling in eBay and how that led him to go to the Philippines to launch Xend. He will also share the key learnings bootstrapping Xend and operating it for 16 years which sprung multiple products and several exits. Bjorn also shares the experience he got working with UBx and other startups that prepared ...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 208
Julian Schumacher of Dart App joins us in this episode to share how they are revolutionizing quick commerce in Manila. Julian will share his early hustles growing up in Germany and how he also worked in private equity and one of the fastest growing quick commerce startups in Europe - Gorillas. He will also share how he saw the perfect opportunity in the Philippines for quick commerce and how he, along with his cofounders, created Dart. Julian will also tell us how they were able to build quick t...
Oct 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 207
Startup veterans Dave Overton and Albert Padin of Symph joins us in this episode to share their decade-long journey creating amazing tech products for clients and for themselves. Dave and Albert will share their respective entrepreneurial journeys in Cebu and how they ended up working in tech and software development. They will also share the numerous close calls that almost ended Symph through the years and how they were able to learn and bounce back for every challenge thrown their way. Dave a...
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Season 9Ep. 206
Fresh from raising a $2.2 Million seed round and their stint from YC, David Marquez and Josh Supan of Shipmates comes back to podcast to share their incredible story of grit and persistence. David and Josh will share what happened since they last guested in the show back in 2020 and how they almost died several times as Xpanse was hit hard by the pandemic. They will share the struggles they had to go through just to stay alive and how they pivoted into Shipmates along with their failed attempts ...
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 205
Charlie Coroza and Jeffrey Reyes of Twala joins us in this episode to share how they are making document signing more secure in the Philippines. Charlie and Jeffrey will be sharing their humble beginnings in working as a sales trainer and programmer respectively before they decided to team up. They will also share the initial challenges they experienced in getting their first few customers using their MVP and how they eventually made the right adjustments that allowed them to gather traction. Ch...
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 204
Fresh from raising $17.5M for their Series A, King Alandy Dy of Expedock joins us to share how they are solving the global problem of freight management around the world. King will share his amazing journey starting programming early in school which led him to be sponsored to study in Stanford where he got early exposures creating startups while he was still in school. He will also share the struggles they had early in Expedock along with how they were able to scale during the pandemic. King als...
Sep 04, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 9Ep. 203
Bing Tan, Hubert Yap & Ibba Bernardo of Packworks joins us in this episode to share how they are transforming the lives of sari-sari store owners in the Philippines through technology. They will share their amazing journey bootstrapping Packworks and how they managed to stay afloat before their exponential growth happened. They will also share great insights on how their team dynamics work and how they were able to scale fast during the pandemic which led them to raise $2 million from ADB, T...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 202
Constantin Robertz of Locad joins us in this episode to share how they are democratizing the backend of E-Commerce and logistics in the Philippines. Constantin talks about his journey joining Rocket Internet and joining Zalora where they built the infrastructure of how e-commerce operates in the Philippines today. He also shares how he eventually became the CEO of Entrego and how Locad became the culmination of his years of experience in E-commerce in the Philippines. Cons will also share how Lo...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 9Ep. 201
Nate Clarke and Abet Tinio, the Co-CEOs of the newest digital bank in the Philippines joins us in our 200th episode to give us a glimpse of what GoTyme will be like once they officially launch. Nate and Abet will both be sharing their illustrious careers which includes stints in launching banks and running e-wallets. They will also share how GoTyme was formed and how it will revolutionize the way Filipino do banking with their approach. Nate and Abet also shares the features of GoTyme along with...
Aug 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 200
Camille Ang and Jiawen Tang of Hive Health joins us in this episode to share how they plan to disrupt health insurance in the Philippines after their recent YC stint. Camille and Jiawen will share their individual hustles which got them stints in consulting, government, and international relations like the UN and IMF. They will also share how they won Harvard New Ventures competition while studying MBA in Harvard which eventually led them to join YC within a few weeks. Camille and Jiawen will al...
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 9Ep. 199
Celebrity Mompreneur Roxanne Montealagre joins us in this episode to share her entrepreneurial journey in A-List Custom Clothing. Roxanne shares her early hustles helping out her mom and how she started working in showbiz and sportscasting. She will also share how she started A-List Custom Clothing and how she was able to grow their operations for years. Roxanne also share the pivots she made during the pandemic along with how she will bounce back with A-List as the world opens up again. This ep...
Jul 31, 2022•56 min•Season 9Ep. 198
After recently raising $13M on their Pre-Series A round, Ian Estrada and Herbie Fu of XLD Finance joins us in this episode to share to help bridge the gap of financial services in the Metaverse. Ian and Herbie will share their respective hustles prior to joining forces in XLD with stints in product development and being a VC. They will also talk about how they created XLD Finance in the midst of the pandemic and how they were able create a product that crypto VCs wanted to back. Ian and Herbie w...
Jul 24, 2022•51 min•Season 9Ep. 197
Emman Llego of Likha Creative Entrepreneurship Summit joins us in this episode to share the amazing things happening in their event headlined by Chris Do. Emman will share his journey as a freelancer and how he turned it into a Startup Academy over the pandemic. He will also share how he and his friends created Likha Creative Entrepreneurship Summit to help uplift the community of creative entrepreneurs. Emman will also share details on what to look out for during the Summit that entrepreneurs c...
Jul 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 9Ep. 196
Raya Buensuceso of Kaya Founders joins us in this episode to share how Kaya Founders is investing into the bright future of the Philippine startup ecosystem. Raya will share her amazing journey studying in an international school in the Philippines and how she got into Princeton and hustled while studying there. She will also share how she got into Kaya Founders and how they built the fund along with how they did their first few investments. Raya will also share how Kaya Founders helps startups ...
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 195
To celebrate Lazada's 10th anniversary, Carmela Cancio - Go and Ralph Go joins us in this episode to share their journey in The Superfood Grocer. Ralph and Carmela will share their early hustles along with what made them decide to go vegan. They will also share how they started The Superfood Grocer along with the challenges they faced during the pandemic lockdowns. Ralph and Carmela will also share how they were able to scale faster using Lazada and how other entrepreneurs can leverage the power...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 194
For our season finale, Jorge Wieneke III joins us in this episode to share his amazing entrepreneurial journey with Tokyo Tempura. Jorge will share how he got into entrepreneurship after he worked in ad agencies and came up with the idea behind Potato Corner. He will also share how he and his partners created Potato Corner and they grew it to the brand we all know and love today. Jorge also shares how he decided to create Tokyo Tempura after he left Potato Corner and how he applied everything th...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 193
After recently raising $2m seed funding, JD Laborada and Berna Misa of Playdex joins us in this episode to share how Playdex is helping players and guilds to rent gaming assets from NFT holders. JD and Berna will share their respective hustles which includes stints in fintech and AI startups. They will also share how they decided to create a Web3 project with the friends they made in La Union during the pandemic that includes Ron Hose of Coins.ph and Luis Sia of PayMongo. JD and Berna also share...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 192
Gelo Wong of Likha and Bayanichain joins us in this episode to tell us how they are creating a NFT marketplace for Filipino artists. Gelo will share how he got exposed to business by his parents and how he first tried doing business with sneakers. He will also share how he exposed to NFTs and Web3 early which led him to form his team to create Likha after attending crypto events. Gelo will also share how he juggles his time between school and his startup along with how they got to first raise th...
Jun 13, 2022•58 min•Season 8Ep. 191
Fernando Ramos of On Demand Deals joins us in this episode to share how they are transforming homes into new convenience stores for quick commerce. Ando will share how he got into startups in college and joined multiple startups like Uber, Entrego and Grab before starting to create his own. He will also share how he faced challenges creating his startup and how he was able to correct his mistakes when they launched On Demand Deals. Ando will also share how they were able to generate traction and...
Jun 05, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 8Ep. 190
