Raphael Layosa is the Founder and CEO at Retailgate. Retailgate is a smart retailing enabler existing to empower innovators, mavericks, and game-changers. Retailgate is supported by DOST-PCIEERD. Know more about how Retailgate can use existing CCTV cameras to improve a business' marketing and retail, what is smart retail?, some background stories of Raph before being a startup entrepreneur (from UP Diliman's Technopreneurship class to UP Enterprise!), and the future of smart retail. In this epis...
Apr 05, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Cherry Murillon is the Founder and CEO at CAWIL.ai. CAWIL.ai is a Philippine-based AI startup aimed at offering solutions for sustainability, biodiversity, humanity, equality, and women empowerment. CAWIL.ai has various industry-agnostic projects and partnerships with both the Philippine and Singaporean governments. Know more about how CAWIL.ai is using computer vision to help make the lives of fishermen easier as well as preserve biodiversity, how can AI be used for COVID-19 response?, the stor...
Mar 29, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Kathleen Yu is the Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Nudgyt. Ehsan Alizada is the Content and Marketing Strategist at Nudgyt. Nudgyt is a Singapore-based AI startup that's turning the confusing corporate dashboards and complex data into "nudges" that are easy to understand and actionable by human organizations. Nudgyt also won the PLDT-Smart Startup Innovation Challenge and is part of QBO's Top 100. Know more about how Nudgyt is turning data analytics into action, the synergy of AI and beha...
Mar 22, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Lei Motilla is the Co-Founder and Social Innovation Lead at AI4GOV. AI4GOV is a Philippine tech startup that provides AI solutions for public service. AI4GOV is also the startup behind KIRA - the DOH's COVID-19 information chatbot. Know more about ano nga ba ang government?, how can AI empower the public sector?, how important is a seamless communication loop towards fixing the problems of governance and citizen participation, and the story behind building AI4GOV and KIRA. In this episode: 00:43...
Mar 15, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Niel Dagondon is the President and Co-Founder at Edusuite. Edusuite is a Philippine-based AI-powered school management system for K-12 to college with a growing number of school partners from Luzon to Mindanao. Know more about the problems of traditional school management systems, how AI comes into play in Edusuite's AI-powered school management system, the story behind the scaling and evolution of Edusuite, and the vision of Edusuite for education technology towards the future. In this episode:...
Mar 08, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Herbert Bactong is the CEO and Co-Founder at Burket. Roy Julian is the COO and Co-Founder at Burket. Jeff Turla is the CTO and Co-Founder at Burket. Burket is a Philippine-based AI-powered B2B marketplace that intelligently, efficiently, and conveniently connects businesses to suppliers and buyers, enhancing discoverability, savings, and sales. Burket is a DOST PCIEERD 2021 Startup Fund Program grantee and part of QBO's Top 100. Know more about what a B2B Marketplace exactly is, how AI is poweri...
Mar 01, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 30
QOMPETE: Intercollegiate Technopreneurs Challenge is a competition hosted by QBO Innovation Hub tailored towards student entrepreneurs who are looking to venture into the startup space. QBO Innovation Hub is the Philippines' national innovation hub aiming to develop, grow, and scale our startup ecosystem. Dave del Rosario is the Head of Community & Ecosystem at QBO Innovation Hub. In this Part 2 of our special series with QBO Innovation Hub, we learn more about why students should enter the ...
Feb 27, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 7
QOMPETE: Intercollegiate Technopreneurs Challenge is a competition hosted by QBO Innovation Hub tailored towards student entrepreneurs who are looking to venture into the startup space. QBO Innovation Hub is the Philippines' national innovation hub aiming to develop, grow, and scale our startup ecosystem. Dave del Rosario is the Head of Community & Ecosystem at QBO Innovation Hub. Let's learn more about QOMPETE: Intercollegiate Technopreneurs Challenge! Deadline of applications is March 4. F...
Feb 25, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Karl Revelar is Head of IP Valuation at Pinoy IP Works, Inc. Kiia Dizon is Startup Development Lead at Pinoy IP Works, Inc. Pinoy IP Works, Inc. is a spin-off company of Fortun Narvasa & Salazar providing high-quality services related to intellectual property (IP) in the Philippines. Pinoy IP Works, Inc. helps Filipino startups protect their ideas and guides them towards commercialization. Know more about why startups should know more about intellectual property, what IP services do Pinoy IP...
Feb 23, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Laila Marquez is the CEO and Co-Founder at Interleukin. Interleukin is the leading healthcare platform provider for facilitating simplified procurement and customer management solutions. Interleukin is one of QBO's top 100 providing an e-commerce marketplace for the healthcare sector. Know more about bakit Interleukin?, their virtual marketplace for healthcare sector buyers and sellers, Taal volcanic eruption and the story behind Interleukin (nagkaubusan ng facemasks), and especially what they d...
Feb 16, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Ian Yapjuangco is the CEO and Co-Founder at NutriCoach. Fia Batua-Mambuay is the CPO and Co-Founder at NutriCoach. NutriCoach is an online platform that helps dietitians, nutritionists, and nutrition coaches simplify their work and empowers them to connect and coach clients around the world. NutriCoach is a DOST PCIEERD 2021 Startup Fund Program grantee. Know more about how they received the grant, ano nga ba ang pinagkaiba ng dietitian at nutritionist, how NutriCoach is connecting the ecosystem...
Feb 09, 2022•27 min
Ruffa Carreon is a Co-Founder at Uplift Code Camp. JC Azcarraga is a Teaching Professional at Uplift Code Camp. Uplift Code Camp is a Philippine coding boot camp teaching full-stack web application development and short weekend seminars. Uplift Code Camp has run boot camps and short courses through the years, helping their graduates land successful jobs. Know more about how they teach beginner-friendly coding to ANYONE, how they design the programs, the curriculum, and the learning process at Up...
Feb 02, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Jayvee de Leon is the CEO and Co-Founder at Forent. Forent is a super app for all your rental needs, providing a safe community for fast and convenient renting transactions every time. Forent got funded recently by Buko Ventures and is growing its community of merchants (rentiers) and users (renters). Know more about the scam that Jayvee experienced which drove him to build Forent, how Forent ensures a safe and scam-free community, Forent's milestones in angel investment and customer experience,...
Jan 26, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Rachelle Uy is the CEO and Co-Founder at Airship Logistics. Airship Logistics is an end-to-end ready-to-use software for last-mile courier companies. Airship Logistics is the IdeaSpace 2019 winner and 3rd place at She Loves Tech Philippines 2021. Know more about the problems of courier companies that Airship Logistics is trying to solve, "Bakit nga ba importante i-solve ang problema ng logistics industry?", Rachelle's story as an entrepreneur and startup founder, and how they are organically bui...
Jan 19, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Richard Ebdalin is the Founder and CEO at Dirt Bag. Kimbery Damlani is a Co-Founder at Dirt Bag. Dirt Bag is revolutionizing the laundry industry with their "Just One Swipe" Dirt Bag app. Dirt Bag is exponentially growing their sales and customer acquisition, starting from Cagayan de Oro and soon all over the country. Know more about how Dirt Bag makes it more convenient for customers and laundry owners, how they started up and are scaling up, some words of wisdom about entrepreneurship, and the...
Jan 12, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Marco Balbin is the Founder and Head Teacher at Veniccio Institute of Music and Arts. Veniccio Institute is offering quality music education WORLDWIDE taught by highly trained professionals. Veniccio Institute is one of the fastest-growing music schools in the Philippines with more than 800 students in 20 countries. Know more about how they conduct online music lessons, some insights on doing business amidst the pandemic, their growth and future plans, and a bit of classical music theory. ;) In ...
Jan 05, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 22
JM Libero is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ofoodie. Ofoodie is providing a new online food shopping experience through the Ofoodie app! Ofoodie is one of the fastest-growing startups in Cagayan de Oro empowering food enterprises and the entire food ecosystem. Know more about the Ofoodie app, contactless ordering, their recent milestones, and some perspectives on the food industry especially during this time of the pandemic. In this episode: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Ano ang Ofoodie? 01:21 What's new ...
Dec 22, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Omnirio, Benjoys Food Products, and TechTrance discuss: "The Future of Retail." Luisa Gamboa is Growth Manager at Omnirio. Omnirio is an easy to use and quick to implement omnichannel platform. Omnirio co-organized "The Future of Philippine Retail & eCommerce" with Prosperna and 4Gives at PHSW2021. Benjo Rivera is Business Unit Manager at Benjoys Food Products. Benjoys is "the home of premium bacon ends," providing only the best, safe, tasty, and affordable ulam selections for every Filipino...
Dec 20, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Lester Mendoza is the CEO and Co-Founder of Farm Box. Farm Box is a social enterprise that has a mission to uplift the lives of our local farmers. Farm Box won this year's DICT Philippine Startup Challenge and entered the National Finals of TAYO 19. Know more about their mission, their business model, their thoughts on the future of farming, and most especially ang kanilang pasabog (hint: NFT game) this December 2021. :) In this episode: 00:40 Ano ang Farm Box? 01:40 Paano nagwowork ang Farm Box...
Dec 15, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Clarence Nieva, a student from Bicol University, is the CEO and co-Founder of Quarta. Rena Nario, also a student from Bicol University, is the Lead Tech of Quarta. Quarta is a student-led, FinTech startup leveraging technology to bring banking and financial literacy to the rural Philippines. Quarta won in a number of competitions: the Financial Literacy Innovation Challenge by PhilDev Foundation and Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation Inc., and the National S!NERGY Competition by the International Asso...
Dec 08, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3OM1fve7rqc7bKM1hQxdWg Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6BObuPvMfoZzdlJeb1XXVa Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/start-up-podcast/id1576462394 Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startuppodcastph This segment is cut from the full episode in partnership with PHSW2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80q4F-1FK18 Follow for more conversations with Filipino startup founders! 🚀...
Dec 07, 2021•2 min
Andrei (Instructor), Erwin (Energy Engineer), Patrick & Lois (Startup Founders), and Janni (Podcast Creator) REACTS and shares about their experiences in the recent Philippine Startup Week 2021! They share: (1) Two events na pinuntahan nila at anong natutunan nila (2) Reflection about the PH Startup ecosystem Events discussed: (1) Making School Cool Again: The Future of EdTech in the Philippines by Edukasyon.ph (2) Lessons Learned as a late entrant by tawk.to (3) No Code, No Problem: A Prime...
Dec 06, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Czar Carbonel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Magwai, a sustainable personal care brand that aims to help protect the ocean through its products. Magwai is part of the Social Impact Accelerator Program of ISIP: Innovations for Social Impact Partnership and have sold 3900+ shampoo bars equivalent to reducing ~13650 100mL plastic shampoo bottles from landfills & oceans. Czar is an ocean & marine life enthusiast, which led her and her co-founder Maffy to start Magwai. We talk about the inspiri...
Dec 01, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Jonecca San Pascual is the Founder and CEO of Pieza PH Automotive, a digital marketplace for motorcycle & automotive products. Pieza is one of the top 15 startups that joined the IdeaSpace Philippines 2021 Accelerator Program and is also part of QBO's Top 100 startups this year. Jonecca is also a success & NLP coach, corporate trainer, public speaker, and founder of Advanced Sales Institute. We talk about Pieza, its special features as a digital marketplace, why the motorcycle & auto...
Nov 24, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Kirsten Sy is the Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of MeetBit, a smart in-email scheduling tool for sales and marketing teams. MeetBit is trusted by high-impact companies across the globe such as SVEN Group, Workbean, and Draper Startup House, and was also part of UpNext Founders Cohort II. Kirsten is also the president of BYTE: Building Young Tech Entrepreneurs and currently taking BS in Information Technology Entrepreneurship at Ateneo de Manila University. We talk about MeetBit, the pain ...
Nov 17, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Eunice Braga is the Head of Marketing and Communications at IdeaSpace Philippines and QBO Innovation Hub. She is also part of the team that's behind the country's largest 5-day startup conference, Philippine Startup Week. In this special episode of the Start Up Podcast in partnership with Philippine Startup Week 2021, we will try to answer one of the simplest but really confusing questions in the startup world: "Ano nga ba ang startup?" Learn more about startups in this very informative and insi...
Nov 12, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Eunice Braga is the Head of Marketing and Communications at IdeaSpace Philippines and QBO Innovation Hub. She is also part of the team that's behind the country's largest 5-day startup conference, Philippine Startup Week. In this special episode of the Start Up Podcast in partnership with Philippine Startup Week 2021, we will find out the answer to the question: "Ano ang Philippine Startup Week?" With the theme "Beyond Recovery: Filipino Startups Redefining Opportunity", it is set to bring toget...
Nov 11, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Tin Ferrera is the founder of RaceYa, a digital platform and enabler for the endurance sports community. RaceYa has partnered with 45 event organizers in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, enabled 345 events with the biggest being the World Trail Running Championship in Nepal, supporting about 200 brand SKU's in their e-commerce marketplace, and had served 35300 athletes across five countries. Tin transitioned from a corporate worker to a 5k-finisher to a trail runner and now a tech startup fou...
Nov 10, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 15
MK Bertulfo is the founder and CEO of FHMoms, an e-learning platform and online community of over 365,000 Filipina women across the world. FHMoms is the Philippines' biggest online platform and support group created by a Filipina mom to help fellow mothers to find jobs through entrepreneurship and freelancing. MK led the community from being a Facebook group to a corporation and social enterprise being run by an all-Filipina team. We talk about entrepreneurship and freelancing, home-based work, ...
Nov 03, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Jason Pechardo, Ian Baytamo, and Charleston Ambatali are co-founders of ADAM Tech, an interdisciplinary group of science, engineering, and humanities professionals formed to create products and solutions for society. Sir Jason (MMM), Sir Ian (ME), and Sir Charleston (EEE), are faculty members from the University of the Philippines Diliman. ADAM Tech is one of the top 10 startups that joined the UPSCALE Incubation and Acceleration Program and now part of the University Innovation Fellowship Progr...
Oct 27, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 13
