Bo Discarga is the founder and CEO of Betterteem, a data-driven employee experience platform for BPO companies. Betterteem is one of the top 15 startups that joined the 2021 acceleration program of IdeaSpace Philippines and has collected $25,000 investment during its pre-seed funding round with Buko Ventures as its primary investor. Bo is an experienced HR & employee experience leader with over 10 years experience in the BPO industry for various companies such as Startek, Accenture, Quantrix...
Oct 20, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Benjoe Vidal is the founder of Trash Cash PH, the app that's using AI and machine learning to turn your trash into items, cash, and rewards. Benjoe has more than 8 years experience as a software engineer and formed the team that won the Impact Hackathon 2019, the largest nationwide hackathon in the Philippines. Trash Cash PH is incubated by Impact Hub Manila and has reached 15000 users from its launch earlier this year. We talk about the different types of plastic, the importance of waste segreg...
Oct 11, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Rameses Morales II is the founder of STAT, the Philippines' first platform for on-demand medicine delivery services. STAT is an online platform for medicine delivery and has reached 2M gross merchandise value since its launch last October 2020. Ram is also the co-founder of Pomodoro Pizza and a seasoned problem solver and serial entrepreneur. We talk about the story behind STAT, medicine delivery, the vision of STAT as a health tech SaaS, employee vs entrepreneurship culture, and STAT's challeng...
Oct 04, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Karlos Naidas is the president of Eplayment, a fintech startup serving the needs of Filipino gamers and content creators through the Eplayment digital wallet. Karlos is part of the founding committee for Esports at the SEA Games 2019 hosted by the Philippines and has over 9 years experience in the software industry. Eplayment has over Php 2B worth of payments processed and is now partnered with various fintech, banking, and cryptocurrency companies. We talk about digital banking, esports, comput...
Sep 27, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Marlon Tong is the founder of Foodsource PH, a local food e-commerce platform advocating world-class Filipino products. Marlon is a BS Computer Science graduate from DLSU and an IT professional with a passion for food. Foodsource PH started back in 2015 and now has over 350 local food products available online. We brainstorm on the following questions: 1) Bakit hindi masyado sinusuportahan ng mga Pilipino ang local food products? 2) Bakit may Japanese, Korean, Thai cuisine, pero hindi sikat ang ...
Sep 20, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Ayeza Pamintuan is the founder of Chatuto, a chat-based learning platform for board exam takers available in Facebook Messenger. Ayeza is a college instructor at ACCESS Computer College. Chatuto is part of the UPSCALE Innovation Hub's Incubation and Accelerator Program and is also featured in the UPSCALE Startup Showcase app. We talk about learning styles, chatbot technology, experiences in the UPSCALE Innovation Hub's Incubation and Accelerator Program, and of course, why Chatuto? Learn more ab...
Sep 13, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Jason Alacapa, MD (CEO) & Paul delos Trinos (CTO) are co-founders of metaHealth, a health technology think + do tank and trailblazer of health technology assessment (HTA) in the Philippines. Jace is a John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professional doctorate researcher and Obama Foundation (Asia Pacific) Leader. Paul is a Scientia PHD Scholar for health economics at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia. MetaHealth is the first HTA-focused consulting firm in the Philippines providi...
Sep 06, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Amiel Camingal is the founder of Hive Energy PH, manufacturer of solar power stations providing uninterruptable power supply with clean and sustainable energy. Amiel is a graduate of BS Electronics Engineering in Bulacan State University. Hive Energy PH was part of the New Energy Nexus Clean Energy Startup Program and was also featured in Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo for providing electricity to underserved communities. We talk about the problem of power interruptions in the Philippines, renewable energ...
Aug 30, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Ruel Amparo is the founder of Cropital, a crowdfunding platform enabling investors to provide financial support to smallholder farmers in the Philippines. Ruel is a graduate of BS Industrial Engineering in UP Diliman and a Forbes 30 Under 30 (Finance Asia) honoree. Cropital was part of the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Center's (MaGIC) ASEAN Accelerator Program and awarded Philippine Social Enterprise of the Year at the Philippine Rice Bowl Startup Awards 2016. We talk about the sta...
Aug 23, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Raymond Rodis is the founder of Digest, a one-stop-shop for Philippine legal services making law more accessible to the Filipino people. Raymond is a corporate lawyer and has also founded another successful multi million consultancy company -- ASPIRE Consultancy Services. Digest has reached two thousand active users per day in its dedication to make legal services affordable, convenient, and responsive to Filipinos. We talk about Digest and its purpose, features, and motivations, the essence of ...
Aug 09, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Jill Manapat is the founder and chief saliksiker of Saliksik, a research curation and crowdfunding platform that aims for more efficient innovation adoption in society. Jill is a part-time lecturer and founder of the Humanitarian Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Design (HEED) course and research group in the University of the Philippines Diliman. Saliksik is currently partnered with DOST, delivering the research efforts of HEI's in Region 10 for the benefit of the people. We talk about the sta...
Jul 26, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Gerald Marin is the founder of FoPo: Food Powder, a startup that solves the food waste problem and advocates sustainable production. Gerald studied Management of Applied Chemistry in Ateneo and joined the Erasmus Mundus Masters in Food Innovation and Product Design in France, Ireland, Italy, and Sweden. FoPo won awards in the Ben & Jerry's Our Core Crowdfunding Campaign, Thought for Food Summit in Portugal, and AgTech FoodTech Summit in Germany. We talk about FoPo's story, its conception and...
Jul 12, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1
