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GEW 2019 Greetings from Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo
In her video message, Vice President Robredo expresses her support for all the young entrepreneurs in the Philippines “May you continue to invigorate our nation’s workforce by adopting fresh and new ideas to uplift the lives of your fellow entrepreneurs and the rest of the Filipino people. May this gathering aid you not only in honing your entrepreneurial skills but more importantly in creating more opportunities for collaboration toward to our shared goal of inclusive and sustainable progress.”
Watch her full statement, see the video below:
GEW Philippines 2019: Innovate, Connect, and Change the World
More than a week from now, the biggest celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week is happening in the Philippines. Universities and colleges are excited to participate in this week-long celebration that will start from November 18 to 23. The purpose of this event is to celebrate global entrepreneurship, engage entrepreneurs in resources and education and connect to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The Global Entrepreneurship Week Philippines 2019 will be hosted by GEN Philippines is going to be the biggest and the brightest celebration, as it has gathered partners from the entrepreneurship community comprised of associations and universities to celebrate this week-long event. There will be different GEW events that will happen in Manila City, Quezon City, Pasig City, and other parts of the country. Startups, Creators, and young entrepreneurs will be featured in the event.
Keep tabs on the activities for this week:
Monday
Launching Ceremony of GEN Philippines
The launching ceremony of GEN Philippines. It is a kick-off event to start the GEW and also to launch the GEN in the Philippines. It is a small gathering of makers and creators, startups, social and young entrepreneurs in the country.
KICKSTART 2019 (SAN BEDA – ALABANG)
The Global Entrepreneurship Week Philippines 2019 will be hosted by GEN Philippines is going to be the biggest and the brightest celebration, as it has gathered partners from the entrepreneurship community comprised of associations and universities to celebrate this week-long event. There will be different GEW events that will happen in Manila City, Quezon City, Pasig City, and other parts of the country. Startups, Creators, and young entrepreneurs will be featured in the event.The event will focus on showcasing the talents of Student Entrepreneurs in innovation and entrepreneurship and bring together bright minds to give talks that are an idea, idealization, and sustainability-focused to foster learning, inspiration. It aims to contribute economically in the society of today and provoke conversations that matter in the field of business and enterprise.
Pitch Perfect: Finding Your Pitching Style
3:00 PM- 5:00 PM – QBO Innovation Hub, Makati City
One of the early challenges that startup founders face is pitching their product. In this workshop, participants will be exposed to various pitch approaches to help them find the right style for their startup.
Tuesday
2050 FEST
It is the ultimate final pitching and culminating event for the Impact 2050 program.
Impact Hub Manila is a global network co-founded by Ces Rondario in 2015 and sets itself up as an incubation hub focused on purpose-driven entrepreneurs whose venture ideas have the potential to impact the lives of Filipinos at large scale.
Respectable speakers and juries from startup, private, and government sectors will be present during the event.
Locally–fied, Far Eastern University
A bazaar for local non-food business.
Wednesday
Enabling the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Miriam College
Startup Nations Policy Hack is a global policy platform dedicated to providing its members with opportunities for policy design, experimentation, and knowledge exchange that lead to policy implementation.
Thursday
Coffee Talk: Creative and Conscious Entrepreneurship
Ayala North Exchange, Makati City
3:00PM – 5:00PM
Coffee Talk is a community meetup for entrepreneurs who are looking to engage in insightful conversations about their work. For the Philippine Startup Week edition of Coffee Talk, outstanding creative and social entrepreneurs are invited to share about what it takes to run a sustainable business while being mindful of the impact it creates in society.
This event is organized by The Spark Project in partnership with Clock In by Ayala Land Offices, US Embassy of the Philippines, and the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
Friday
Startup Huddle Manila
that has been currently taken place in Bangladesh, Australia, India, Canada and many more. It is a program designed to build and strengthen local entrepreneurship ecosystems by helping one entrepreneur at a time by huddling with other entrepreneurs in different industries to share his business challenges and crowdsourcing solutions from participants. It is based on the notion that the best way for entrepreneurs to discover solutions to the challenges they face is through purposeful engagement with one another. This program aims to have an intimate engagement with co-entrepreneurs to have an entrepreneurial ecosystem that aims to help one another.
Saturday
Creative Business Cup Pitching Competition, FEU Manila Auditorium
Creative Business Cup Pitching Competition is a competition showcasing creative business venture products, services, and prototypes. This event provides actual venture products that can create market awareness, product testing/acceptance as well as possible angel investors.
Global Entrepreneurship Week Summit
It is the weekend event of GEW and it is an inspirational keynote conference that celebrates lessons in failures in entrepreneurship. This event’s main goal is to recognize and bring into a sphere that all successes in business today have been influenced by lessons from mistakes and disappointments of an entrepreneur.
Participate in one of the biggest events for the Startup Community. Come and celebrate with us during the Global Entrepreneurship Week. See you there!
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GEN Philippines Partners with Impact Hub to Promote the World’s Largest Hackathon
GEN Philippines is supporting Impact Hub Manila in its official attempt to break a Guinness World Record for organizing the largest hackathon in the world this October 30 and 31.
Dubbed as Impact Hackathon, the 24-hour codefest aims to catalyze the impact entrepreneurship system in the Philippines, all while providing solutions to pressing problems in the sectors of climate change, agriculture, education, health, and smart cities.
Together with the government, private, and start-up sector, the event aspires to put the Philippines on the map as a tech innovation hub that embraces progressiveness and inclusivity.
The reverse hackathon will happen in 15 cities across the Philippines through a live feed situated in the main venue, Smart Araneta Coliseum! The coding marathon itself will begin at 12:00 noon of October 30 and will go on until 12:00 noon of the following day.
“We are very proud to be part of this important event in the Philippine startup community. Through the Impact Hackathon, we hope to be able to raise entrepreneurial awareness in our country,” says Henry Ong, Managing Director of GEN Philippines.
“This event is also very timely as we celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week next month” Ong adds.
For more info about Impact Hackathon, visit https://www.impact2050.com/impact-hackathon/
6th Startup Huddle Manila: Forming A Cyber Safe and Inclusive Startup Community
6TH Startup Huddle Manila held last September 20 (Friday) at PSE Center, East Tower Tektite Ortigas Pasig City from 1:30-4:30 pm. Two Startup presenters were given 20-minutes to discuss their startup and another 10 minutes for the question and answer.
Mr. Paulo Sairel Don, CEO of Stealth X Technologies
The first presenter is Mr. Paulo Sairel Don, CEO of Stealth X Technologies. It is a computer company which specializes in hacking and cybersafety. He discussed cybersecurity and cyber threats that business owners might encounter. He also showed some examples of how you can get hacked along with the tips on how you can spot if it is a fake website or not. He had given the startups a piece of advice on how to keep safe from anomalous websites and developers.
Ms. Alea Ladaga, Managing Director of Techtonic Summit
For the second presenter, we had Ms. Alea Ladaga, Managing Director of Techtonic Summit. Techtonic Summit is the Philippines’ largest tech conference that aims to provide an inclusive platform to showcase the best that the Philippine startup ecosystem has to offer. It is a 2-day convergence of ideas, technology, and innovation, bringing together all the movers and shakers across Southeast Asia. Discussed building an inclusive startup community from the ground up.
Ms. Kimberly Lim
As for the last presenter, Ms. Kimberly Lim shows the startups on how to easily connect and engage with other entrepreneurs, suppliers and target markets using the Unionbank Global Linker application for free. It is a digital platform that helps SMEs to grow their businesses globally.
Startup Huddle Manila is a monthly international program that has been currently taken place in Bangladesh, Australia, India, Canada, and many more.
This program is designed to build and strengthen the local entrepreneurship ecosystem by helping one entrepreneur at a time as well as huddling with other entrepreneurs in various industries to share business challenges and crowdsource solutions from participants.
For more info, please visit https://www.genglobal.org/philippines/startup-huddle-manila
Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) 2019
11-15 November 2019, Singapore
Organised by Enterprise Singapore, NRF and IPI, SWITCH is a platform where scientific discoveries and advancements are transformed into disruptive technology applications that will redefine the way we live. It focuses on deep tech applications in the areas of manufacturing, urban solutions, health, and biomedical sciences and digital services.
SWITCH is where companies identify new technologies for business transformation and where collaborations are formed. It convenes entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, innovator and industry professionals from diverse backgrounds. Find out more at www.switchsg.org
Please use this link to register if you plan to attend, as it will help show the organizers the value of YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SOCIETY PHILIPPINES and the strong network we can bring to this event.
YES Forum August: STARTUP HACKS – IDEA TO BETA
This month’s YES FORUM was held last August 27, Tuesday at Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Ortigas in full house attendance by aspiring entrepreneurs and startup founders.
Mr. Roy Julian, a human Resource Professional with intensive specialization in business analysis and organizational development and Co-Founder of Burket Ph, a market network specifically designed to connect and match businesses to their target customers and suppliers, was the main speaker.
Mr. Roy Julian, Co-Founder of Burket Ph
He discussed how to efficiently and effectively start your own Startup and shared some important hacks and tips for startups that are in idea-stage, early-stage, and growth-stage. GEN FORUM aims to connect and engage with the Startups and Young Entrepreneurs to strengthen the local entrepreneurship ecosystem. The event was held in partnership with Young Entrepreneur Society.
YES FORUM aims to connect and engage with the Startups and Young Entrepreneurs to strengthen the local entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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5th Startup Huddle Manila: Helping Startups to Connect
Two Startup presenters were given 6-minutes to discuss their startup and another 20 minutes for the question and answer portion.
The first presenter is Ms. Ria San Gabriel from Connected women. Connected women is a social impact tech startup which offers online skills development and remote work opportunities to women. They are also growing a global community of women (50+ cities in 7 countries) and working with key partners Facebook #SheMeansBusiness and DICT for a nationwide digital marketing training program for women, and with United Nations Development for a digital upskilling project in Marawi.
Ms. Ria San Gabriel, Head of Community at Connected Women
Followed by the second presenter Mr. Dexter P. Bano, CEO and Co-founder of Orbital Exploration. Orbital Exploration is a socially conscious aerospace startup developing innovative, world-class methodologies in creating sustainable energy production for space exploration.
Mr. Dexter P. Bano, CEO and Co-founder of Orbital Exploration
Startup Huddle Manila is a monthly international program that has been currently taken place in Bangladesh, Australia, India, Canada, and many more. This program is designed to build and strengthen the local entrepreneurship ecosystem by helping one entrepreneur at a time as well as huddling with other entrepreneurs in various industries to share business challenges and crowdsource solution from participants.
For more info, please visit https://www.genglobal.org/philippines/startup-huddle-manila
The 4th Startup Huddle Manila
The 4th Startup Huddle Manila happened last April 25, 2019 (Thursday) at PSE Center, East Tower Tektite Ortigas Pasig City from 2:00-5:00pm. A total of 14 Startups attended the event coming from various companies including Alcon Technologies, Barkada Brew, City Events Manila, ThinkBIT, Avita Philippines, Qarabao, STORM Learning, and Ground gurus. There are two presenters that were given 45 minutes to discuss their startup and another 15 minutes for the question and answer portion.
The 1st Presenter was Mr. DM Varun of STORM Learning. Storm Learning was founded in 2017, STORM Learning’s founders DM Varun and Peter Cauton – after spending more than 20 years combined in the HR industry – wanted to increase visibility and accountability in the training ecosystem in The Philippines. STORM learning today has helped more than 15 companies find the right training and provided them with the right tools to ensure they’re able to measure the impact of their employees’ training.
Followed by the 2nd Presenter, Ms. Jazel Ann de Leon of Ground Gurus. Ground Gurus offers its own standard learning solution. They offer ‘practical training programs’ that highlight skills in the new economy. The experienced-based teaching from Experts or Gurus is an additional alternative form of education, mainly focus on skills building that can be used as credentials in job qualification and professional development. They also build innovative applications that will automate any manual processes utilized in the everyday working environment. Automating business processes is also a core competency of their team. It can be a website, mobile application, or a web application.
Startup Huddle Manila is a monthly international program that has been currently taken place in Bangladesh, Australia, India, Canada, and many more. This program is designed to build and strengthen the local entrepreneurship ecosystem by helping one entrepreneur at a time as well as huddling with other entrepreneurs in various industries to share business challenges and crowdsource solution from participants.
For more info, please visit https://www.genglobal.org/philippines/startup-huddle-manila
A Roaring Success for the Entrepreneurship World Cup Philippines 2019
Mr. Mark Gersava, Founder and Chief Executive Farmer of Bambuhay
Innovative and Sustainable ideas celebrated at the Entrepreneurship World Cup. Held last July 13, 2019, at the Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Bambuhay emerged as the champion for this year’s EWC Finals. Bambuhay will represent the Philippines in the 160 countries global finals this year. Bambuhay is a social enterprise that is leading the way in sustainable business creating inclusive and eco-friendly solutions to heal the planet and build opportunities by empowering marginalized communities.
There were 9 finalists who have competed in the said event were Bambuhay, Jungle, Burket, Efifactory, The Plastic Flamingo, Playtribe, Medikally, Malak and Flow’r Pow’r. Each of the participants were given a 5-minute duration to pitch and another 5 minutes were given for the judges to ask questions to the Start-up Presenter.
These start-ups compete with only one goal in mind and that is to get a hold of the life-changing prizes that the Entrepreneurship World Cup has to offer. The national winner will be competing to the upcoming Global Pitching Competition this year that will happen on November 12-14 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They will also be receiving structured support and direct mentorship through GEN Accelerates.
Mr. Justin Lim, CEO of the Veer Immersive Technologies
To sum up the event, Mr. Justin Lim, CEO of the Veer Immersive Technologies was the resource speaker for the said event and he discussed “Youth Entrepreneurship: My Start-up Life”. He shared how introspection is important when planning a start-up, as you have to know yourself in order to create an Idea that will match your personality as a Founder. Mental health and positive outlook in life is also a part of his motivational talk.
The Entrepreneurship World Cup is more than just a global pitching competition with a shot at life-changing prizes. With 100,000 entrants from around the world, EWC elevates entrepreneurs – providing them with tools and resources to grow their venture.
To know more about Entrepreneurship World Cup, please visit https://entrepreneurshipworldcup.com/
Philippine Creative Business Cup 2018 Winner continues their journey to Copenhagen
Congratulations Alcoffea Tiles!
Last year’s Creative Business Cup winner is about to compete on the upcoming Creative Business Cup Global Finals 2019 which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on July 1-2. Let us all support the team behind the Alcoffea Tiles for they will be representing the Philippines.
Creative Business Cup was part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week Celebration last November 17, 2018, the said event was organized by Global Entrepreneurship Network Philippines.
Alcoffea Tiles is an agriculture startup that produces “Coffee Tiles” or tiles that are made from coffee waste. The tiles are eco-friendly, affordable and have reasonable mechanical features. The team had conceptualized “Coffee Tiles” in order to provide a cheaper alternative to the clay which is used to produce traditional tiles.
“In the short amount of time that the team had spent in Denmark for CBC 2019, we were able to learn a lot of useful things. Perhaps the most important lesson we’ve learned as a team was how to put ourselves out there and network with a diverse selection of people. The team is very lucky to have the opportunity to meet all the participants – to hear from them and learn their stories. We also had the opportunity to learn from an experienced public speaker during our boot camp. We were equipped with knowledge on how to engage the audience and sharpen our pitch, these are all very practical lessons that we can apply to other aspects of the business as well.” According to Ms. Shannen Clui Anabo, Founder of Alcoffea Tiles as she shares their learning experience in Creative Business Cup 2019.
She also shared how it felt to represent our country and compete in Copenhagen for Creative Business Cup 2019
“Of course, initially there was a feeling of immense pressure. We felt as if we were to disappoint a lot of people if we don’t get to represent the country well. We’ve spent a lot of time honing our skills, polishing our report and our pitch as well, all so we could give back to many people who have always believed in us. We want to give the country a sense of pride. Being with the kind people of Creative Business Cup, gave the team a sense of warmth and familiarity that our troubles were eased. Currently, the team just feels glad to have been given this opportunity to work with a lot of people and of course, represent the Philippines.”
Creative Business Cup is not just a competition, rather it aims to empower entrepreneurs and trend spotters from the creative industries around the world, connect startups to investors and global markets, while they also strive to strengthen the attendees’ innovative capabilities and benefit their businesses.
To know more about Alcoffea Tiles, check them out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AlcoffeaTiles/
