You have your home based business set up and running. You feel like it’s time to scale up and do bigger things for your business… how do you do it? First, let’s define what scaling up a business means. As per Merriam-Webster, ‘Scale’ is increasingly being used as shorthand for ‘scale up’ (“to grow or […]

Running your own business is a challenge. Running a business in the Philippines could be tough. I’d attribute it with how most businesses here are low-ballers and unfair. We’ve known a lot of small to big businesses who get away with dodgy business ethics from client- business approach to business – employees treatment. And the […]

When Facebook live was first launched, I projected that web based entrepreneurs will benefit mostly. Well, I’m not wrong but I didn’t realize even direct sellers and retailers will monetize this feature to the max. And what’s very interesting is that Philippine based retailers have picked up on this trend and made it really big. […]

It has been a goal for me to look for a good loan provider for my business for expansion purposes. I’m willing to pay for the interest charges because I will use the loaned amount for business. So in July 2016, I tried Cebuana Lhuillier’s loan offer. I met with their sales representative and forged a […]

There are plenty of benefits when you register your sole prop business as BMBE or Barangay Micro Business Enterprise. A BMBE is defined under the BMBE Law, RA. 9178 Act of 2002 as “any business enterprise engaged in production, processing, or manufacturing of products, including agro-processing, as well as trading and services, with total assets of not more than P3 million. Such […]

Oh wow, it has been that long? Tell you what, it has been one of the best decisions I ever made.   It was not easy but I knew it was what I wanted and with some luck, I was able to sustain being a work at home mom (WAHM). I’ve had run ins with not […]

Happy New Year!   It has been months since my last post and since it’s the New Year, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and planning for 2017. But before that let me tell you how my 2016 was business wise. I’ve had a lot of highs last year and a few lows. Let’s […]

EVENT DETAILS 3rd Entrepreneur and Franchise Expo Date: March 11-13, 2016 Venue: Megatrade Hall 1, 5th Floor Mega B, SM Megamall Opening Hours: Fri: 11:00AM-08:00PM Sat: 11:00AM- 08:00PM Sun: 11:00AM- 08:00PM Number of Exhibitors: 90 Exhibitors Expected Visitors: 10,000 Visitors Online Registration Fee: Free Walk In Registration Fee: Php 20.00 Organized By MEDIACOM SOLUTIONS INC. […]

Name: Leah B. Paningbatan Nickname: Leah Short Bio: Freelance architect, part time mountaineer, full time vegetarian Name of Business: Bureaucraft Design Services / Foodstock Philippines Questions: What kept you busy before you became a Pinaypreneur?  Besides being a freelance architect, m managing 2 of our businesses ( Bureaucraft & Ambay) but now loving my new adventure with my new […]

Hey Mompreneurs! Good news, are you using Google Apps for Work? They are now down to $3 (plus tax) per user per month instead of $5. Seems small but if you’re a big user of Google Apps for Work, this is something good. Businesses who are not based in the Philippines but has majority of […]

Name: Shiena Mutya-Combalicer Nickname: Shina Name of Business: SCMUTYA Enterprises Short Bio: I’m Shiena Mutya – Combalicer, a work-at-home-mom, entrepreneur, blogger and digital marketing advisor. I graduated at Polytechnic University of the Philippines with a Bachelor Degree in Advertising and Public Relation. I’m 29 years old, married to my first and only boyfriend for 13 years and now […]