Life isn’t a piece of cake, but Melany Carcamo’s revolves around these sweet slices. Melany found her niche through her love for baking and pastries. Not long after leaving her corporate job and her husband’s retrenchment, she started selling her homemade cakes. She and her husband handled everything, from operations to marketing. Customer after continue reading : Not Just Sweet: Savor the Sweet Memories
Mang Delfin’s Putong Polo, Pancit Malabon and Native Kakanin is a family business ran by Delfin Gutierrez, Jr. They specialize in baking Putong Pulo, a native Valenzuelano delicacy, and in cooking mouth-watering Pancit Malabon. After graduating from high school, Delfin had no idea what course to take up in college since he was so busy continue reading : Give Up to Go Up! Mang Delfin’s Putong Polo
Emily was in the BPO industry when she decided that running a business is what she wanted to do. Being away from his kids especially at night is the main reason to quit her job. She then wants to have a business but doesn’t have any idea on what to put up, but at that continue reading : Never Far From The Sushi Bar
Ms. Irene Mejer is a solo parent of two beautiful girls and has over 18 years of pharmaceutical sales and marketing experience when she started her business. Born out of frustration with the limited options to shift to a plastic free lifestyle, Ms. Irene launched her brand – The Eco Shift. The Eco Shift is continue reading : The Big Shift: Changing the World One Soap at a Time
Who would have thought that the girl who used to sell kakanin in Calasiao, Pangasinan’s public market would be a successful entrepreneur? Her name is Erlinda Torres, the owner of Pinay Decena’s Calasiao Puto. As the eldest child, at an early age of 12, Erlinda used to help her mother in selling kakanin in the continue reading : From a puto vendor to a kakanin mogul
Clarita Luber was a certified public accountant for most of her professional life. Retiring as a banker after working for 29 years, Clarita wanted to share the bounty she had accumulated. In 2007, she, along with some friends, decided to establish the Life Source Multi-Purpose Cooperative to help the local community in barangay Mauway, Mandaluyong continue reading : Life Source: Sharing the Fruits of Your Own Bounty
Ella Regis and her husband, Christian, have always had a passion for coffee. Creatives at heart, they were naturally drawn to cafes for relaxation and find inspiration for their projects—Ella as a writer-artist and Christian as a photographer-writer. Over time, they learned that coffee is both an art and science, but it was only when continue reading : Dream Wide Awake: Inspirations That Bring Dreams to Come Life
Camille Rose Albarracin was distressed by the large amount of wastes generated in the hospitality industry. This is because as standard practice for hygienic purposes, a lot of hotel amenities, specifically the shampoo, conditioner, soap, and slippers are for single-use, which all goes to trash in the end. She wanted to change this. After 15 continue reading : Everything Green: A Woman’s Intuition For Innovation
Some people get business ideas from attending trade fairs and observing market trends. Others find it in the most unexpected ways. For Mitzi Uy Chan, it was more of the latter; specifically, at home and in the middle of her soul-searching. At age 23, Mitzi left her corporate job as a marketer in a leading continue reading : Mori Notes: Finding The Write Business
Back in 2003, Mr. Carlos Yu established John Carlo Creations, a bag manufacturing business which specializes in using PVC (polyvinyl chloride) molds to produce their famous molded bags. They are the sole and pioneer manufacturer of PVC molds in the country. Mr. Yu an entrepreneur with 30 years of experience first started to go in continue reading : Handmade PVC Molded Success