Entries Tagged as ‘Competitive Strategy’

July 1, 2008

Chowking and Christian Bautista

Q. What Chowking and Christian Bautista have in common?
A. Their products/services are both striving in Indonesia. Obviously Chowking for it’s pinoy-chinese meal or was it indo-chinese, and Christian’s good looks and voice.
When the first time i set foot in Jakarta, apart from looking for the nearest joint i can find movie titles in DVD ala “pirates of [...]

June 29, 2008

Dennis’ new book: Jump Start! A Technopreneurship Business Fable

Dennis Posadas is working on a new book — Jump Start! A Technopreneurship Business Fable, and a sampler is available in PDF format: http://www.geocities.com/dennisposadas/js-sample.pdf. Dennis is the author of Rice & Chips: Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia which was posted here when it was first ’sold from the trunk of his car’, now it’s available to [...]

June 28, 2008

On banks and fuel cost savings

I did it again, i just filled up another application form for another credit card! Although i have decided to limit my credit cards to two - one for personal use and the other for my travelling expense, care of my company, the weekly increase of the cost of fuel made me grab an application form [...]

April 15, 2008

Arrival Card-less in Malaysia and Earphone-less in Singapore Airlines

2 things i discovered or experienced from my last trip going to Malaysia;
Usually before the plane takes off, i normally take out my earphones and pug it to the audio system behind the arm rest of my seat. The flight crew will remind the passenger that the in flight entertainment will start after the take [...]

April 1, 2008

PGMA-Training for Work Scholarship Program

from TESDA webpages: http://www.tesda.gov.ph/page.asp?rootID=9&sID=109&pID=9 
If you are a fresh high school graduate or if you are employed but ready for a career change, underemployed, or unemployed with or without experience, and willing to undergo training, here is your chance to build a promising career.
THE PROJECT HAS TWO OBJECTIVES:
To provide skills and competencies to job seekers through [...]

November 8, 2007

Announcing the Panibagong Paraan 2008 Project Grant Competition

Deadline for Entries: Dec. 22, 2007
Theme: “BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE”
Panibagong Paraan, the nationwide search for innovative ideas to address development challenges, is back!
Entries are now being accepted for the Project Grant Competition, where winners will be extended grants of up to PhP 1,000,000 to turn their innovative ideas into action.
Panibagong Paraan 2008 invites [...]

August 29, 2007

Looking for Your Next Funding, Technical Assistance or In-Kind

Posted by: “karina alburo” karinamalburo@ yahoo.com   karinamalburo
Dear All,
We are pleased to offer to NGOs, socio-civic organizations, schools and universities, research organizations and think tank consulting firms, foundations, government institutions, and international organizations our Revised Edition of the resource directory called Directory of International Funding Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, NGOs, Corporate Donors, and Relief Agencies”.
It [...]

June 18, 2007

Rice and Chips on bookstore shelves at National Bookstore

Friends,
I’m pleased to announce, that after I sold RICE & CHIPS from the trunk of my car as original copies from Copylandia (ala John Grisham and many successful “trunk authors”, God Bless those first readers - I do owe you a beer), National Bookstore will finally sell the Pearson Prentice Hall version tomorrow in their [...]

June 15, 2007

Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology 2007 (Y4IT)

To: All I.T. Professionals, Teachers, Students,
Government Employees & I.T. Enthusiasts
From: Y4IT Organizers
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ANNOUNCEMENT
It is with great pleasure to inform you that the University of the Philippines in Information Technology Training Center (UP ITTC), University of the Philippines (UP), UP System IT Foundation (UPSITF), and Student Volunteer Corps. (SVC) will once again hold [...]

June 13, 2007

Global Pinoy

Globalpinoy Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises believes that a principal reason why the Philippines continues to lag behind its Asian neighbors in economic development is because of the lamentable absence of a wide-spread entrepreneurial orientation and a woeful lack of entrepreneurial skills among Filipinos. Even today, our youth are still brought up on the [...]