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 [...]
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 [...]
from ’katipunanforum’ e-group
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Dear Friend,
Please be advised, that you may receive a formal PDF invitation from Ayala Technology Business Incubator, for an event this March 28 Wednesday (4-6pm) called the INNOVATION FORUM.
We are launching the INNOVATION FORUM as a networking venue for technologists, angel/venture funders, policy makers, entrepreneurs, and those with an interest in tech/innovation entrepreneurship. There [...]
Four months into blogsphere the team has published into diverse categories in which Knowledge Management was the widely viewed and reviewed. Is this a trend? Are we (the enterprise, our readers) serious about KM? Interestingly blogging is a tool that falls into the same category. Initially we wanted to share our learning’s from UP’s Technology Management Center and our professional [...]
I have this wild idea of putting up a central supply of cooked rice in every major food-courts in the metro. Aside from the regular P12-per-cup-sized plain rice, here I could initially offer customers different varieties:
1. Pusô or hanging rice (cooked rice wrapped in heart-shaped coconut leaves) – Bisdaks certainly crave for this.
2. Rice-all-you-can for carbo-loaders, with choices of [...]
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) takes on several definitions but fundamentally, it refers to business decision-making that is based on ethical values, compliance with legal standards, and solicitude for human dignity, communities, the environment, and other stakeholders of business (Source: Jose Mario B Maximiano, CSR Integration into Core Business: among Selected Firms in the Philippines). CSR [...]
I’m not sure if you have read about the notebook that was developed from MIT Lab for $100. It was not designed to be commercialized rather to aid the less fortunate communities in giving affordable access to technology and information. More specifically for the countries in the African continent.
Here comes a PC for $100, about [...]
A while back when I was working for a large corporation I wished I had the chance to spend more time for myself. Well true enough I got what I wished for. It just hits you. KAPOW!!! It’s not that I regret it. It’s just that I realized how unprepared I was when it happened. [...]
There’s about 13 days before we celebrate all soul’s day. I can only imagine how the cemeteries full of people paying respect to their loved ones. It’s the time of the year where traffic jam, crime and business opportunities converge catering for the 2-3 days of mourning and/or celebration. I also reflected on writing this [...]
Last night i was listening to ericdc’s presentation of his business plan of setting up an internet cafe. I had to convince ojiels to come to class and with jrb’s ride we were set to grill the presentors. From our batch ericdc, dwinnix and Sean took the stage. When you hear ‘Internet Cafe’ what comes [...]
Technology Management: Our Definition
