Sources say Facebook is planning to do an IPO of its shares by early 2012. Valued at $100 billion, the social network will be among the top-valued tech firms, like Google, Microsoft and Apple.
12.5-inch screens seem to be popular in the business-oriented notebook market. Lenovo and LG first came out with their 12.5-inch noteboks. Now, Samsung joins the fray with the Series…
The University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents has recently elected a new president, Alfredo E. Pascual. The incoming president is a retired executive from the Asian Development Bank, and is, at present, the…
A lot of people are trying to make a good living off of blogging, but sad to say, most are not successful, at least in terms of being able to monetize their blogging activities enough to quit that day job.
I was a resource person this Tuesday afternoon at Y4IT, where gave a 30-minute talk about IT entrepreneurship. Great thing about these events is not only do you get to learn stuff, but you also get to meet great people. Today I met Atty. Denny Roja of Acuity Ventures, who gave an…
If you watch local (Philippine) television you would be bombarded with regular messages explaining some discrepancies in data gatherings for ratings in certain towns. Here’s my take on the ratings game, as posted on the Blog Herald.
Close to a decade ago, several of my dad’s high school friends who migrated to the US came home to the Philippines for a reunion of sorts. They were here to introduce a new web-based business system they were part of, called SkyBiz. This was actually a multi-level marketing system for…
Later this week, I’ll be launching a team blog focused on lifestyle matters (announcement to be made this Friday). It’s not a niche blog, but rather a blog about the bigger picture (for some reason, niche blogs aren’t working well for me, and I think big blogs…
One of my favorite writers and bloggers, Joel Spolsky writes an interesting piece on customer service. He says you won’t have to deal with irate customers, chargebacks, and bad reputations if you find solutions to problems early on, so you solve these at…
I got a pleasant surprise via SMS this evening. Gelo Ancheta texted me that I’ve been featured on the November issue of “Entrepreneur Magazine”:http://www.entrepreneur.com.ph (Philippines). I had…
