Stories from the Philippine Startup Community

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Removing the Haze

So I wrote a post earlier why startups aren’t productive (nor should they try to be). I got a question from Carlo about “removing the…

Glenn Santos

Mar 18, 2016

Opportunities and Challenges for ASEAN Digital Marketers

The present leading driver of innovation and growth on almost all aspects of the business sector, and even the human life is the digital…

Kimberly Sioco

Feb 14, 2016

#StartupPH is Becoming Magical

Is #StartupPH for real? Let’s go back in time to find out.

Kahlil Corazo

Jul 11, 2015

Lessons From My Internship At Uber Philippines #WhyWeUber

*This was originally posted in my Huffington Post column here.*

David Ongchoco

Sep 5, 2016

Why I Quit Driving and Switched to Uber and GrabCar

Ride-sharing is the future … unless the government decides it isn’t

Luis Buenaventura {bloomX}

Aug 16, 2015

Toward Open Benchmarks for Philippine Startups

If self-funded, exceed PhP2M in annual revenue in the first couple of years after incorporation If externally-funded, exceed PhP40M to…

Kahlil Corazo

Jun 25, 2016

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Jay Fajardo

Jun 27, 2019

Wireless Broadband, On Demand

The Story of Airborne Access, a Band of Brothers, and How Fortune Favors…

In Pinoy Tech? What should your salary and hourly rate be?

“Set and enforce an aspirational personal hourly rate. If…

Luis Buenaventura {bloomX}

Mar 26, 2018

Google Pixel 2 XL vs Samsung S9+

I got a nice surprise from my telco recently when they gave me a call to ask how I wanted my new…

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Luis Buenaventura {bloomX}

Mar 20, 2018

Publishing Your First Book

Writing a book about the Bitcoin industry has been on my list of things to work on for a while now, and during…

Kahlil Corazo

Sep 25, 2017

3 Unusual Lessons from 7 Years of Entrepreneurship

Ramon Tayag

Sep 1, 2017

The Cryptocurrency Singularity

October 15, 2017: With the input from many readers, I decided to rewrite a version of this blog post. It’s written in a way that you do not need to refer to this article. Read it instead.

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Luis Buenaventura {bloomX}

Aug 6, 2017

Our Two Weeks at Google Launchpad

On July 14th, four members of the Bloom team flew out to San Francisco to participate in the 4th…

Basketball, Life, and the Filipinos

Philippines’ love affair with Basketball

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Luis Buenaventura {bloomX}

Feb 19, 2017

Globe, Alipay, and the Chinese Tourist Trap

Globe is sharing DNA with the world’s payments king…

Money At The Speed of Light

I’ve had the pleasure of playing around with Stellar, a blockchain that makes it easy to create assets, send these assets, and exchange them.

Stellar has made the creation of assets a first-class citizen. I can go on it, and create any asset, like…

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Luis Buenaventura {bloomX}

Jan 29, 2017

Maybe the Brogrammers Weren’t Totally Wrong

In 2014, I lived in StartupHouse in the heart of San…

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Jose Alvaro A. Adizon

Jan 13, 2017

A “sales” lesson from Phil Knight, founder of Nike

The importance of belief

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Jose Alvaro A. Adizon

Jan 9, 2017

The companies that will thrive

…are the ones that start a movement.

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Jose Alvaro A. Adizon

Dec 27, 2016

Celebrate not the startups, but the stayups

Because starting is the easy part.

Xtian G

Nov 9, 2016

What Happened After 2 months of Establishing a Non-Profit Startup Community

Notes on Customer Success for Philippine Startups

I’m aiming to master of customer success. Customer lifetime is critical for recurring revenue businesses. And customer success is the key driver for the duration of customer lifetime.

W. Oliver Segovia

Oct 31, 2016

Why E-Commerce in the Philippines is Falling Behind

As Indonesia and Vietnam Race Ahead, the…

Karlo Alamares

Aug 12, 2016

Stop chasing Unicorns or pretend like one! Adik ka ba?

If you don’t want to hear me rant . Stop reading, as this is not for you.

Uber’s China Retreat Signals the Escalation of War in Southeast Asia

Within two weeks, Southeast Asia’s startup eco-system went through a monumental shift. It’s also a lesson for how entrepreneurs and…

Karlo Alamares

Aug 10, 2016

The StartUP Pinoy

How I started my business(es), fail, quit, then start again

The greatest thing about hitting rock bottom is; there’s no other way but UP! Sing 2016 Animated movie

This Is How We Pivoted Our Startup

From sending out email newsletters to marketing companies online.

Alibaba + Lazada: Who Wins, Who Loses?

The Philippines got its first big dose of e-commerce news this…

John Bailon

Aug 2, 2016

That Bitcoin Startup in the Philippines

It’s been 2 years and 7 months since I first met Jardine Gerodias and Miguel Cuneta at a coffee shop in Bonifacio Global City in the Philippines. We had one agenda. We were going to start a Bitcoin company.