A peek into biggest food strip in PH
By Norman Lee Benjamin RiegoThe biggest village in Asia just might have the biggest food strip as well.
The biggest village in Asia just might have the biggest food strip as well.

Belief in God, hard work, passion, listening to mentors and taking risks are qualities that four young Fil-Am entrepreneurs shared, as keys to their success.

Bryan Tiu was only about 18, still in school, when he first tried his hand in business via a pizza chain franchise.

Her colleagues and employees are the first to say that Esther Asuncion-Vibal, founder and chairperson of the Vibal Group of Companies, has more energy and passion than her grandchildren.

The government is beefing up efforts to reintegrate returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through programs encouraging them to start businesses, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said.

They were yuppies (young upwardly mobile professionals) who left the corporate world to take the off-the-beaten path of social entrepreneurship. They found their calling in building businesses that help the poor without relying on charity.

Two years ago, then 22-year-old Crystal Matias quit her job in a family-run business and started selling cheesecakes.
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Why did people in the Bible live so long, Rudy Revak, an American entrepreneur, wondered some time ago. Moses, for example, lived to be 90. He concluded that it was in the food they ate, like wheat, aloe and extracts from the sea.

It’s only a year old, yet Speed Regalo, an online shopping website, and its little yellow bee logo has been buzzing to a happy and busy tune delivering smiles and packages—big and small, all over the Philippines. Speed Regalo (www.speedregalo.com.ph) is the brainchild of Rosemarie Rafael, president of Airspeed, an established freight forwarding company. [...]

From overseas Filipino workers to entrepreneurs. Many OFWs have started to believe there are better opportunities beyond overseas work as more than 3,700 returning OFWs, including those who were repatriated from troubled countries, have ventured into business in 2012, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.