Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are key to increasing local content in products, but these businesses’ limited access to technology, training and finance prevents them from integrating into the value chain of the economy, Read More
(First published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer Business Features Section) by Myrna Rodriguez Co Batang UP, he calls himself. He grew up inside the University of the Philippines campus, worked in UP, met his wife, Read More
Reading up does not a business make. But it helps. Primers on how to start a business will give you the basic information needed and first steps to take in setting up your own shop. Read More
Hello SERDEF! I am interested in self-publishing comic books and children’s books. Do you guys have any upcoming training or seminars on how to do this? Or better yet on how to set up my Read More
The next thing you’d want to know once your stocks are ready is how to price your merchandise. For most sari-sari and grocery stores, a 20 per cent markup is the norm. You may go Read More
The Philippine government is sparing no efforts to harness support for the passage of the “Save our Industries Act” (Save Act) being deliberated in the United States Congress, a bill expected to give the languishing Read More
Don’t count the poorest of the poor out. From among them will emerge the smallest of the small entrepreneurs who through their enterprising and hardworking ways will find their way out of the poverty trap. Read More
Tea.logy, an up-and-coming milk tea company, has a growing crowd of loyal patrons at its branches at Il Terrazo mall in Quezon City and another at Mercato Centrale weekend bazaar at Bonifacio Global City. The Read More
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