Insights from the recently concluded Plug and Play at the 10th eServices Global Outsouring Conference last February 8-9, 2010.
Insights from the recently concluded Plug and Play at the 10th eServices Global Outsouring Conference last February 8-9, 2010.
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Author's note: This was a moving, personal reflection from last week's first networking mixer with the Filipino Entrepreneurs Network (FEN).
Delving into some relevant college experiences, would this help me zero in on my choice not only for 2010 but for the time after? And the time after means my future and all our futures.
All good startups and smart entrepreneurs normally start with their own hard earned savings. That is the start. What happens after depends on the financial requirements of the new company and the ability of the business to provide the cash flow needed by the company to achieve the goals of the founders. All these have to scale according to those objectives. The answer to this fund-raising question DEPENDS ON THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE FOUNDERS/ENTREPRENEURS. The author shares 3 cases.
As a noun, keel refers to a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull to provide stability. Used as a verb, it means to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
In ascribing Bill Luz as a keel meant for me that he brought his abilities to “upset” and to turn the wrong side of the Philippines and the Filipinos into something positive and pro-active so that the “stability” we all yearn and dream for is indeed possible.
I was writing this a week before Manny Pacquiao celebrated his 31st birthday last December 17. I think the timing is apt as a post-birthday reflection on a person branded as the Filipino People's Champ.
Just like the Software industry, I believe a talented and well-trained team like the ones left behind by Intel and Numonyx might be able to UNITE themselves to start an outsourcing IC design services company or companies.
Nicole Paterno, the newest addition to the Brain Gain Network (BGN), shares her presonal thoughts on BGN's Unique Selling Point (USP).
Because of Ondoy, we see in the BGN a COMMUNION OF SPIRIT, a sense of unity among the Filipinos scattered around the world who ask how they can assist in the relief efforts. BGN provides links to ways to help but in the end we believe that the collective power of this network begs to be used to identify the root causes of the major problems plaguing our nation and to propose innovative and radical solutions.
(From Nicole: While this article is dated March 5, 2009, I found it relevant to our work in the Brain Gain Network. It brings an "employer's" perspective, i.e. developed country, on immigration.)
