Entrepreneurship Archives — Financial Adviser

JUJU Lifestyle Founder Jungie Gumiran Started With ₱3 Million and Recovered His Capital in Seven Months. Here’s How

FinancialAdviser.ph — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:43:38 +0000

For years, Jungie Gumiran helped businesses generate sales through digital marketing. As a freelancer, he worked with different companies to strengthen their online presence, attract customers, and increase revenue. He became good at what he did. Over time, he also began mentoring other digital marketers and freelancers, sharing his knowledge about how businesses could use [...]

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What Most People Don’t Understand About the Restaurant Business, According to the Dessert Factory Founder

FinancialAdviser.ph — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:28:31 +0000

The restaurant business is often romanticized as a world of creativity, good food and satisfied customers. But behind every successful restaurant is an operation constantly exposed to financial risk, economic shocks and rising costs. For many food entrepreneurs, the biggest challenge is not starting the business—it is surviving the crises that inevitably come along the [...]

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How Louie Gutierrez Brought His Family’s Jewelry Business Into Manila Retail

FinancialAdviser.ph — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:17:55 +0000

Louie Gutierrez, founder of SilverWorks, grew up surrounded by the jewelry trade. His family had been in the business for generations, operating stores that served customers in provincial markets such as Olongapo and nearby areas in Central Luzon. Yet while the family business had deep roots in these locations, Gutierrez would eventually help bring it [...]

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How Sonya’s Garden Founder Sonya Garcia Turned a Small Garden Into a Dining Destination

FinancialAdviser.ph — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:21:45 +0000

What eventually became Sonya’s Garden did not begin as a carefully planned restaurant business. For Sonya Garcia, the property initially started as a personal retreat inspired by gardening, nature, and memories of her grandmother’s home in Capiz. When Garcia first bought the property in Tagaytay, there was very little on the land. “There was nothing [...]

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“Create, Critique, Crusade”: The 3 Words That Guide This CEO’s Business Philosophy

FinancialAdviser.ph — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:50:43 +0000

When Ferdinand Co, President of CW Home Depot, was asked to sum up his entrepreneurial mindset, he didn’t cite buzzwords or complex models. Instead, he offered three simple yet powerful words: “Create. Critique. Crusade.” “Create your plan, idea or your venture. Critique it—test it, pilot it, make feasibility on it. If it passes, crusade with [...]

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Paco Magsaysay Says the First Step in Building a Business Isn’t the Product—It’s the People

FinancialAdviser.ph — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:30:19 +0000

Many entrepreneurs start a business by asking a simple question: What product should we sell? For Paco Magsaysay, the process works in the opposite direction. When he considers entering a new venture, the first question is not about the product or the market—it is about the people. “Whenever I enter a business, I don’t start [...]

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The Business Lesson That Helped Sta. Lucia Founder Exequiel Robles Build a Real Estate Empire

FinancialAdviser.ph — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:19:43 +0000

Many entrepreneurs believe the key to success is finding a profitable business. Sta. Lucia founder Exequiel Robles learned a different lesson early in his career. A business can be profitable and still create problems if the cash does not arrive on time. Looking back, one delayed payment may have helped shape the future of what [...]

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“I Sold Anything I Could Just to Survive”: Why Hustling Taught Ever Bilena’s Founder What Not to Build

FinancialAdviser.ph — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:56:39 +0000

When the family cosmetics business shut down in 1980, Dioceldo Sy did not immediately become a founder. What he became first was a hustler—selling whatever he could, wherever demand existed, simply to earn a living. After years of learning the business from the inside, the collapse was abrupt. “Pero within four years, nung 1980, nagsara [...]

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“We Needed a Product That Was Ours”: How the Idea for Plato Wraps Was Born

FinancialAdviser.ph — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:57:57 +0000

For Kamela Seen, entrepreneurship did not begin with the search for a perfect idea. It began with learning the limits of businesses built on familiarity. After years of running food operations that relied on volume and location, she reached a point where effort no longer translated into meaningful progress. That moment forced her to rethink [...]

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He Spent 21 Years in Corporate Life. At 40, He Left to Build His Own Businesses

FinancialAdviser.ph — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:16:02 +0000

Ton Villanueva had spent more than two decades building a corporate career when he decided it was time to leave. Over 21 years, he worked across the petroleum, construction materials and technology industries, with stints at companies such as Microsoft, Pilipinas Shell, Lafarge Republic, Phoenix LPG and Unioil Petroleum Philippines. His career also included leadership [...]

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