Factors Paper by JENNIFER IVY M. ORBETA

I have realized recently that for the past 9 years of my life, I have been living in a rat race. I am wandering in a world where I get orders and obey as expected.  I am trained to accept anything that corporate geniuses tell me. In short, my whole life and future depends on others.

I took this elective because I have this overwhelming desire for learning entrepreneurship. And I think that is one of most important trait of an entrepreneur which is to have a big appetite for learning anything and everything, taking the challenges head-on  and working on it relentlessly. I am also a self-starter. I know that if something needs to be done, I should start it myself. I do not wait for permission and approval. When I see an opportunity, I always take the first step. Maybe this is the reason why I don’t always see eye to eye with my supervisors because I always want to take charge. And they see that as a sign of arrogance and snootiness.

Another trait of entrepreneur that I possess is that I do not fear failure and rejection. And more importantly, I do not fear the unknown. I am not afraid to take the first dive and enjoy the first plunge. My grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, siblings and cousins (including me) enjoy the benefits of having a regular job with a monthly salary. When family conversations end up to topics like crossing the bridge from employee to entrepreneur, they show signs of uneasiness and anxiety. This is because none of them have tried crossing the bridge. They feel so comfortable with their good-paying jobs for so many years that they fear taking risks. They forget how to respond to failure because they are used to jobs where risks are toned down by frequent check and balance. Being the risk-taker in the family, I am the first to venture in a business. So I would like to believe that I have the entrepreneur trait of being a risk-taker. But I am not saying that I rush in with reckless abandon. I only take risks when I see an opportunity. I think entrepreneurs should be very calculating and able to make the best decisions in even the worst cases.

            Another valuable trait of an entrepreneur that I think I have is DRIVE. My drive is strong enough to maintain my motivation to succeed. Running a business can bring you excitement but it can also wear you down. Having to carry all the responsibilities of a new business in your own shoulders can eventually burn out the flame of your interest and thrill. This is the reason why an entrepreneur needs strong motivation and drive to endure and survive the slowdown. Drive also means having the emotional stability, sociability, consideration and tactfulness.

I also have a strong work ethic. I work a lot of hours, even spending weekends just to mingle with clients. A lot of times, I get home after everybody was asleep. I yearn for contribution. I think it is important for entrepreneurs to have this kind of trait in order to succeed. An entrepreneur needs to be in the game all the time, taking responsibility of his own future and the future of his subordinates.

Lastly, I think entrepreneurs should have strong leadership qualities. And I believe that I strongly possess that quality. Like a leader, I value the goal over any unpleasantness the work brings. Being more than just tenacity, I have strong communication skills and the ability to amass a team of people toward a common goal in a way that the entire team is motivated and works effectively to get there as a team. In .Unilab, I had the opportunity to lead a team. And I would like to believe that I earned the trust and respect of my team by demonstrating positive work qualities and confidence. I was also able to foster an environment that proliferate the values throughout the team.

I think I have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. But I still have to learn how to delegate. I should learn to trust others to make it come out right. I should learn how to play to my strengths and delegate or sub out the rest of the work. And put my focus on other important things. Having a structured team for help will be greatly beneficial because it will give me more time to work on other elements of growing the business.

Factors Paper by Ma. Elena Lyn G. Perez

PEREZ, MA. ELENA LYN G.                               

SPENTREP / S10 / MON 6-9 / DELA COSTA

PROF. JORGE SAQUINSIN

FACTORS PAPER

(“What factors I do / don’t possess that make / do not make me a Business Entrepreneur)

The Entrepreneurial Potential Self-Assessment is the online test I tried to answer in my goal of knowing if I also have the same strengths or weaknesses that the other entrepreneurs have. The questionnaire consists of 50 statements, about 10 minutes to finish, and is owned by the BDC Company that conducts research on entrepreneurship area.

Illustration 1.1

There are three aspect measured namely Motivation, Aptitudes, and Atttitude. The motivation refers to the factors that determine behavior, the underlying reasons that induce someone to act. Under this aspect there are four items considered as factors that affect the individuals motivation, the (1) Need for achievement/success, (2) Power/control appeal, (3) Need for challenges/ambition, and  (3) Self-sufficiency/freedom. Based on the guidelines on how to interpret the assessment, on the picture shown, the

red line refers to the average answer of those entrepreneurs that has taken the assessment. Compared to my response, I tend to possess an average level of power or control appeal. Power is defined as the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way[1]. The next aspect being presented is the Aptitude – that pertains to natural inclinations, competencies, and abilities. Again, there are several items that describes the aptitudes aspect, as follows, (1) Perseverance/determination, (2) Self-confidence/enthusiasm, (3) Tolerance towards ambiguity/resistance to stress, and (4) Creativity/imagination. Among the four items I obtained an average level in the perseverance, self-confidence and tolerance towards ambiguity items and show a slight low level

in the creativity/ imagination area. While on the Attitudes aspect, which is the third area being assessed, I was able to obtain an average level on the action oriented area and slight lower level in the “perception to act upon one’s destiny” item.

With the results of the Entrepreneurial Potential Self-Assessment and based on the definition of Entrepreneur  (an enterprising individual who builds capital through risk and/or initiative. The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon [2]), I believe that I have the factors that will make me a business entrepreneur. Making use of my strengths mentioned in the previous pages, I will be able to bring success in the organization or business that I will be leading. For example, putting value on the need for challenges/ambition, I will be able to initiate on different activities that will ensure continuous improvement through experimentation and discovery that I think will contribute in the development of possible service or product that I would like to become part of the business that I would like to venture into.  Second is, having the power to control, attitude of action-oriented and enthusiasm, think I will be able to establish my network as a marketing strategy if ever I decided to put up a business. And lastly, perseverance as well as average level in stress resistance with allow me to become more decisive and on track of the activities that will support my business.

While there are still weaknesses that I possess in relation to an entrepreneur’s strengths, I think I can still manage to overcome those weaknesses through continuous exposure in the business, support from colleagues and other entrepreneur who may be an inspiration for me to pursue career in the business. 3

                                                                                                                 

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[1] www.xxforddictionaries.com         

[2] www.wikipedia.org

Factors Paper by Arlene Buan-Gerona

Entrepreneurs belong to a league of their own. They possess an extraordinary set of skills that takes a lifetime to master. It is perhaps the reason why for every successful entrepreneur a thousand more have failed.
 

 After deep contemplation, I have realized that I am far from ready to engage in entrepreneurship. I do however innately possess some skills and traits, which, if developed properly, would pave the way to my success in said field.

 I am very competitive. I always aspire to be the best in what I do. As a working adult, my competitive nature allowed me to excel in the field of sales, where success, in monetary terms or otherwise, is measured by the volume of sales one makes. My track records in my previous companies prove how result-oriented I am. I have consistently achieved my sales targets and consistently maintained market leadership of all the key products I handle.

I understand that successful entrepreneurs are competitive entrepreneurs. They always aspire to create products or offer services that are better than their competitors. It is very important to know the business which includes understanding how the business measures up against competition.

Secondly, I am always passionate about issues and things that I believe in. As a young girl in school I have been known to be very outspoken and opinionated. I am also a goal-setter. I always have sets of goals in mind and try to work passionately to achieve these goals. When I was a child, my mom told me that if I want to buy something that I really like, I would really try to find ways on how to buy it. I have the habit of saving up money to buy things that I really want. I carried this trait through adulthood where my passion for my career has allowed me to endure countless late nights in the office and in the field in order to get the results I wanted. My passion for my family, however, has made it easy for me to turn back on the career that I love.

Successful entrepreneurs are passionate entrepreneurs. Their love for their works goes beyond money. Their passion for their chosen fields allows them to live no stones unturned in achieving their goals.

Thirdly, I have a strong work ethic. I did not come from a wealthy family. My parents struggled to send me and six of my siblings to school. Working immediately after graduation was a necessity and not an option. I had to contribute my fair share and help the family. This reality has allowed me to develop strong work ethic throughout my career. I used my family situation s as an inspiration to work harder and achieve success early on in my life. I am very fortunate to have worked with multinational companies and to have been mentored by my previous bosses who are very professional and are great leaders. They have taught me lots of valuable things on how to conduct myself in a business and corporate settings.

True entrepreneurs have the best work ethic. They are the earliest to arrive in the office and the last one to leave. Weekends and holidays for them are relative, depending upon the exigencies of their businesses. They have the initiative to get things done. They have positive outlook towards work.

FACTORS I DO NOT HAVE:

Unfortunately, I am often times emotional by nature. I easily cry at the slightest adversity. This trait, at times, would interfere with the daily demands of my work. As a working neophyte, I would easily get affected by intrigues and accusations. Over time, however, I have developed a thicker skin and have learned to keep my emotions in check. I have managed to advance enough to put in the needed work even in the middle of an emotional turmoil. Admittedly, I still am a work-in progress.

Successful entrepreneurs always keep their emotions in check in making rational decisions. Most of times, one is required to make crucial decisions, and one has to be tough and think logically to come up with the soundest decisions.

Moreover, I still lack training in human resource management. Although I have good communication skills, my career path has never given me the opportunity to manage employees. All of my previous positions in the field of sales and marketing were stand -alone positions. I would welcome the opportunity to develop my people management skills.

Most successful entrepreneurs would know how to manage and motivate their employees. They are leaders by nature, inspiring their team towards a collective effort to achieve a singular goal.

I do not, however, have a strong background in finance and accounting. I graduated from a course that is neither business nor finance related. Moreover, throughout my corporate life, I was never appointed nor promoted to any finance-related position.

This realization is the very reason why I am currently taking my MBA. I am hopeful that this course would fill this void in my skill set. Entrepreneurs, after all, need some basic finance and accounting skills to succeed. 3

Learning Agreement by Vian Serranilla

Personal Data  -  Learning Agreement

Student Data                                                                    

Date:  July 30,2012

Name: Vian Serranilla

Cell Phone No. 09178938426

Email: vianserranilla@gmail.com

Business Address:  N/A

Current Position: Creative Director

Residence Address: San Juanico St. Ayala Alabang Village Muntinlupa

Educational Attainment:

School                        Year                           Course                                    Honors

Undergraduate         2006-2010                AB European Studies

Special Skills:           Performing, Acting

Hobbies:                    Volleyball , Theater, Tennis

1.  Notable Achievement/s.

3^rd in the UAAP Season 72 Men’s Volleyball 2010

Best Libero Inter-collegiate Games 2009

2.  Failures (if any?)

Too many to be enumerated.

3.  Dark secrets, if any:

Too dark to be revealed

4.  SELF ANALYSIS (WHERE AM I NOW?) (Related to Entrepreneurship)

                            STRENGTHS                                                             WEAKNESSES

HABITS           Works better under pressure                           Procrastinates a lot

           

	Strengths	Weaknesses
Habits	-Works best under pressure -Works well with teams	-procrastinates a lot
Attitude	-Passionate -Driven -Motivated	-Wants to do more than what I can handle -wants to do a lot
Skills	-MS Word and Powerpoint literate -Acting and performing -Simple video editing	-Photo editing
Knowledge	- Theater shows -Volleyball -A little Marketing -Events Organizing	-Personal finance -Stocks/ PSE

                       

5.  WHERE AM I GOING?

a. Personal Vision Statement: To be a world-renowned director

b. Personal Mission Statement: To share my knowledge and expertise in the fields of the visual arts and to be of service to those in need.

c. Desired Material Reward for the next 5-years SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-based)

	What	How to get there	Who will help you get there?
Year 1	MBA degree	Be more diligent, pass remaining subjects	Family, friends and professors
Year 2	Have my 1st Million in the bank	Continue to be risky in business and to buy more shows	Family, Friends, Colleagues
Year 3	Have an Upstagers Manila office/store	Continue expanding the business, loan money from the bank.	Family, Friends, Colleagues and the Bank
Year 4	Vacation in NY	Be more adept in personal finance, continue expanding the business	Family, Friends, Colleagues
Year 5	Produce a Musical	Make sure that Upstagers Manila is in an upward spiral, get the right material and hire the right people	Family, Friends, Colleagues

6. What will be the value, if any, of the subject to your profession? Building my own company from the ground up is already entrepreneurship in motion so this subject would help me and be my guide in managing and making my business successful.

7. What grade do you expect? 3.5-4

8. How will you get the grade you expect? By working hard, applying what we are taught and by submitting all requirements not just for the sake of submitting.

Factors Paper by Vian Serranilla

"Becoming an Entrepeneur"

"Magkano po (How much?)" inquired the young lady to the little boy who looked much younger than he already is. The boy was barely 8 years old and could pass up as 6. " 20 pesos po (20 pesos)" , the boy eagerly replied. It was his first sale after all. The young lady handed him 20 pesos for the little box of erasers for which the young boy was selling. He was elated; it's his first earning ever in his life, aside from the allowance he gets from his parents. He thought to himself, "I can do this, I can sell everything and finally earn my own money to buy the comic book I've always wanted". He had only a few things to sell and it was a collection of the most trivial things; different colored pencils, sharpeners, erasers of all shapes and sizes, a few puzzled and the most expensive things he has to sell were children's pocket books. It was the school "swap meet" and every student was allowed to sell stuff from his or her collection. It was like a mini trade hall for students. 

After the swap meet, the young boy thought of an idea. He used the earnings he got to buy new materials to sell for a profit. He continuously asked himself what would people in school buy nowadays? He then though of the beads and bracelets sweeping the school. It was the latest fad, those little do-it-yourself bracelets. He then went to the local market and soon started creating beadworks to sell to his classmates and teachers. Of course he did not know then that the elders who bought his stuff either found him cute or did that to boost his confidence. In either way he earned money and was able to buy the latest comic book he always wanted.

Needless to say, that little boy was me. What does being an entrepreneur mean then? An entrepreneur is defined by Merriam-Webster's dictionary as "one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise." It neither specified a gender nor an age, hence an entrepreneur could be anybody from a young boy of 8 to an elderly woman of 99. The boy did organize and manage what he would sell, he assumed the risk by not being able to determine whether what he would sell actually sell, but it did , no matter the circumstances or the reasons for his profits. Could the young boy then be called an entrepreneur.

Fast forward to 15 years into the future. The boy has now turned into a young man and has graduated from a respectable university in the Philippines. The downside, he is still unsure of the path he will take in life, but one thing is for certain, he wants to take a risk a build his own company from the ground up. He is especially fond of theater and the arts, there is nowhere he feels more alive than performing onstage. He was trying to look for ways to reconcile the businessman and the performer in him. That's how Upstagers Manila started. Upstagers Manila was founded by four individuals who share the passion for the arts. What they do now is to buy local theater shows and sell those tickets for a profit. They block buy one whole show from a production house and sell them at SRP. In the future they plan to produce their own shows and events. They even started on that dream now with Ateneo Entablado. They are co-producing the 30th Season Play/Musical of Ateneo Entablado based on the Filipino epic "Labao Dongon". They knew nothing about showbuying, promoting or producing yet they went ahead and made one-step forward in making their dream into a reality. 

What made these individuals go for such risky business? What defines an entrepreneur for me is due to several factors. The most important of which is the courage to take risks, as the old saying goes "No Guts, No Glory". Unless you are willing to take a risk nothing will ever happen to you. This courage to take the risk gives you the push to take a step forward. Taking that first step is the hardest but once you've made that first step, it becomes a little bit easier, like a snowball rolling down a hill. You have to take that first step if you want any inclination of your dreaming happening. 

Next factor is creativity. You have to be creative enough if you want to compete against those that have been in the industry who has been there relatively longer than you, heck, even your competitors look for new ways to give them an edge against others. So you have to find out what your Unique selling proposition is. For Upstagers Manila, what makes us different from our competitors is that we use a more diversified media of selling tickets even using celebrities to help us sell. This is only in the showbuying industry, but when we have delved into the world of producing, we would have to find new ways of selling our product. 

Plan ahead. Connected to the factor above, you have to plan ahead, you can't just dive into things without a proper form of action, winging it won't help you get there. For example, which market are you targeting, what shows would you sell, which tickets would you consign with TicketWorld and what new techniques would you do in selling those tickets. 

Be persistent. You can't always win as you can't always lose. There will be shows where you'd incur losses, a show that just wouldn't sell. But this must not stop you from continuing what you do. If Steve Jobs stopped when he dropped out from college or ceased to work when he was no longer the CEO for Apple (Yes, there was a time when that happened. It was then he was able to create "Pixar") then we wouldn't have the Apple products we now can't live without. (I am biased to Apple products and I can't live without them).

Teamwork. There is no "I" in team and you can't do it alone. You have to have your support groups both inside and outside your work. You can't be a specialist in all fields. In Upstagers Manila's case, I am the creative one who steers the group in which shows we should buy, my colleague is the one who is good in marketing, another colleague the one expert in organizing. And then you have friends outside the company you may wish to seek advice from. 

Build networks. Connections have always been a vital cog in any successful businesses. Sad fact: expertise won't always win cases, connections will. Have you encountered the phrase "I know someone who…" then suddenly your business woes seem bright and optimistic. For example when producing a show, "I know… who can get us cheaper lighting" or "I know someone who can get us (name of celebrity) for a lower rate". Connections may equal success.

Get motivated. Try to always have that chip on your shoulder, the thing that would always want you to push more and work harder. That may be Upstagers Manila's dream of producing their own shows. Once you have that feeling, that dream that you always wanted, hold on to it, make it your motivator. If you can dream it, you can be it. 

Lastly, luck. There's not much to say but sometimes you will get lucky. And sometimes luck just plays a big role. Like how Marie Curie paved the way for radioactive research! Be happy when luck is on your side, if not, then don't get disheartened but go back to the previous factor and get motivated even more. Say this to yourself "I will turn every crisis into an opportunity"

With all these factors am I then an entrepreneur? I would like to believe so. You may be an entrepreneur; the person next to you might be an entrepreneur. Everyone may be an entrepreneur if we wanted to. The choice is always ours and there will always be a choice but what you decide is entirely up to you. Just remember to take the risk, be creative, plan ahead, be persistent, foster teamwork, build up your network and get motivated. As luck would have it, you'll not just be an "entrepreneur" but a "successful entrepreneur".  3

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Issue # 111 - July 27, 2012 Dear Jorge, One of the best ways to leverage your time is to take what you have already done and either replicate it or repurpose it. We have all done it. You've heard the ole saying, "why reinvent the wheel," right? Well, the same is true when it comes to content. There are so many ways you can re-purpose your existing content to gain additional exposure for business. In today's Main Essay, you will learn three strategies on how to re-purpose your existing content and get it in front of millions of visitors through Amazon's Kindle program. In the Check It Out section, you learn more about the Kindle announcement from Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon, that reveals one of the biggest developments since the launch of the web. If your business is not taking advantage of this trend, you may be left behind. In the Quick Tips section, you will learn how to improve your overall fitness, how to clear your mind, and how to lift your spirits by staying cool.   We hope you enjoy this issue of the Business Thrival Newsletter. Cheers, Jynell Berkshire Associate Publisher Business Thrival, Inc.    3 Powerful Ways To Leverage Your Existing Content By Jynell Berkshire We all know that one of the keys to increasing sales for your business is to drive more potential customers to your web site. It is all about getting more eyeballs to view your products or services. A great way to do this is by leveraging the content that you have already created and reformatting it so that it can be listed on Amazon. Amazon is a powerhouse and gets millions of visitors each day that are looking to "buy products". Most of these shoppers are just "one-click" away from making a purchase. And Amazon's Kindle Store is no different. With the popularity of Amazon Kindle eReaders, more and more people are downloading books, magazines, and newspapers from Amazon's Kindle Store. If your business is content driven, then there is no better time to re-purpose your existing content to gain further exposure for your business. So, let's look at three strategies you can use to re-purpose your existing content and leverage Amazon Kindle and its publishing platforms to gain additional exposure for your business. Strategy 1:  Amazon Kindle eBooks One of the great ways to re-purpose your content is create an eBook from existing articles. The length of an eBook article can be long or short, depending upon your existing content. For example, Denise and I are currently using this strategy by re-purposing our twice-weekly newsletters and publishing each article as an eBook through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. We have also added more graphics to each article to provide more value to the reader, which in turn also makes the length of the article longer. We also have used eye-catching graphics and a creative design on the cover of each eBook so that they stand out and grab the attention of a potential customer. In the coming weeks, we will be publishing numerous eBooks of our re-purposed twice-weekly newsletters. So be sure to watch for these eBooks on Amazon Kindle and let us know what you think. Since we are going to be creating the newsletters anyway, it makes sense that we spend just a few extra minutes on each newsletter to also format them for Kindle.  That allows us to gain even more exposure from the work invested in creating the newsletters. Think about all of the content that you have already created that could easily be reformatted and repurposed as a Kindle eBook. You may be surprised at how much content you have already created. Another way to get free publicity and exposure for your business using Amazon is by submitting your blog feed to Amazon Kindle. Remember the Kindle announcement from Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon, which we've been talking a lot about in the past few months? It's one of the biggest developments since the launch of the web! And it could radically change your bank account if you make it work for you (or leave you in the dust if you ignore this important consumer spending trend). Here's a short video from Vic Johnson that shows you how to take advantage of the window of opportunity. This won't last long (the video explains why)… Check it out right now. Strategy 2:  Amazon Kindle Blogs Amazon now gives you the ability to submit your blog so that people can find it when searching for other content or products on the site. They require you to charge readers a small fee for the blog feed, and you then get paid your share for any people who do subscribe. But even if you never get a single subscriber, there are great ways to leverage this opportunity. For example, you can get free publicity for your blog, and drive people directly to your blog even if they don't subscribe through Kindle. Let's look at an example of how to do this. For the Business Thrival newsletter that Denise and I publish 2 times per week, we submitted it as a blog to Amazon Kindle. An example is shown below. Notice how our company name is listed as BusinessThrival.com. This allows people to find us directly even if they don't buy through Amazon or whatever site they see us on. In this example, I located our blog by typing "Business Thrival", since I knew that is what the blog was called. But you can literally get your content found on any type of key word that you want people to find you under. You just put your desired key words in the blog title. If you have a blog or newsletter that you update regularly, you should definitely consider listing your blog through Amazon and/or listing several of the articles as separate Kindle books as I described in Strategy #1. A third way to leverage Amazon Kindle for your business is through magazines (and don't worry, you don't have to publish a magazine to take advantage of it). Strategy 3:  Amazon Kindle Magazines If you publish a newsletter on a regular basis like Denise and I do, you can submit your newsletter (blog) feed to Amazon as a Kindle Magazine. To publish your newsletter or magazine on Amazon Kindle, you start with creating a new Amazon Kindle Publishing account. You then have to fill in a bunch of details about your newsletter, such as how frequently it is published. You need to pick a schedule that you know you can meet, because Amazon will pull each issue on the schedule you set. You then just enter the URL of your blog feed for your newsletter, and generate a preview to make sure everything looks correct. They have interactive help and email support to help guide you through the process if you get stuck. You can get great exposure for your web site even if no one subscribes to your magazine directly on Amazon. You just want to set up your account and description in a way that it makes it easy for people to find you directly. The way we did this is by listing BusinessThrival.com as the company name. If you have lots of existing articles, or you create regular content for a blog or newsletter, you would be crazy not to list it on Amazon Kindle Publishing through one of these three methods. And like I said before, even if you don't get a lot of people buying your book or subscribing to your blog or magazine, you will get some traffic directly to your site if you set it up the way I've explained in this article. So there you have it. I hope you get started with re-purposing your content for Amazon's Kindle platform too and take advantage of the incredible exposure that it offers. To leverage Amazon Kindle and its publishing platforms to gain exposure for your business by re-purposing existing content, follow these three strategies: 1.  Create a Kindle eBook from existing articles, newsletters, or content. 2.  Submit your blog so that people can find it when searching for other content or products on Amazon. 3.  Submit your newsletter (blog) feed as a Kindle Magazine. 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Learning Agreement by Hannah Rhuelle B. Abelllera

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Student Data                                            

Date: July 30, 2012

Name:  Hannah Rhuelle B. Abellera

Cell Phone No. 09175824798          Email: hr_abellera@yahoo.com

Business Address:  Food and Drug Administration – Philippines, Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City

Current Position: Food and Drug Regulation Officer II

Residence Address: Block 53 Lot 10 Romblon St. South Point, Sta. Rosa, Laguna

Educational Attainment:

                                       School                        Year                            Course              Honors

Post Graduate              AGSB                         2010-present                MBA

Undergraduate             UST                            2003-2007                  Biochemistry

Special Skills:    -        

 Hobbies:    playing piano

                                   

Work Experience

Company                             Position/Responsibility                Period                     Achievement

FDA                                      FDRO-II                                       2011-present

        -Conducts analysis

        of cosmetic products

        -Conducts research and development of methods for analysis

Amherst Lab., Inc.               Lab. Analyst                                 2007-2011

                                            Conducts analysis

                                            of ethical drugs

Business/ Enterprise Experience:

-

Business Plan Topic in Mind:

-Develop my own product

-Put up a laundry business

-Franchise a food business

1.  Notable Achievement/s.

    -Passing Chemistry Licensure Examination

    -Research and development of methods for analysis of cosmetic products

2.  Failures (if any?)

3.  Dark secrets, if any:

4.  SELF ANALYSIS (WHERE AM I NOW?) (Related to Entrepreneurship)

	Strengths	Weaknesses
Habits	-Self-control (spending)	-procrastination
Attitude	-Diligent                      -Optimistic -Goal-oriented	-Risk taking -Imaginative
Skills	-Easy to work with -Research	-Innovative
Knowledge	-Analysis (in work) -Learning business -Curiosity	- Statistics

5.  WHERE AM I GOING?

a.       Personal Vision Statement: 

Be one of the leading inspirational entrepreneurs. One who is extending help and support to those who also want to be successful in life.

Dream high, as high as you can, don't ever, ever give up, develop yourself and be an example of Love, F aith & Hope.

Let God take the lead!

b.      Personal Mission Statement:

I commit myself to be a good steward of what God has entrusted me. All my learning will be for the good of many.  I will keep myself to be developed so I can offer something new that will be useful and meaningful to each and every one of us.

c. Desired Material Reward for the next 5 years – SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Based

	WHAT(position/ annual salary perks, cars, house/ wealth)	HOW TO GET THERE	WHO WILL HELP YOU GET THERE?
Year 1	Prepare a plan for small business	Make a careful research what should be put up as a business and make a business plan	Family, friends
Year 2	Increase of earning	by starting up of a small business (a cart or kiosk type for food or any small investment product and advertise through flyers and internet through social networking)	family, friends, staffs and customers
Year 3	Increase of earning	by growing the business (adding something new, continuous advertisement  and improvement)	family, friends, staffs and customers creation of new network
Year 4	House	by growing the business(adding something new, reinvent but maintain its quality and identity)	family, friends, staffs and more loyal customers
Year 5	Cars, Investments, Travels	by maintaining the business and be proactive in every opportunity to improve products and services	family, friends, staffs, more loyal customers and business partners

            

6.  What will be the value if any of the subject, to your profession?

It would give me more respect to the organization I'm in because I would have a better appreciation of it when it comes to management and improvement of the system.

8.  What grade do you expect?

            3.5

9.  How will you get the grade that you expect? 

            I can achieve the said grade by completing all the individual and group requirements in this class with the best that I can and by participating in the activities.

              I undertake to abide by this learning agreement.

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