My exciting stint as Lecturer on Entrepreneurship at this AGSB

Ateneo Professor on Entrepreneurship

Rizal Philippines
September 29, 2019

I have stopped teaching for the last 2 years and the only two subjects that I taught were Entrepreneurship.   I had 3 classes on leadership and the head of HR cluster, Hilda  taught that I would be useful in that subject being a practicing business leader.  I think I was successful in teaching that too.

The batch under Alran think we were one of the best and  the school prided itself as one of the best GSB in the Philippines and the world.  The Dean sent me and several others to Korea and Thailand together with US universities to hone our knives on entrepreneurship subject

I remember that in conducting this class we had some unique practices:

1. There were 3 invitations to entrepreneurs which became a campus activity:  Vicky Belo, the presentation on 3d printing, Francis Kong and sevral others  One portion of the subject, the last session was learning form the masters.  We had aside from those mentioned Jajo Quintos fmr Pres of  IBM, the head of Splash, and many more.   Even George Weineke who became a professor though he is not Masteral Graduate was discovered in such a presentation

We even did a Social Entrep convocation in an AGSB celebration.  This was a class activity project, and we did not get sponsor just snacks.   The Chair Col. Rosauro Sibal encouraged us to get out of the box.

2.  Serendipity walk (copied from ACE guys)

3.  Teaching materials at Slideshare

4.  Using blog for assignments, syllabus submission, and forum.  Using digital medium for teaching although I did not have access to Blackboard. Done on my own initiative

5.  Self development projects:  like self tributes and videos expounding advertising oneself.  I asked students to post this on You Tube

6...Creative projects in the classroom by groups and to practice sales pitch

7.  Plant, hospital, clinic visits owned by students;

8... Book reports at the class on unique topic.  Now billionaires and moguls encourage 1 book per week
      reading.  Warren Buffet encourages a more severe routine one book a day.

      We had interesting books like Michael Gerber on E myth, the Millionaire Next Door by Danko, Pirates
      of the Silicon Valley,  Edward de Bono, on Lateral Thinking. and many ore  We had great learning                 experience at the  class.   Pretty Exciting.  

9.  Prayer before and after class; Practicing reflection as we do in the faculty conference   We even had Jamie Rivera singing "Sino Ako" at MBAH on Saturday invited by  Dra. Lagman...


.10.    Writing business plan.  I think this is a basic graduation skills and I required  individual business plans. Writing a business plan takes time and research.   and puts together the marketing, HR, operational, financial skills learned by the student.   The new Dean, wanted grades at the end of the term.  With this conflicting modes of teaching idea, the author had no recourse not to teach anymore.  What is entrep course if the student finishes the course without knowing how a business plan is written.

I even had a vision linking my class on Agricultural Entrepreneurship with CLSU  and Philrice, and examining more the potential of SL -8 for food security, after visiting the school with a group of Chinese businessmen.

    I got several invitations from contests sponsored by MIT on business writing and we could have
    anyone in the school participate because no one was paying to business plan...

I was proud of being a staff of AGSB and having done this for the school and the PTM the students who will be future business leader here and abroad. I think it was Entrep class like no other


Do you agree that this was an exciting stint?