tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173516848178207372024-03-14T12:54:53.494+08:00Prof Jorge EntrepAn entrepreneur, a businessman, who wandered into teaching after finishing his MBA. Now a full time entrepreneur and businessman, discovering what works and what does not work. Surrendering idealism for Pragmatism In entrepreneurship, you do not really know until you find out...ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.comBlogger1858125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-14170571685710603642022-04-17T20:53:00.004+08:002022-04-17T20:55:19.959+08:00Value adding in the agri sector Looking forward to the future of businessZac Sarian on Edna Sanchez dragon frui farmA classmate was who has a dragon fruit farm was interviewed by a famous chef as he cooked food in her farm using dragon fruit wine. This classmate discussed what has been taught to her by DA - VALUE ADDING. Rather than throwing away the fruit when prices descend to the gutter, she ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-73244071105345677302022-04-15T09:48:00.001+08:002022-04-15T09:48:07.664+08:00Accelerating creation of wealth by entrepreneurs by creating money Looking forward to the future of businessIt was an advantage that this post did not take up business courses while in the undergrad. I did not have to be bound by business traditions and practices It was a clean slate for me when I started wading into the business worldOur foray into öur business was a thrift bank. While my mother spent almost 20 years in the rural ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-61410485226062752492022-04-07T10:10:00.003+08:002022-04-07T10:10:32.304+08:00Lack of storage facilities and logistics cause of problem in onion production a business opportunity Looking forward to the future of businessA ranking regional officer of a government department was being interviewed this morning regarding the onion smuggling and status of onion production in an island province. Again the imbalance in production and marketing, logistics resulting in destruction of the produce.The cause was in 40 years the same: incomplete logistics and ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-35289771522952412142022-04-07T09:45:00.005+08:002022-04-07T09:45:28.652+08:00Substistence farming vs entrepreneurship Looking forward to the future of businessIn the course of teaching entrepreneurship at GSB, one of the projects of the students is to bring in entrepreneurs the group knows. Brining in the entrepreneurs get the the group an A and I am sure the students this post and the students learn a plenty.One of them was Dr. Tito Contado, from Los Banos owner of the a nutrition supplement. (President ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-92201975394494272072022-04-07T08:41:00.002+08:002022-04-07T08:41:25.315+08:00Contribution of this post to entrepreneurship development in the country Looking forward to the future of business
href="https://www.slideshare.net/profjorge_entrep/prof-jorge-entrep-teaching-entrepreneurship">https://www.slideshare.net/profjorge_entrep/prof-jorge-entrep-teaching-entrepreneurshipOne can see a surge of many start ups and new businesses format in the country we deliver, fintech, food stall, coffee shops, snack bar, glamping, camping, ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-85829816311956680342022-04-07T08:21:00.003+08:002022-04-07T08:21:36.792+08:00Three masteries needed for business success Looking forward to the future of businessMany are led to believe that to succeed in business, you need:1. Plenty of funds - plenty of capital, borrowed capital, 2. Plenty of luck - feng sui, blessing from Patron saints, amulets, your lucky day or year3. HustleIndeed that seems to be the common knowledge and tactic. Just this morning at the pan de sal store, ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-53122643178154829582022-04-07T08:06:00.000+08:002022-04-07T08:06:01.241+08:003 important formula for business success for start ups Looking forward to the future of businessIn the Philippine business news, many stories of business successes were discussed like Angel Burger, Don Benitos etc. And common among the formula were:1. Focus emphasis on customers. Customers come first. Design your product and processes around the customer2. Be outstanding and unique: in your product offering,ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-48672179251625097292022-03-13T18:33:00.003+08:002022-03-13T18:33:28.703+08:00Making an Eastern Samar town productive Looking forward to the future of businessThe post was able to watch this afternoon the story of Dolores Eastern Samar and how its energetic and imaginative mayor was able to raise the productivity and progress of the town. He invited investors and made the ease of doing business easy. He had the Christmas village program and encouraged the sale of local products and ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-18731096077144318952022-03-13T18:26:00.000+08:002022-03-13T18:26:00.851+08:00Raising minimum wage Looking forward to the future of businessWith the following price pressures: weekly price increase of prices of fuel, increase in price of basic goods, (also due to Ukraine war) the pressure on is for petition for wage increase with some of quarters requesting for as much as P200.00/day increaseDefnitely, the bulk of businesses are at a quandry as to where they can get this or ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-48936523540819088462022-03-05T14:51:00.001+08:002022-03-05T14:51:03.673+08:00Changing fortunes with the decline in covid 19 cases Looking forward to the future of businessWhile we welcome the reduction (only 3 digits yesterday) in number of covid 19 cases, this is ominous for companies engaged in health care and services hospitals, medical suppliers of equipment PPE vaccines, test kits, medicines and the likeFace to face business will prosper this can mean reduction in volume of couriers and other facilitatorsProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-50939848717100557032021-12-29T10:30:00.004+08:002021-12-29T10:30:25.906+08:00Dearth of knowledge and competence is not the current problem in organizations; mindset and personal mastery are? Looking forward to the future of businessMany individuals and organization are making plenty of revenue from courses that instruct individuals how to be better marketing, finance or administrative persons. Or masteral degrees.But in my experience, that isnt the strategic issue or the problem in organization, They are in Peter Senges term: personal mastery and ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-16137466924629729042021-12-28T20:17:00.001+08:002022-03-05T14:52:00.638+08:00Suicide for hospitals to disengage from Philhealth? Looking forward to the future of businessThis post is thankful that there more hospitals thanks largely for the efforts of doctors to put up their hospitals and there are various aggressive groups like the ACE group. This is heartening and a welcome development. Part of this growth is generous financing from govt banks like Landbank and DBP. And this is ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-45590301155921342562021-12-22T13:40:00.004+08:002021-12-22T13:40:57.822+08:00We can succeed inspite of the politicians Looking forward to the future of businessThis post is overwhelmed by the growing passion in taking sides in the current political campaign: both national and local elections. All ready there is a frenzy for campaigning for the elective positions. Onc can guess that this is so: 1. To the victor belongs the spoils, or as claimed 2. Many are being paid.But ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-33243031073134655302021-10-07T11:06:00.002+08:002021-10-07T11:06:38.310+08:00If we compare ourselves to the industry giants.... Looking forward to the future of businessWe have always thought of our companies as in the lower tier below such giants as Manila Memorial Park ark,,(5 locations; Forest Lake (23 but only 17 active) and Golden Haven (35 locations they say)But we have only 7. We are awaiting deal. to make it 8. But we are multi product memorial company offering various modes of ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-75658094261406067152021-10-07T10:52:00.003+08:002021-10-07T10:52:30.974+08:00Changed business models for the memorial business Looking forward to the future of business What fate awaits them? Like the man in the coffinThe recent pandemic has wrecked havoc on the memorial business. The traditional giants in memorial are probably hurting like the ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-61609283417028247052021-06-06T08:24:00.005+08:002021-06-06T08:24:36.832+08:00Business bit - SMALL HOLES SINK A SHIP. Looking forward to the future of business Rizal Philippines6.06.2021. Subject: Business bit - Small Holes sink a shipTruly small holes sink a ship. Holes that you do not see but are plenty, sink a ship. Not the big ones. Because the big ones are visible, surely many will see themand thus prevent the ship from leaving port, or is given top ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-58783923852666600302021-06-06T08:13:00.003+08:002021-06-06T08:13:44.453+08:00Changed concept on wealth Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines6.6.2021Our concept of wealth has been radically changed by the Pandemic. We think of wealth and its ranking on a more or less stable manner. But that has been changed lately1 In the cryptocurrency industry, lately billions in wealth (value at stockmarket) were wiped out because of Tweets by Elon Musk, crackdown by China on ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-64603821097439808652021-03-26T11:13:00.003+08:002021-03-26T11:13:58.386+08:00Solving inheritance problems of deceased in laws, creating the documents Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines3.26.2021A sister and in law passed away leaving 3 parcels of land to her 3 children. It also brought out the fact that an ancestral home was left intestate and needs an adjudication. The document for adjudication was shown to me for comments and rejected this. Because it 1. allowed an spa to sign in theProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-25834456029152010572021-03-26T08:14:00.002+08:002021-03-26T08:14:21.434+08:00Class A and B Markets, cash or installment Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines 3.26.2021In the discussion for a marketing plan in 2021. debate raged between : cash only but with huge discount, or extended payment no dp, o interest. This post gave in to later. In the midst of unemployment or failed business, we can not pretend that the market is normal, we expect lower revenues dueProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-92183571024201248502021-03-26T07:38:00.002+08:002021-03-26T07:38:16.167+08:00Advice on business is less valuable (or not valuable)? Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines3.26, 2021I have numerous incidents of other professionals getting advice from this post, and lo and behold gets charged when a reverse consultation is doneI was aghast that a physician whom I gave free advice and representation as her business manager charged my daughter. As if this post did not spend time and money too to ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-12032419664609174372021-03-26T07:20:00.002+08:002021-03-26T07:22:21.465+08:00Really, can I be considered a Professor Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines 3.26.2021This post taught for 13 years in a country renowned Professional School, all over the country NCR, Cebu, Clark, Subic and Laguna. And almost all levels in management: standard, MDs, middle management (mixed with senior company officials)This post too had over 40 years of experienceProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-8844666914468534192021-03-25T21:16:00.003+08:002021-03-25T21:17:26.547+08:00Steering clear of highly regulated businesses Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines3.25.2021In a recent Bilyonaryo post, MVP was reported to be steering towards businesses that are less regulated. They are into energy, (Meralco) tollways (NLEX) and telco (PLDT). They are bountiful businesses and hence heavily regulated because they involve the masses.SMC in its expressway inter connect ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-40601683763465365522021-03-25T19:59:00.001+08:002021-03-25T19:59:15.928+08:00Winners and losers during the pandemic Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines3.25.2021Winners and losers in business - CNNThere were a number of losers and winners during the pandemic; Lucky for those who made it; struggle and valuable lessons for those who lost:Winners: 1. Health care - hospitals, diagnostics especially those involved in testing, ppe ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-4561240809339260322021-03-25T19:49:00.001+08:002021-03-25T19:49:34.865+08:00Advising a relative owning a school in this difficult times Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines3.25.2021A relative, a cousin has enlisted my help to advise her on the proposed sale of their 38 year old school to group engaged in real estate development. She has the appraisal of the land and building and ready with the financial statement. The appraisal says P200 million, but her balance sheet says P100 ProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717351684817820737.post-38170844773306233142021-03-25T19:25:00.002+08:002021-03-25T19:25:17.089+08:00The pandemic has hit hard many bigwigs, even Petroleum magnates Looking forward to the future of businessRizal Philippines3.25,2021.An oil magnate from the south, after selling his courier business to another group is reported to be selling assets in his oil retailing business. His group is now the third in the industry having come from nowhere and over took a multinational. His petroleum group has has reported a net loss of P95 billion.WowProfJorgeEntrephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609837532968156446noreply@blogger.com0