By Joel T. Fagsao A story goes that a dying man called upon his three sons. His sons gathered at his deathbed and listened to what their old man has to say. The old man pointed to three bags of grains and asked that each of his sons take them. Then he said, “it is …
Category Archive: Business Sense
Articles of insipiration, news, opinions on small business and entrepreneurship development.
May
12
May
03
Self Help Groups: One of India’s Ways to Combat Poverty
By Joel T. Fagsao In the village of Nandej, a two hours ride away from Ahmedabad city, in the state of Gujarat, India, we visited the Meera Self-Help Group. Our interaction with the group members composed mostly of women, men residents of the village brought upon us a new learning experience on how poor villagers …
Dec
08
22nd Local Crafts Fair Opens
BONTOC. The Mountain Province Craft Exposition now on its 22nd year opened at the Provincial Plaza today. The fair supports local artisans, entrepreneurs from the municipalities of Mountain Province. The fair features, furnitures, woven fashion accessories, woodcrafts, local fruit wines, souvenir t-shirts, jewelry and more items. The fair is an annual marketing project of the …
Oct
12
Training Budding Entrepreneurs
By: Hazel Noel M. Balokey To help young students become good entrepreneurs, a two day training on starting a business and managing the business was conducted at the Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School. Twenty-eight members of the YECS organization (YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR AND COOPERATIVISM IN SCHOOL) joined the school based activity on September 10-11, 2010. …


