Rakuten Viber turns business ideas of budding Pinoy entrepreneurs into a reality
3 min readMANILA, Philippines — Genuine to their extended-time determination of supporting regional micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Rakuten Viber a short while ago gathered budding Pinoy business owners for a chance to amount up their side hustles and small businesses.
Find Filipino business people vying for a prospect to realize their small business dreams came to a head final July 14 at the Pinoy Desire Negosyo function in Makati Metropolis.
The celebration culminates a series of on line troubles and routines that the top a few participating entrepreneurs from the Raket PH and FoodPH Viber channels had to undertake for the opportunity to pitch their business strategies and get a enterprise grant from Viber and its companions.
In the close, two budding Filipino business people became 1 step nearer to fulfilling their entrepreneurial dreams as they each individual acquired a organization grant from Viber and its associates:
- Mon Cabsag of The Bistro Box as the GRAND BESTie of Food items PH category
- Richmond Argosino of Ken Goods and Apparel for Raket Mo ‘To of Raket PH classification
The winners had been chosen under the supervision of DTI consultant Edsel John Lingon.
“It was a unforgettable and exhilarating knowledge for me. I met and interacted with a lot of business owners like me and gained much more perspective about operating a enterprise,” Cabsag mentioned.
“Pinoy Desire Negosyo did not transpire overnight. It is a byproduct of the team’s tough function to fulfill and solution the requires of the Filipinos again in 2020,” stated Lana Macapagal, APAC PR Guide for Rakuten Viber.
“When there was a surge in users and communities actively making use of Viber, we asked ourselves how we could aid them more. That led us to our objective, which is to champion Filipino MSMEs.”
The two winning Pinoy-preneurs with Viber executives and Pinoy Aspiration Negosyo judges
Lana Macapagal, PR Guide for APAC at Rakuten Viber
Grand BESTie Mon Cabsag with Viber executives Lana Macapagal and Veronica Feleo collectively with judges Ruth Navarra-Mayo and Gerick Manalo
Richmond Argosino of Ken Items and Apparel received the grand prize for Raket Mo ‘To
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Viber noticed an improve in the use of its channels function in the course of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Working with this kind of channels, business people get to out to opportunity buyers and like-minded folks, letting them to improve and handle their firms.
Raket PH serves as a Viber channel for MSME owners and side hustlers who want to endorse their aspect firms. Considering the fact that its launching, Raket PH now has above 203,000 subscribers.
Food PH, on the other hand, is an on-line food channel that assisted small and micro food stuff business people adapt to the “new normal” all through the pandemic by contactless on-line purchases. Foods PH at some point developed by its bot, serving as a transaction issue for consumers. It has developed significantly to catch the attention of about 560,000 subscribers.
Chef Gerick Manalo, who served as choose, praised the Pinoy-preneurs for the duration of the party: “It was a privilege to get to know the members and see them do their finest as they take part in the Pinoy Desire Negosyo initiative of Viber.”
A different judge, mompreneur Nene Tamayo, thanked Viber for arranging Pinoy Desire Negosyo. “I imagine this competition is an wonderful possibility for Filipinos to showcase and develop their knowledge and business enterprise competencies.”
“To our finalists and the channel associates of Foods PH and Raket PH, thank you for inspiring us. I’m hopeful that by means of your tales, Pinoy Aspiration Negosyo will proceed to encourage far more Filipinos to finally just take that leap in pursuing their enterprise goals,” decide and Rakuten Viber’s Chris Aguilar added.
Viber, a long-time supporter of business people in the nation, looks ahead to the future set of enterprising people whose desires it can enable make a reality.
