I’m sure all Filipinos around the world know the name Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. He is currently the undisputed, “pound-per-pound” champion of the world and was tagged as “The Destroyer!” He rose from extreme poverty to being the wealthiest boxer in the world today. What’s more amazing is he does not brag about his wealth and achievements. Despite his status right now, he remains humble, God-fearing, and respectful to his opponents and fans.

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Almost all Filipinos probably know the Ayalas. There is the famous Ayala Avenue along Makati. It houses one of the business districts here in the Philippines. Ayala is one of the prominent names in Philippine business. They own one of the country’s largest banks, Bank of the Philippine Islands. They own one of the country’s top telecommunication networks, Globe Telecom. They own one of the country’s leading real estate developer, Ayala Land. Other businesses of the Ayalas include water

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Are you an on-line gamer? If you are, then definitely you are familiar with the game Ragnarok? But how did Ragnarok start? How did it become as one of the online games that hit it big in the market? What fascinated me is the guerilla marketing that they implemented to market the product. Entrepreneurs are really innovative. They come up with resourceful ideas to make it big without incurring too many expenses. Level Up! is the company behind the successful online game Ragnarok. It was run by

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Chikka, a tagalog word literally that means “talk”. Filipinos are one of the most scattered races worldwide. We are literally in every part of the world. We love to talk, connect with our loved ones, asking how we are doing. With the introduction of mobile phones in the Philippines in the late 1990s, text messaging or short message service (SMS) has become very popular. In fact, we are now considered as the text capital of the world considering the millions of text messages wandering in

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I was reading GoNegosyo and I read about the life story of Dado Banatao. He was considered as the Filipino version of Bill Gates since both came up from a technical background, introduced technologies that transformed the computer industry, and built large successful companies from the ground up. I was really amazed on how far Dado already went in pursuing his dreams especially knowing his roots. And as such, he was the featured story for today in the rags to riches entrepreneur section of

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Lucio Tan, probably the most controversial of all the Filipino Tycoons, is the featured success story today. He was once the longest running richest man in the Philippines not until last year when his great rival retail tycoon Henry Sy overtook him in the throne. Although some of us knew Lucio Tan got involved in various controversies as in the case of tax evasion, having a lot of children in different wives, and having close friends in politics like former Philippine Presidents Marcos and

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