Daily Tribune (Philippines)

Mentoring leveled up during Dragon year

In addition to free one-on-one coaching for active and aspiring entreprene­urs, financing and market solutions are also made available at the event

- BY RAFFY AYENG @tribunephl_raf

To make entreprene­urs’ journey more rewarding during the year of the Wooden Dragon, Go Negosyo greeted the Lunar New Year with mentoring sessions for micro, small and medium enterprise­s, or MSMEs.

Go Negosyo’s 3M on Wheels attracted hundreds of MSME owners at Robinsons’ Place Manila.

Some of the country’s top business executives and founders of successful businesses volunteere­d to mentor the MSMEs, as well as veteran entreprene­urship consultant­s.

Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion and Manila Vice Mayor Yul Servo welcomed the participan­ts and the contingent of mentors as the program got underway for the one-on-one mentoring of the entreprene­urs.

Also, former Senator Bam Aquino, author of the Go Negosyo Act; Dr. Mark Lisaca, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry — Manila; and Undersecre­tary Ma. Cristina Roque of the Department of Trade and

Industry’s MSME developmen­t group gave messages of support for the event.

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Meanwhile, Nadine Ablaza, founder and CEO of Metal Straw PH, gave a short talk about how MSMEs can leverage social media promotions to their advantage.

3M on Wheels is a program of the Philippine Center for Entreprene­urship or Go Negosyo.

The project promotes the three M’s for successful entreprene­urship, namely Mentorship, Money, and Market. All three form the foundation of Go Negosyo’s mission to promote entreprene­urship among Filipinos.

In addition to free one-on-one coaching for active and aspiring entreprene­urs, financing and market solutions are also made available at the event.

The project promotes the three M’s for successful entreprene­urship, namely Mentorship, Money, and Market. All three form the foundation of Go Negosyo’s mission to promote entreprene­urship among Filipinos.

The event was inspired by the growing number of Filipinos turning to entreprene­urship and fills the learning gap in the entreprene­urial journey of active and aspiring entreprene­urs.

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