Duterte appoints Joey Concepcion as consultant for entrepreneurship

resident Rodrigo Duterte recently appointed RFM Corporation President and CEO and Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship – Go Negosyo Founder Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III as Presidential Consultant for Entrepreneurship.

Concepcion, known for his advocacy, which aims to address poverty through entrepreneurship, served the same position under the term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

This then led to the birth of the Go Negosyo advocacy together with the support of fellow entrepreneurs. From 2005 up to present, Concepcion is actively leading the programs, caravans, summits, and seminars for all entrepreneurs nationwide.

Go Negosyo also inspires and empowers Filipinos to start their entrepreneurial journey through its books, television and radio shows, social media platforms, and Concepcion’s weekly columns.

For 11 years, Concepcion and the entire Go Negosyo community believe that entrepreneurship will help alleviate poverty, increase employment, and achieve economic growth.

“With this appointment, we will strive more in helping Filipinos. With Secretary Ramon Lopez, who was with me for 11 years as my Executive Director in Go Negosyo and is now the current trade secretary, I know that this will increase the synergy between government and private sector for MSME development,” said Concepcion.

Recently, Go Negosyo launched “Kapatid, Angat Lahat”, an initiative with the Department of Trade and Industry and other business associations to strengthen the mentorship program for micro and small entrepreneurs, increase their productivity and creativity, and link them to the value chain of medium and large corporations through inclusive business models.

“Hopefully, we can partner with more organizations and government agencies and together we can contribute to the plan of President Duterte to reduce poverty,” Concepcion said.

The "Kapatid, Angat Lahat" initiatives include Mentor Me, a program aimed at helping micro and small entrepreneurs scale up through weekly coaching and mentoring by business owners and practitioners in different areas of entrepreneurship.

It also supports DTI’s Shared Service Facilities Project, which aims to make micro small and medium enterprises competitive by providing them with machinery, equipment, and tool, under a shared system; and Inclusive Business which benefits lowincome communities by linking them in various corporations’ value chain.

Concepcion appeals to entrepreneurmentors and business experts to support the advocacy by adopting the "Kapatid, Angat Lahat" in their business models.