JANINE CHIONG
“Habi Footwear started as a college thesis project in 2012. As business majors, we were required to set up our own enterprise. Before graduating, we won the Bid Network Challenge in the Netherlands and secured seed funding from a Dutch angel investor. This helped us get Habi off the ground. It also made us realize […]
APRIL CUENCA, FLIPTRIP
“FlipTrip is an online travel platform that focuses on off the beaten track destinations in the Philippines. We connect locals and tourists with small businesses in the provinces to experience a more adventurous and genuine way of traveling around the country. In 2014 we entered IdeaSpace, an early-stage technology incubator, with the FlipTrip idea scribbled […]
MONIQUE MORALES
“I launched my first business right after college. It was a beef patty kiosk catering to students. The second was a beauty pageant called Miss Teen Philippines. The third, which I am still part of, is swim.ph, a platform to connect swimming schools with swimmers or learners because this is an archipelago and every Filipino […]
KAMOLCHAT (FA) JUANGROONGRUANGKIT
Just as Jessica Alba created The Honest Company when she became a mom to help other parents find better and safer products for their children, Fa created Evoli as a first-time mom out of frustration for the little choice available of safe, high-quality products for newborns. Starting from 3 original product ideas, she has now […]
GEORGIANNA CARLOS, MYOFFICE
“MyOffice started as a leasing company by my mother in 2004. As a teenager I came here during the summer and after school – I was her first receptionist. During a stint working for a PR agency after college, I learned that a lot of people don’t work out of an office but that they […]
AILENE CO, www.aileneco.com
“I used to have my own brand of business wear for women. I did that for 10 years but eventually had to close it down because it was not sustainable anymore. It was around the time when more affordable products made in China became ubiquitous in Manila. I went back to the corporate world for […]
ANNALIZA B. LAXAMANA
“Incessantly creative and unstoppable are two words that come to mind when describing Annaliza Laxamana. The Manila-based serial entrepreneur has been founding and running businesses since she graduated from college, with a long string of achievements. Her very first business has been running successfully since 1994; she is an award nominee for the prestigious ISES […]
NANTA TANGUDTAISAK, ANYALLERIE
Anyallerie is a custom-made, fine jewelry brand created by designer Nanta Tangudtaisak and housed in Bangkok at the exclusive Central Embassy luxury mall. Inspired by nature, her unique designs combine precious gemstones with intricate craftsmanship to form beautiful, one-of-a-kind creations. Operating out of Bangkok, she has an established presence in Hong Kong’s fine jewelry market […]
WANICHA (BO) WATANAWANICHKORN, BAHN MI BO
Used to eating Vietnamese food while studying in Australia, Bo was disappointed not to find any good Vietnamese sandwiches – Banh Mi – when she came back to Thailand with her Vietnamese-Australian partner. Realizing that she was not only the one and that there was a real market demand for Banh Mi, Bo and her […]
VIVIAN KE, STORY SEOUL
Anyallerie is a custom-made, fine jewelry brand created by designer Nanta Tangudtaisak and housed in Bangkok at the exclusive Central Embassy luxury mall. Inspired by nature, her unique designs combine precious gemstones with intricate craftsmanship to form beautiful, one-of-a-kind creations. Operating out of Bangkok, she has an established presence in Hong Kong’s fine jewelry market […]
