Micro Entrepreneurship 2.0

1. Change is inevitable and flexibility is the key.
2. Personal stakes in the company encourage everyone to work hard.
3. Mistakes and disappointments are inevitable.
4. Good brand building equals reputation.
5. Family support is crucial.
6. Never lose sleep thinking of business risks.
7. Pausing to recharge brings new vigor.
8. Reading and traveling enrich one’s mind.
9. Philanthropy is a personal satisfaction.

Source:  Chapter 20 of the book “The Path Of Entrepreneurship”

Sonnie Filipino Entrepreneurs John Gokengwei, Mantra

This piece is originally posted at Universal Rubina blog. Value adding and inspiring!

Before I begin, I want to say please bear with me, an 81-year-old man who just flew in from San Francisco 36 hours ago and is still suffering from jet lag. However, I hope I will be able to say what you want to hear…

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Thank you very much for having me here tonight to open the Ad Congress. I know how important this event is for our marketing and advertising colleagues. My people get very excited and go into a panic, every other year, at this time.

I would like to talk about my life, entrepreneurship, and globalization. I would like to talk about how we can become a great nation.

You may wonder how one is connected to the other, but I promise that, as there is truth in advertising, the connection will come.

Let me begin with a story I have told many times. My own.

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Sonnie Filipino Entrepreneurs Inspirational Talk, John Gokengwei

Perhaps too late to blog, but never too late to use as a value adding illustration. This is CSR– getting too personal. May his tribe increase!!

Gokongwei patriarch leaves half of fortune to charity
By Wilson Lee Flores
The Philippine Star 08/13/2006
http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200608130405.htm

Self-made multibillionaire John Gokongwei Jr. is donating half his fortune — at least P20 billion — to charity to mark his 80th birthday and his holding company’s 50th anniversary.

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Sonnie Filipino Entrepreneurs CSR, John Gokengwei