Success Stories of Filipino Entrepreneurs PDF

LESSON 2 SUCCESS STORIES OF FILIPINO ENTREPRENEURS Full Name: Shi ZhiCheng B-Day: December 25, 1923 Founder of the Philippines’ largest retailing company known as SM (Shoe Mart) that started on 1958. Finding a local shoe manufacturer who would cooperate with his ideas on what kind of sh...

LESSON 2 SUCCESS STORIES OF FILIPINO ENTREPRENEURS Full Name: Shi ZhiCheng B-Day: December 25, 1923 Founder of the Philippines’ largest retailing company known as SM (Shoe Mart) that started on 1958. Finding a local shoe manufacturer who would cooperate with his ideas on what kind of shoes to sell. He studied the growing needs of the Philippine market and learned from the feedback of costumers, employees and suppliers.  He also pursue a college degree on Manila’s top university. School: Far Eastern University A network of 44 large-scale shopping malls not only in the Philippines buts also throughout Asia. Claim the 3 of the world’s top ten shopping center.  “There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. If you fail, do not be discouraged; try again. When you do well, do not change your ways. Success is not just good luck: it is a combination of hard work; good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing. Success will not last if you do not take care of it.” -Henry Sy, Sr. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.  Full Name: Tony Tan Caktiong Founder and chairman of Jollibee Food, and one of the world’s fastest-growing Asian restaurants chains.  They have much sweeter flavour on food rather on McDonalds. Establish more food chains “Twenty-seven years ago we didn’t have firm vision that we would be number one, but we had a rough vision that we would go outside the Philippines. We also had a goal to take care of our customer and employees and to enjoy what we’re doing. Once we did all these things, the profits would come” -Tony Tan Caktiong Full Name: Cecilio K. Pedro Founder and chairman of Lamoiyan Corporation & Aluminium Container, Inc.  Environmental Concern in using Aluminum materials.  Producing locally made toothpaste HAPPEE KUTITAP HAPPEE FOR KIDS Free housing for more than 30 deaf-mute staff  “Fighting multinationals was very tough. At first, everyone thought I was crazy. They told me, how will I survive this? True enough, it’s by the grace of God that I’m still here in the toothpaste industry after 20 years. God is Good” -Cecilio K. Pedro  Full Name: Alfredo Yao Founder of Zest-O Corporation and Zest Air  “When Zest-O was established , it had a single yet valuable mission, to provide products of immense consumer value and quality that exceeds even the scrutiny of global measure.” -Alfredo Yao  Full Name: Soccoro C. Ramos Founder of the Philippine’s largest chain of bookstore.  “You have to adjust to the follow of business. If you’re not open to change, your business can’t move on.” -Socorro Ramos Full Name: Mariano Que Founder of 76 years of Mercury Drugstore. Caduceus  There are 700 Mercury store and some of which franchise. Give free clinic to indigent to give appropriate medicine for illness every annual anniversary.  Full Name: Corazon D. Ong Founder of CDO FOODSPHERE, INC.