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About Business Class Podcast

This podcast shares research insights and experience based information from the host's career as entrepreneur and educator.

9 Tips on How to Say Goodbye to Your Boss and Hello to Your Own Business

Many Filipinos love to have a business of their own but  are always hesitant to take the risk. That is OK, nobody likes risk anyway. I once did a survey among employed people. I ask them to raise their hands if they want to have a business. 100% raised their hands. I asked them if they are would shell out a month of their salary to a new business. Nobody raised hands. So I asked them what they want to do as their business. They all said that they will use their skill to start a business. That I think is practical and wise but as Michael Gerber said in his book, skills alone do not make you successful. You still need to be scientific in your approach to starting a new business, most especially when you are trying to transition from being employed to self-employed.  So how would you say goodbye to your boss and hello to business? Continue reading →

Questions that lead to innovation

Oscar Wilde  said “When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me”.


The word innovation is from the Latin word innovatus which means stemming from. In other words innovation is an improvement of something. In the world of business, the innovative products are an improvement of an existing product. All of the innovations we see today are derived from the needs of customers, this is called market innovation. An example of innovation is the business model of Michael Dell. It used to be that computers are sold as a package. You buy the whole thing from the maker and you can not choose the part that comes with it. Michael Dell realized that there are customers who want to customize the parts of their computers based on their needs and budget. So in his dorm room, he started selling “Build you Own” computers.

For an idea to be considered an innovation, it must make the life of the user easier compared to what he or she is currently using, and accepted by the general market.

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SUCCESS PROFILE: Turning Passion to Profit

I am Elaine, a language instructor and teach English, French and Spanish here in Manila. I love doing it but I always felt like I needed to do something more and earn money from something else that I love: surfing and travelling. I’ve been surfing and travelling for 10 years and I’ve always stayed at the San Juan Surf Resort in La Union. Continue reading →

10 Entrepreneur Myths

There are a lot of misconceptions written about entrepreneurship. Theses misconceptions are responsible for giving entrepreneurs that mysterious fog around them. Entrepreneurs are not superheroes, they are a bunch of people dedicated to making things better no matter what it takes. And that idea of “no matter what it takes” is what pushes them to be creative, thus, making their approach different. Continue reading →

Where to sell your products this Christmas season

Christmas season is here again! This is the best time to come up with a business sideline and take advantage of all the spending that happens during the season. Products can be anything from food, clothes, accessories, novelty items and gift baskets. For this article I will focus on the channels rather than products. Many articles have been written on the types of products to sell, but very few have been written as to where the most effective places to sell your products.

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