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Fresh off her Y Combinator stint, Mikee Villareal of MadEats joins us in this episode to share how MadEats got into YC and how they got in despite not having any tech background. Mikee will also share her early hustles in the F&B industry that prepared her for launching her own food startup. She will also share how she and her team struggled to create MadEats and how they hustled to get to YC despite being rejected in their first try. Mikee will also detail their whole YC experience and how they hustled to grow MadEats that a lot of founders can learn from especially if they want to get into YC.

July Palafox and Lester Lim of SHAREit joins us in this episode to share how startups can use using SHAREit’s 40 million monthly active users. July and Lester will also share their respective hustles that prepared them to help scale SHAREit in the Philippines. They will also discuss how startups can leverage SHAREit’s platform in supercharging their user acquisition along with the cool new features that the app can do. They will also share great advice that startups can learn from in this ep.

Nichel Gaba, CEO of PDAX joins us in this episode to share how they were able to raise $12.5 Million in funding. Nichel will also share how he overcame being risk-averse and how he jumped to become an entrepreneur. He will also share PDAX’s early struggles and how they were able to overcome them by sticking together as a team. Nichel will also share great startup advice in this episode that revolves around product development, leadership and the future of crypto and NFTs.

Ed Bonoan, General Manager -  Marketing, Epson Philippines joins us in this episode to share Epson’s transformation in the Philippines. Ed will share impressive career in sales and marketing that led him to multiple stops in tech. He will also share Epson’s journey in the Philippines to become a market leader not just in Inkjet printers but also in new technology that changed the landscape of the product categories they lead. Ed will also share great advice in leadership and management in this episode.

Jojo Malolos, CEO of JGDEV; the Gokongwei group’s tech investment arm joins us in this episode to share how JG Summit is investing in startups. Jojo will share his storied career from starting out in Engineering to making the jump to tech with multiple stops around the world. He will also share how he turned around Cambodia’s leading fintech app that eventually led him to go back to the Philippines to head JG Summit’s data analytics company and their investment arm, JGDEV. Jojo will also share what’s in store for their new digital bank and what JG Group looks for in the startups they invest in.

Serial entrepreneur Christopher Tan of OKeX joins us in this episode to share his amazing entrepreneurial journey. Chris will share his early hustles after repatriating and how he bounced back from business failures and debt. He will also share how he created multiple pioneering concepts in media in the Philippines. Chris will also share his new fascination with cryptocurrency and how he went all in with OKeX along with a lot of great advice entrepreneurs can learn from.

Manny Ayala of Endeavor Philippines joins us in our 150th episode to discuss how endeavor supports high-impact entrepreneurs gain access to networks and capital. Manny will share his early hustles in pioneering media companies in the Philippines and in Asia. He will also share how he started investing with Hatchd and how he ended up leading Endeavor in the Philippines. Manny will also share what it takes to be a high-impact entrepreneur along with a lot of great advice for entrepreneurs in this episode.

After raising $12.5 Million in 30 seconds and becoming the first Filipino startup that a16z invested in, Beryl Chavez Li and Gabby Dizon of Yield Guild Games joins us in this episode to share with us the incredibly bright future of Play-To-Earn. Beryl and Gabby will share both of their startup journeys that revolved around investment, building games and building startups. They will also share why they decided to join forces in YGG to accelerate the NFT Play-To-Earn model in the Philippines that are helping transform thousands of lives. Beryl and Gabby will also share how they were able to raise that propelled them to get a Unicorn valuation upon their token sale and what is in store for the metaverse in the near future.

Fresh from their stint in Y Combinator and after successfully raising $1.6M, Don Pansacola and Aldrich Tan of NextPay joins us in this episode. Don and Aldrich will be sharing their humble beginnings being born in the Philippines and how they spent their teenage and early adult lives in Canada that shaped their careers in tech and design. They will also share what led them to come back and build a startup in the Philippines along with the pivot they did to during the pandemic. Don and Aldrich will also share how they got to Y Combinator and what the experience and learnings have been that lots of startups can learn from in this episode.

After successfully raising a grand total of $30 Million, ER Rollan joins us in this episode to share the hustle it took to build Growsari to where it is now. ER will also share how he built a successful career in FMCG that equipped him with the skills and experience needed for him to take the jump to entrepreneurship. He will also share how he struggled to keep Growsari afloat when he decided to do it full-time and how they eventually turned the corner and to get traction. ER will also share how they were able to raise $30 Million over their multiple funding rounds and share valuable advice that founders can learn from. 

Serial entrepreneur Bill Yuen of StackTrek joins us in this episode to discuss how they're revolutionizing how tech talent get hired. Bill will also share his entrepreneurial journey and how he founded 7 startups prior to StackTrek with 4 failures and 3 exits. He will also share why they built Stackleague, the Philippines' first year-round programming league that helps Filipino devs fast-track their development. 

Mharicar Castillo-Reyes, President and CEO of Asticom joins us in this episode to share how they are enabling big companies with staffing and tech solutions with thousands of employees. She will also share remarkable career journey in HR highlighted with her stint in the Ayala group and Globe. Mharicar will also share how Asticom pivoted during the pandemic and spun off several companies to further help the companies that they support. She will also share great advice about culture and building teams in this episode.

Gretchen Largoza, CEO of AdSpark joins us in this episode to share how she is leading the biggest digital agency in the Philippines. Gretchen will share how she hustled early and started out her career through direct marketing. She will also share how her career evolved through digital marketing that brought her to lead huge ad agencies like OgilvyOne and GroupM across Southeast Asia. Gretchen will also share why she decided to come home and join AdSpark and how she is leading them into a data-centric future along with 917Ventures.

In this episode of #AskHustleshare, Ronster will be teaching a method on how to find out your chances if your startup is going to succeed or fail and how you can change the trajectory you are in. He will also share a tool that can determine how much your startup would need to raise in your future fundraising rounds. He will also answer questions asked by founders from Upscale, the University of Philippines' technology business incubator. 

Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com so we can tackle your questions and help you with your hustle!

To start off our 6th Season, we will have Senator Dick Gordon to share the hustle behind the Philippine Red Cross. Sen. Gordon will share his early hustles that immersed him in business and eventually in public service. He will also share how he became a part of the Philippine Red Cross and how he has led them to what it is now and how they did a data-driven approach to combat Covid-19. Sen. Gordon will also share amazing advice about networking, leadership and management in this episode.

Fresh off securing 1 Billion pesos in retail deposits after their 1st month, Greg Krasnov, the Founder and CEO of Tonik Bank, joins us for our season finale of Hustleshare. Greg will share his early hustles in finance and tech that led him into private equity and finance that ultimately led him to get a bank that he founded in Ukraine. He will also share how he helped build fintech companies in Southeast Asia through Forum and how he decided to go all in on creating a digital bank in the Philippines. Greg will also share how they were able to capitalize on opportunities in the Philippine market and get great traction fast en route to them raising $17 Million for their Pre-Series B funding.

Yang Yang Zhang, Managing Director of Xendit Philippines, joins us in this episode to share how she is leading Southeast Asia’s biggest payment solutions provider in the Philippines. She will also share her amazing career in tech and creating products and infrastructure. Yang Yang will also share how she joined Xendit and how she is leading their expansion in the Philippines in the middle of a pandemic while applying lessons from her previous hustles like how a startup can attain and measure product-market fit.

Agnes Gervacio, CEO of MDI Novare, joins us in this episode to share how she leads one of the biggest and oldest tech companies in the Philippines. She will also share her journey in her illustrious career and how she overcame stereotypes as a woman while she led multiple tech corporations. She will also share great career advice on how employees can break through challenges to climb up the corporate ladder and become a C-Suite executive by surrounding yourself with the right people.

In this edition of #AskHustleshare, Ronster will be answering 3 very interesting questions sent by Hustleshare listeners. The first question is about how can founders protect their business solution from being stolen. The second question asks about how social enterprises can raise funds and the last question asks us how to formulate a startup's company culture. Ronster also provides a lot of tools in this episode that will definitely help with your startup hustle.

Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com so we can tackle your questions and help you with your hustle!

Franco Espinos of Bux, a portfolio company of UBX, joins us in this episode to share how startups and businesses can take advantage of Bux's powerful payment processing methods. Franco will also share his journey coming from corporate to how he became a Product Owner in UBX to lead Bux. He'll also share tips for aspiring founders looking to join venture builders or venture funds as a pathway to launch startups.

Cholo Tagaysay, the COO of the largest telehealth company in the Philippines joins us in this episode to share how KonsultaMD provides 24/7 access to high quality medical info to Filipinos. Cholo will also share his amazing journey in tech and digital media that led him to become a key part of the very first Tech IPO in the Philippines thru Xurpas. He will also share lots of amazing advice especially for corporate people looking to take the leap of entrepreneurship in this episode. 

In this edition of #AskHustleshare we brought along Franco Varona of Foxmont Capital to answer questions A member of the #StartupPH community asked us centered around the common traits that founders that get investments have. We also discuss the questions that VCs typically ask that reveal the character of the founder they are looking to back along with the traits they look for from each founding team. 

Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com so we can tackle your questions and help you with your hustle!

Cristian Muñoz, Founder of Draper Startup House in the Philippines joins is in this episode to share his intercontinental journey of entrepreneurship. Cristian would share his humble beginnings in Costa Rica and how he ended up studying and becoming an entrepreneur in China. He will also share how he decided to help other entrepreneurs by joining Draper Startup House by bringing it to the Philippines. Cristian will also share valuable advice about persistence and networking in this episode.

Fresh from their stint in Y Combinator as one of the 3 Filipino startups in YC W21, the co-founders of Dashlabs.ai joins us in this episode to share their journey on providing lab software to emerging markets. Philly Tan, Weston Lim, Bryan Giger and Martin Gomez will also share their respective hustles that prepared them to creating world-class healthcare tech that enabled them to come together during the pandemic with Dashboard Philippines. They will also detail how they got into YC and what they learned and how other Filipino startups can follow suit.

An anonymous letter sender sent us very interesting questions for #AskHustleshare about the ideal profile of an angel investor or a VC and we brought along Joan Yao, VP of Investments of Kickstart ventures to do a deep dive on it. We also answered how to properly value a startup from a VC's perspective and what the differences are between a corporate VC and independent VC.

Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com so we can tackle your questions and help you with your hustle!

George Padin of Buko Ventures joins us in this episode to talk about the newest venture fund in the Philippines founded by current and former Lazada and Rocket Internet executives. George will share his crash course into startups in the Philippines and how he learned to handle tech teams by working for Symph and eventually founding Abstract Digital and specialize in creating MVPs for venture-backed startups. He will also share why he decided to create Buko Ventures with his former Rocket Internet friends and what they look for in the founders they invest in.

Our first letter sender in #AskHustleshare sent us several questions about how they can split their equity among his co-founders before they pitched a potential investor for a startup they are working on. Ronster brought along his co-founders in Podcast Network Asia who are experts in this field to answer the questions on how to properly structure splitting equity among co-founders and how to valuate their company that is pre-revenue. 

Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com so we can tackle your questions and help you with your hustle!

Grace David the newly minted CEO of Edukasyon.ph joins us in this episode to share how she will lead the growth of the largest education platform in the Philippines. She will also share her background in business and how she was able to have an incredible career in marketing that took her to multiple stops across Southeast Asia. Grace will also share what's in store for Edukasyon and how she plans to lead the charge for the company in the coming years. 

Luis Sia of 335 Fund and PayMongo joins us in this episode to share how they invested in 2 Filipino Y Combinator startups despite being the newest angel fund in the Philippines. Luis will also share his journey as an entrepreneur starting with his drone business all the way to how they got to YC themselves with PayMongo and how they continued to grow after. He will also dissect what it takes for a startup to have a chance to get into YC and the qualities they look for in a startup they invest in.

Coach Lyqa Maravilla joins us in this very educational episode to share her journey as an online educator that helps millions of Filipinos. Lyqa will share her she overcame great challenges during her time in school that fueled her to help other people to overcome the same challenges she experienced and bridge the wide gap of eduction through her content. She will also share how she built the team behind Team Lyqa and the dynamics they have in creating great educational content.

Frederic Levy, Chief Commercial Officer of GCash joins us in this episode to share his very inspiring entrepreneurial journey that featured spectacular exits and heartbreaking failures. Fred will share his early beginnings as an entrepreneur in France and how he founded companies in the Philippines like Netbooster and CashCashPinoy. He will also share how he bounced back and joined GCash to help contribute and grow it to what it is today. 

John Januszczak of UBX joins us in this episode to share how Unionbank created a venture studio and venture fund to help startups and businesses in the Philippines. John will also share his unique early hustle in Astrophysics which eventually led him to celebrated career tech and finance.  He will also share the startups that UBX have created and what they look for in founders they want to support and in startups that they want to fund. 

Sophia Nguyen of LYKA joins us in this episode to share how LYKA became one of the most popular apps in the Philippines. Sophia will share her humble beginnings growing up in the Bay Area and how she accrued skills that helped her through her role as President of LYKA. She will also share how LYKA got traction and gave value to their users and their merchants across the Philippines.

Kim Lato of Kimstore joins us in this episode to share her very inspiring story in being one of the e-commerce pioneers in the Philippines. Kim will share her humble beginnings and how she hustled to get Kimstore off the ground and how she grew the company from being a small team to professionalizing and scaling their operations. She will also share how she overcame incredible hurdles that came along Kimstore's 15-year journey. 

Roland Ros and Rexy Dorado, the co-founders of Kumu, along with Atty. Josef Acuña of Podcast Network Asia joins us in this playbook to teach how to choose the right co-founders for your startup. They will discuss the characteristics of what to look for in a co-founder and how to look for them and convince them to join your startup. They will also provide great tips and examples of how they recruited co-founders and looked for the right talent to bring in within Kumu as they grew their company.

Stephanie Sy of Thinking Machines joins us in this episode to share her hustle in leading the AI revolution in the Philippines by helping the government and companies make better decisions through frameworks and data. Stef will also share her amazing journey starting out in Silicon Valley while studying in Stanford, putting up her own startup, joining a startup that got acquired and eventually joining Google. She will also share why she chose to come back and launch a Machine Learning and Data Science startup in the Philippines and the projects they do that affect the lives of millions of people. 

Vince Yamat, Managing Director of 917Ventures, joins us in this episode to share how passionate Filipinos can turn their ideas into the next big startup powered by Globe Telecom through the corporate biggest venture builder in the country. He will also share how he started out his career in tech and how he moved up the ranks in his earlier hustles and in Globe telecom. Vince also shares how aspiring startup founders can maximize the perks that 917Ventures gives to scale their startup idea. 

Joyce Pring joins us for our 2nd Anniversary episode to share her journey in lifelong communication that culminated in creating her podcast Adulting With Joyce Pring. She will share her humble beginnings and the sacrifices that she went through growing up to provide for her family. Joyce will also share the inspiration on how she created her podcast and how she creates great content for her audience.

Nikki Jurado also known as Nomad Finance Girl joins us in this episode to share her lifelong entrepreneurial journey that started at the age of 6. She will share all the business ventures she started even as a minor and raising money to start all her numerous businesses without having the personal capital at the start. She will also share how she started her journey in sharing her business successes and failures through NFG to help people with their businesses and finances.

Ash Mandhyan of Quanta Digital, An ex-Lazada and ex-Facebook executive joins us in this episode to share his experience in being a vital part of the growth of big tech companies he worked for. He will also bring us back to how he worked and led the digital transformation of the SM group and what ultimately led him to take the jump and become a full time entrepreneur.

Brianna Carney and Kate Ringcodan of CrewBloom joins Ronster in this episode to share how they built a recruitment agency connecting businesses to the top 2% of remote professionals. Brianna and Kate also shares their very unique past hustles and how they decided to come together to grow CrewBloom. They will also share their 7 Core values that startups can use to build amazing culture with.

Monette Itturalde - Hamlin - Founder and President of TeamAsia joins us in this episode on how she overcame unthinkable hurdles to put up TeamAsia and make it grow from its humble beginnings. She will also share how she grew the team and how TeamAsia was able to withstand the constant evolution of demands of their clientele and become a team that is at the forefront of innovation in marketing despite going through numerous challenges along the way.

Tina Shieh - Marketing Director of GoDaddy Asia visits us to tell the importance of having the right domain for your startup and how founders can leverage the tools that GoDaddy has for entrepreneurs. She also shares with us how she hustled in her career and how she helped grow GoDaddy in Asia. She also talked about the recently concluded Project Go and brought the winner, Pearl De Guzman of Staffz, to talk about how their experience doing the show in the middle of a pandemic.

Franco Varona, Managing Partner of Foxmont Capital Partners joins us in the episode to give a fresh perspective of a Filipino Venture Capitalist and the world of startup investments:

Mickael Cardoso - Co-Founder and CEO of CloudCfo shares with us the importance of starting the year right by having your business above board in your finances in this episode:

Josiah Go - The Marketing Guru, Chairman of Mansmith & Fielders and Waters Philippines kicks off the new year by sharing his hustle with us in this episode:

What's in store for us with DITO CME? In our 1-year anniversary episode, Ronster chats with Donald Lim, COO of DITO CME. Donald will share his humble beginnings in business while working for their family business and how he hustled by working in a fast-food chain in his first job.  Donald will tell the story of how he got into marketing while he was with a newspaper company and how he got into digital marketing. Donald will also share how it was like being a chief executive of a lot of big companies and leading their digital transformation. Lastly, Donald will share how he got chosen to lead DITO CME and what's in store for the Filipino people in the near future in this episode brought to you by Amazon Web Services.

How did Kalibrr become one of the biggest recruitment platforms in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Paul Rivera and Dexter Ligot-Gordon of Kalibrr. Paul and Dexter shares how they gathered valuable experiences growing up near Silicon Valley and the skills they acquired in previous hustles that they did that poised them for their work in Kalibrr. Paul and Dexter also share how they eventually worked together and how it was like being the first Southeast Asian startup that got accepted into Y Combinator. They will also share how they were able to pivot Kalibrr into product-market fit and the key learnings they acquired while doing so in this incredible episode.

What are the similarities between very unique startup hustles? In this special live recording of Hustleshare in the 2019 Techtonic Summit: Festival of Innovation, Ronster talks to Goldy Yancha of PhilDev Foundation, DM Varun of Skillbean, and Dave Malhotra of SoldOutt, and get to know their hustles. Each of them recount their own experiences or perspectives and compare what it is like to build and work around different start-up eco-systems. In this episode, they also talk about the skills they have developed within the industry, as well as a few of their learnings from the biggest failures or challenges they encountered in their previous hustles and throughout their careers.

How did PayMaya grow to be one of the biggest homegrown apps in the Philippines? In this episode, Ronster chats with Raymund Villanueva, Director of Growth and Brand Marketing of PayMaya to discuss how his team was able to scale PayMaya to what it is now. Raymund also shares how he started out his career by moving to Silicon Valley and the struggles he had to endure in order to get experience in digital marking and AdTech. Raymund will also share his tips on marketing and the tools he uses in growing PayMaya in this very informative episode brought to you by Payoneer.

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What happens after a startup is acquired? In this episode, Ronster chats with Jeffrey Siy of Galleon.ph and Christian Blanquera of Openovat to talk about their experiences of having their startups acquired by the Sterling Paper Group. They discussed shared their journey on how they hustled separately and eventually teaming up to build Galleon.ph. Jeffrey, Christian, and Ronster all discuss what happens during a startup acquisition and gives a behind-the-scenes insight on what happens when your company eventually becomes acquired, as well as how to become a better leader to your company when the acquisition has been made.