Valenzuela City
lived up to its reputation
as one of the Philippines’s
most business-friendly cities when hundreds of its
active and aspiring entrepreneurs trooped to Go
Negosyo’s 3M on Wheels
last July 1, 2023 at the SM
City Valenzuela.
“The vibrancy of
the MSMEs in Valenzuela
only shows how important
local government support
is to encouraging small
businesses to thrive,” said
Go Negosyo founder Joey
Concepcion, who also
thanked the Philippine
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of Valenzuela
Inc. for advocating for the
growth of the city’s MSMEs.
The city’s MSMEs lined up as early as
3 a.m, outside the mall to
avail of the free entrepreneurship coaching from
seasoned entrepreneurs
and businessmen on how
to start their own business
or improve their existing
ones.
In his welcome
address, Valenzuela City
Mayor Wes Gatchalian
shared how the city worked
to achieve ease-of-doingbusiness for both big and
small businesses. “Entrepreneurs are not afraid to
open businesses here,” he
told the audience. “Walang
fixer, hindikailangan ng
fixer because we are fully digitalized.” He shared
that the city has its Paspas
Permit program, which can
issue business permits in
a matter of seconds, with
a post-audit thoroughly
providing assessment of
these permits.
Veteran mentor
and The French Baker
founder/CEO Johnlu Koa
delivered an inspirational
speech, and encouraged
attendees to continue their
learning journey as they
pursue their businesses.
Yollly Dela Cruz,
President of the Philippine
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry Valenzuela
Inc., inspired the active
and aspiring entrepreneurs to continue growing
their businesses. “Don’t be
contented with what you
are now; learn to fly high
and go global,” she said.
She, along with Tess Ngan
Tian and Gene Sy of PCCI
Valenzuela Inc., personally mentored some of the
small entrepreneurs.
Content creator
Queen Hera, who owns
Heera Glow and HeeraCompany, delivered an informative lecture on How
to Be a Brand Influencer,
sharing her own tips and
tricks on how small businesses can maximize digital technology promote
and market their products
and services. The event
also featured an expo
where attendees can consult in-person about funding solutions as well as
market opportunities.
All active and aspiring entrepreneurs went
home with Go Negosyo
shirts and copies of the
popular entrepreneurship
book “21 Steps to Start
and Grow Your Business”,
while lucky attendees went
home with cash prizes
from the raffle draw. One
lucky attendee went home
with a livelihood package
worth Php20,000 from
Valenzuela City-based
food manufacturing company, CDO Foodsphere.
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