[ad_1]   Oliver James Matias was never exemplary academically. In fact, he had to finish his five-year engineering degree in six years. “I was the pasaway type,” he admitted in an interview with Entrepreneur Philippines. “I had a lot of outside influences that distracted me in college.”   But more than a decade …

[ad_1]   Filipino tycoon Necisto Sytengco was named Entrepreneur of the Year for 2018 by Enterprise Asia, a regional non-governmental organization that promotes entrepreneurship, during a recent ceremony  at the Marriott Hotel Manila in Pasay City.   The award is part of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA), which aims …

[ad_1]     Jose “Joe” Soberano III was only 42 years old when he decided to retire from his corporate job to pursue his political ambition to become a congressman in Cebu province.   Unfortunately, he did not win in the elections, losing by a small margin to his closest …