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Raising the Philippines Entrepreneurship Competitiveness Index in Global Outlook

I’ve been on and off fly into Philippines for business trip since May last year when we kick start our Philippines operation in May 09. Recently, when I checked back my passport (due to some reason I have to carefully look into my passport, my team mates in SMilDS will know why..) I’ve been entering this country for a total of 12 times (counting the airport custom stamps …) since May last year, practically more than 1 time a month on average. Good enough and thank god, our Philippines operations has started from 2 persons in June 09 to approximately 20 people right now, and have our own operation office in the heart of Makati City. It is never an easy job and thanks to our be loving Platform2u.com Philippines CEO, Mr. Edward’s support, everything come into pictures in less than 6 months.

 The more I get to know this country – Philippines, the more I get to appreciate the setup, support and structure I have enjoyed back in my country – Malaysia. Fellow Malaysian, we have government grant to support and grow entrepreneurs, we have facilities that given to the entrepreneurs for free to use, and we have many programs prepared to groom local entrepreneurs to be competitive in APEC. We have MDeC that keep engaging regional top trainers to train the local entrepreneurs to think out of the box, be innovative, and yet, we heard complaints from everywhere that money is not enough, government is not supportive and so forth. Until now, after I step out from Malaysia and explore the regional opportunities, I will really need to say this truly from my heart, I’m fortunately and proud to be Malaysian. Thank you! When times come, I will for sure contribute back to the country J

This year, SMilDS is planning to launch a massive and large scale program to help raise the local entrepreneurs in Philippines, where we called it SMilDS Connect Program. The program is designed with the objectives to raise the awareness of Filipino towards ‘Run Your Global Business – RYGB’ initiative; groom local entrepreneurs into become social e-Entrepreneurs; and ultimately, create jobs opportunities for the country. There will be training, sharing, workshops, and one after another events to introduce the SMilDS Connect into the community starting from Q2 this year. Anyway, our first SMilDS Connect event falls on this coming Tuesday in the one of the high class hotel in Makati City.  It is a by-invitation function to a group of selective future entrepreneurs in Philippines.  To ensure the future events’ success rate, we will need to be selective on our BETA program participants and keep the ball rolling effects. It is not an easy task to groom and raise the local entrepreneurship in a country, but I know I have a team of experts behind supporting our efforts. What’s more, it is always fun to work with young, energetic, and visionary entrepreneurs, and when we can visionalize the ‘end results’, hundreds over thousands of young entrepreneurs celebrating their achievements!

It all starts from one step at a time. Our first milestone, 19^th Jan 2010 – First SMilDS Connect Program – Your passport to Social Commerce will be live in Inter Continental Hotel, Makati City, 6:00pm sharp (no matter what, we aim to start sharp at 6:00pm Philippines time). Lets the journey begin…