Tag: Paolo L. Lopez
[B-SIDE Podcast] Good design is good business
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The pandemic is changing the way we design our world and the way we move around in it.
“If you’re...
[B-SIDE Podcast] How female founders can get the funding they need
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Only 3% of invested dollars went to female-only founders in 2019. According to a Crunchbase report on gender disparity...
[B-SIDE Podcast] The sports industry: down but not out
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Everybody loves a comeback story, where the underdog—beaten and bruised—wins it all despite the odds. The sports industry has...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Bang for your buck: how businesses can change the...
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Jeremy Meltzer, founder of cause marketing platform i=Change, explains how brands and consumers can make a difference, a dollar a...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Shipping news: Lessons from UPS
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The disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic to global supply chains were unexpected.
“This has really been one of the...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Curbing the ‘plastic pandemic’ with eco-friendly packaging
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The plastic pandemic is only getting worse during COVID-19, the World Economic Forum (WEF) warned in July. As people...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Weathering the storm: how to protect the farming sector...
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Typhoon season isn’t over. Before 2020 finally says goodbye, two to three more storms could make landfall and wreak...
[B-SIDE Podcast] The future of consumption (a fireside chat from the...
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On November 25 and 26, BusinessWorld held a two-day virtual economic forum with the forward-looking theme “Forecast 2021: ReBoot....
[B-SIDE Podcast] If it’s too good to be true, it probably...
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Fake COVID-19 cures and preventive measures are proliferating online, in chat groups and social media. Bananas, saltwater, and onions...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Selling it: Lessons in cross-border e-commerce
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Anchanto, a Singapore-based automation and logistics platform, projects that cross-border e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region will grow to US$...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Are you okay? Treating the workforce as human beings,...
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The eight-month lockdown, one of the longest in the world, has kept much of the country’s workforce at home....
[B-SIDE Podcast] Duterte’s ‘dual-track approach’ to China, and why it won’t...
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It is a mistake for the Duterte administration to think that it can separate its maritime dispute with China...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Bend, don’t break: business lessons from bamboo
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The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 80% of the revenue of Bambike, a socio-ecological enterprise that handcrafts bamboo bicycles. Prior to...
[B-SIDE Podcast] At home yet unsafe: lockdowns are worsening online sexual...
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Online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) is a crime that often happens at home at the hands of family,...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Resparking your business: tips from seven entrepreneurs
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Patrick “Patch” Dulay, co-founder of local crowdfunding platform The Spark Project, is turning a series of webinars into a...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Love in the time of corona(virus): pandemic brides
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The COVID-19 pandemic has stripped away a lot of what we expect from weddings: the pageantry, the ceremony, the large number of guests. Bridal...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Warehousing and logistics: a bright spot in an otherwise...
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Thanks to e-commerce and changing consumer habits, the logistics and warehousing sector still expects to grow by 8% in the next three years despite...
[B-SIDE Podcast] The ‘new poor’ created by the COVID-19 pandemic
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A million-and-a-half Filipinos could fall into poverty because of the pandemic, according to a discussion paper titled “Poverty, the...
[B-SIDE Podcast] The government has failed us — students
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The Duterte administration deserves a failing grade for its preparations for the upcoming academic year, says student leader Raoul...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Biking the city
When public transportation was suspended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, people turned to biking as a means of getting from one place...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Moving on, moving forward: Logistics and supply chain management...
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After several months, the coronavirus pandemic is still wreaking havoc on supply chains. Rosemarie P. Rafael, chair and president...
[B-Side Podcast] Looking for a job in a down market
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The latest official labor data showed that the jobless rate shot up to double-digits, as millions of Filipinos became unemployed. The Philippine Statistics Agency...
[B-SIDE Podcast] The university of the future: Philippine tertiary education amid...
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The academic year is about to start. Universities and colleges are shifting to remote learning as physical classrooms all...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Creating despite COVID: The entertainment industry and the pandemic
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We’ve been consuming a lot more content since the pandemic left us housebound. Filmmakers are streaming their films on...
[B-Side Podcast] Hitting the gym: how the local fitness industry is...
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The local fitness industry was booming before the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic hit, with international chains and small...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Artificial intelligence: the key to a thriving post-pandemic economy
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Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the key to helping the Philippine economy get back on its feet. Without sufficient...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Lack of preparation threatens Philippine agriculture sector
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COVID-19 has exposed how fragile the agriculture sector is. Local farmers are among the hardest hit by the pandemic...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Q1 GDP: Not a pretty picture
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The COVID-19 pandemic ended a 21-year growth streak in the Philippine economy as strict lockdown measures aimed at containing...
[B-SIDE Podcast] Navigating the “next normal,” according to McKinsey and Company
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After two months in lockdown, Philippine cities are slowly opening up to a new reality,
Management consulting firm McKinsey and...