Filipino startups are competing at an ASEAN‑wide pitch competition

Robert A. Vergara Jr.
The United Nations Development Programme, QBO Innovation Hub, and Philippines Disaster Resilience Foundation, through the “Startups to the Resque” pitch competition, call on startups around Southeast Asia to present ways to address pressing global issues using their products or services and business models.

Steel straw company that started on Ateneo Trade has a social mission

Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
Sip, headed by 21‑ to 22‑year‑old students at the Ateneo De Manila University.

At an ‘agri hackathon,’ millennials address farming woes

Robert A. Vergara Jr.
During Innovation Olympics 2017, a competition organized by vegetable seed company East‑West Seed, students address real‑life challenges of vegetable farmers.

How to lure millennials

Robert A. Vergara Jr.
It is not enough for businesses to know that millennials are now among the biggest group of people with a high purchasing power.

Are bloggers journalists?

Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
Veteran journalists debate on blogging and journalism in social media.

YouTube announces NextUp 2017 winners

SparkUp
Check out who won the talent search for YouTube creators with 10K to 100K subscribers.

How a house party evolved into a Maginhawa café

Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
Snacks and Ladders, a boardgame café along Maginhawa, has an old‑school history.

Financial inclusion? Not apps. Let them text

Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
BIMA, a Swedish insurance tech player, knows the importance of reaching out to emerging markets. But unlike most disruptive technologies, it didn’t develop another app.

The next thing your business may need is a ‘bot’

Robert A. Vergara Jr.
Fresh off a failed eight‑year tech startup run, a trio of Filipino business founders decided to go for chatbots.

A peek into a 22‑year‑old’s strategy for virtual reality

Robert A. Vergara Jr.
Veer Immersive Technology is led by a guy who thinks that VR can be “easy to swallow.”

A trip down Filipino millennials’ search trends

Robert A. Vergara Jr.
Popular search keywords include “How to travel alone,” “how to handle stress at work,” and “how to burp a baby”

How PETA uses theater to fight historical revisionism

Lucia Edna P. de Guzman
Ramon Magsaysay Awardee PETA plays a role against the attacks against historical fact.