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MANILA, Philippines – A day before International Women’s day, Go Negosyo held its 6th Filipina Entrepreneurship Summit (#FES6), March 7 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.
#FES6 is a one-day business forum featuring Filipinas who’ve navigated the Philippine business world and come out on top. Speeches from TV personality Kris Aquino, Senator Grace Poe, and TV anchor Korina Sanchez revolved around women’s capacities to be catalysts of change and progress. The summit also included forums on business models such as health and wellness, food, retail, and information technology – joined by businesswomen in the field.
To jumpstart of the conference, Go Negosyo recognized 2014’s batch of Filipina starpreneurs, women who’ve built enterprises from the ground up and created jobs by pursuing their passion and sharing it with others. The 10 starpreneurs are:
- Mary Joy Abaquin (Founding director of the Multiple Intelligence International School)
- Edith Dacuycuy (Founder of the Association of Dragon Fruit Growers)
- Milagros Ong-How ( President of Universal Harvester Inc.)
- Maria Ressa (Rappler CEO & Executive Editor)
- Cathy Turvill (President of Nurture Spa Village)
- Donna Jiao (Owner of XC Manufacturing and Trading Enterprisea Village)
- Michelle Asence-Fontelera (President of Zen Zest Asia)
- Monique Hilario (Owner of Lay Bare)
- Gwenn Albarracin (Center for Pop CEO)
- Judy Wong Guevara (President of Leslie Corporation)
(READ: Q & A: Judy Wong Guevara of Leslie Corp, Q & A: Cathy Turvill of Nurture Spa, Q & A: Monique Hilario of Lay Bare)
Watch highlights of the event below.
Follow the event via our liveblog below.
– Rappler.com
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