EPISODE INTRODUCTION

Carlo Calimon of StartUp Village joins us in this episode to share the grassroots programs they have been doing to help Filipino startups become globally competitive. Carlo will share his personal startup founder journey and how he joined the inaugural batch of Ideaspace and how he was able to operate MobKard. He also shares how he joined StartUp Village and how they initially started nurturing startup founders. Carlo also shares how they pivoted in the pandemic and how they are now helping startups go global with immersion trips to Silicon Valley.

Episode Topics

[00:01:33] - Finding relevant startup problems

[00:05:28] - Initial hustles and comic books

[00:09:45] - Skill stack development

[00:13:32] - AIM transformational experience

[00:17:10] - Learning from Jay Bernardo

[00:23:26] - MobCard and entrepreneurship journey

[00:24:01] - Tech startups and entrepreneurship

[00:29:09] - Capturing customer data for growth

[00:33:49] - Startup Village creation

[00:36:40] - Developing early stage programs

[00:41:34] - Grants and creating new products

[00:45:42] - Immersion in Silicon Valley

[00:49:53] - Access to Silicon Valley network

[00:52:41] - Lessons for Startup Founders

[00:56:13] - Generating revenue and proving your model

[01:00:48] - A different badge altogether

[01:04:13] - Startup game is a battle of endurance

[01:08:23] - Creating new revenue for farmers

[01:11:22] - Wisdom sharing and improvement

 Quotes

"As an entrepreneur, as our founder, it's all about finding that relevant problem that you want to solve. Right. But remember, when you're solving it, you also have to be unique and you have to be challenging yourself to level it all up. Right." - Carlo Calimon

"Because again, it's a timing thing. The overall goal was big data play, but without data, you're going to have to play the data capture game. So that you can now build on top of that." - Carlo Calimon

Connect with carlo:

Carlo Calimon (LinkedIn): linkedin.com/in/carlo-calimon-77537948

StartUp Village (Website): startupvillage.ph

StartUp Village (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/startupvillageph/

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