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Ep 142 - The Hustle Behind Philippine Red Cross
Ep 142 - The Hustle Behind Philippine Red Cross

To start off our 6th Season, we will have Senator Dick Gordon to share the hustle behind the Philippine Red Cross. Sen. Gordon will share his early hustles that immersed him in business and eventually in public service. He will also share how he became a part of the Philippine Red Cross and how he has led them to what it is now and how they did a data-driven approach to combat Covid-19. Sen. Gordon will also share amazing advice about networking, leadership and management in this episode.

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Ep 141 - The Hustle Behind Tonik Bank
Ep 141 - The Hustle Behind Tonik Bank

Fresh off securing 1 Billion pesos in retail deposits after their 1st month, Greg Krasnov, the Founder and CEO of Tonik Bank, joins us for our season finale of Hustleshare. Greg will share his early hustles in finance and tech that led him into private equity and finance that ultimately led him to get a bank that he founded in Ukraine. He will also share how he helped build fintech companies in Southeast Asia through Forum and how he decided to go all in on creating a digital bank in the Philippines. Greg will also share how they were able to capitalize on opportunities in the Philippine market and get great traction fast en route to them raising $17 Million for their Pre-Series B funding.

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Ep 140 - The Hustle Behind Xendit Philippines
Ep 140 - The Hustle Behind Xendit Philippines

Yang Yang Zhang, Managing Director of Xendit Philippines, joins us in this episode to share how she is leading Southeast Asia’s biggest payment solutions provider in the Philippines. She will also share her amazing career in tech and creating products and infrastructure. Yang Yang will also share how she joined Xendit and how she is leading their expansion in the Philippines in the middle of a pandemic while applying lessons from her previous hustles like how a startup can attain and measure product-market fit.

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Ep 139 - The Hustle Behind MDI Novare
Ep 139 - The Hustle Behind MDI Novare

Agnes Gervacio, CEO of MDI Novare, joins us in this episode to share how she leads one of the biggest and oldest tech companies in the Philippines. She will also share her journey in her illustrious career and how she overcame stereotypes as a woman while she led multiple tech corporations. She will also share great career advice on how employees can break through challenges to climb up the corporate ladder and become a C-Suite executive by surrounding yourself with the right people.

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#AskHustleshare 5 - How Does A Startup Formulate Its Culture?
#AskHustleshare 5 - How Does A Startup Formulate Its Culture?

In this edition of #AskHustleshare, Ronster will be answering 3 very interesting questions sent by Hustleshare listeners. The first question is about how can founders protect their business solution from being stolen. The second question asks about how social enterprises can raise funds and the last question asks us how to formulate a startup's company culture. Ronster also provides a lot of tools in this episode that will definitely help with your startup hustle.

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Ep 138 - The Hustle Behind Bux
Ep 138 - The Hustle Behind Bux

Franco Espinos of Bux, a portfolio company of UBX, joins us in this episode to share how startups and businesses can take advantage of Bux's powerful payment processing methods. Franco will also share his journey coming from corporate to how he became a Product Owner in UBX to lead Bux. He'll also share tips for aspiring founders looking to join venture builders or venture funds as a pathway to launch startups.

This episode brought to you by B21. For show notes, go to hustleshare.com

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Ep 137 - The Hustle Behind KonsultaMD
Ep 137 - The Hustle Behind KonsultaMD

Cholo Tagaysay, the COO of the largest telehealth company in the Philippines joins us in this episode to share how Konsulta MD provides 24/7 access to high quality medical info to Filipinos. Cholo will also share his amazing journey in tech and digital media that led him to becoming a key part of the very first Tech IPO in the Philippines thru Xurpas. He will also share lots of amazing advice especially for corporate people looking to take the leap of entrepreneurship in this episode.

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#AskHustleshare 4 - What Are The Traits Of Investable Founders? w/ Franco Varona - Managing Partner, Foxmont Capital
#AskHustleshare 4 - What Are The Traits Of Investable Founders? w/ Franco Varona - Managing Partner, Foxmont Capital

In this edition of #AskHustleshare we brought along Franco Varona of Foxmont Capital to answer questions A member of the #StartupPH community asked us centered around the common traits that founders that get investments have. We also discuss the questions that VCs typically ask that reveal the character of the founder they are looking to back along with the traits they look for from each founding team.

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Ep 136 - The Hustle Behind Draper Startup House
Ep 136 - The Hustle Behind Draper Startup House

Cristian Muñoz, Founder of Draper Startup House in the Philippines joins is in this episode to share his intercontinental journey of entrepreneurship. Cristian would share his humble beginnings in Costa Rica and how he ended up studying and becoming an entrepreneur in China. He will also share how he decided to help other entrepreneurs by joining Draper Startup House by bringing it to the Philippines. Cristian will also share valuable advice about persistence and networking in this episode.

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Ep 135 - The Hustle Behind Dashlabs.ai
Ep 135 - The Hustle Behind Dashlabs.ai

Fresh from their stint in Y Combinator as one of the 3 Filipino startups in YC W21, the co-founders of Dashlabs.ai joins us in this episode to share their journey on providing lab software to emerging markets. Philly Tan, Weston Lim, Bryan Giger and Martin Gomez will also share their respective hustles that prepared them to creating world-class healthcare tech that enabled them to come together during the pandemic with Dashboard Philippines. They will also detail how they got into YC and what they learned and how other Filipino startups can follow suit.

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#AskHustleshare 3 - What Is An Ideal Profile Of An Angel Investor? w/ Joan Yao - VP of Investments, Kickstart Ventures
#AskHustleshare 3 - What Is An Ideal Profile Of An Angel Investor? w/ Joan Yao - VP of Investments, Kickstart Ventures

An anonymous letter sender sent us very interesting questions for #AskHustleshare about the ideal profile of an angel investor or a VC and we brought along Joan Yao, VP of Investments of Kickstart ventures to do a deep dive on it. We also answered how to properly value a startup from a VC's perspective and what the differences are between a corporate VC and independent VC.

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Ep 134 - The Hustle Behind Buko Ventures
Ep 134 - The Hustle Behind Buko Ventures

George Padin of Buko Ventures joins us in this episode to talk about the newest venture fund in the Philippines founded by current and former Lazada and Rocket Internet executives. George will share his crash course into startups in the Philippines and how he learned to handle tech teams by working for Symph and eventually founding Abstract.ph and specialize in creating MVPs for venture-backed startups. He will also share why he decided to create Buko Ventures with his former Rocket Internet friends and what they look for in the founders they invest in.

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#AskHustleshare 2 - How Do You Split Equity Among Co-Founders?
#AskHustleshare 2 - How Do You Split Equity Among Co-Founders?

Our first letter sender in #AskHustleshare sent us several questions about how they can split their equity among his co-founders before they pitched a potential investor for a startup they are working on. Ronster brough along his co-founders in Podcast Network Asia who are experts in this field to answer the questions on how to properly structure splitting equity among co-founders and how to valuate their company that is pre-revenue.

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Ep 133 - The Hustle Behind Edukasyon.ph
Ep 133 - The Hustle Behind Edukasyon.ph

Grace David the newly minted CEO of Edukasyon.ph joins us in this episode to share how she will lead the growth of the largest education platform in the Philippines. She will also share her background in business and how she was able to have an incredible career in marketing that took her to multiple stops across Southeast Asia. Grace will also share what's in store for Edukasyon and how she plans to lead the charge for the company in the coming years.

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#AskHustleshare 1 - Is Hard Work Enough To Succeed In A Startup?
#AskHustleshare 1 - Is Hard Work Enough To Succeed In A Startup?

In the very first edition of #AskHustleshare, Ronster gives his take on a post on the #DLSUFreedomWall48782 where a startup founder shared his experience on having 2 failed tech startups. Ronster will dissect the post point by point to give his take on the anonymous poster's learnings and shine some light if hard work is really enough to succeed in a startup.

Got questions you want to ask Ronster or any previous startup founder we've had on the podcast? Shoot us an email at ask@hustleshare.com so we can tackle your questions and help you with your hustle!

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Ep 132 - The Hustle Behind 335 Fund
Ep 132 - The Hustle Behind 335 Fund

Luis Sia of 335 Fund and PayMongo joins us in this episode to share how they invested in 2 Filipino Y Combinator startups despite being the newest angel fund in the Philippines. Luis will also share his journey as an entrepreneur starting with his drone business all the way to how they got to YC themselves with PayMongo and how they continued to grow after. He will also dissect what it takes for a startup to have a chance to get into YC and the qualities they look for in a startup they invest in.

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Ep 131 - The Hustle Behind Team Lyqa
Ep 131 - The Hustle Behind Team Lyqa

Coach Lyqa Maravilla joins us in this very educational episode to share her journey as an online educator that helps millions of Filipinos. Lyqa will share her she overcame great challenges during her time in school that fueled her to help other people to overcome the same challenges she experienced and bridge the wide gap of eduction through her content. She will also share how she built the team behind Team Lyqa and the dynamics they have in creating great educational content.

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Ep 130 - The Hustle Behind GCash
Ep 130 - The Hustle Behind GCash

Frederic Levy, Chief Commercial Officer of GCash joins us in this episode to share his very inspiring entreprenurial journey that featured spectacular exits and heartbreaking failures. Fred will share his early beginnings as an entrepreneur in France and how founded companies in the Philippines like Netbooster and CashCashPinoy. He will also share how he bounced back and joined GCash to help contribute and grow it to what it is today.

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Ep 129 - The Hustle Behind UBX
Ep 129 - The Hustle Behind UBX

John Januszczak of UBX joins us in this episode to share how Unionbank created a venture studio and venture fund to help startups and businesses in the Philippines. John will also share his unique early hustle in Astrophysics which eventually led him to celebrated career tech and finance. He will also share the startups that UBX have created and what they look for in founders they want to support and in startups that they want to fund.

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Ep 128 - The Hustle Behind LYKA
Ep 128 - The Hustle Behind LYKA

Sophia Nguyen of LYKA joins us in this episode to share how LYKA became one of the most popular apps in the Philippines. Sophia will share her humble beginnings growing up in the Bay Area and how she accrued skills that helped her through her role as President of LYKA. She will also share how LYKA got traction and gave value to their users and their merchants across the Philippines.

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