Cucho

I made my first business success while i was still in school. The laws in my country were changing, and a business oppurtunite was clear to me. Because of my age (i think i was 18-19) many people doubted my ability to run a company.

However they could not stop me (by law) from trying. So i did. And it really worked out. Today i still own the company, but im not running it. So i have all the time working on new projects.

My advise for you guys is to open you're eyes. There's always business oppurtunities for those who can see them.

For exampel i was just talking with a friend over a drink about a year ago. He was complaing as always! He was talking about a problem he had, and from that problem i saw an solution. From that conversation grew our new project. I made him my partner, not because im a good guy, although i like to flatter myself that i am :hypocritesmiley: , but because he has lots of experience to offer the project.

Belive in yourself and you're ideas. But don't be foolish. Don't go in to business with a "evertything will work out" attitude when you know that you're idea has several ,for lack of a better word, errors. Its frustraiting when its happens. But you just have to keep on writing different ideas and save that one until perhaps later, when the conditions are better.

Don't expect others to do things for you! I meet people all the time who expect others to everything for them. They ask me for ideas, if you had ideas you probably would go through with them yourself. Wouldnt you?

Well, thats all for now folks! haha

Best wishes

// a bored Cucho

Hey guys!

Thanks for showing interest! I have now recived all the answers i required.

Assure you , Freezer, i have no intension on exploiting you're "inang bayan" ( i assume it means something like people??).

In Sweden and Finland i have 2 companies with 117 employees working. I belive only 12 has left my companies since the start in 2002. Im sure that my employees are the key to my sucess so i really value them!

I earlier said that i loved your country. How can you not when people even on the net write stuff like "good luck on your chosen business and may the gods smile on your endeavors". The hospitality is unique! And its a damn shame if other foreigners take advantage of this. :thumbsdownsmiley:

Well enough for this time, take care!

// Cucho

D & G suit

Hey Guys!

Im a entrepreneur from Sweden that recently visited the Philippines. I fell in love with your country! :heart:

Now im planning on doing some business/investing in the Philippines. Unfortunately i didn't get the time to make all the connections/ and the research. So now im wondering if by any chance someone knows where i can find information on how to start a business in the Philippines? What are the rules for foreigners ? If anyone could recommend me some market research company?

If someone would like to share their thoughts on the market. And what to think of before starting up a business in the Philippines, it would be very much appreciated.

Strangers to Ourselves - Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious

Timothy D. Wilson

Ramon Sampedro - Mar Adentro

(From the book Letters from hell)

Out to sea. Out to sea,

and in the weightlessness of the deep

where dreams come true,

two souls unite to fulfill a single wish.

Your gaze and mine, over and over like an echo,

repeating silently: "Deeper, and deeper,"

beyond everything that is flesh and blood.

But I always awaken and I always wish for death,

my lips forever entangled in your hair.

A few years ago they made a movie about Ramon Sampedro's tragic life. The movie (Mar Adentro - The sea inside) won 1 oscar and i strongly recommend it!