The RJ Ledesma Podcast

Mel Nava is the Founder and CEO of 1Export, a Philippines-based logistics startup 1Export that has raised US$800,000 in a seed funding round led by Foxmont Capital Partners.

How did 1Export continue to contribute to the country's economic recovery in the business landscape?

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Katrina Chan is the Executive Director of QBO Innovation Hub, a Philippine Innovation Hub and start up platform which she co-founded in 2016. Since the lockdown started, they conducted more than 160 programs benefitting all start ups, reaching more than 36,000 participants online. Aside from that, she previously served as Head of Growth and Strategy at Ideaspace, the Philippines largest private start up accelarator.

Following the announcement of her new role as the Executive Director, QBO Innovation Hub and Ideaspace announced the restructuring in their organization. QBO's program have also expanded to include the Annual Philippine Start-Up week, a large-scale conference showcasing the Philippines' startup community.

Katrina obtained her BS in Materials Science and Engineering, with a double major in Business administration at Carnegie Mellon University. On top of that, she is also the recipient of several accolades including the United Nations Asia Pacific Women Empowerment Principles' regional award for Youth Leadership and the first Mansmith Innovation Awards which recognized her as Enterprise Innovator for Business Model Innovation.

Learn more about QBO Innovation Hub and how they perpetuated their business in the midst of pandemic in the next episode of The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Gerry Santos is the founder and CEO of Mr. Freeze, and the current title holder of Entrepreneur of the Year in the Asia Leaders Awards (and has been for three consecutive years now). One of his first recognitions in the industry was when Mr. Freeze was chosen among 5000 SMEs as the Most Outstanding SME Partner by MERALCO Luminary in 2011.

Despite having these big awards under his name, Gerry has never hesitated to help his community out by tweaking his father's business model to include a livelihood program set up for tricycle drivers, sari-sari store owners, and household help who want to increase their income for them to be able to market Mr. Freeze in their communities and other urban areas.

Hear more about how he built his ice business to be one of the top in the country on The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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The RJ Ledesma Podcast is back and I am very excited to interview Sergius Santos of SolX Technologies!

SolX Technologies, Inc. recently beat out nine other startups to bag the top award in the Wildfire X Startup World Cup Philippine Regional Competition during the IGNITE 2023. They will represent the Philippines at the 2023 Startup World Cup Grand Finale in Silicon Valley, with a chance to win the $1-million grand prize.

SolX’s platform helps local companies in identifying ideal power contracts and retail electricity suppliers, leading to cost-effective decisions on their energy consumption.

SolX has already saved their clients close to P400 million in energy costs through their system as of date. And, more than that, their technology is 100% Filipino-made and their team all hail from the Philippines!

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