Sometimes, life-changing encounters can come from unexpected places.
Go Negosyo is participating in the ongoing LIKHA fair, where our staff have been encouraging the community weavers to join our entrepreneurship mentoring events. One would normally think the weavers would be interested in how entrepreneurship mind-setting works, or how to create basic financial statements or market positioning, etc.
For this, I have to give credit to the leadership of the agencies we work with, especially the Department of Trade and Industry. Although they already have solid programs to help our country’s MSMEs, they remain open to suggestions, resulting in an even stronger partnership. The success of our partnership with DTI became the inspiration for the other government partnerships that followed.
It is fortunate that we have someone like Fred Pascual at the helm of the DTI. He is all for government and private sector coming together, and is always open to suggestions.
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