http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness Mon, 12 May 2008 12:44:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AT THE DANGWA Flower Market, some 50-plus vendors sell an array of fresh cut flowers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This market has been there for more than 30 years. Retail buyers and those with floral businesses flock to this market for their floral needs. Jay Domingo and ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/05/12/should-you-stay-in-the-game-when-the-business-is-losing/ UPDATE: Editor's note: Added video taken by INQUIRER.net business editor Ma. Salve Duplito. DELILAH GALANG is a retiree with a mission. Having seen how cancer can take away the lives of people dear to her, she has, since 2000, embarked on a personal mission to offer Filipinos an alternative way to ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/05/07/how-to-raise-funds-for-a-cause/ UPDATE: Editor's note: Added video taken by INQUIRER.net business editor Ma. Salve Duplito. FRANCO MESINA is in an enviable position. At twenty-something, his problem is how to keep up with the success of Icylicious, his snow cone business, and how to sustain the seasonal business of FranzAvian Trading Co. Ltd., which ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/05/06/strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/ UPDATE: Editor's note: Added video taken by INQUIRER.net business editor Ma. Salve Duplito. (From left to right, Marvin Natores, Meme Natores, Allan Cruz and Willy Arcilla) Most newbie entrepreneurs rack their brains trying to think of ways to sell more. Marvin and Melani Natores wonder how they can keep up with surging ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/28/are-you-ready-for-expansion/ NEAR THE FAR end of Tomas Morato Avenue in Quezon City, a new restaurant has been quietly luring diners these past seven months with its authentic Asian cuisine. This is Nasi Lemak, a small cozy restaurant just across the big McDonald’s outlet with French fries on its roof. There’s a queue ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/18/former-ofw-puts-up-successful-asian-restaurant-nasi-lemak/ A FEW nights ago, I was busy filling out my income tax return, which is due tomorrow, April 15. My son was asking me how much I have to pay, and why I even need to pay when the government isn’t using the money well. You see, my son, who’ll ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/14/the-tax-man-cometh/ “WELCOME to TriNoma!" Every time I park at this mall’s North Avenue parking building, I am greeted with a sweet smile from the lady issuing the parking ticket and the two security guards inspecting my car. They don’t know me personally, but they smile just the same, and I can’t ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/11/how-to-win-loyal-customers/ I RECENTLY came across a report on CNN about personal paparazzi you can hire for a day (or night). Yes, for about $1,500 a day, you can have a pack of paparazzi trailing you from your home to a restaurant to several clubs, snapping away every second and calling your ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/07/crazy-business-ideas-that-work/ “FAMILIARITY breeds contempt,” so goes the well-known proverb. To some married couples, this holds true so they make sure they're out of each other's hair during the day -- the husband off to work, and the wife off to her own job or home duties. But then there are those couples ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/05/can-husbands-and-wives-make-good-business-partners/ UPDATE: Editor's note: Added video taken by INQUIRER.net business editor Ma. Salve Duplito. Attention to detail, ability to multi-task, tendency to think hard – many times – before taking a big leap, and that thing called women’s intuition. These things have allowed Filipinas for many decades to excel in entrepreneurship. With the ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2008/04/03/why-women-are-wired-for-entrepreneurship/