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Raya Buensuceso of Kaya Founders joins us in this episode to share how Kaya Founders is investing into the bright future of the Philippine startup ecosystem. Raya will share her amazing journey studying in an international school in the Philippines and how she got into Princeton and hustled while studying there. She will also share how she got into Kaya Founders and how they built the fund along w...

To celebrate Lazada's 10th anniversary, Carmela Cancio - Go and Ralph Go joins us in this episode to share their journey in The Superfood Grocer. Ralph and Carmela will share their early hustles along with what made them decide to go vegan. They will also share how they started The Superfood Grocer along with the challenges they faced during the pandemic lockdowns. Ralph and Carmela will also shar...

For our season finale, Jorge Wieneke III joins us in this episode to share his amazing entrepreneurial journey with Tokyo Tempura. Jorge will share how he got into entrepreneurship after he worked in ad agencies and came up with the idea behind Potato Corner. He will also share how he and his partners created Potato Corner and they grew it to the brand we all know and love today. Jorge also shares...

After recently raising $2m seed funding, JD Laborada and Berna Misa of Playdex joins us in this episode to share how Playdex is helping players and guilds to rent gaming assets from NFT holders. JD and Berna will share their respective hustles which includes stints in fintech and AI startups. They will also share how they decided to create a Web3 project with the friends they made in La Union duri...

Gelo Wong of Likha and Bayanichain joins us in this episode to tell us how they are creating a NFT marketplace for Filipino artists. Gelo will share how he got exposed to business by his parents and how he first tried doing business with sneakers. He will also share how he exposed to NFTs and Web3 early which led him to form his team to create Likha after attending crypto events. Gelo will also sh...

Fernando Ramos of On Demand Deals joins us in this episode to share how they are transforming homes into new convenience stores for quick commerce. Ando will share how he got into startups in college and joined multiple startups like Uber, Entrego and Grab before starting to create his own. He will also share how he faced challenges creating his startup and how he was able to correct his mistakes...

Laila Marquez of Interleukin joins us in this episode to share how they are making medical procurement easier for hospitals in the Philippines. Laila will share how she hustled early in the medical sciences field that exposed her to a wide network in the medical industry. She will also share how she shifted careers in medical sales that led her to create Interleukin. Laila also shares the challeng...

Ryan Llamoso of Soltera Energy joins us in this episode to share how they are trying to change the big energy problem in the Philippines. Ryan will share how he hustled through volunteerism in his early days that led him to get his first stint in startups. He will also share how he created his first startup Rentalbee PH and his second startup - Alternative Housing Group. Ryan will also share how h...

After recently raising $3M for their Series A, Victor Lim of Kravers Canteen joins us in this episode to share how their cloud kitchen have grown exponentially over the past 2 years. Victor will share how he grew up in the states and how his first hustle took him to stints all around the world to work in E-Commerce. He will also share how he failed in his first business and how he went to the Phil...

James Chua of Anito Legends joins us in this episode to tell us how his team is building the first Filipino Play-To-Earn game in the Metaverse. James will share how early passion for games and how we double down on his passion by being in IT. He will also share his entrepreneurial leap when he created his first game studio and the struggles they had to go through before they decided to create Anit...

Francis Jimenez of Nekoin joins us in this episode to share how they want to create tokenization programs paired with DeFi Tools to maximize blockchain adoption in the Philippines. Francis will share his early hustles mastering the art of affiliate marketing and selling time shares that helped him become an expert in monetizing mailing lists. He will also share how he got into crypto and how they...

Serial entrepreneur and a pioneer of Philippine gaming, Niel Dagondon of Edusuite joins us in this episode to discuss how they are solving the problems of schools in the Philippines. Niel will be sharing how he started Anino Games and how they thrived through a decade and a half of making games before they got acquired. He will also share how he started his school CIIT and created Edusuite to help...

After recently raising $1.3 million in pre-seed funding, Andreas Hufnagl of Armada Brands joins us to share how they are powering the new brands that will propel Philippine e-commerce to greater heights. Andreas will share his early hustles in consulting and how he mastered the skill of assessing businesses that can scale. He will also share how he co-founded Armada brands and how they were able t...

The premier SEO expert of the Philippines, Sean Si of SEO Hacker, joins us in this episode to share his amazing journey he's had running the top SEO company in the Philippines for over a decade. Sean will share his early hustles working for his father and how he stumbled upon SEO accidentally at a young age to create SEO Hacker. He will also share how SEO Hacker scaled over the years while being b...

Joey Marcelo, CEO of Santé International, joins us in this episode to share how he built an empire using Barley products that are now world-renowned. Joey will share the beginning of his direct selling career and how he accidentally got into direct selling and how he became a better sales person over time and rigorous practice. He will also share how they were able to bounce back from multiple fai...

Michael Dugenia of PRC Inc joins us in this episode to share his illustrious career in PR and Marketing Comms. Michael will share his early hustle in how he had to carve out a niche for himself in the ad agency world despite the discrimination he received from clients and colleagues. He will also share how he was able to get respect throughout the industry and decided to create PRC Inc to help com...

How did PDAX get Tiger Global as an investor for their Series B? Nichel Gaba of PDAX joins us again in this Soonicorn Session to share the exponential growth that PDAX underwent en route to their Series B fundraising. He will also share the big adjustments he and his team had to make to reach this milestone along with his outlook for the Metaverse in the next coming years. This episode is brought...

Dustin Onghanseng of uHoo joins us in this episode to share how they are helping improve air quality of homes and offices around the world. Dustin will share his early hustles that led him to study in Singapore as a scholar and get into consulting that taught him key skills and experiences that will come in handy in his startup life. He will also share how he founded uHoo and the multiple near dea...

How did Growsari continue to grow after raising Series B last year? ER Rollan joins us again in this episode to share their milestones in Growsari that led them to raise Series C. He will share the changes his team had to make to help them scale faster. ER will also share the new challenges he was faced with by having a rapidly growing startup and how he is currently finding a solution to solve th...

Nigel Lirio and Gabriel Lopez of MedHyve, 2 college dropouts tells us the story of they helped Filipino hospitals and thousands of patients with medical supplies procurement. They will also share how they got in early into programming and how they eventually decided to drop out together to create MedHyve to solve the problem of procuring of medical supplies in the Philippines using technology. Nig...

How did Kumu raise their Series C round? Roland Ros, Rexy Dorado, and Crystal Widjaja joins us in this episode to share the dynamics of Kumu’s meteoric rise. They will share the metrics they had to hit and the adjustments they had to make in their product to enable Kumu to grow fast. They will also share how they got Crystal onboard to further accelerate their growth along with the lessons they le...

Myla Villanueva, one of the most successful tech entrepreneurs in the Philippines with 4 exits under her belt joins us in this episode to share her illustrious career. Myla will share her humble beginnings and how she started creating her first tech companies in the early 90s and how she overcame odds despite the Philippines not being ready infrastructure-wise. She will also share how she was able...

For our very first Soonicorn Sessions episode, Steve Sy of Great Deals E-Commerce Corp tells us how they became a Soonicorn after raising Series B last year. Steve shares their key milestones and the metrics that they had to hit in the middle of the pandemic. He will also share the hardest things he needed to overcome and the most difficult decisions that he had to do before they raised Series B....

On our 3rd anniversary episode, Hsu Ken Ooi of Iterative joins us to share how they are building the YC of Southeast Asia. Hsu Ken will share his origin story being raised America and going back home to Malaysia every summer along with how he hustled while he was in school. He also shares how he struggled creating multiple startups with Brian Ma until they finally cracked the code with Decide that...

The Hustleshare Podcast turns 3 with a brand new format dropping every Thursday: Hustleshare Soonicorn Sessions. Featuring the stories behind soon-to-be Unicorns of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Checkout Founders Only on these Platforms: Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@hustlesharepodcast Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6u01gZ1nBXSHOw2oxoBQWC?si=d3062142ecd345d5 Apple Pod...