Hustleshare

For our season premiere for 2023, Amanda Cua of Backscoop joins us to share her inspiring journey from being on a gap year in college to creating Southeast Asia's most promising media startups. Amanda will share her early hustles in school and how she decided to take a gap year after high school before going to college because of the pandemic. She will also share how she ended up working in tech s...

For our season finale for 2023, Koh Onozawa of Bit2Me joins us to share they became the biggest crypto company in Spain. Koh will share his origin story being raised in an entrepreneurial family in Cebu and launching the award-winning Loudbasstard natural amplifiers. He will also share how he decided to move to Spain and how he was able to join Bit2Me early on as an adviser until he became Co-CEO...

Joshua Aragon of Zagana joins us in this episode to share how they are bridging the wide gap between farmers and consumers in their app. Joshua will share his early hustle working in the family business and how he got exposed to great business acumen from his kin. He will also share how he decided to pursue his own business when he launched Pushkart.ph along with how he hustled to get it off the g...

Rafael Jouwena of Cocotel joins us in this episode to share how they are helping Filipino hotels improve discoverability in the hospitality industry. Rafa will share his early hustle growing up in Indo before moving around and working in finance. He will also share what made him take the leap to start Cocotel along with the initial pivots they made after the pandemic hit. Rafa also shares how they...

Chris Howe of Limitless Connect joins us in this episode to share how they are elevating the customer experience of contact centers around the world. Chris will share how he started his career being in the military that played a vital part in his success when he entered the technology and business world. He will also share how he leveled up in his career in tech and how he decided to create Limitl...

Filipina pilot Chezka Gonzales joins us in this episode to share with us the hustle behind Philippine Blockchain Week. Chezka will share her inspiring journey of being a young mom while studying and eventually working as a flight attendant. She will also share how she became a pilot and how she got immersed into the crypto world during the pandemic. Chezka will also share why she started the Phili...

Rudy Abrahams, Managing Director of SAP Philippines, joins us in this episode to share how SAP is powering thousands of business in the Philippines. Rudy will share his inspiring journey growing up in South Africa and working globally in SAP before he came to the Philippines to lead the SAP Philippine team. He will also share how SAP is advocating digital transformation and the transition to the c...

OJ Lopez of REVAStaff joins us in this episode to share how they are helping real estate businesses around the world outsource their creative needs. OJ will share his colorful journey in finding his passion towards Architecture and Entrepreneurship despite the many setbacks he experienced in college. He will also share how he discovered the demand for REVAStaff and how he was able to grow it organ...

Magno Conag of Tindahang Tapat joins us in this episode to share how they are impacting the sari sari stores in 7 provinces in the Philippines using technology. Magno will share how he started his career as an educator and how he decided to be an entrepreneur to help tech talents in his hometown of Naga get great careers and stay home. He also shares how he struggled with his first venture and how...

Ram Morales of STAT joins us in this episode to share their quest in revolutionizing the way Filipinos access their meds. Ram will share his early hustles in college and how his previous stints in customer service impacted the way he navigates the business world as an entrepreneur. He will also share how he created a pizza restaurant with his wife while working full-time and how they were able to...

Ahmed Elsamadisi of Narrator.ai joins us in this episode to share how they are solving the data problems of all startups and tech companies using a very easy-to-use product. Ahmed will share his previous hustle working as a dev in WeWork and how they were able to grow fast and solve problems even though they were using fragmented data points. He will also share what triggered him to create Narrato...

Timothy Cu and Jojo Lontok of the grocery delivery app Supah join us in this episode to share how they are able to improve Manila's quick commerce industry and delivery to their users in 15 minutes. Timothy and Jojo will share their origin stories with Tim sharing his previous experience in Ninja Van and Freshket while Jojo shares his 20+ years of experience in aviation and logistics. They will al...

Serial entrepreneur Bjorn Pardo of AHG Lab joins us in this episode to share how AHG Lab aims to create startups that solve big problems in the Philippines. Bjorn will share his early ventures in selling in eBay and how that led him to go to the Philippines to launch Xend. He will also share the key learnings bootstrapping Xend and operating it for 16 years which sprung multiple products and sever...

Julian Schumacher of Dart App joins us in this episode to share how they are revolutionizing quick commerce in Manila. Julian will share his early hustles growing up in Germany and how he also worked in private equity and one of the fastest growing quick commerce startups in Europe - Gorillas. He will also share how he saw the perfect opportunity in the Philippines for quick commerce and how he, a...

Startup veterans Dave Overton and Albert Padin of Symph joins us in this episode to share their decade-long journey creating amazing tech products for clients and for themselves. Dave and Albert will share their respective entrepreneurial journeys in Cebu and how they ended up working in tech and software development. They will also share the numerous close calls that almost ended Symph through th...

Fresh from raising a $2.2 Million seed round and their stint from YC, David Marquez and Josh Supan of Shipmates comes back to podcast to share their incredible story of grit and persistence. David and Josh will share what happened since they last guested in the show back in 2020 and how they almost died several times as Xpanse was hit hard by the pandemic. They will share the struggles they had to...

Charlie Coroza and Jeffrey Reyes of Twala joins us in this episode to share how they are making document signing more secure in the Philippines. Charlie and Jeffrey will be sharing their humble beginnings in working as a sales trainer and programmer respectively before they decided to team up. They will also share the initial challenges they experienced in getting their first few customers using t...

Fresh from raising $17.5M for their Series A, King Alandy Dy of Expedock joins us to share how they are solving the global problem of freight management around the world. King will share his amazing journey starting programming early in school which led him to be sponsored to study in Stanford where he got early exposures creating startups while he was still in school. He will also share the strug...

Bing Tan, Hubert Yap & Ibba Bernardo of Packworks joins us in this episode to share how they are transforming the lives of sari-sari store owners in the Philippines through technology. They will share their amazing journey bootstrapping Packworks and how they managed to stay afloat before their exponential growth happened. They will also share great insights on how their team dynamics work and...

Constantin Robertz of Locad joins us in this episode to share how they are democratizing the backend of E-Commerce and logistics in the Philippines. Constantin talks about his journey joining Rocket Internet and joining Zalora where they built the infrastructure of how e-commerce operates in the Philippines today. He also shares how he eventually became the CEO of Entrego and how Locad became the...

Nate Clarke and Abet Tinio, the Co-CEOs of the newest digital bank in the Philippines joins us in our 200th episode to give us a glimpse of what GoTyme will be like once they officially launch. Nate and Abet will both be sharing their illustrious careers which includes stints in launching banks and running e-wallets. They will also share how GoTyme was formed and how it will revolutionize the way...

Camille Ang and Jiawen Tang of Hive Health joins us in this episode to share how they plan to disrupt health insurance in the Philippines after their recent YC stint. Camille and Jiawen will share their individual hustles which got them stints in consulting, government, and international relations like the UN and IMF. They will also share how they won Harvard New Ventures competition while studyin...

Celebrity Mompreneur Roxanne Montealagre joins us in this episode to share her entrepreneurial journey in A-List Custom Clothing. Roxanne shares her early hustles helping out her mom and how she started working in showbiz and sportscasting. She will also share how she started A-List Custom Clothing and how she was able to grow their operations for years. Roxanne also share the pivots she made duri...

After recently raising $13M on their Pre-Series A round, Ian Estrada and Herbie Fu of XLD Finance joins us in this episode to share to help bridge the gap of financial services in the Metaverse. Ian and Herbie will share their respective hustles prior to joining forces in XLD with stints in product development and being a VC. They will also talk about how they created XLD Finance in the midst of t...

Emman Llego of Likha Creative Entrepreneurship Summit joins us in this episode to share the amazing things happening in their event headlined by Chris Do. Emman will share his journey as a freelancer and how he turned it into a Startup Academy over the pandemic. He will also share how he and his friends created Likha Creative Entrepreneurship Summit to help uplift the community of creative entrepr...