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Speaking in Baguio

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Last year in February, before all the craziness of COVID-19 hit, I had the chance to go up to the Summer Capital of the Philippines, Baguio City. It was a 6-hour bus ride from Manila. And, if you’re wondering what got into me to take that long trip, I was invited to speak before e-commerce entrepreneurs there. The workshop was …

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Why Rico Moved to Asia

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I caught up with my friend, Rico Ngoma, CEO of Source Find Asia, in Manila, Philippines early this year. This was before the whole COVID-mania took over most of our lives. We talked about why we moved to Asia, what made us take that leap from where we were and why we decided to stay. It was fun thinking about …

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One Person At a Time

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By being here in the Philippines, this is what I look forward to the most – having 1 on 1 time to develop people who want to improve their skills. Manuel is a great case of that. He does some freelance graphic design for me – as well as many companies in USA. One of his current clients is an …

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True Passion – Sharing and Teaching People How to Earn a Living

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“Back at it” – The Alpha Rock Capital partners have let me loose and to do what my passion is – to share and spread the good word. Alexa and I took a trip to Quezon City (my old home from 2010!) to speak at Ace and Andi Estrada’s Manila Mastermind e-commerce event. A few hundred attendees there, all local …

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Meeting Old Friends in Manila

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Had a pleasure to meet up with Alimatar Alli Garangan II and his wife for dinner last week. We met back in like 2009….now we are here 11 years later at dinner with his amazing wife. Reflecting on the meetings we had and the stories. Rounding up more old contacts as we develop local training and help here in Manila, …

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Team Catchup, Manila 2019

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Meetings in Manila For anyone actually following these blog posts – you may wonder where is Mike now? The last couple weeks on the road for consulting and deal making in Bangkok and then to Manila to discuss cooperation with Alpha Rock Capital. Like many online business owners, I have a good amount of people on the team based in …

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Going to Cebu, Philippines in July!

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I’m really excited to be going to the Philippines after a couple years! I’ll be going right after July 4th, on Sunday morning July 5th from Hong Kong. Heck, I haven’t left China in so long, never mind going to the Philippines – I am looking forward to a change of pace. When I’ll be in Philippines I’m flying from …