MANILA, Philippines — Bigwigs from the world of business and government toplined Go Negosyo’s 3M on Wheels as it traveled to Ayala Malls Feliz in Pasig City on Jan. 25 for its opening salvo for the year.
Content creator and Brew&Co. MNL owner Mika Leetong brought young entrepreneurship energy to the event by speaking about becoming her company’s own brand influencer and sharing some tips with the more than 600 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in attendance.
Presiding over the program was Transform and Healom Phils chief executive officer and co-founder Jordan Patente.
The program was followed by the 3M on Wheels main event which is the one-on-one mentoring by Go Negosyo’s pool of veteran entrepreneurship mentors. Attendees also supplemented their on-site mentoring by exploring opportunities for business ideas and financing from exhibitors’ booths during the event.
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion thanked the entrepreneurs of Pasig City for their interest in entrepreneurship as he personally mentored several MSMEs during the event.
“As we help the many MSMEs in the country, we help strengthen this major contributor to our country’s economy,” he said.
He also thanked the lineup of guests who came to support efforts to develop the country’s MSMEs such as Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry governor and chairman emeritus Sergio Ortiz Luis Jr.; Pasig City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. president Cristy Oreta; PCCI regional governor of central Joey Francisco; and Undersecretary Blesila Lantayona of the Department of Trade and Industry’s regional operations group.
Go Negosyo’s 3M on Wheels is the on-ground, nationwide mentoring program which started in 2018. It has traveled to shopping malls in large cities across the country, including Cebu, Baguio, Bataan, Pampanga, Batangas, Laguna and several cities in the National Capital Region.
It is inspired by the growing number of Filipinos turning to entrepreneurship to lift themselves out of poverty and has aimed to give MSMEs access to the three M’s essential to successful entrepreneurship – Mentorship, Money and Market.