Empowering Women to Become Entrepreneurs in a 54 hour event

Women account for 50% the world’s working-age population – but are largely misrepresented. The tech field is notoriously male-dominated at all levels—considerably worse than in non-tech industries. Top barriers experienced by women in tech include lack of mentors, lack of female role models in the field, gender bias in the workplace, unequal growth opportunities, compared … Read more

FWD Feature: Moving forward with EJ

“My dream then was really to become a millionaire at 25, but it turned out to be the other way around,” revealed John Eynard Bastes, or EJ to friends and colleagues. The young financial wealth planner of FWD Insurance Philippines considered that period of his life as his “quarter life crisis”. “I was working in … Read more

FWD Feature: Mary Joy Corilla, Redefining Life Challenge

Even with the massive efforts of insurance industry to reverse the notion of Filipinos gone cynic about getting life insurance, there is still this lingering paranoia of distrust, misconception and suspicion. I understand, as many of these clients have been burned before and getting the trust back of the public is quiet a callous task … Read more