tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post146075164879889920..comments2023-05-19T03:47:28.621-07:00Comments on BoholAnalysis: A Search for Entrepreneurship that Creates the Needed ChangeMiko Cañareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07724792963709441793noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-14129837573316412102009-05-25T19:20:36.440-07:002009-05-25T19:20:36.440-07:00To the person who wrote the most recent comment:
...To the person who wrote the most recent comment:<br /><br />I live in Bohol, ...if your comment is targeted at me. I think your argument is entirely misplaced, or I might be too dumb to understand your drift.<br /><br />Read the post again, and do not jump to hasty and angry conclusions. Or better still, tell us your name so that we can have due credits to a voice that thinks people in boholanalysis are "idiots who type faster than they think".Miko Cañareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724792963709441793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-50481299635774419432009-05-25T06:59:03.865-07:002009-05-25T06:59:03.865-07:00Idiots types faster than they think Can you please...Idiots types faster than they think Can you please, live in the earth and be true to it's meaning..live in Bohol and then speak... The entrepreneur you're looking for is www.auza.net ..... This is not even mine, but I know the guy. I'm a software engineer myself..and plan hope someday I will work/settle in Bohol. Here is my email address: u2pian@yahoo.com.<br /><br />"be true to the meaning of the earth" -- Friedrich NietzscheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-64939561434519202462009-04-22T18:54:00.000-07:002009-04-22T18:54:00.000-07:00i think leo hinted at a very important point which...i think leo hinted at a very important point which was also mentioned elsewhere by a lady from dauis in this blog. is there ever a "capitalism with a heart"? my position, as i have indicated once, is that there can never be, unless one means other things that what 'business' or 'capitalism' for that matter, stands for. <br /><br />in recent conceptualizations of entrepreneurship, there is a mention of the word 'social entrepreneurship'. i am not very clear if it means an entrepreneurship that yields social benefits or if it is one which in its entirety seeks to achieve purely social gains. it does not matter if the concept stands though, what matters if such can exist in a real world of real people.<br /><br />i always have a discomfort with projects that have fancy names as "capacity building", "entrepreneurial farming", and the like, that development agents use in the province these days. sometimes, in these types of projects, it is the desire of the project holder more which matters and not really the ones that they say they seek to serve.Miko Cañareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724792963709441793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-67327292723573787192009-04-02T23:59:00.000-07:002009-04-02T23:59:00.000-07:00hey miko,while i cannot speak with the expertise o...hey miko,<BR/><BR/>while i cannot speak with the expertise of bohol i can observe the mere fact that Bill Gates is an exceptional case, as talented as he is, he only was able to use his technical service by networking with key people within a budding software industry through the school he dropped out of, Harvard. How many people have the resources to attend such an institution? Lets also not kid ourselves, over 80% of business ventures in the US fail in their first year.<BR/><BR/>One thing I believe that sets out great entrepreneurs apart is the ability to identify local/regional market trends, understand where demand is heading and have the savvy to line up a sustainable strategy.<BR/><BR/>I agree a service economy can only go so far as I notice poorer cities in the US tend to have overcrowded retail and over-rely on tourism.<BR/><BR/>It will only be up to the people of Bohol to understand their own assets and to define their place in the global market. It is in the politics of the market which will always be in conflict according to each entrepreneurs/country's agenda. <BR/><BR/>You hit the key question, "do (outside entrepreneurs) have the incentive to change the way we (Boholanons) live?"<BR/><BR/>Are we expecting them to ever have that incentive? Let alone with a social entrepreneurial spirit? <BR/><BR/>Sad to say, I don't think usual practice in industry is to raise the standard of living in the communities they invest in. If anything, it gentrifies it. It always takes a concerted effort to have the local workforce be hired and paid fairly.leohttp://poplockpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-38204831249130064922009-03-28T13:30:00.000-07:002009-03-28T13:30:00.000-07:00thanks for the article. tinuod jud na imo ingon n...thanks for the article. tinuod jud na imo ingon nga wa juy mo-qualify dinhi sa ato nga entrepreneur kon ang definition ni Acs ang basehan!<BR/><BR/>ang mga negosyante dinhi sa ato kay di man gud healthy ang competition unya gawas pa, very confined ang ila services.<BR/><BR/>unya, nindot jud unta to no nga base sa kang Acs nga ugmaron ba ang raw materials para daghan ang ma-involve! Ambot oi, kanus-a kaha na mahitabo dinhi sa ato!condringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-41774334290178534132009-03-28T13:29:00.000-07:002009-03-28T13:29:00.000-07:00It's great and I'm so proud of you for being one o...It's great and I'm so proud of you for being one of the yuppies who were invited to attend that event.<BR/> <BR/>By the way, talking about entrepreneurship in Bohol, one good example is the basket and native handicraft industry in my hometown of Antequera. Antequera is the pioneer in this kind of industry which until this generation remains the main source of living by most of the town's inhabitants of 21 barangays. It is being recognized that the creativity and innovation of these people really changed the society because these products are tradeable and are being exported to the global market like in USA and Europe. Through these creation and innovation that the people have the purchasing power to satisfy their needs.<BR/> <BR/>Yes, you are right that only those business financers are becoming wealthy by taking advantage as nobody from the government regulates the prices and leaving our poor makers/weavers of no choice to sell their products at a lower prices.<BR/> <BR/>We have abundant resources to become entrepreneur and in my own view, I believe that there is already an existence of ENTREPRENEURSHIP in Bohol but because of the continued malpractices, traditional business profiteering, graft and corruptions, no support from our government bodies, the real ENTREPRENEURSHIP remains hallucination to the Bohol's progress. <BR/> <BR/>I hope to read more from your writings. God Bless you and your family.<BR/> <BR/>Once again, thank you and regards.Romeo Coquilla, Doha Bank, Qatarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-21825250281037966792009-03-23T18:22:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:22:00.000-07:00Your post was very educational. I've always wonder...Your post was very educational. I've always wondered why the so-called "development" in Bohol, that the politicians never fail to mention during speeches, has not been very evident among people in the barangays. Yes their are new investors and tourist arrivals is still on the rise, but if you go to places like Ubay or Dagohoy,etc. people are still deprived and heart-achingly poor. Now I know that the possible reason is the lack of entrepreneurs who invest in "creating" a demand for a product that is uniquely Boholano, using Boholano raw materials and employing Boholanos. I am not talking about peanut kisses or other "kakanin" either, which frustratingly does not create a huge demand save for tourists who buy them. <BR/><BR/>I hope politicians read this article and somehow see the need to entice investors who will invest not just in building malls or resorts, but also invest in a business that generates livelihood for our fellow Boholanos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138733156274516287.post-79403108902823980412009-03-22T19:13:00.000-07:002009-03-22T19:13:00.000-07:00hello. nice article. i can become one if budget pe...hello. nice article. i can become one if budget permits. hehehe. i will try to learn and become an entreprenuer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com