On Thursday 28 July, another landmark between PDB SME Solutions, Inc. and Let’s Go Foundation occurred when they entered a business tie-up through co-marketing and entrepreneurial efforts that geared towards the advancement of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. PDB SME Solutions, Inc. Director, Ms. Ma. Flordelis F. Aguenza, PDB SME Solutions, Inc. General Manager, Mr. Adonis C. Yap and Let’s Go Foundation President, Mr. Francisco M. Bernardo III were the agreement’s signatories. The signing was held in the Chairman’s boardroom, Level 3 of Planterbank Building in Makati City.
PDB SME Solutions, Inc. that seeks to empower the Filipino entrepreneur in order to be globally competitive through developing products and services in information and communications technology complement Let’s Go as it illustrates its mission reflected in their group’s name as Leading Entrepreneurs Towards Sensing Global Opportunities. The non-profit organization was founded in May 2001 by Mr. Bernardo III, a professor at Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and is the Chairman of JAD Group of Companies.
Stipulated in the partnership, Let’s Go will provide useful articles and materials for SME.com.ph visitors and subscribers and also impart resource personalities for site queries in the Ask the Experts section. Members of the AIM academe and their corresponding field of expertise were named to actively participate in the said Web site’s section are:
- Prof. Maurino P. Bolante for Accounting
- Ms. Laarni Baluyot and Dr. Eduardo A. Morato Jr for Business Planning
- Prof. Francisco M. Bernardo III and Prof. Alejandro J. Ferreria for Entrepreneurship
- Prof. Cecilia B. Manikan for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
- Dr. Eduardo A. Morato Jr. and Prof. Richard L. Cruz for Finance
- Mr. Angelito Domingo, Dr. Milagrosa D. Lagrosa, and Prof. Jack Kanapi for Human Resource
- Prof. Gaston D. Ortigas Jr for Information Technology
- Prof. Tomas B. Lopez for Marketing
- Prof. Ronald T. Chua for Micro Finance Institutions
- Prof. Francisco P. Bernardo Jr, Prof. Mariano S. Lagman, and Dr. Ricky Sumallo for Operations
- Prof. Marie Lisa M. Dacanay for Social Entrepreneurship
Both parties will promote their co-branded activities through their respective sites, SME BizLink e-Newsletter, Plantersbank’s Business Line magazine and other leading dailies. Contents of their sites, particularly the business’ articles will be linked side by side and will be showcased in SME Resources and Tools section of SME.com.ph. Future projects like state-of-the-art seminars and trainings will soon be launched.