Saturday, December 6, 2014, Vigattin Radio Co-anchor Arne Barcelo together with Elison Barcelo and Den Macaranas
Raphael Mijeno the CEO of (SALt- "Sustainable Alternative Lightning") give thanks to Mr. Jojy Azurin the Country Manager of freelancer.com for helping them be the representatives of the Philippines to join the Start-up Nation Summit competition in Korea, 46 different countries competed, 46 different start up businesses and the SALt ended 4th place and got the people's choice award. Among the asian countries , the Philippines was the only one who fitted the top 5 place. Mr. Jojy said that they choose SALt to sponsor because of it's social impact, which is important. And also the ability of the founders to execute their business towards risks and success, the capability or stability of technology and resources, which really describes SALt and give them the slot to represent the Philippines. No wonder why SALt suddenly got their goals because of it's engineer and business flexible employees. "Even the SALt got only the 4th place, it's still a win for a start-up business and a newbie for their very own product." -Jojy added.
The SALT's goal is to eliminate the sustaining cost in areas that rely on kerosene/battery powered lamps and candles as their main source of lighting. SALt's product is a lamp that is powered by just water and salt only, This lamp can produce an electrical bulb like light and can charge smartphones. Using SALt lamp 8 hours a day every day will give you an anode lifespan of 6 months. Using this lamp as an alternative light source will prolong the life of your anode for more than a year. The very best part of this product is, the resources to use the product is cheap and doesn't contain any chemical or any harmful gasses that may cause any accidents.
Mr. Earl Valencia the president of IdeaSpace, one of the SALt's supports greets Ralph on air in Vigattin Radio for their success and said that their invention can inspire more filipino. After the success of SALt, they immediately got 700+ orders with different quantities, which is definitely a stroke of goal for their start-up business.
The next business interview after commercial break, for Mr. Mark Vernon, the CEO of tagbound and tagcash. Mr. Vernon introduced his business "Tagcash" a website that creates classifieds and reward for those who help you promote them. Users, communities and merchants can create different types of classified ads called Tagverts, including buy/sell/auction, jobs, resumes, real estate, automobile, and personal ads. Merchants and communities can also create coupons, tickets, loyalty stamps, and other marketing Tagverts to help build their brand and business.
Tagbond's unique platform incorporates reward points, real money and cryptocurrency, making it easy to pay and be paid, online or offline. Tagbond originated from the Philippines but it's business scope is worldwide, another thing that can be proud of, and will surely soon be a counterpart of the top buy and sell promoting companies.
Mr. Elison and Mr. Jojy also talked about the risks in investing and competing to a bunch start-up businesses in the community. Mr. Jojy Azurin also added that there's no perfect time to do your own start-up business. Because the Philippines is one of the most rising country in terms of businesses.
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