Founders Only is a podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the dynamic and ever-evolving world of startups. Join us every week as we sit down with some of the most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders of our time, and hear their stories and perspectives on leadership, management, and strategy. Hosted by Ron Baetiong of Hustleshare.
Our guests will share their personal journeys, revealing their challenges, triumphs, and lessons learned along the way. From dealing with funding challenges and market fluctuations to navigating the demands of running a successful business, our guests will offer valuable insights on what it takes to succeed in the competitive startup world.
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or an established business leader, Founders Only provides a unique and engaging perspective that will inspire and inform you as you navigate your own journey in the startup world. Join us on this exciting adventure as we explore the hustle, struggles, and successes of the most innovative and driven founders of our time.
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The secrets to Dragon Pay's longevity and success w/ Dick Chiang
It's virtually unheard of to see a highly scaled and profitable tech startup but Dragon Pay defied all odds and did both for 14 years! Find out how they did it when the CEO of Dragon Pay, Dick Chiang, shares the success secrets.
Founders Only is brought to you by Qapita (https://www.qapita.com/), GoTyme (https://www.gotyme.com.ph/#footerGetTheApp), and SeekCap (https://bit.ly/SeekCapFoundersOnly)
Dick's Hustleshare Episode: https://bit.ly/48ey1CU (https://bit.ly/48ey1CU)
Dick's Top 5 Founders
Coleen Chiang
Ron Hose: https://bit.ly/3MMvBCV (https://bit.ly/3MMvBCV) & Nichel Gaba: https://bit.ly/3CXWj6J (https://bit.ly/3CXWj6J)
George Royeca & Angeline Tham: https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi (https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi)
Steve Jobs
Jensen Huang
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28 Sept 2023
The road From being a tech executive to a 0 to 1 Founder w/ Crystal Gonzalez
Crystal Lee Gonzalez of Noneaway is a seasoned industry veteran known for her leadership roles at companies like Pick A Roo, Honest Bee, and Viber in the Philippines. She shares how the pandemic impacted her leadership style, leading her to become more nurturing and present. She also delves into her personal growth, the importance of being present, and the deliberate choices she made in her career and life. Crystal also opens up about a health scare she had in 2012, which prompted her to reevaluate her life and make deliberate decisions aligned with her values.
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Crystal's Hustleshare Episode: https://bit.ly/446C1Uk (https://bit.ly/446C1Uk)
Crystal's Top 5 Founders
Kimberly Yao
Bela Gupta: https://bit.ly/3NSnDII (https://bit.ly/3NSnDII)
Nina Dizon: https://bit.ly/3t1Y01m (https://bit.ly/3t1Y01m)
Angeline Tham: https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi (https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi)
Mel Nava: https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC (https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC)
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24 Aug 2023
Survival tactics that startups do in an investment winter w/ Artie Lopez of NextPay
Artie Lopez joins us in this episode to share his unique journey coming from a startup coach to become a startup Founder. He also shares the incredible hustle that startups do in order to survive in an investment winter where runways are short. He also shares an amazing #FoundersOnlyTop5 brought to you by Shoppable Business (https://business.shoppable.ph/).
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Artie’s Top 5 Founders
Ray Refundo: https://bit.ly/46hCq8r (https://bit.ly/46hCq8r)
Gab Benito: https://bit.ly/3soJKjb (https://bit.ly/3soJKjb)
Roland Ros & Rexy Dorado: https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2 (https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2)
Sergius Santos, Bradley Cua and Matt Levin Tan
Jason Deniega, Adrian Dayrit & Dan
Special Mention:
Don Pansacola and Aldrich Lim
Lionel Belen
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10 Aug 2023
The Importance of Startup Fundamentals w/ Carlo Valencia
Carlo Valencia of Startup Training PH joins us in this episode to discuss the fundamentals that founders often overlook in launching their startup. Carlo also discusses remedies in overcoming the key basic mistakes founders often do.
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Carlo's Top 5 Founders
Shumate Royo- https://ph.linkedin.com/in/shumateroyo (https://ph.linkedin.com/in/shumateroyo)
MK Bertulfo- https://ph.linkedin.com/in/mkbertulfo/tl (https://ph.linkedin.com/in/mkbertulfo/tl)
Gian dela Rama- https://bit.ly/443eN11 (https://bit.ly/443eN11)
Paul Rivera- https://bit.ly/3WKsnnH (https://bit.ly/3WKsnnH)
Christian Blanquera- https://bit.ly/3qeD7ze (https://bit.ly/3qeD7ze)
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3 Aug 2023
How Aiah got acquired by Sprout Solutions w/ Gian de la Rama
Gian de la Rama joins us in this episode to share the amazing story of how he got Aiah to be acquired by Sprout. He will share the 10 year journey it took to get to this point along with the step-by-step process of how the acquisition went. He also shared his inspiring Top 5 founders in this episode!
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Gian's Top 5 Founders
Steve Sy- https://bit.ly/44fu8fB (https://bit.ly/44fu8fB)
Stephanie Sy- https://bit.ly/3OYoaed (https://bit.ly/3OYoaed)
Patrick Gentry- https://bit.ly/3OqitE5 (https://bit.ly/3OqitE5)
Zhihan Lee and Ellwyn Tan
Aldrich Abrogena
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21 Jul 2023
#StartupPH Then and Now: What changed in the ecosystem w/ Christian Blanquera
Christian Blanquera, serial entrepreneur and #StartupPH creator, joins us in this episode to talk about how the Philippine startup ecosystem has changed since it got launched around 2012. We tackle the improvements, setbacks, and the mistakes that startups still do to this day.
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Christian’s Top 5 Founders:
Domingo Roxas
John Gokongwei
Henry Sy
Dado Banatao - https://bit.ly/3P02VJo ( https://bit.ly/3P02VJo)
Winston Damarillo - https://bit.ly/449yAfm (https://bit.ly/449yAfm)
Top 5 Founders Modern Era
Rey Refundo - https://bit.ly/46hCq8r (https://bit.ly/46hCq8r)
ER Rollan - https://bit.ly/3PUPcUl (https://bit.ly/3PUPcUl)
James Florentino - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflorentino/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflorentino/)
Jay Fajardo - https://ph.linkedin.com/in/jayfajardo (https://ph.linkedin.com/in/jayfajardo)
Sam Blanquera - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samblanquera/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/samblanquera/)
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13 Jul 2023
Analyzing the tradeoffs founders make to chase startup success w/ ER Rollan of GrowSari
ER Rollan, Founder and CEO of GrowSari, joins us in this episode to discuss the massive tradeoffs that founders make to chase their startup success along with the pros and cons of making these life decisions. ER also shares the tough decisions they made after raising Series C to make GrowSari continue growing.
Founders Only is brought to you by PayMongo (https://www.paymongo.com/home?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=paid-podcast&utm_campaign=hustle-share-and-founders-only), Qapita (https://www.qapita.com/), GoTyme (https://www.gotyme.com.ph/#footerGetTheApp), and SeekCap (https://bit.ly/SeekCapFoundersOnly)
ER Rollan Hustleshare Episode:
https://bit.ly/3PUPcUl (https://bit.ly/3PUPcUl)
https://bit.ly/3Da0ht5 (https://bit.ly/3Da0ht5)
ER's Top 5 Founders:
Mel Nava - https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC (https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC)
Bela and Nishant D'Souza - https://bit.ly/3NSnDII (https://bit.ly/3NSnDII)
George Royeca - https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi (https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi)
Steve Sy - https://bit.ly/44fu8fB (https://bit.ly/44fu8fB)
Brian Cu - https://bit.ly/3NXcTcm (https://bit.ly/3NXcTcm)
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29 Jun 2023
How Sprout Solutions raised a $10.7M Series B after almost running out of runway w/ Patrick Gentry of Sprout
Patrick Gentry joins us in this episode to share the inspiring story of how they were able to bounce back from almost dying during the pandemic to turning the company around to be profitable en route to them raising Series B. He also shares great stories on how to scale a company's culture and team and overcoming the rule of 3 and 10.
Founders Only is brought to you by PayMongo (https://www.paymongo.com/home?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=paid-podcast&utm_campaign=hustle-share-and-founders-only), Qapita (https://www.qapita.com/), GoTyme (https://www.gotyme.com.ph/#footerGetTheApp), and SeekCap (https://bit.ly/SeekCapFoundersOnly)
Patrick Hustleshare Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LzIjXPsZoc7uW1Mhr0gRr (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LzIjXPsZoc7uW1Mhr0gRr)
Patrick Gentry's Top 5 Founders
Paul Rivera: https://bit.ly/3WKsnnH (https://bit.ly/3WKsnnH)
Farouk Meralli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faroukmeralli/?originalSubdomain=id (https://www.linkedin.com/in/faroukmeralli/?originalSubdomain=id)
Todd D Schweitzer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddschweitzer/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddschweitzer/)
Nichel Gaba: https://bit.ly/3CXWj6J (https://bit.ly/3CXWj6J)
Camille Ang: https://bit.ly/448YtvV (https://bit.ly/448YtvV)
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21 Jun 2023
The challenges of being a Pinay Founder w/ Mel Nava of 1Export and Carmina Bayombong of InvestEd
How hard is it to be a Filipina Startup Founder? Mel Nava of 1Export and Carmina Bayombong of Invested joins us in this episode to share the challenges they had to overcome as Filipina founders and how they cope with startup life.
Founders Only is brought to you by PayMongo (https://www.paymongo.com/home?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=paid-podcast&utm_campaign=hustle-share-and-founders-only), Qapita (https://www.qapita.com/), GoTyme (https://www.gotyme.com.ph/#footerGetTheApp), and SeekCap (https://bit.ly/SeekCapFoundersOnly)
Carmina and Mel's Hustleshare Episode:
Carmina: https://bit.ly/3XjnnXt (https://bit.ly/3XjnnXt)
Mel: https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC (https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC)
Carmina's Top 5 Founders:
Mel Nava: https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC (https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC)
Camille Ang: https://bit.ly/448YtvV (https://bit.ly/448YtvV)
Jessica de Mesa-Lim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessdemesa/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessdemesa/)
Stephanie Sy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefsy/?originalSubdomain=ph (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefsy/?originalSubdomain=ph)
Kimberly Yao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyyao/?originalSubdomain=ph (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyyao/?originalSubdomain=ph)
Mel's Top 5 Founders:
Carmina Bayombong: https://bit.ly/3XjnnXt (https://bit.ly/3XjnnXt)
Ray Refundo: https://bit.ly/46hCq8r (https://bit.ly/46hCq8r)
Nina Ellaine Dizon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-ellaine-dizon-b24bb6100/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-ellaine-dizon-b24bb6100/)
RJ Ledesma: https://bit.ly/3PikKDv (https://bit.ly/3PikKDv)
Crystal Lee Gonzalez: https://bit.ly/446C1Uk (https://bit.ly/446C1Uk)
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8 Jun 2023
What are the dynamics of a great co-foundership w/ Roland Ros and Rexy Dorado of Kumu
Roland Ros and Rexy Dorado, Co-Founders of Kumu, joins us in this episode to share how they lead their team through a very tumultuous period and how they lead their team to bounce back and carry on to their mission of sustainability. They will also share great advice on how they tackle leadership, coping with stress, and many more in this episode.
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Roland and Rexy's Hustleshare Episode: https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2 (https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2)
Roland and Rexy's Top 5 Founders
Rexy:
Roland Ros: https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2 (https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2)
Melanie Perkins:https://bit.ly/3WWfxTq (https://bit.ly/3WWfxTq)
George Royeca and Angeline Tham:https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi (https://bit.ly/3OZFKPi)
Micaela Beltran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micaelabeltran/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/micaelabeltran/)
Tony Tan Caktiong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-tan-caktiong-9129287/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-tan-caktiong-9129287/)
Roland:
Rexy Dorado: https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2 (https://bit.ly/3IXZQp2)
Dado Banatao:https://bit.ly/3P02VJo (https://bit.ly/3P02VJo)
Nina Ellaine Dizon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-ellaine-dizon-b24bb6100/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-ellaine-dizon-b24bb6100/)
Ron Hose: bit.ly/3MMvBCV (bit.ly/3MMvBCV)
Diego Lorenzo: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pickupcoffeeph/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/pickupcoffeeph/)
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1 Jun 2023
What are the traits of a good Co-Founder w/ Dexter Ligot-Gordon of Swarm
Dexter Ligot - Gordon, Founder and CEO of Swarm, joins us in this episode to share his experience in looking for an ideal co-founder in a startup. Dexter also shares how co-founders typically splits equity and how co-founders resolve conflicts in a startup. He also discusses the real job description of a CEO and he gives the inaugural Founders Only Top 5 where he chooses who he thinks are the Top 5 Founders in the #StartupPH ecosystem.
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Links mentioned in the episode:
Dexter's Hustleshare episode: https://bit.ly/3WKsnnH (https://bit.ly/3WKsnnH)
Dexter's Top 5:
Mel Nava:https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC (https://bit.ly/3MLZTFC)
Luis Sia: https://bit.ly/3Co9XQF (https://bit.ly/3Co9XQF)
Paulo Campos: https://bit.ly/3N8bXCJ (https://bit.ly/3N8bXCJ)
Ron Hose: https://bit.ly/3MMvBCV (https://bit.ly/3MMvBCV)
Ron Baetiong: https://bit.ly/3qmM7lu (https://bit.ly/3qmM7lu)
For shownotes and more info, please check http://foundersonly.hustleshare.com (http://foundersonly.hustleshare.com)
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24 May 2023
What the actual F is Founders Only?
Being a startup founder or an entrepreneur is an extremely difficult and lonely road to go on. Founders Only was created to help founders have a safe space to talk about how they lead their teams, how they make decisions, how they create strategies and most importantly, how they bounce back when adversity hits their business and most importantly, how they cope as humans in running their businesses.
Consider Founders Only as your support group you've always needed as a startup founder in this lonely road of being a leader.
Check out more details and fresh video releases on YouTube: HERE (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTGpaR57ABMjPizwxTxNeNo03Bgta3P6u)
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