Find Out If Franchising Is For You

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Take a look in any street in the country and you will likely see a franchised business as more and more people are making the decision to engage in entrepreneurship.

One of the reason franchising has been so successful is that; a synergy is created between franchisor and franchisee. Together the two could achieve things that as individual business people they could not do. While there are many examples of successful franchises, buying a franchise is no guarantee of success. A great factor in franchising success is the personal traits of the franchisee. Here are some traits of successful franchisees.


1. Willingness to be a team player

The key to a successful franchise relationship is close cooperation between the franchisee and franchisor. The franchisor must take care of the interests of the franchise as a whole which may require complete cooperation in the part of the franchisee. The franchisee must also follow the system prepared by the franchisor. In the case of Aquabest, it appoints specialized franchise relations officers and customer care representatives to attend to the concerns and continuously build good ties with the franchisee. This means that Aquabest and its franchisees can work as a team to help each other succeed.

An Open Letter to Pinoy Teenagers from Ronan Capinding

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Tanghalang Ateneo's soon-to-open play Glenn Sevilla Mas's "Rite of Passage: Sa Pagtubu kang Tahud (An adaptation of a Kinaray-a short story by Maria Milagros Geremia Lachica). The play has a lot of beautiful insights about 'growing up --- from puberty to adolescence and manhood. The play is 'For Mature Audiences' so expect a lot of sensitive but interesting topics from the story.

The play was first produced by Tanghalang Pilipino for the Virgin Labfest, the Cultural Center of the Philippines' annual festival of new plays in 2005. A book version was also produced by the UST Publishing House in 2005.

The open letter below was written by Ronan Capinding, the director of Rite of Passage and upon reading its message, it is best that we share this to you so it will likewise be re-shared and read by the Pinoy teenagers today.

Once again, we are reminding our readers to kindly please watch RITE OF PASSAGE.

Play Dates:

Nov. 27, 28, 29 -- 7 pm.
Dec. 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 -- 7 pm
Nov. 29, Dec. 8, 13 -- 2 pm

 

Transi(en)t MNL: A Lightning Residency Program

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Project Glocal and 98B COLLABoratory, in partnership with Escolta Commercial Associations, Inc., present Transi(en)t Manila, a lightning residency program conceived to provide avenues of involvement for artists and collaborating creatives from different disciplines. The project was launched in April 2014, with satellite programs in Taipei in March and Penang in August.

Transi(en)t Manila activities are as follows:

15 November, along with 98B’s Future Market and ESC Project, Pan will launch Kwok Hin Tang’s (HongKong) video work—an output of his research residency in May for Transi(en)t Manila.

21 November at 4:30PM, Peterson Building will launch Ernest Concepcion’s (Philippines) installation, a spin-off of his latest work earlier exhibited at the UP Jorge Vargas Museum for his solo “Crux of Things”.

22 November from 3:00PM to 6:00PM, Juan Luna Building hosts a talk on “The Project Glocal Experience” with Marika Constantino (Philippines), Fiona Lee (HongKong), and Joey Berenguer (Philippines). The installation work of Kok Yoong Lim (Malaysia) and the video documentation of Project Glocal 2014: Transi(en)t installments (Taipei and Penang) will also be launched.