News and thought leadership from IdeaSpace and our community’
Edtech startup IOL recently shifted its focus from content production to tweaking its internally-developed systems to be used by schools in managing their operations from enrollment to online classes, financial accounts monitoring, and grades reporting.
IdeaSpace recently announced the top 16 startups forming the 2020 cohort for our acceleration program. This year’s cohort includes startups engaged in developing agriculture, e-commerce and marketplaces, education, healthcare, and human resources solutions. Congratulations to the founders and teams behind Agro-Digital PH, CerebroLMS, Farmvocacy, Giving Hero, Humble, Maharlikart, Mash & Co, MedHyve, Quid District, TADAH, Take Five Outdoors, Tank Masters, Urban Greens, Vetmo, Workbean, and Worky.ph!
According to a study by the Harvard Business Review, 65% of startups fail because of people problems, particularly due to problems between co-founders. A good co-founder and a strong team with a collaborative dynamic have proven essential to a startup’s success. This month’s Grit & Grind will focus on how to find co-founders and employees that would best fit the company and the culture that you want to create. IdeaSpace alumni Rodec dela Cruz (iPark)
As the world came to a standstill because of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across different sectors and industries struggled to survive. The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector is among the most affected, and to support them as they embrace change and innovation, BusinessWorld’s SparkUp will be holding its BusinessWorld Insights SparkUp Entrep Series with the theme “Innovating towards a Better Normal.” On June 24, the discussion will revolve around the theme “Future-Proof: Thriving
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for a better way forward. As part of our work with our alumni founders, we are looking to create links between our startups and the companies within the Metro Pacific group. Our startups focus on different SDGs such as Zero Hunger, Good Health, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Decent Work & Economic Growth, among others. We hope to bridge startups and corporations to enable greater collaboration and help heavily
