Thursday, June 21, 2018

Recap: The First Certified Leapreneur Awards

The first Certified Leapreneur Awards held at St. Francis Shangri-la Place last June 19, 2018 honoring employees as they turned being entrepreneurs in their respected fields.



The Certified Leapreneur Awards is the first-ever recognition given to employees who took the “Leap of faith” to become full-fledge “Entrepreneursand was given to 15 employees turned entrepreneurs with their professions from Agriculture, Retail, Hospitality, Construction and eCommerce



Mr. Ted Ferrer, Chairman of Generika Group sharing his inspirational message to all at the Certified Leadpreneur Event. How the business starts and their long term goals helping people with their services


Mr. Jerry Ilao shared his experienced on how his struggles become success. This is an advocacy of Leapreneur founder, who himself was once an employee for 7 years in a multinational company. He left his corporate job to become a full-time entrepreneur in 2007.

After realizing that 7 out of 10 employees want to start their own business someday, Ilao founded Leapreneur in 2015 to help employees transition to entrepreneurship.

He believes that this will have positive ripple effects in our economy where one employee-turned-entrepreneur can hire more employees, and consequently, unemployment is reduced, one employee at a time.

Leapreneur has helped many Filipinos through its various programs such as Leapreneur Insights, Jerry’s Notes, Startup Blueprint Masterclass Program, Meet-up activities and various Leapreneur Trainings.


Here are the list of the First Leadpreneur:
  • Raymund Layoso of Rayne Laundry Express
  • Donna May Tomboc of ZNTR Travel and Tours
  • Alexander Duca of CodeSkitch Solutions &, Upbeat Multimedia
  • Cecille Sarmiento of Buttons Up Ventures Inc.
  • Christine Acosta of CA. Design and Build
  • John Carlos Valdepenas of SV Wellness and Services Corporation
  • Engr. Jun Tamayo of Aquasian Water Technologies Inc.
  • Esther Joy Sanchez Villa Vitaliana Farms Inc.
  • Mark Bryan Asilo of MYNE Inc.
  • Elisa Cruz of Westgate Farm
  • Jojo Cruzado of The Laundry Project
  • Miguel dela Rosa of MPLIFY Marketing Enterprise
  • Edward Cruz of Ecomilion Inc.
  • Mark Angelo Hernandez of MOZ Inc.
  • Ronnie Billones of BillGreen Enterprises

Leapreneur has more than 6,000 members, and many are Overseas Filipino Workers from Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.

Mr. Ted Ferrer, Chairman of Generika Group, and Armando “Butz” Bartolome, President of GMB Franchise Developers, inspired the awardees and challenged them to go global.  Successful entrepreneurs from the Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc. (AFFI) are also present to witness the momentous event.

To all Certified Leadpreneur awardees; congratulations and wish you all success in your endevour. I wish you all will share your ideas and knowledge to your fellow Leadpreneurs and to all the people who wants to follow your footsteps. 

To know more about Leadpreneur; visit their Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/groups/leapreneur to join up for FREE or check their
website for more details at at www.leadpreneur.com.

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