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This episode is packed with resources and growth tactics you can immediately apply to your startup. Nix Eneigo (@nixeneigo) is the growth guy at Sprout.ph and we cover a LOT in this conversation. Notes and resources: Sprout.ph The Ditigal Marketing class he teaches - http://www.imadigitalmarketer.com/ https://nixeniego.com/ How Sprout.ph got from 3m to 20m in annual revenue How they do lead gen using inbound marketing and SEO How they use events for lead generation What he tells the startups he advices Google Keyword Planner - https://adwords.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/ Just write good content for people Jason Acidre - http://kaiserthesage.com/ Moz.com Growthhackers.com How he uses Facebook groups for marketing - https://nixeniego.com/3-effortless-social-media-growth-hacks-for-startups-in-the-philippines-20a74b0e97da Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook - Book by Gary Vaynerchuk You can start with PhP45 a day in Facebook ads - https://nixeniego.com/3-effortless-social-media-growth-hacks-for-startups-in-the-philippines-20a74b0e97da How to be super active in social media Buffer.com https://www.quuu.co/ - automates posting in social media Mix automation with organic Zapier.com Hootsuite.com IFTTT.com Reusing content https://beacon.by/ - turn blog posts into PDF Hubspot Using Webinars in the Philippines Boostrapper's Hubspot: * Kahlil: Web form + Zapier + Mailchimp or Get Drip * Nix: Sumome.com + Mailer Lite How to design a drip email series: basic copywriting. * Neil Patel * https://kopywritingkourse.com/ * https://reallygoodemails.com * Best marketer of this generation - Gary Vaynerchuk * CMO of AirBnB, Jonathan Mildenhall * Storytelling is crucial How to market podcasts John Lee Dumas Pat Flynn Notify your facebook group members using the app (only the app) Using Linkedin app to connect to lots of people How to use podcasts for marketing your company - make people famous

Vince Loremia is our guest in this episode. Vince is one of the founders of Kallfly, a cloud-based call center software and a market place for agents and companies. He talks about how they started their company and their experience in joining a Singapore-based startup accelerator. We go into how they acquire customers, retain them and get referrals. He shares tips on hiring and training people. He talks about his framework of taking action first and his productivity practices. At the second half of the interview, Vince shares why he chose to be an entrepreneur, how he perseveres despite its hardships, and his advice for young entrepreneurs. Here are my notes: 1. Current call center software requires lots of hardware. Kallfly is ideal for SMEs and startups since it is cloud-based. 2. Bootstrapped at the beginning, using revenue from customers. Then they joined JFDI, a Singapore-based startup accelerator. 3. Impact of the accelerator: change of business model (added a marketplace of call center agents). Mentoring both on tech and biz. Got customers from co-incubatees and startup conferences. 4. Take action. Don't get paralyzed by thinking. The action itself will clarify the way forward. 5. Productivity: wake up early, exercise, meditate/pray, get through email early 6. A visit to Silicon Valley opened his eyes to startup entrepreneurship 7. How to handle the stress of startups: pause, don't stop 8. Many young entrepreneurs know how to build things but forget that entrepreneurship is about money

Mr. Charlie Liu is our guest in this recording. He is the CEO of Matimco, the country's most extensive lumber company. He shares lessons from more than 50 years of company history. This was recorded in a get-together in Sugbu Study Center and his audience were young men in college. The recording is noisier than usual, and some of the audience questions during the Q&A section might be too faint to hear. The content will more than make up for all of these. Mr. Liu gives his seven principles for success in entrepreneurship. He shares the inspiring story of his father, who came to Cebu with only the clothes on his back and his sleeping mat. He talks about growing up in a business family and raising children to be entrepreneurs. He shares the biggest challenges they faced and the future of the wood business. Plus many other valuable lessons. I hope you learn as much as we did in this conversation with Mr. Charlie Liu. ​ Show notes: 1. Context: Companies they own 2. Start of the family business: the Matimco Story 3. First generation struggles, Charlie's first job 4. Leaving Matimco, starting in Real Estate 5. Becoming CEO of Matimco 6. Branding wood 7. Big challenge to opportunity: logging ban 8. The benefit of using wood 9. You have to have passion 10. You got to believe in yourself 11. Dealing with doubts and self-doubts 12. Getting used to making mistakes 13. Work hard 14. Profit with dignity 15. Be values-driven 16. The story of Charlie's father 17. Survival of the fittest: the most adaptable 18. You have to learn to learn, unlearn, relearn 19. The father as a Japanese prisoner, then jeepney driver for the Americans 20. Move to Cebu and the start of the father's business 21. How to raise the 3rd generation who have it easy? 22. Suggestion for young people who want to become entrepreneurs: regular self-assessment 23. More key lessons from the father 24. What's next? A 12-story all-wood building! 25. Wood farming 26. How do you learn? You have to have an eye for talent, so you have time to learn. Travel. 27. Your biggest tool as a corporate leader: communication 28. What to do with stagnant real estate? 29. The businesses of Penshoppe and Oakridge 30. How do you define success?

​Seito Heroguchi and Motoki Ueda are our guest in this episode. They talk about the following: 1. How two Japanese guys ended up in Cebu 2. The businesses of BPO, software dev, and coworking space 3. Journey from software development to business 4. The work of a project manager 5. Working with Filipinos, as Japanese 6. The importance of Action vs Planning 7. The importance of Planning before Action

Ravi Agrawal is our guest in this episode of the 3rd World startup podcast. Ravi is co-founder at EngageSPARK. Ravi talks about how Networking got him customers and mentions in the press. He also talks about the Kano model of Innovation, Raising money versus bootstrapping, and using Yoga and hiking to manage startup stress. I hope you learn as much as I did in this conversation with Ravi Agrawal. Ravi talks about the following: 1. Ravi's several companies and exits in the US, volunteer work in Africa, and the creation of EngageSPARK 2. How he ended up in Cebu, Philippines 3. Networking as a key skill for founders 4. How to get featured by the press 5. Most important things on doing product development 6. The Kano model of innovation 7. Building a team in PH vs building a team in US 8. Think of sales and marketing at the get go 9. Raising money vs bootstrapping 10. Yoga and hiking to manage startup stress 11. Mindfulness

Matt Morrison is our guest in this episode of the 3rd World Startup podcast. Matt shares his journey from being a digital nomad to founding A Space. He also talks about structured mayhem in hiring and getting new customers, the patterns he sees in entrepreneurs, and the commonalities between artists and entrepreneurs, among other topics. I hope you learn as much as I did in this conversation with Matt Morrison. Matt talks about: 1. His journey from digital nomad to founding A Space 2. Evolution of workspaces: from industrial work to creative work 3. Growth and its challenges 4. How he hires and onboards new hires 5. Patterns he sees in entrepreneurs he has met in A Space 6. How to think of difficulties 7. Art and entrepreneurship 8. What motivates him

Carlo Florendo is our guest in this episode of the 3rd World startup podcast. Carlo is a founder of a company that does software development and algorithmic trading. Carlo talks about his journey to entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, tips on hiring, books on entrepreneurship, common misconceptions of first time founders and many more. ​I hope you learn as much as I did in this conversation with Carlo Florendo. Carlo talks about the following: 1. How he started out 2. How to legally and ethically reduce taxes 3. What is Artificial Intelligence, how they are using it for trading 4. Hiring tips 5. His evolution to entrepreneurship 6. Recommended books: Bo sanchez, Entreprenuer magazine, The art of delegation 7. How to get team mates to correct him 8. Why he continues to learn new programming languages 9. Why and how he does music 10. How he chooses what businesses to pursue 11. Misconceptions of young entrepreneurs

Gian de la Rama is our guest in this episode of the 3rd World startup podcast. Gian is a co-founder at Innovantage. Gian talks about the following: 1. The #1 role of an entrepreneur 2. How he manages people 3. Experience of letting go of people 4. Explanation of Nudge, their product 5. What advice he gives to young entreprneurs 6. Transition from corporate world to entrepreneurship 7. Biggest lessons he learned from working in the corporate world 8. Work first or go straight to running a startup? 9. What he would have changed in his first few years 10. How to choose what startup to work in 11. How they acquire customers 12. What they do for customer success 13. Analytics platforms they use 14. How they hire people 15. Their onboarding process 16. How they manage their sales funnel 17. How they manage their software development 18. Software you use for business processes, project management (Jira), version control (bitbucket), Jenkins 19. Productivity tips 20. # book he recommends: First break all the rules 21. Why do you do this? 22. How he manages emotions from failures 23. The hardest thing he had to face 24. Advice for first time entrepreneurs

In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Carlo, Ken and Kahlil talk about the importance of staying mentally sharp for optimum results. The mental game isn’t discussed as much as it should be. We’ve all experienced lack of focus, dismay, burn out, or decision fatigue when running businesses. Fortunately, there are real remedies and techniques that can pull you out of those problems. They discuss what works for them and even touch on a little sports. Resources: https://authoritynutrition.com/ketogenic-diet-101/ http://www.stickk.com/ https://www.intelligentchange.com/products/the-five-minute-journal http://kurtelster.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Willpower-Rediscovering-Greatest-Human-Strength/dp/0143122231

In this episode the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Kahlil, Kenn and Carlo discuss the differences between corporate and entrepreneurial life. Not only will you hear about transitioning from working in a giant corporation to a small startup, but you will get a clearer sense of the backgrounds of our podcast hosts as they talk about their experiences in a corporate job and what influenced them to start a business. PS - Did you catch the question in the end of the podcast? What do you think? Send us an email here. http://www.3rdworldstartup.com/contact.html RESOURCES: http://fourhourworkweek.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts/etl https://steveblank.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steve-Blank/dp/0989200507

In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Kenn, Kahlil and Carlo talk about their favorite podcasts. The seeds of 3rd World Startup started by listening to other podcasts. They pay it forward by recommending other programs to listen to ranging from entrepreneurial, inspirational to entertaining. You’ll get a very real sense of what they listen to in this episode. Also as an added bonus, you’ll get a peek behind the curtain as they discuss how the 3rd World Startup Podcast started, the challenges and the possible end goals. Resources (lots!): https://medium.com/@sobermusings/no-radio-no-problem-10-podcasts-that-deserve-your-attention-a8130daf0ec6#.d9y0z7pkh http://www.productpeople.tv/ http://zenfounder.com/ http://zerotoscale.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/strategy-skills-podcast-management/id1021817294?mt=2 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts/etl http://thestartupchat.com/ http://fourhourworkweek.com/podcast/ http://www.artofmanliness.com/category/podcast/ https://growtheverywhere.com/podcast-player/ http://www.digitalmarketer.com/podcast/

In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Kahlil and Robert interview Dave Visaya about the importance of outsourcing the engineering aspect of podcasting so you can focus on what matters. Starting a podcast can be overwhelming at first, but it doesn’t need to be. If you are planning to start a podcast, listen for a peek into the weeds of how it is done. You will learn a thing or two about intention, promotion, consistency and the basic setup of a podcast. Resources mentioned: http://podcastengineers.com/ https://www.biggerpockets.com/ http://www.eofire.com/ http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/ http://fourhourworkweek.com/podcast/ http://www.radiolab.org/

In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Kenn, Kahlil and Robert talk about mastermind groups. It’s not as villainous as it sounds. A mastermind group is simply a meeting of like-minded individuals with a shared goal of making each other succeed and move forward. In this podcast, they talk about masterminds in the context of startups. If you are thinking of joining a mastermind, you should. Resources: http://www.3rdworldstartup.com/mastermind-group-agend.html http://reply.io/ http://www.appsumo.com/

In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Robert, Kahlil and Kenn discuss the real work that goes into running a startup. This conversation about startups touches many aspects of running a business. Topics range from the age of the rock star entrepreneur, revolutionary vs. evolutionary ideas, the pain of failure, the bootstrap vs. the accelerator route, and learning the rules of the game. Resources: https://www.getdrip.com/blog/ http://www.copyblogger.com/ http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/ https://www.amazon.com/Start-Small- Stay-Developers- Launching/dp/0615373968 https://convertkit.com/

How to Write Content that Builds Authority and Sales EP004 In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Kahlil has questions about writing for business. Writing is hard. How do we make it easier? Does it get easier? This episode shows how Carlo, Kenn and Robert break through the difficulty of writing for their respective businesses and touches on the importance of routine, systemization, deadlines, tone, and writer’s block. Resources mentioned: http://zerothreetwo.com/ http://growthhackerkit.com/ https://lihungerford.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing http://www.copyblogger.com/ http://hailoverman.com/flowstate

In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Kenn talks about how and why you as a non-technical founder should learn to code. Not only does this episode touch on the myths of learning how to code, dealing with technical cofounders and stories on hiring a programmer, it goes deep into the weeds and is filled with plenty of resources for anyone with an interest in coding. Resources mentioned (plenty!): Muze – object orientated web development program Balsamiq – wire framing tool Code4startup - learn software development fast Code Academy – start with the basics Codeplace The Lean Startup Code Mentor Bloc Ruby on Rails Crazy Eights

How to Adjust from the 1st World to the 3rd World In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Robert talks about what it is like to move from Australia to the Philippines. In starting a business, what are the unique challenges faced in a 3rd world country like the Philippines? We talk about small and large scale swindling, lack of certainty of outcome, rent seeking, and the importance of relationships. ​It’s not all gloom and doom though. In the end, we talk about why going to the Philippines is a good option for many people around the world. 

How to Context Switch Without Losing “Flow” In this episode of the 3rd World Startup Podcast, Carlo talks about struggling with context switch and losing flow. When the day to day work forces him to miss out on focusing on the deep work, what can we do to mitigate that problem? We define “deep work”. We touch on the importance of routines and the problem of constantly context switching.   Resources mentioned: Google Calendar BusyCal