RP needs more entrepreneurs, and it pays to start young
by Ryan Edward Chua
QUEZON CITY, Philippines—When the Chinese meet a few years after graduating from college, they would often ask each other, “What business are you into?” Filipinos, on the other hand, would ask, “Where do you work?” if not “Do you have work?”
More than being a racial issue, this classic anecdote points to something many Filipinos are said to lack: an entrepreneurial spirit. In a country where the economy is unstable and many are unemployed, this may be unfortunate.
