This blue boy sells green

Ricardo Lim III’s Matcha Green Tea

by Ryan Edward Chua  

QUEZON CITY, Philippines—When he was a freshman, Ricardo Lim III asked his father to buy him a car. The response, as usual, was a no.

“Instead of giving you a car, I will give you this money, these equipment,” Ricardo recalls his father saying. “Start your own business.”

Taking the plunge, shaping the future

Kirk Damasco and his food and t-shirt businesses

by Ryan Edward Chua 

QUEZON CITY, Philippines—He entered college not knowing what course to take. He took up Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, but still did not know what to do. To Kirk Damasco—and perhaps to many people his age—the future used to look vague and shapeless.

Not until he took the plunge and started his own business.