Joey Concepcion – Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder

About Go Negosyo

Go Negosyo seeks to be the institution that brings together all key stakeholders and enablers to
generate competitive Filipino entrepreneurs.

Our Trustees

Collaboratively administrate empowered markets via plug-and-play networks.

What We Do

Go Negosyo is the advocacy of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), a non-stock, non-profit
organization that advocates for a change in MINDSET and ATTITUDE. We believe that Filipinos can
address poverty in the country by engaging in entrepreneurship and developing an optimistic,
passionate, creative and innovative, resourceful, diligent and persevering character. We encourage
everyone to take charge and make the most of their resources and abilities by utilizing and transforming
these into viable enterprises.

3M’s of MSME Development

1. Mentorship
Ex:
 The Mentor Me on Wheels Programs aims to bring business mentorship closer to every
Filipino. It is designed to provide access to capacity building for the underserved and
unserved MSMEs through on-site free 1-on-1 mentorship encounters across the country
conducted by an esteemed network of mentors.

 Mentor Me Online
  Kapatid Mentor Me Program – these are the mentees success stories


2. Money
3. Market

Go Negosyo

 Go Negosyo is the advocacy of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), a non-stock,
non-profit organization that advocates for a change in MINDSET and ATTITUDE.
 They believe that Filipinos can address poverty in the country by engaging in entrepreneurship
and developing an optimistic, passionate, creative and innovative, resourceful, diligent and
persevering character.
 Go Negosyo encourage everyone to take charge and make the most of their resources and
abilities by utilizing and transforming these into viable enterprises. Through the Caravans,
Negosems, multi-media (TV and web) campaigns and books, Go Negosyo hopes to demystify
entrepreneurial success and popularize entrepreneurship as an alternative to unemployment,
job-seeking or migration.
 Go Negosyo is a partner in improving entrepreneurship education, and in providing a
marketplace of ideas, innovations, business models and best practices. In short, they aim to
catalyze the development of entrepreneurship in the country. An entrepreneurial culture would
lead to an entrepreneurial nation and, consequently, to improved economy for the country.
 Go Negosyo do not endorse a particular kind of business or franchise. Instead, they provide links
to their partner entrepreneurs' businesses, to business opportunities, to entrepreneurship-
related training programs, and to funding sources.
 Go Negosyo is hoping to generate competitive Filipino entrepreneurs, we seek to be the
institution that brings together all key stakeholders and enablers of different entrepreneurship
programs.
HOW WE STARTED

After being appointed in 2005 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Presidential Consultant for
Entrepreneurship, Joey Concepcion envisioned a movement that would advocate for a positive and
enterprising attitude among Filipinos -- a mindset that would help them move up in life. With the help of
like-minded trustees, Go Negosyo was born. Since its conception, Go Negosyo went on to forge
partnerships not only with business corporations and entrepreneurs but also with academic institutions,
non-government organizations (including business chambers and professional organizations),
microfinance institutions, government agencies, and local government units. Creating linkages with
members of both private and public sectors allowed us to increase Filipinos' access to a negosyo support
system, and facilitate a nationwide movement. It was the formation of partnerships that allowed Go
Negosyo to embark on a full-blown advocacy that has reached out to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos.
What started as an idea quickly snowballed into a massive movement. Within four years, Go Negosyo
was able to embark on over 30 full-blown Caravans all over the country, produce a TV show, create a
website portal for entrepreneurs, and launch bestselling books (three volumes of inspirational stories of
entrepreneurs and a how-to-start-a-business book). We gained widespread presence in the print media
through Mr. Concepcion's weekly column AskGoNegosyo in Philippine Star and through the publication
of entrepreneurs' stories in the front page. Every month, we're invited to conduct talks on starting a
business, and we're often featured in TV and radio shows. We even have a global audience as our TV
show is aired in GMA's international channels.

OUR DREAM

We want to create an entrepreneurial climate for the Philippines: one that would lead to a country of
enterprising and progressive Filipinos who are optimistic and empowered, and who don't rely on dole-
outs and are in control of their destinies. We hope to forge a country of smart, innovative and value-
adding entrepreneurs by inspiring and by teaching. Our motto has always been to "teach a nation how
to fish, feed the nation many lifetimes". The statement represents the collective effort of all our
partners to foster a culture of enterprise and promote innovation and the best business practices in the
country.

PROGRAMS

We have conducted a lot of forums, caravans and seminars, produced weekly TV shows, and published
books. As we continue, we are even deepening the efforts to inspire and teach “how-to’s” in
entrepreneurship. We have taken the advocacy to the next level by providing a more comprehensive
entrepreneurship education called Negosyo Seminar (Negosem) led by our Angelpreneurs. They are
established entrepreneurs, experts and practitioners, who have the experience in running a business
and the heart to teach our kababayans. We have partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry
in bringing this program to all the regions. The National Livelihood Development Corporation, Landbank
and the Office of the President have also joined the program to provide free entrepreneurship education
to over 10,000 micro/small Filipino entrepreneurs all over the country through 20 Negosems. We now
see strong cooperation between a private advocacy group like ours and government in pursuit of
common objectives.
Since December 2009, we started with the Tagumpay Mula sa Kahirapan campaign. This is our main
thrust for this year, as our way to widen the reach of Go Negosyo and extend our programs to the
grassroots.

So far, with the active involvement of DTI Regional and Provincial Director Usec. Merly Cruz, we have
already conducted two Negosems in Davao City and in Cabanatuan City last Friday. Almost 100 percent
of the feedback from attendees have been very encouraging. There will soon be 18 more Negosems that
will be conducted inÒ8 regions. This is for free.

After our first two Negosems, no doubt, we will go beyond the 10,000 target. We had around 700
participants in Region 11 – Davao, and close to 800 in Region 3 – Cabanatuan Nueva Ecija. This shows
that our local entrepreneurs are really serious about their negosyos and they are really eager to learn
directly from the experts.

To all our Angelpreneurs, and partners in government, thank you for joining us in bringing
entrepreneurship education to the different regions in the country.

Giving hope, inspiration and guidance to people who want to move up in life and fight poverty is like
feeding our soul, as we see people encouraged to move forward with their dreams.