Why an entrepreneurial mass movement?

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Why an entrepreneurialmass movement?
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Why an entrepreneurialmass movement?

• The yearly remittances of our OFWs have reached
  14 billion
• These remittances sustain 1/3 of the population
• If used properly, these remittances amount to
  enough capital for family enterprises

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Imagine

• One million entrepreneurs earning 14,000 net
  yearly
• That would mean another 14 billion of income
  yearly
• To support another third of the population!

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The problem is HOW?

• Let us go through the steps one by one
• And see how a miracle can be performed
• For the purpose of fulfilling our mission of
• NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

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What is an entrepreneur?

• One who expends his/her LABOR and the labor of
  others
• On whatever RAW MATERIALS are available in
  his/her area
• To come out with PRODUCTS that can be sold
• For a reasonable PROFIT.

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An entrepreneur is NOT

• An employee, whether manager or worker
• A politician
• A government official
• A landlord, whether urban or rural
• A rent-seeker
• AN ENTREPRENEUR TURNS OUT CONCRETE PRODUCTS THAT
  CAN BE BOUGHT SOLD FOR A PROFIT

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What kind of products?

• As simple as banana cue
• As high-tech as software
• As popular as tsitsiria
• As innovative as virgin coconut oil
• As commonplace as consultative services

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Whatever

• The entrepreneur is
• Comfortably gifted with
• Enjoys
• Can get his/her family friends to do
• Raw materials are available in the area
• Capital can be had without pawning anything for
  it

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What basic skills are necessary?

• How to produce the product quickly and cheaply
  (production process)
• How to handle the people needed in turning out
  the product (management)
• How to balance the books (bookkeeping,
  accounting)
• How to sell the product (marketing)

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Can these four skills be shared?

• Certainly.
• A module can be constructed for each skill.
• They can also be learned through practice.

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Okay, lets say I can do it.

• But what for?
• Why should I risk my neck in business
• When this government will just ruin it?

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Because

• Corruption comes from rent-seeking
• And only entrepreneurship, once it has become
  widespread,
• Can stop rent-seeking
• And with it, corruption.

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What is rent-seeking?

• Rent-seeking is the tendency to expect payment
  for the use of property.
• It is a very comfortable life because all one has
  to do to get money is to sit and wait.
• But one has to have property in the first place
  to do that.

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So whats wrong with rent-seeking?

• The problem with rent-seeking is that
• It encourages laziness
• Very few have properties, so very few can be
  rent-seekers
• Therefore very few can live comfortably

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The bigger problem with rent-seeking is

• When it is a national lifestyle, nobody wants to
  work
• Everybody wants only easy money
• The whole population is unproductive
• Very few are capable of creating wealth
• And those few can therefore exploit the rest

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And the biggest problem with rent-seeking is

• The wish to become wealthy without working is
  turned on government
• And government becomes the target of
  rent-seeking,
• Turning it into a milking cow
• From the national levels up to the lowly barangay!

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The culture of rent-seeking

• is the reason why we have corruption!
• The culture of rent-seeking is the culprit behind
• our culture of poverty!

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So how do we combat rent-seeking?

• Through entrepreneurship.
• By generating an entrepreneurial mass movement,
• We can show the greater population
• How to create wealth
• Legitimately
• Honestly
• By dint of hard work

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But our government is so corrupt!

• Therefore let us find the best way of cleaning up
  government. Through an entrepreneurial mass
  movement.

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How will we clean up government?

• NATIONAL RENEWAL PROGRAM
• in the private and public sectors, through formal
  and informal education channels, emphasizing
  righteousness and national transformation.
• GRASSROOTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• through public and private school education and
  informal community training

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Those are the main points of our 10-point program

• Government can encourage entrepreneurship by
• Creating a one-stop SEC-City/Town-BIR Bizreg
  Center in every city and town
• Setting up entrepreneurial high schools
• Organizing an entrepreneurial community campaign
  especially in places with OFW families
• Teaching OFWs the basics of entrepreneurship

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Can we do it?

• Because we represent the 1/3 of the Filipino
  people who are sick tired of the present
  situation
• And want to do something about it.
• Something POSITIVE.
• Something TRANSFORMATIVE.
• Something that will last us the nations
  lifetime.

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Can a nation be changed?

• Yes! A nation can change!
• Once the people grasp
• What has to be done away with
• And what has to replace it.

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We wish to replace

• the culture of rent-seeking
• which is otherwise called the Spirit of
  Corruption
• which is inextricably linked to the Spirit of
  Poverty.
• Through Entrepreneurship, we can wipe out the
  twin evils of Corruption Poverty!

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We will replace the twin evils of Corruption
Poverty through

• One million entrepreneurs who will through their
  success in business convince millions more to
  give up the culture of rent-seeking

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That is why, even now

• We can already generate an entrepreneurial mass
  movement
• Among our ranks
• Among our friends and supporters
• Within the entire nation, whether in the
  Philippines or abroad

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Because we love our nation

• And we know that this is what God wants us to do.

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Bangon, OFW!

• Kilos na!
• Nasa iyo ang pag-asa!