Christ-follower. Family-man. Kingdom and Social Entrepreneur.

Jim Ayala has worked on economic development issues in emerging markets for 30 years in his various roles including serving as McKinsey Senior Partner, CEO of Ayala Land, board member of numerous NGOs and currently Founder/CEO of Hybrid Social Solutions Inc. He believes that business and investment capital have an essential role to play in solving urgent social problems by working with other stakeholders to commercialize social innovations at the base of the economic pyramid. Founded in 2010, Hybrid Social Solutions is a for-profit Kingdom and Social Enterprise that’s on a mission to eradicate Energy Poverty through a Gridless Solar Electricity network that brings clean energy, light, and Christ’s love to thousands of remote villages across the Philippines.

Learn more about HSSI:

https://www.hybridsolutions.asia

ABOUT DREAM BIGGER VENTURES

Dream Bigger Ventures is on a mission to empower and invest in Filipino Founders solving major problems in the Philippines in and through their ventures. Our core beliefs are two-fold: (1) Founders who pursue growth in the likeness of Jesus Christ in Biblical character, community and competency will be the most transformational business leaders; (2) Businesses that put people at the center of everything they do — that is, make God’s love visual — will outperform in the long term.

To learn more, visit: www.dreambiggerph.com

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Vanessa is the founder of VerraCoffee, a social enterprise that God led her to establish during the pandemic in 2020. And since it was God who is the real "founder" of the enterprise, it was also Him who brought the right people to come alongside her in this work. She is joined by an international team that distributes Filipino farmers' coffee products to a global market. A tenth of the profits go to the education of tribal children in the Philippines, as well as calamity-stricken areas. Con-current with her work as social entrepreneur, she also manages the family business, and holds the position of managing director of Creative Point, a company founded by her father. Here, she spent 18 years working as a communications consultant to crisis-prone companies. During those 18 years, she also served in non-profit organizations that led her to have a heart for the poor and marginalized, and eventually, the founding of a social enterprise. Vanessa earned her master's degree in entrepreneurship at the Asian Institute of Management, on top of a bachelor's degree at the University of the Philippines. Before going into business, she worked with international non-profit organizations such as the Far East Broadcasting Company and the United Nations Children's Fund.

Follow Vanessa’s work:

Order now - https://verracoffee.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VerraCoffee

ABOUT DREAM BIGGER VENTURES

Dream Bigger Ventures is on a mission to empower and invest in Filipino Founders solving major problems in the Philippines in and through their ventures. Our core beliefs are two-fold: (1) Founders who pursue growth in the likeness of Jesus Christ in Biblical character, community and competency will be the most transformational business leaders; (2) Businesses that put people at the center of everything they do — that is, make God’s love visual — will outperform in the long term.

To learn more, visit: www.dreambiggerph.com

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggerphilippines

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreambiggerventures/

Lilianna is based in Manila and is a designer of curious objects and wearable art. Her life’s calling is to reveal glimpses of God’s glory to the broken world and encourages people to join her in her pursuit in understanding the imagination in light of Jesus.

Follow Lil’s work:

Meet The Funkanators - https://www.instagram.com/lilwunders

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/liliannamanahan

Order online - https://www.liliannamanahan.com

ABOUT DREAM BIGGER VENTURES

Dream Bigger Ventures is on a mission to empower and invest in Filipino Founders solving major problems in the Philippines in and through their ventures. Our core beliefs are two-fold: (1) Founders who pursue growth in the likeness of Jesus Christ in Biblical character, community and competency will be the most transformational business leaders; (2) Businesses that put people at the center of everything they do — that is, make God’s love visual — will outperform in the long term.

To learn more, visit: www.dreambiggerph.com

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggerphilippines

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreambiggerventures/

Hear some tips and stories from Sam, as he shares his start-up journey and how the local accelerator program helped their company scale up its operations. Sam also shares his biggest WHY push through amidst entrepreneurial challenges and the current pandemic. 

If you're interested in finding more about accelerator programs, check us out here www.dreambiggerph.com 

Kirk started a business back in college as a Merch supplier for his University that ended up as one of the Top Faith-Driven Clothing and Lifestyle brands in the Philippines. Kirk expressed in this episode that their statement shirts are only medium to share your faith and serves as a convo starter. Listen to Kirk's biggest wins and lessons handling Worship Generation throughout the years.

In this episode, Karlo and Boni talk about some valuable insights on how we as Christians can help change the workplace and business world. 

What does it look like to "work" before this fallen world? And how can we give value to the marketplace with this insight?

Pitch your ventures here www.dreambiggerph.com

Pyl is the founder of RightValley. He loves solving people's problems through technology. He has worked directly with multi-national business owners over the years. Pyl learned what works and now wants to use his talents to serve through RightValley.

Visit their website at www.rightvalley.com

Boni De Jesus is also a co-founder of Design Ed Learning Solutions, Inc. a company that aims to help marketplace people understand wealth creation, finance management, and investing. Its first offering is Stocks Ed, a platform that teaches people how to save and invest. He is also a blogger. His blog can be found at http://www.bonidejesus.com.

71 yo. Married to Estela de Jesus, with 3 adult children, Ina, Miko, and Bea, and one grandson, Manolo. 

For more than 30 years now, Boni de Jesus has been working as a freelancer, providing business and financial consultancy work for businesses, providing services in sourcing funds for expansion. 

Before his freelancing, in 12 years, he worked for 7 companies in the manufacturing, finance, and real estate sectors. Then, he put up his company, LTL Consultants to help businesses access funds from formal sources. 

Together with other marketplace people, in 2015,  he organized The Market Project (FB the market project page and the market project community), a movement that aims to bring the gospel to the marketplace by helping marketplace people find their purpose, live with hope, and experience success through the gospel.  

Rudy’s faith allows him to see difficult client request as an opportunity to stretch out his faith. Resulting to these ventures;

Employing high-end technologies; RFID, Biometrics, IoTE, smart sensors, intelligent controllers, integrated management SW platforms, etc., our organization evolves to be one of the leading IT, Electronic Identification, and Integrated Security Management Solutions (ISMS) for the hundreds of Top 1,000 corporations in the Philippines, and doing business cooperations and future technology developments with companies in Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, China, US, and some European countries.

Art Medina is a serial entrepreneur, founding numerous businesses that provide dignified work opportunities for Filipinos.

Here are some of his work and business engagements:

President/CEO of Health Excel Marketing Corporation (www.healthexcel.com.ph)

• President/CEO of Quantum Tech Multi- Fab Trading and Services, Inc.

(www.quantumtech.com.ph)

• Co-Founder Partner, Epic Logistics and Transport

• Founding Chairman, Punlad-Buhay Multi-purpose Cooperative (PBMC) in 2002.

• Founding Pastor of Commonwealth Christian Church and Ministries –

Commonwealth, Quezon City

• Founder/Developer of www.icansaveapp.com and iCanSaveApp for IOS/Android

• Executive Director of Global Diaspora Network – 2015 present (www.globaldiaspora.

com) Secretary/Treasurer -GDN International Executive Board

• Philippine Coordinator/ Core Group Member of Lausanne Global Workplace

Forum 2019 in Manila.