The RJ Ledesma Podcast

Ariel P. Fermin has been newly appointed as the President of Maxs Group Inc (MGI), the largest casual dining restaurant group in the Philippines.

With this elevation of leadership, Fermin is responsible for the overall commercial and operational performance of MGI and its roster of beloved iconic brands such as Max’s Restaurant, Pancake House, Yellow Cab Pizza Co., Krispy Kreme, Jamba Juice, Dencio’s, Teriyaki Boy, and Sizzlin’ Steak. Aside from that, he is empowered to identify opportunities for expansion, customers, markets, new industry developments, and standards; as well as executing and implementing corporate policies, programs, processes, and guidelines in line with the Group’s vision.

Learn more about Ariel’s journey in this episode of The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Alex Pelayo is the Associate Product Director of Vessell.

Vessell is an eCommerce platform that aims to help businesses bring the brick and mortar experience online and empower human connection in the digital landscape.

How can Vessell help businesses maximize the digital space? Let's learn more about e-commerce and his journey in this episode of The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Theresa and Diego Buenaflor are a husband-wife executive duo behind Ellana Mineral Cosmetics.

Ellana MIneral Cosmetics is a clean, vegan, and cruelty-free skin care and make-up brand that caters to different skin types. It has managed to grow three times despite closing brick and mortar stores to cut losses during the early days of lockdown.

Let's learn more about the how Ellana Cosmetics managed to navigate through the challenges brought by the pandemic and more on The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Eric Teng is a restaurateur and the President of RestoPH (Restaurant Owners of the Philippines).

Besides managing his businesses Mango Tree, Genki Sushi, Sen-Ryo, and Kureji Philippines, he has been the voice of the food and beverage industry in these trying times. With RestoPH, he has been helping the restaurant industry to survive.

Let's learn more about Eric, the progress he helped make, and more on The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Ricardo "Cary" Lagdameo is the president of the real estate and construction group of the Anflo Management and Investment Corporation.

Under Cary's leadership and strategic direction, DamosaLand official (DLI) has launched several milestone projects. Among these are DLI's first agro-industrial estate, its first condominium project, the first flexible workspace solution in Davao, high rise office tower Damosa Diamond Tower, and other mixed-use projects, which includes Agriya, the first master-planned agri-tourism development in the Davao region.

What were the challenges they faced on their journey to achieve these milestones? How did they overcome them?

Learn more about Anflo Management and Investment Corporation in the RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Ragde Falcis is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of ChatGenie.

He and his company created their online store platform ChatGenie that can be installed on Messenger, Instagram, Viber, GCash, Tiktok and other Super Apps. Let's get to know and learn from Ragde Falcis as he talks about the exciting new developments with ChatGenie, Gorated Innovation Labs Inc., and more on the upcoming episode of The RJ Ledesma Podcast.

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Jay Villarante is the Chairman and CEO of 8Ventures.

It includes companies such as Paylance Inc., a bitcoin payments and rewards platform that lets users send money for free and earn bitcoins; Moneybees, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas-licensed cryptocurrency exchange that is processing billions of pesos of transactions every year; and Secuna, a cybersecurity testing platform for SMEs, government agencies, banks, and multinational companies.

In an interview with Manila Bulletin, he says, “The Philippines’ future lies in technology, which is why we are #TechingUp the local economy with services and solutions that help the country inch closer towards its development goals.”

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Ralph Layco is the Founder of Noah, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail model disrupting the male personal care industry with its wide range of products for men, including skincare and hair loss, erectile dysfunction, nutrition as well as anxiety and depression.

Since the inception of Noah in January 2021, it showed fast growth at 1,126% with a 72% gross profit margin. They reached one million total sales in February, just one month after its first distribution and last August, it reached its peak with 3.2 million sales per month. They also built a reliable fulfillment system that enabled same-day shipping. It won the "Best Concept" award at the US Embassy Go Negosyo's Young Entrepreneur Development Workshop. How did Layco envision Noah as a business?

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Leila Martin is the President and CEO of OFBank, a digital bank of LANDBANK.

It secured its digital banking license last March from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, making it the first digital-only bank in the country.

Its mobile banking app is gaining traction among overseas Filipino workers in top deployment areas like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong, Qatar, Kuwait, Taiwan, Italy, Bahrain and Malaysia.

How does the bank thrive in the digital era?

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