My next guest is Rajan "Piku" Uttamchandani, Founder and CEO of Esquire Financing Inc., the leader in Growth Stage Financing for SME's.

I first met Piku back in 2011 when EFI hired Antidote for their brand strategy. What was quickly clear to me was how much EFI's mission of empowering SME's meant to him and his team. Through several strategic planning sessions with him and leadership team, we ended up identifying their ideal client, the SME-for-now who has aspirations of growing out of being an SME. And with that, the brand positioning we developed was Growth Stage Financing, something that Piku truly embodied as evidenced by the over 20,000 SME's EFI has funded and guided to growth and success over the past decade plus.

In this episode, you'll hear about all of this and more as he talked about his vision for SME's and what he is working towards to continue enabling the growth of more SME's into big corporations that will ultimately lead to more growth for the country.

If you're an SME in need of financing for your business, head on over to Esquire's website to get more information on how to apply. 

This episode is presented to you by Epson.

The accumulation of carbon emissions is on the rise in the printing industry, with approximately 1 gram of carbon dioxide produced per 1 page printed using a laser printer. For businesses, it can be tricky balancing productivity against sustainability, but in reality, the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. 

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The Acid House is one of the country's most established motion animation studios, having done excellent work for both local and global brands over its long tenure in the industry. Ivan Despi, who founded the studio with his wife, joins me on this episode to talk about how he discovered his love for animation and the leap he took to start his own studio. 

I love hearing stories like this because even for someone who has had a long history already with his studio, you can really hear the passion still going strong from creative entrepreneurs like Ivan. He tells the origin of The Acid House and how they built their name slowly but surely, all while keeping an extremely lean team backstopped by a network of collaborators and freelancers working harmoniously to produce the great works that the studio is known for. 

We Filipinos have always had the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, and stories like this hopefully inspire the next generation to take the leap and create their own path to showcase the best of what our country can create and produce. 

This episode is presented to you by Epson.

The accumulation of carbon emissions is on the rise in the printing industry, with approximately 1 gram of carbon dioxide produced per 1 page printed using a laser printer. For businesses, it can be tricky balancing productivity against sustainability, but in reality, the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. 

Epson’s EcoTank and Business Inkjet printers use a Heat-Free Technology that increases productivity and helps reduce environmental impact with no compromise. It even uses less power as there’s no more need for Epson printers to warm up! Even save time with its consistent high speed printing, and reduced amount of intervention required brought by its topnotch PrecisionCore Technology! 

Make the green choice now, and start experiencing Heat-Free! To learn how you can make the switch to sustainable technology, visit https://www.epson.com.ph/heat-free or get in touch with your local Epson Authorised Dealers.

What an unbelievable honor to have the renowned, award-winning journalist and documentarist, Howie Severino on this episode. It's been almost two years in the making to finally record this and it was certainly worth the wait! 

I've long been fascinated with Howie's life and career and has him on my original list of guests to have on the podcast. Plus, Howie (and his wife Ipat) are two of our dear Ninong and Ninang from our wedding, so this was a real personal treat to document an insightful and in-depth conversation with him. #grateful

Howie drops so much pearls of wisdom throughout this episode on a broad range of topics: journalism and its importance in society, how to be a good documentarist, parenting and supporting your kids' interests, why he learned and started teaching Baybayin, secrets to staying relevant and thriving decades into a highly competitive field, his passion for studying our national hero's life, and many more! 

This episode is presented to you by Epson.

The accumulation of carbon emissions is on the rise in the printing industry, with approximately 1 gram of carbon dioxide produced per 1 page printed using a laser printer. For businesses, it can be tricky balancing productivity against sustainability, but in reality, the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. 

Epson’s EcoTank and Business Inkjet printers use a Heat-Free Technology that increases productivity and helps reduce environmental impact with no compromise. It even uses less power as there’s no more need for Epson printers to warm up! Even save time with its consistent high speed printing, and reduced amount of intervention required brought by its topnotch PrecisionCore Technology! 

Make the green choice now, and start experiencing Heat-Free! To learn how you can make the switch to sustainable technology, visit https://www.epson.com.ph/heat-free or get in touch with your local Epson Authorised Dealers.