Happy Fiesta, Tagbilaran City!
With the month-long celebration of Bohol, comes fiesta-hopping. You might want to take this chance to observe the different food products that we use to serve guests. Food and Beverage startups are taking Southeast Asia by storm, raising millions of dollars in funding in the last few months.
So if you're staring at that 5th lumpia shanghai in the 3rd house of the fiesta marathon, think: What could I develop for the next fiesta?
Read on to see what's fertilizing.
Upcoming Events
The Basics of Quantum Computing
TBD: This will be a ZOOM session facilitated by our friends from Quantum Computing Philippines. We are hoping to involve students and faculty of our local universities to join this online lecture as promising students and teachers will have the chance to participate in a (FREE) quantum computing bootcamp this June!
PechaKucha Night Tagbilaran: Motion Through The Lens (Videography)
Saturday, May 18, 4PM to 6PM: Following our photography PechaKucha Night, we're featuring our Bol-anon creatives who express themselves through the art of videography. From cinema-style videography to capturing motion and movement underwater, we'll be inviting videographers who represent different facets of this artform.
Setting Up Your Shopify Store: For MSMEs!
Saturday, May 25, 2PM to 5PM: This will be a workshop for micro, small, and medium enterprise owners who are looking to process their orders online through an e-commerce store. We will be discussing how to create your own Shopify account and make it available to customers! This is a FREE event.
Regional Opportunities
AYO Creative Conference
[DUMAGUETE CITY] The conference is focused on boosting the country's creative economy by featuring topics that allow creators to develop their own IP, monetize their products, and create a path for themselves towards a more sustainable future as a creative. This event will be held at the Sierra Hotel in Dumaguete City this May 3 to 5, 2024.
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Spotlight
Packed Meals BHL: Good Quality and Affordable Packed Meals
Packed Meals BHL not only utilizes a strong brand personality through the content they produce for social media but they also enrich their operations through technology with an easy-to-use order form that allows customers to order (in bulk!) the food packets they want and give them options to pay via cashless channels as well. To top it all off, they also give customers the option to choose sugar cane meal boxes + wooden cutleries for a more eco-friendly order. Innovation doesn't only come from the products developed, but also how the business is operated!