Every few months, a new platform gains traction. Teams feel the familiar anxiety — the fear of missing out — and strategy lurches toward the latest app without a clear goal or a way to measure success. This constant pivoting makes brands noisier and erodes focus, causing teams to lose depth and consistency. Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory,
When a product that was selling steadily suddenly stops moving, the first reaction is often panic. In the Philippines, where micro, small, and medium enterprises account for 99.5 percent of all registered businesses and employ over 60 percent of the workforce, a sudden drop in demand can feel existential. But overnight decline rarely comes from nowhere. Whether a competitor launched
The Numbers That Should Wake Every Owner Up A business owner falls seriously ill. Within weeks, payments stall, bank relationships sour, and key employees start looking for other jobs. This scenario plays out more often than most owners expect, and the underlying reason is almost always the same: no one planned for it. According to data from 61 percent of
When a business leader lays out a vision for the company, they expect it to energize the team. But in the Philippines, a growing number of employees simply aren’t buying it. Recent data from Great Place To Work shows that 64 percent of Filipino workers are either actively looking for a new job or seriously considering leaving within the next
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make up 99.6% of all registered businesses in the Philippines and employ more than 65% of the national workforce. Yet the same entrepreneurs who keep the economy running face a constant tug-of-war: deliver fast enough to survive rising costs and competition, or invest the time needed to produce something that actually stands out. The
A young professional in Manila scrolls through Lazada, adds an item to her cart, then pauses. The same product is ₱50 cheaper on Shopee — but the Shopee listing comes from a seller she has never tried. She tabs back and forth for two minutes before making a call. That hesitation, repeated millions of times a day, captures the central
A catering owner in Caloocan, a hardware store operator in Davao, a couple running a logistics business in Cebu—they all share something unexpected. The more their businesses grow, the harder sleep comes. Success brings more revenue, more employees, more recognition. But for many owners, it also brings an invisible weight that grows in parallel. Micro, small, and medium enterprises account
Eight out of ten Filipino businesses shut down before reaching their tenth anniversary. That figure — an 80 percent failure rate by the decade mark, with half already gone by year five — comes from tracking new business survival in the Philippines. It raises a question that matters more than the number itself: why do so many ventures stall at
One viral post can feel like a business breakthrough. A video hits a million views, comments flood in, and the follower count climbs by the thousands. But when the dust settles, the sales dashboard often tells a different story — flat or even unchanged. This gap between attention and revenue is not a glitch; it is a structural problem that
Every entrepreneur has heard the advice: “Talk to your customers.” But what happens when the answers they give lead you straight into a dead end? A growing body of business research suggests that direct questions about what customers want often produce polite false positives — people say yes to avoid disappointing you, or they describe a future they can’t really
