Today's Issue
- Editor's Take: No Mountains High Enough
- Featured SME: Rose Bakeshop
- Article: Fire Prevention Saves Lives and Property
- Testimonial Callout
- Events: Materials Management and Inventory Control (Monday 26 to Tuesday 27 February), CEBU XPO 2007 (Monday 26 February to Thursday 1 March), Export Costing and Pricing Techniques (Tuesday 27 February), Web Graphic Design and Production Using Adobe Photoshop (Tuesday 27 to Wednesday 28 February), Philippine International Furniture Show (Tuesday 27 to Friday 2 March), Asian Business Conference (Thursday 1 to Friday 2 March), Putting Your Business Online (Friday 2 March), and Cleaner Production (Friday 2 March)
Rose Bakeshop was first established in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.
Her start was not exactly a bed of roses.
With a starting capital of seventy thousand pesos, which she got from a bank loan, Rose Bakeshop was established in 1983. From the bakeshop business, she ventured into fast food, printing press and poultry and made quite a fortune, still what her heart was really into was providing tasty bread.
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Article:
Fire Prevention Saves Lives and Property
Since March is approaching, it is just appropriate for our readers to read this article. This is not just applicable for consumers but for businesses, too!
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Testimonial Callout
For those who want to share their thoughts, just simply send us an email to info@sme.com.ph and place on the Subject header: SME Testimonial. The best testimonial will also be featured in our SME.com.ph Web site.
Editor's Take
Running an SME and engaging in adventure sports have a lot in common. Whether you're doing business or enjoying the outdoors, along with awesome beauty come bad weather, sheer drops and nerve-wracking heights. Like weekend climbers and hikers, many successful SMEs get to where they are with moderate exertion, usually along trails that were blazed in the past.
Exceptional entrepreneurs are able to conquer new summits with well-planned, expertly equipped expeditions and after days or weeks of extreme battle with the elements.
If you haven't had much experience, the obstacles and risks might seem insurmountable and you could even reach a point when you just want to throw your hands in the air and quit. Don't. Just hang on.
Take a lesson from rock climbers. Hang on. By your fingertips or by jamming your knuckle into a crack you just hang on.
Buy yourself time. Catch your breath. Reconsider your route. It might not be immediately evident, but having an extra grip on your dream and a sharper focus on your goal is exactly what you need to make your venture work.
If you need a hand, don't hesitate. Ask for help. You can't do it all alone. Which is why having a team of friends or peers to back you up and cheer you on makes a lot of difference.
With two or more heads thinking and more hands to share the work, the climb becomes easier, the burdens are lighter and the goal always seems nearer than when you attempt the same journey alone.
Humility, patience, strength, endurance and mental control are necessary for a successful climb or business enterprise. It also pays to invest in boldness and a sense of adventure, in the willingness to risk a sudden plunge or take a running leap over the edge.
The real obstacles to achievement are the "mountains" of our fears, our worries and our doubts. Either we let these "mountains" get the better of us. Or we allow them to bring out the best in us.
Russelle S. Trinidad
SME BizLink Editor
