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AHG Lab CEO Rene Cuartero describes the past year of local startups. #EsquirePHVideo #EsquirePHEvents

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00:00I would say that the past year, 2024, was a year of recalibration and a year of, let's say,

00:06rationalization for a lot of startups in the Philippines. That is both in valuation but also

00:11the way that they work and the way that they build. So 2025 is really a year where, you know,

00:16after that recalibration, it's about building up to what's more stable, what's more

00:22growth-focused. Go back to fundamentals. Make sure that your unit economics is right.

00:31We cannot depend on, let's say, raising capital, then trying to deploy and just burning and burning

00:36and burning. You have to make sure that when you establish a business, the business actually grows

00:41with profit and good unit economics.