From banker to man behind Pinoy gelato, Japanese cuisine and milk tea

The Manila Times

From banker to man behind Pinoy gelato, Japanese cuisine and milk tea  Richie Cuna’s story is a testament that true success isn’t just about climbing the corporate ladder — it’s about following your passion. After decades as a respected banking executive, Richie reached the top of his career, yet deep inside, he knew his heart belonged somewhere else — in the world of entrepreneurship. Inspired by his love for ice cream, he started small with Sorbetero, a humble beginning that became the foundation for something extraordinary. Determined to master his craft, Richie went abroad to study gelato-making in Italy and the US, where he discovered the artistry behind authentic flavors. This passion gave birth to Fiorgelato, a proudly Filipino brand that brought world-class gelato closer to home. But Richie didn’t stop there. His entrepreneurial curiosity led him to explore Japanese cuisine, launching Donburi, a concept that captured the Filipino taste for Japanese comfort food. Eventually, he ventured into the fast-growing beverage scene with KURIMI, a Japanese milk tea brand that quickly became a favorite nationwide.    Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters  Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes  #philippines #entrepreneur

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00:00Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, this is Butch Bertolome of the Manila Times,

00:29Business Mentor Talk. Again, it's always a Sunday and again, ngayong araw na ito ay maganda tayo,

00:35maganda yung usapan natin kasi isang veteranong-veteranong entrepreneur na nagtayo at maganda yung karir niya actually kung tutuusin.

00:45So Richie Kuna, Richie, so ano ba't alagad dati ka nagsimulan?

00:50Well, una-una Butch, magandang araw sa'yo.

00:53Linggong-linggong ngayon.

00:54Linggong Sunday. And natanong mo kung ano yung aking talaga background mo.

01:01Ako ay isang, I would say, corporate ako talaga eh.

01:04So parang corporate talaga.

01:08But you have a family business report.

01:10Yeah, pero ang hindi ko talaga is maging isang corporate guy eh. So pinasupan ko ang karir sa banking.

01:17Isang bankero ko. And inabot siya ng 25 years, no? Hindi ko binitawa.

01:22Pero during the course of my banking career and Butch, eh, siguro nasa dugo mo rin yung entrepreneurship eh.

01:28So pinasupan ko ang pagiging negosyante. At siyempre, sabay yan. Full-time as a corporate guy. At the same time, part-time entrepreneur.

01:41So parang corporate, corporate, tapos it important corporate and then entrepreneur. So yan na nangyari sa'yo.

01:46Ito po siya. Napaghalo-halo mo na yung 25 years of simultaneously doing, no? Both industries, I would say.

01:55So naging corporate ka, tapos nag-entrepreneur ka. Anong negosyo mo nang pinasupan mo?

02:01Siyempre, ang pagkanya sa negosyo. Gustong-gustong natin, ano yung mahilig ka eh.

02:06Something very close.

02:07Something close to your heart.

02:08Which is actually a lot of people are saying, di ba?

02:11So, naisip ko agad, ano ba yung paborito ko?

02:14Napasupan ko that time is ice cream eh.

02:16Ano pa nga yun? Parang sorbetero.

02:18Pilipino ice cream.

02:19Kasi gusto-gusto ko yan.

02:20Every time may kumakalambang sa paligid sa community eh.

02:24Ako yung unang customer eh.

02:26Gustong-gusto ko yun.

02:27Kaya sabi ko siguro kung mag-i-negosyo ko, simbolin ko kaya.

02:29Hindi na natawag sa atin. Dirty ice cream.

02:32Dirty ice cream.

02:33Pero hindi naman dirty.

02:34Nung nabibibigos ko siya, bas, baka dirty.

02:36So, since kagustuhan natin, sabi ko, siguro magad ng pasukan ito.

02:41Okay. Yes.

02:42So, from liking the business,

02:45now, pinasok mo negosyo.

02:47Ano yung mga challenges ngayon sa punta na experience mo?

02:50Magaling mo maging kusyante?

02:52Yung, in fact, ano na kami eh.

02:55If I will count it, mga three decades.

02:57This is our 33rd year, if I'm not mistaken.

03:01And, masasabi ko, yung journey niyan, ang daming nangyari.

03:05Tawag ko nga makulay eh.

03:06Very colorful.

03:08Three decades of my, both my corporate and entrepreneurial journey.

03:13Kulay.

03:14Kasi, masasabi natin, yung simula siguro,

03:18na-feel ko yung napakaraming,

03:20na-tawag natin, mga ish.

03:22I had like four or five ish during that time when I started.

03:27Kasi, if I may be mentioned,

03:29random lang, no?

03:31Nala ko that time, it was full of excitement eh,

03:35when I was starting.

03:36Okay.

03:37Katpunta tayo dito.

03:38At, again, meron tayong mga papakita mga litato.

03:41Okay.

03:41So, mabalik tayo dun sa sinabi mong,

03:4333 years na makulay, na makulay.

03:45Ano yung mga matatandaan mong talagang?

03:48Hindi mo makakalimutan ng mga challenges.

03:51Dahil, maraming mga nanonood sa atin,

03:53mga entrepreneurs or startups.

03:55Yung bang, kaya ko kaya?

03:58Ganun ba yun?

03:59Yung simula, kagaya na yung sinabi ko,

04:02marami akong, meron akong limang letter E, budget.

04:06Limang?

04:07E, letter E.

04:08Letter E, okay.

04:08Lalo ko na, lalo ito.

04:10Sabi ko, that time, sabi ko yung sisimula ko,

04:13it was really full of excitement, I would say.

04:16Punong-punong na excitement, the first few years.

04:19Hindi ka makatulog, hindi ka makaka-excited ka eh.

04:22Siyempre, everything new.

04:23Kung mga parang in love.

04:25Eh, ganun na nga, kung yun ang isang intern.

04:28Tapos, yung excitement tayo,

04:30siyempre, since we were younger during those years,

04:33eh, puno ng energy.

04:35So, excitement, energy.

04:37Punong-punong yan.

04:38Talaga, walang pagod eh.

04:4024-7, give no feel yung...

04:42Kahit ko lang ang tulog.

04:44Walang, ano, wala yun.

04:45Shower lang yun, recover niya.

04:48Di ba?

04:48Tapos, pero, as we go along,

04:50siyempre, very enthusiastic ka eh.

04:53Ayun, enthusiastic.

04:54Yung mga first few years eh.

04:57Tapos, may isa pa ko, hindi ko lang kumaalala ko.

05:00Parang, gusto mo rin maging,

05:04awag dito,

05:05i-gain lahat ng experience.

05:08Okay.

05:08First few years were important for you to gain all the experience.

05:11May it be good or bad.

05:14Experience yun eh.

05:15Magagamit mo na later years.

05:16So, saan ka humugot ng experience?

05:18Sa first time ka pala?

05:19Eh, sa tamat bali eh.

05:21Kung may ginagawa ka,

05:23o may kita sa experience na next time,

05:26kung mali yun, ayusin.

05:28So, those were the is na masasabi kong very critical.

05:33And, may isa pa akong isa na maalala ko ba mga?

05:35Ano na ako naiisip na isina?

05:37Alam ko, part of my five is that time.

05:41Pa, maalala ko mga, halimutan ko eh.

05:43Okay.

05:44That's a sign of getting younger.

05:45Siguro nga.

05:47So, anyway.

05:48So, but etog sorbetero,

05:51nag-spin-off ka to other.

05:54Ano bang decision?

05:55Yes.

05:55And, yung ating ginawa,

05:58yung company ko,

05:59first, nagkaroon na maraming companies after.

06:02Talaga, eto masasabi ko,

06:04see, on the day one,

06:05nagkaroon ako ng 25 years business plan.

06:09Eto ang galing,

06:10I will be proud about it.

06:11Talagang, it was a vision for 25 years ko.

06:14Anong gusto ko mangyari.

06:15So, eto, nagamit mo yung pagiging corporate mo?

06:18Yes, definitely.

06:19Okay, kasi sa corporate.

06:20Planado.

06:21That's part of it.

06:22Yes.

06:22May business plan ya.

06:24So, sabi ko,

06:25the first year,

06:25eto mangyari,

06:26the second year,

06:28fifth year,

06:28tenth year,

06:29hanggang,

06:30alam ko,

06:31you were even present

06:32during our 25th year.

06:33Yeah.

06:34And, ako,

06:36tumantuwa ko that time

06:37kasi,

06:38alam mo,

06:38naggawa mo.

06:39It might not be perfect,

06:41but you are the right track.

06:42Pero,

06:42naging sustainable,

06:44in other words.

06:44Yes.

06:45Hindi yung one year,

06:46two years full.

06:47Marami kasi sa business eh,

06:51subok lalo na eh.

06:52Subok,

06:53pero mag-ayaw na.

06:54Ayaw na.

06:54Pero kung wala kang plano

06:56for the next few years,

06:58then you can see,

06:59eh,

07:00ikaw matrust anytime.

07:01Alright.

07:01Pero kung planado ka,

07:03mag-ayaw na yung aking

07:03first year,

07:04talagang itutuloy ko

07:06at itutuloy ko.

07:07So,

07:08mapalik tayo.

07:09So,

07:09you created,

07:10you created the first one,

07:12Solvitero.

07:12Tapos,

07:13paano yung nag-create ka naman

07:14another brand?

07:15Kasi ang dami mo ng brands na,

07:17kumbaga,

07:17nanganak-anganak.

07:18Ano ba ang naging decision mo doon?

07:20Was it easy?

07:21Yung Solvitero,

07:22was really a stepping stone.

07:25Because of the,

07:26yung healing mo eh.

07:28But eventually,

07:29I knew it,

07:30that I have to upgrade my skills.

07:32So,

07:33diyan naman na pumasok na,

07:34talagang I have to study

07:35the technology

07:36of ice cream making,

07:38no?

07:39Since that time,

07:40locally,

07:40wala eh.

07:41So,

07:41basically,

07:42hindi lang pala hilig,

07:43kailangan pala mag-aral.

07:44Ma-feel mo,

07:45kasama yun,

07:47yes.

07:47Maroon na hilig mo yung ice cream,

07:48pero you want to upgrade.

07:50Exactly.

07:50Kasi hindi yung

07:51pinag-aral,

07:52ay,

07:52gusto mo,

07:53gusto mo,

07:54pero ikaw yung up-skilled.

07:55Yes,

07:56of course,

07:56importante yung

07:57yung passion mo

07:59in you.

08:00But that will be

08:01just on this side eh.

08:02Eventually,

08:02harapin mo

08:03reality ng business na

08:04you have to

08:05upgrade your skills.

08:06So,

08:07napinita talaga ko

08:07mag-aral.

08:08Halos yata lahat

08:09ng eskwelaan sa,

08:10both sa Italy

08:11sa sa US,

08:12pinasok ko.

08:13Pinasok ko talaga.

08:14Talagang certified

08:15graduate

08:16for that skill.

08:18Anong tawag sa,

08:19ano?

08:20Anong tawag sa,

08:21ikaw nag-fuel gelato?

08:23Yan po yung gelato.

08:24Gelatero.

08:25Yes,

08:25of course.

08:26So,

08:26ako rin,

08:27I have to balance

08:28between gelato,

08:30entering a gelato course,

08:32and entering

08:33some ice cream companies

08:34or schooling.

08:35Wow.

08:35Kasi kailangan mo

08:36balansihin.

08:37Maka-iba eh.

08:38Oo,

08:38iba yun.

08:38So,

08:39those were the years

08:40na talaga

08:41I have to excel

08:42on my

08:43know-how

08:44of the technology

08:45na pinapasokan mo.

08:47Kasama yan.

08:48So,

08:49ibig sabihin,

08:49kung gano'n ang plano mo,

08:50ibig sabihin,

08:51ah,

08:52mahalong term to.

08:53Hindi ito gusto lang

08:54o hilig.

08:55Itutuloy-tutuloy mo

08:55until pumasok na yung,

08:57pinasabi natin,

08:58ni-restructure mo na

08:59ang kumpanya mo.

09:00Doon pumasok na yung

09:01isang eco.

09:02Ah.

09:03Dapat,

09:04maging isang

09:04intunay ka ng entrepreneur.

09:06Yun yun.

09:07Sabi mo ngayon,

09:08EG,

09:08meron kang sinabi,

09:09nag-aral ka,

09:10nag-ahag between gelato

09:12and the ice cream.

09:13And then,

09:14you came up with

09:15another company.

09:17Ito ay isang

09:17Japanese-oriented.

09:20Ano ito,

09:20yung Burimi?

09:21Yes,

09:22midway,

09:23nagkaroon kami ng,

09:24iba part of the

09:2525 planning,

09:27you know,

09:27was to really innovate,

09:28no?

09:29Hindi lang on the ice cream,

09:30but since more on the food ako,

09:32pumasok na yun yung concept

09:34ng Dunburi Mix.

09:36Ayaw.

09:37This is my Japanese concept,

09:38pero,

09:39ang setup niya was

09:40full-blown restaurants,

09:42eh.

09:43And,

09:43may mga seating talaga,

09:45pero,

09:46ito yung tinamaan ng,

09:47before the pandemic,

09:49booming na siya,

09:50bigla tinamaan ng pandemic,

09:51and we have to

09:52shut off.

09:54And restructure ka.

09:55Yeah,

09:55definitely,

09:56hindi kakayanin.

09:57Pero,

09:57again,

09:58ang kagandahan

09:58sa isang entrepreneur,

10:00diba?

10:00Tayo na yung

10:00last eco,

10:01eh,

10:01entrepreneur.

10:03Eh,

10:03palagi kang meron mga

10:04in the pipeline,

10:06eh.

10:07Meron kang incubation

10:08ng mga businesses

10:09and products.

10:09So,

10:10during that time,

10:11it was easy for us

10:12to just pick

10:12another concept

10:14at subukan natin

10:15ituloy.

10:16Ganun ang nangyari sa amin.

10:18So,

10:18parang nagkaroon ka

10:18ng fallback planning,

10:20planning.

10:21Doon pumasok yung

10:22nabanggit mong

10:22Japanese concept

10:23na Kurimi,

10:24which is a

10:25Japanese concept

10:26na Japanese.

10:27So,

10:28how's the

10:28house Kurimi?

10:29Anong,

10:30marami kang

10:30branches

10:31na itayo?

10:33Maganda ang

10:33kwento butch

10:34ni Kurimi,

10:35because,

10:35sa 2019,

10:37pandemic yan?

10:40Even before

10:41pandemic,

10:42ay,

10:42pinaplano na

10:43ang Kurimi

10:44sa Pilipinas.

10:45This was a

10:46collaboration

10:47with my

10:47Japanese partners,

10:48na,

10:49na,

10:49dapat,

10:51mag-open ang Japan

10:52before mag-open

10:53ang Philippines.

10:54So,

10:55we were supposed

10:56to launch

10:56March of 2020

10:58sa Kurimi.

10:59March 2020,

11:00medyo,

11:01mag-significant

11:03yung,

11:04yan yung

11:04kasabay na

11:05COVID eh.

11:06Diyan pumotok

11:06si COVID.

11:07Kaya,

11:07nasabi ng

11:08grupo,

11:09tutuloy mo pa ba

11:11ang launching

11:12ng Kurimi

11:12sa Philippines?

11:13Considering we

11:14don't know

11:15the magnitude

11:16ng issue

11:18ng pandemic.

11:19But I said,

11:20parang ako lang

11:20yung nagsabi

11:21sa grupo na,

11:22tutuloy ko yan.

11:23And this is

11:23one thing

11:24that brings

11:25to mind.

11:26The entrepreneur,

11:27after considering

11:28so many factors,

11:29has to make

11:30a decision.

11:31It was a

11:32very firm

11:32decision.

11:33It's a firm

11:33decision.

11:34In other words,

11:35parang,

11:36hindi ka

11:36sasabay

11:37sa Agos eh.

11:38Sa Guru Butch,

11:39kung sa lima kami,

11:40baka ako lang

11:41yung sabi

11:41I will pursue.

11:42But the rest

11:43of the police

11:44would say,

11:45teka-teka,

11:46hold back

11:46Coltec.

11:47Let's see

11:47what will happen

11:48after March.

11:50Let's continue.

11:51Though,

11:52prior to

11:52March 2020,

11:54there were already

11:54three stores

11:55ng Kurimi

11:55on trial.

11:57That was

11:57late 2019.

11:58But this

12:00is something

12:01yung character

12:02na sinasabi

12:03natin

12:03of a real

12:04entrepreneur

12:05na despite

12:07all,

12:07you have

12:07considered

12:08all factors.

12:09At the end

12:09of the day,

12:10may decision

12:10to move on.

12:12In other words,

12:13sustain the brand.

12:14Di ba?

12:14Ang one thing

12:16na isang

12:16traits

12:17ng isang

12:18entrepreneur talaga,

12:19talagang wala

12:20kaasahan

12:21when you finally

12:21decide on

12:22what to do.

12:23Unlike

12:24noon sa corporate,

12:25may corporation

12:26and there's

12:30always a

12:31body,

12:32a group

12:32to decide.

12:33Pag to

12:34entrepreneur,

12:34chances are

12:35on your own

12:36to dyan.

12:36So,

12:37decision

12:38yan,

12:38yes or

12:39no,

12:40left or

12:40right?

12:41Maybe.

12:43Big gray.

12:44Exactly.

12:44But again,

12:46moving forward

12:47now,

12:49dumami

12:49ang Kurimi

12:49and your

12:51franchise.

12:52So,

12:53I'm sure

12:54a lot of

12:55people are

12:55asking how

12:56to franchise.

12:57Are you

12:57more or less

12:59open pa

13:00in other

13:00cities,

13:02provincial

13:03that you're

13:04looking at?

13:04Yes,

13:05definitely.

13:05Since

13:05Kurimi

13:06is a

13:06foreign

13:07brand,

13:07naka-registered

13:08yan in

13:09most of

13:09the

13:09countries

13:10worldwide.

13:11Siyempre,

13:12ang focus

13:12pa rin

13:12natin

13:13is to

13:13expand

13:14the

13:14business

13:15in the

13:15Philippines.

13:16Currently,

13:17Boots

13:17will have

13:1775

13:18stores

13:18nationwide.

13:20From

13:20March

13:202020

13:21to

13:2175.

13:23Ang dami,

13:23ha?

13:23And

13:24tuloy pa rin

13:26ang expansion

13:26ng

13:27Kurimi

13:27through

13:28franchising.

13:29Oh,

13:29very good.

13:30So,

13:30but

13:30ikaw,

13:31ano nakita

13:32mo advantage?

13:33Ikaw kasi

13:33nag-startup ka,

13:35Misa V

13:35franchising.

13:36Ano

13:36nakita

13:38mong

13:38advantage

13:38niya

13:38sa

13:39franchising?

13:39Okay,

13:40karamihan

13:41naman sa

13:41atin,

13:41mga

13:41colleagues

13:42natin,

13:42started

13:43as a

13:43single

13:43store.

13:45Karamihan

13:45naman.

13:46Yeah,

13:46micro

13:46ano pa

13:47nga.

13:48Pero,

13:48kung

13:48talaga

13:49kasama

13:49sa program

13:50mo

13:50ang

13:51ishare

13:52ang

13:52business

13:52to

13:52franchising,

13:54kasama yan

13:54sa plano.

13:55Diba?

13:55Diyan na yung

13:56franchise development,

13:58franchise program,

13:58expansion.

13:59So,

14:00sa case namin,

14:01hindi yan

14:01overnight,

14:02Sir Boots.

14:03Hindi siya

14:03overnight.

14:04It was

14:04since

14:06panahon pa

14:06ng

14:06future

14:06nato,

14:07pinano

14:07na ang

14:08franchising

14:08when we

14:09feel

14:10it's

14:10the

14:10right

14:10time

14:10to

14:11share

14:12the

14:12business.

14:12So,

14:12gano'ng

14:13nangyari

14:13sa

14:13coin.

14:14Sinundan

14:14lang namin

14:15ang

14:15format

14:15namin,

14:16and

14:16yung

14:17feeling

14:17namin

14:17that

14:17there

14:18was

14:18already

14:18demand.

14:19To

14:20not

14:20when

14:20siguro

14:20ng

14:20planning,

14:21there's

14:22a

14:22planning

14:22that

14:22you

14:23instituted.

14:25Parang

14:25it's not

14:26really an

14:27overnight.

14:28Something a

14:28lot of

14:28people would

14:29say,

14:30nag-simula

14:31ng

14:31negosyo,

14:31biglang

14:32franchise

14:32na.

14:33But

14:33ikaw?

14:34Eh,

14:34kumina

14:34na,

14:35sabi

14:35natin,

14:36launching,

14:37nag-open

14:38trial

14:392019.

14:41Biglang

14:41ilo-launch

14:41mo 2020

14:42pa.

14:42So,

14:43that's

14:43also at

14:44least

14:44a

14:44year

14:44planning

14:45or

14:45more.

14:46Pero

14:47hindi

14:47naman

14:48agat-agat

14:49masasabi mo

14:49next time

14:50magka-franchise

14:51ka.

14:51Despite

14:51kami

14:52experience

14:52as

14:53franchising,

14:54it was

14:54still part

14:54of a

14:55precise

14:56plan.

14:57And also

14:58choosing

14:58the right

14:59franchise.

14:59You have

15:00to have

15:01the right

15:01partner.

15:01Yes,

15:02and

15:02things

15:04has

15:04changed

15:04for the

15:05past

15:0633

15:06years

15:06and

15:07more

15:07and

15:07more

15:08individuals

15:09or

15:09groups

15:10would

15:10like

15:11to

15:11go

15:11into

15:11franchising.

15:12So,

15:13yan,

15:13kinukonsider

15:14natin

15:15na

15:15yung

15:16change

15:16of

15:16times,

15:17may

15:17change

15:17of

15:18characters

15:18and

15:19attitude

15:19and

15:20interest

15:20rin

15:21ng

15:21mga

15:21potential

15:22franchises.

15:23So,

15:23yan,

15:23kami rin,

15:24mag-adjust kami.

15:25As an old

15:26school,

15:27nag-adjust rin kami.

15:28Young generation

15:29are very

15:30aggressive

15:30now.

15:31Young people,

15:31the Gen Z,

15:32they'd rather

15:34not start

15:34up,

15:35but catch

15:35on

15:36and

15:36franchise

15:36and

15:37something

15:38that

15:38is already

15:39proven.

15:39Yan,

15:39yung,

15:39naman,

15:40nang

15:40naging

15:40advantage

15:41yung

15:41later

15:41years,

15:42especially

15:42now,

15:43there are

15:44more,

15:44as you

15:45said,

15:45young

15:45ones

15:45who

15:46would

15:46like

15:46to

15:46get

15:47into

15:47franchising

15:48as an

15:49instant

15:49business

15:49for them.

15:50So,

15:52of course,

15:53kami,

15:54when we

15:55interview

15:56franchise

15:57applicants,

15:59coming from

16:00the old

16:00school,

16:01pinabalansi

16:01rin,

16:02yung

16:02previous

16:03experience,

16:04saka

16:04adjusting

16:05to the

16:05new

16:06generation

16:07who wants

16:07to go

16:07into

16:08franchising.

16:08Mabalansi

16:09mo.

16:10So,

16:10again,

16:10in the

16:11rest

16:11of

16:11time,

16:12how

16:13would

16:13people

16:14get

16:14to

16:14know

16:14where

16:15can

16:15they

16:16find

16:16you?

16:17In

16:18getting

16:18a

16:19franchise

16:19of

16:20Corini

16:20or

16:21Fjord

16:22Gelato,

16:23Dungburi,

16:23ang dami,

16:24daming

16:24choices,

16:25di ba?

16:25So,

16:25anong-unong...

16:26Yes,

16:26but,

16:26sa unang-una,

16:27sempre,

16:27papasalamat

16:28tayo

16:28for

16:29you're

16:30giving

16:30us

16:30time

16:30to

16:31sit

16:31down

16:31here.

16:32And,

16:32kami

16:33naman

16:33sa

16:34Wilkin

16:34Group,

16:35we always

16:36push

16:36on

16:37concept

16:38which

16:39could

16:39be

16:39franchisable.

16:40And,

16:41isa

16:41sa mga

16:41ating

16:42tinutulak

16:42ngayon

16:43is both

16:44the

16:44Fjord

16:44Gelato,

16:45in fact,

16:45we'll be

16:45having a

16:46big

16:46launching

16:47next year.

16:48And,

16:49you have

16:49also

16:49different

16:50combinations

16:51ng

16:51Caribbean,

16:51I'll be

16:53sharing

16:54the

16:54pictures

16:55down the

16:56way.

16:56So,

16:56anyway,

16:57VG,

16:57payo na

16:58lang,

16:58isang payo

16:59sa mga

16:59gusto mag-negosyo,

17:01isang payo

17:02na hindi

17:02pwede

17:02makalimutan

17:03na,

17:03diba?

17:04Anong

17:04pwede

17:04mo?

17:04Okay,

17:05siguro

17:05ang advice

17:06natin

17:06for those

17:07who

17:07want to

17:07go to

17:08be an

17:08entrepreneur,

17:09no?

17:10Kaya tayo

17:10naman palami

17:10may choice,

17:11no?

17:11Kung gusto

17:12mo talagang

17:12from scratch,

17:14no?

17:14Talagang

17:15may idea

17:16ka na

17:16gusto

17:17mong

17:17i-develop

17:18muna,

17:19it's best

17:20also to

17:20start up

17:21for a

17:22trial.

17:22Start up

17:23muna?

17:23Proving

17:24concept,

17:25diba?

17:25Pero kung

17:26ang vision

17:26mo is

17:27to really

17:27expand,

17:28which is

17:28franchise

17:29could be

17:30the best

17:30vehicle,

17:31planuhin,

17:33bigyan mo

17:33ng timetable,

17:34and you

17:35launch it.

17:36I mean,

17:37this has been

17:37the trend

17:38for the past

17:39many years,

17:39no?

17:40For a

17:40very good

17:41viable

17:42concept,

17:43no?

17:43Na

17:43franchise-able

17:44business.

17:45So,

17:46in that

17:46way,

17:47ako,

17:47suggestion ko,

17:48ituloy mo.

17:49As a

17:50franchise-able

17:51business.

17:51Kaya nga,

17:54uulitin ko,

17:55yung aking

17:5625-year

17:56program,

17:57talagang

17:57dibibad

17:58yun.

17:59Isidido

17:59yun.

18:00Isa,

18:01ang

18:01track

18:02natin,

18:02maaring

18:03nalihis

18:03paminsan,

18:04pero same

18:04track,

18:05same

18:05direction.

18:06So,

18:07just

18:07we have

18:07to be

18:07very

18:08focused

18:08on what

18:09they want

18:09as an

18:09entrepreneur.

18:11Anyway,

18:12thank you,

18:12Richie.

18:13It's a

18:13Sunday,

18:14I know,

18:14it's a

18:14lot of

18:15you're

18:15busy,

18:16you're

18:16doing

18:16your

18:17family

18:17time

18:18and

18:18everything.

18:19But again,

18:20on behalf

18:20of the

18:21business

18:21mentor,

18:22again,

18:22Manila

18:23Times,

18:24again,

18:24I'm

18:24sure,

18:25ang

18:25taming

18:25nakatutunan.

18:27And if

18:27you really

18:28want to get

18:28in touch

18:29with

18:29Richie

18:29Kuna,

18:30go ahead,

18:31check the

18:31social media.

18:32Basta,

18:33Kurimi,

18:34your gelato,

18:35Domburi,

18:35o basta

18:36Ricardo,

18:37o Richie Kuna,

18:38nasa

18:38Facebook

18:39Kuna.

18:39Alright?

18:40So again,

18:41on behalf

18:41of

18:41business

18:42mentor,

18:43Manila

18:43Times,

18:44again,

18:45I'll see

18:45you again

18:46on the

18:46next episode

18:47bringing

18:48you a

18:49lot of

18:49insights

18:50sa

18:50lahat

18:50mga

18:50entrepreneurs

18:51na tunay

18:52na tunay.

18:53Yung

18:53sabi ni

18:53Richie,

18:54yung

18:54last

18:54E.

18:56Talagang

18:56entrepreneur

18:57sa puso,

18:58sa tibay,

18:58at

18:59sa tibay.

19:01Okay,

19:02thank you,

19:02thank you

19:02very much.

19:03Bye-bye.

19:09Bye-bye.

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