Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Embracing Self-Care and Following Your Dreams with Shumeka Haynes of Mekumi Bath

Whether you have a seasoned skincare routine or are just starting to get behind one, self-care seems like it’s a trend that’s here to stay. The market is exploding, and people now have countless product choices to add to their beauty stash, from ingestible collagen shots to charcoal face cleansers. But, with big brands cranking …

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Edgardo Toledo

March 22, 2022
Mikaela Martinez on Being a Mompreneur and Advocating for Secondhand Fashion

Mikaela (@wanderer9258) is featured in this week’s Local Insights Segment. Download Lemi on the App Store or Google Play to discover more of her recommendations! The phrase cool mom gets thrown around a lot, but Mikaela Martinez has always been an epitome of the label before it was even a thing. From being the prototype “it girl” when she …

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Cass Lazaro

May 24, 2021
Cathy Gavino: Baking Her Way to Success

Cathy Gavino is featured in this week’s Local Insights Segment! Download the app on the App Store or Google Play to read more of her expert-approved recommendations. Kakanin (sticky rice cake) is a popular staple in Filipino food culture. Town festivities, get-togethers, or even simple afternoon meriendas become even more special with a round winnowing …

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Edgardo Toledo

March 8, 2021
Clara Herrera, Girlboss with a Purpose

For Clara Day Herrera (@claradayh on Lemi!), months spent in lockdown have translated to ample time meditating and relying on the healing power of yoga to recuperate. The pandemic has hit her businesses hard; yet she shows no signs of distress, evident in her Instagram and Youtube updates that beam nothing but her charming candor. …

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Cass Lazaro

January 15, 2021
Why Philippines is our first choice

Significant untapped potential in the Philippines with a large, digitally literate and entrepreneurial society, as well as an MSMB-dominant economy (99.6%) Philippine MSMBs are facing more challenges pivoting to digitalisation compared to larger companies – a digital gap that Lemi for Business can help to fill The Philippines is the starting point for Lemi for …

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Cheryl Ng, Founder

January 4, 2021
Meet Chef Chubby, A Champion of Filipino Cuisine

Chef Chubby Timban talks to Lemi about his successful career and gives his advice to aspiring cooks

Cass Lazaro

November 13, 2020
Are you Zerg or Protoss?

That first response was my CTO. It’s almost impossible to out-nerd my CTO. He too is a millennial and definitely does not live under a rock. Because Starcraft was the game that made e-sports a thing: a multi-billion dollar industry complete with pro-gamers, live streaming, and a re-conceptualisation of what gaming really can mean as …

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Cheryl Ng, Founder

May 6, 2020
Move over, asshole.

Without going into detail about companies that make money from the vicious spreading of negativity (creating an echo-chamber of ideas to create radicalized extreme viewpoints, destroying livelihoods in an effort to be “newsworthy”), or from the harvesting of life (whether killing animals for meat or killing trees for wood), there was a point in my …

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Cheryl Ng, Founder

November 30, 2019
Raising your first round of capital from friends, family, and fools

Yesterday I spoke to students at a career conference held by my alma mater, and I was asked the question: “How would I go about raising my first round of capital?” It occurred to me that the students had no idea that they were already on the journey to raise their first round of capital.

Cheryl Ng, Founder

November 28, 2019