(UPDATE) ESQUIRE Financing Inc. holds plenary for Fueling the Dream: Business Model Competition Asian Institute of Management, Sept. 29, 2014 – The competition is on for the 40 teams from 14 different Metro Manila colleges and universities that attended the plenary for Esquire Financing Inc.’s (EFI) Fueling the Dream: Business Model Competition at the AIM’s Stephen Fuller Hall on Saturday, Sept. 27. Launched to encourage the creativity, passion and entrepreneurial aspirations of college students, Fueling the Dream will award a capital-based funding of up to PHP 1 million, aside from PHP 100,000 cash and a feature in Entrepreneur magazine, to the winning team. Participating schools are Asia Pacific College, Ateneo de Manila University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, De La Salle University-Manila, Far Eastern University (East Asia College, Manila, and Makati campuses), Lyceum of the Philippines University, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Raffles Design Institute, San Beda College-Manila, The One School, University of Asia and the Pacific, University of the Philippines-Diliman, and University of Santo Tomas. The plenary was attended by EFI’s core management team led by Chairman & CEO Rajan Uttamchandani. There were also an inspirational talk by Ifore Yu, founder and CEO of Chicken Charlie, and mini-lectures by SERDEF’s Eduardo Canela and AIM professor Richard Cruz. Fueling the Dream is also brought to the students by advocacy partners, Go Negosyo and SERDEF (Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation), and media partners Inquirer.net, Rappler, WhenInManila, Entrepreneur, and Money Sense. Asian Institute of Management (AIM) hosts the plenary and final presentation. Final pitch happens on December 6, where finalists get to present their business model in front of a select panel of judges. Esquire Financing Inc. is the country’s leading financing company that caters to the needs of SMEs. It was incorporated in 2011 and has since served more than 3,000 businesses around the country. It aims to fuel the dreams of entrepreneurs by providing fast, flexible, hassle-free, and non-collateral business loans from PHP 100,000 to PHP 10 million to small and medium enterprises. Learn more about Esquire and its services at esquire.ph or by calling 811.8888.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 03:53:15 +0000
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