This week on Hustleshare, Ron Baetiong sits down with Paulo Canivel, GM of Evro Mobility Solutions, to unpack his journey from scrappy side hustles and barbershops to building the Philippines’ leading EV charging platform under 917Ventures and AC Mobility. Paulo shares how betting early, learning faster than the market, and staying relentlessly adaptable helped him go zero-to-one—again—while leading one of the country’s most critical mobility shifts.

“You never know what you’re going to need to be. What the business needs you to be.”

Resources:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulocanivel/

Website: https://www.evro.ph/

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This week on Hustle Share, host Ron Baetiong sits down with Cris Azaña, co-founder and CEO of Kazam, to trace her journey from growing up in a household shaped by kasambahays to building a tech platform that connects homeowners and domestic workers in a safer, smarter way. Cris shares hard-earned lessons on grit, family expectations, and founder conviction—revealing what it really takes to solve meaningful problems, push through doubt, and create opportunities for overlooked communities.

Resources:

LinkedIn (Cris Azaña): https://www.linkedin.com/in/cris-aza%C3%B1a-ba55812b4/

Website: Kazam

Facebook (Kazam): https://www.facebook.com/kazamph/

LinkedIn (Kazam): https://www.linkedin.com/company/kazamph/

Links/Sponsors:

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

PLDT Enterprise: https://pldtenterprise.com

- MSME Fiberbiz - https://bit.ly/pldtenterprise-ROId-nbsi-fiberbiz

- 5G SIM Only - https://bit.ly/pldtenterprise-ROId-nbsi-smart-postpaid

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This week on Hustleshare, host Ron Baetiong welcomes Stephanie Kubota, president and CEO of Rush Technologies—one of 917Ventures’ most successful portfolio companies. Steph shares her journey from being a Subway sandwich artist in Boston to becoming one of the youngest CEOs in the Globe ecosystem, navigating imposter syndrome, building social capital, and making the hardest call any founder faces: downsizing her team during tech winter.

Resources:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniekubota

Website: https://www.rush.ph

Links/Sponsors:

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

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This week on Hustleshare, host Ron Baetiong sits down with Ernest Cu, President and CEO of Globe Telecom, to trace the journey from helping in a family business and studying in the U.S. to building a career in tech and returning home to make his mark. They dive into Ernest’s first entrepreneurial leap, his role in shaping the Philippines’ BPO boom, and the leadership mindset that helped transform Globe into a digital-era powerhouse.

Resources:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernestcu/

Website: https://www.globe.com.ph/

Links/Sponsors:

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

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This week on Hustleshare, host Ron Baetiong sits down with tech pioneer Dado Banatao, alongside Maria Banatao of the Phildev Foundation, to trace the journey that earned him the title “Bill Gates of the Philippines”—from a rural barrio to engineering school, Boeing, and Silicon Valley. They also dive into Dado’s semiconductor breakthroughs, early entrepreneurial setbacks, and the VC framework he now uses to support the next generation of Filipino founders.

Resources:

LinkedIn (Dado Banatao): https://www.linkedin.com/in/dado-banatao-96ba89b7/

LinkedIn (Maria Banatao): https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-banatao-49721a38/

Website (PhilDev): https://www.phildev.org/

Links/Sponsors:

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

PLDT Enterprise: https://pldtenterprise.com

- MSME Fiberbiz - https://bit.ly/pldtenterprise-ROId-nbsi-fiberbiz

- 5G SIM Only - https://bit.ly/pldtenterprise-ROId-nbsi-smart-postpaid

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This week on Hustleshare, host Ron Baetiong sits down with Nina Ellaine Dizon, the founder of Colourette Cosmetics, as she shares her journey from selling items in school to accidentally entering the beauty space through soap—and scaling the brand exponentially through online growth. Nina also opens up about her decision to raise venture capital and how it reshaped Colourette’s trajectory from a side hustle into one of the country’s most recognizable beauty brands.

Resources:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-ellaine-dizon-b24bb6100/

Website: https://colourette.ph/

Links/Sponsors:

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

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This week on Hustleshare, host Ron Baetiong sits down with Kim Lato, founder and CEO of KimStore, the Philippines' longest-running and largest electronics e-tailer. Kim shares her incredible 19-year journey from selling cameras on Multiply as an 18-year-old college student to building an e-commerce empire that survived platform shutdowns, customs controversies, family tragedy, and a global pandemic—emerging stronger each time.

00:02:06 – Kim's hustle: Building KimStore.com from scratch

00:06:41 – The Fil-Chi way: financial literacy from age 12

00:09:04 – Launching on Multiply: from hobby to side hustle

00:11:25 – Early fulfillment: LRT rides with cameras to meetups

00:14:15 – Wild Wild West: ghosting customers and cash-on-delivery struggles

00:16:36 – 2008 financial crisis: choosing full-time hustle over job hunting

00:19:29 – Building the first team: CSRs and in-house riders in Tondo

00:21:52 – Riding the group buying wave (Groupon era)

00:24:18 – Go Negosyo feature: "I want to be the Amazon of Electronics"

00:29:02 – When Multiply shut down (2013): pivoting to Facebook

00:35:17 – 2015 tragedy: Dad shot 8 times in inside job holdup

00:36:45 – Finding God: the turning point that changed everything

00:42:36 – Lazada and Shopee: competition or opportunity?

00:48:10 – COVID-19: The breakthrough year (2020)

00:52:35 – Building brand equity vs. just selling

00:54:02 – Delayed gratification: first car after 9 years

00:56:01 – Finding purpose beyond the hustle

"I wasn't really certain about what I'm doing, but I took a leap of faith that I think this is something worth pursuing. I think we could make this big. And that really helped me do this in a bigger aspect."

Website: https://www.kimstore.com

Facebook: KimStore (3M+ followers)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimstorePH/

Links/Sponsors:

OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/

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