You know when you’re laying out life plans and then life makes other plans?
Interruption is always welcome, especially about things we can never really plan, but can always hope for.
Such as meeting your one and only, or bringing and nurturing life into the world. When these interruptions happen, everything else is put on hold, and everything shifts in perspective or priority, even temporarily, and sometimes permanently. Do you even recognize the person you were eight weeks ago? It seems like somehow, you’ve become more evolved, and more applied. Because you may have a new role to play. To add to your other callings. A Life Calling.
Until then, we share with you our collaborative support of PhilDev or the Philippine Development Foundation, founded by Dado Banatao, a Silicon Valley Visionary. He changed the world in one lifetime. His innovations make up about 30% of every computer in the world today. And the GPS you rely on every day? He consumerized it when it was declassified so you can have access to it today.
Those are just several of his successes, and his starts and challenges are just as impressive, if not more.
He knows how it feels to be a #GlobalFilipinoEntrepreneur, and so in his listening and learning, trial and error, he came up with must-haves for every project and business.
Check out his Five Factors for Startup Success which he kindly shared with us and our fellow #PHTimers last week.
And here he is, wearing the Global Filipino Watch by Philip Stein, with his beloved wife, Maria.
Truthfully, the design of this watch was inspired with him and his Global Filipino Journey in mind. That no matter our beginnings, we can make a positive difference in the world. And that every Filipino makes a significant contribution to our global impact and the way we live today. And that our future is bright if we apply ourselves fully and completely.
On November 2-3, you can get to meet Dado and other impressive innovators of Filipino descent at the PhilDev Innovation Summit and PhilDev Annual Gala in San Francisco, California.
You can check out details below, and we hope to see you there in November, and in Orlando in December.
Wherever you can show up, know that #PHTimeIsNow exists so we can relate and resonate with one another. Because every human experience calls for it. And in one time or another, or always, we are on the same boat.
Our Story: Building Community Through Inclusive Innovation Summit
Collaborators, entrepreneurs, educators, allies, rising stars and more. The common thread that connects these change makers across industry: inclusive innovation. Gaps are opportunities and tech disrupts for good.
November 3, 2018, GATSBY BALL, The Palace Hotel SF
Celebrate with us as PhilDev presents awards to select outstanding individuals in the Filipino community who have made significant leadership and innovation contributions in their industries and who have furthered the positive impact of Filipinos worldwide.
Meet our Trailblazers, Mentors and Community Builders.
Come to ecoSPEARS Headquarters in Orlando on Dec. 1-2, 2018!
Come to ecoSPEARS Headquarters in Orlando on Dec. 1-2, 2018!
