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Accelerate, Innovate, Move up! Autohub Group Founder Willy Tee Ten Hosts Anvil Business Club's First Face to Face Hybrid Event - Anvil Business Club Forum (March 29, 2022)

Automobiles is a necessity in life aside from food, clothing and shelter. That is why Founder Willy Q. Tee Ten (WQT) decided to go into the auto industry. The Autohub Group started in 1998, during the financial crisis, with their first Ford dealership which formally opened in 1999. Ford Makati quickly became the number 1 dealership in their first year. 

With no background in the industry WQT became the youngest Ford dealer in the Philippines. 
The business grew quickly the first 5 years with Ford and they opened multiple branches even outside Metro Manila and Luzon.

In 2004, Autohub bought out Nissan Gallery and Nissan Quezon Avenue which were losing money every year for 10 years. 

They were able to turn it around within a year. After getting their second brand, they have been getting 1 brand every year since and now Autohub has 22 global car brands with 85 branches nationwide!
 During the pandemic their growth did not stop. They have opened 3 new dealerships and 3 new brands during Covid time. Autohub has been cutting costs even during their expansion by opening multi branded car showrooms within the same dealership. This has helped them tremendously by saving on rent expense.

Autohub Group aims to be a one stop autoshop from car and motercycle sales, car care accessories, premium window films, car lease and rentals, aftermarket maintenance, body repairs and paint, trade in and pre owned sales, performance upgrades, 24/7 roadside assistance, automobile mobile app, 0% insurance participation and their own automotive school. 
All insurance claims with more than ₱10,000 repair cost gets 0% insurance participation fee for the customer. Their automotive school is free of charge and graduates become car mechanics and technicians. 

When WQT started Autohub Group it was his dream to employ 1000 Filipinos to help the Filipino people and the Philippine economy. But now, the Autohub Group employs more than 2000 Filipinos across all their brands and branches. 

 Autohub's mission for the next 20 years is to be the most sought after, most talked about car dealership group in the whole country. Find out how to learn more from key industry figures and thought leaders, join Anvil Business Club http://anvil.org.ph

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OCTA Research Fellow Guido David Updates the Business Sector on the Latest Covid Trends - Anvil Business Club Online Forum

The Philippines will not be having a Stealth Omicron surge due to the fact that the surge that we have experienced right now is already due to the BA.2 otherwise known as the Stealth Omicron variant. 

Reproduction rate is going down and is below 1, risk level projections for the week of Feb 3 to 9 is at Low level. Continued wearing of face masks is still essential. 

The Philippines was successful in handling Omicron due to the fact that hospitalizations were low and the deaths were minimal. We did all that without imposing a full lock down unlike the previous covid waves. The economy was able to stay afloat because businesses were still allowed to operate. 

The government will have to ease the restrictions at some point and go down to Alert Level 1 but masks will continue to stay for a while. 

There is no more need for full lockdowns in the future because the Philippines is ready for the next surge. When the government declared Alert Level 3 the citizens voluntarily lessened their mobility and quarantined themselves but businesses were operating normally because contingency plans were already in place. 

The number of infections will not rise significantly even if we allow foreign travel because the level of positive cases that we get from foreign travelers are actually very low, most cases are still local transmissions. Foreign travel will help out economy bounce back. 

Other countries are seeing surge, decline and surge again pattern of Omicron due to refusal to wear masks. But here in the Philippines, mask adoption rate is very high and we have a good chance of beating covid. 

Immunity wanes after 3 to 6 months that is why we are seeing surges periodically, but as more people get boosted and vaccinated we have good immunity against all covid variants. 

The virus has already hit 3 to 4 million people in NCR alone. This is sufficient enough to stop the virus from spreading because it has no one else to infect anymore. 

Our biggest roadblock to getting back to normal is resuming face to face classes. There is vaccine hesitancy among the parents of the children. 

On The Upcoming May 2022 Elections 

All survey polls by polling groups are still being done face to face, these surveys are conducted by their respective field offices. 

Surveys are quite accurate and offer a real world view on the voting population. 

Their next survey will be conducted in February and it is interesting to see how the percentages will change. 

Fun Facts About Guido David 

Guido loves to play mahjong, bridge and poker in his spare time. 

He teaches Mathematics in UP Diliman and his research areas include biomechanics, mathematical modeling, mathematics of finance, game theory and artificial intelligence.

Dr David demonstrated the importance of science communicators in dealing with real world problems such as the pandemic. As a result, OCTA’s recent work helped the government make decisions leveraging different data and forecasts from mathematical projections

*PICKAROO* Founder and CEO discusses what it takes to build the first Filipino Unicorn - Anvil Business Club Online Forum

🦄Pickaroo is the *first proudly Pinoy app* here in the Philippines. There are no foreigners, all employees are Filipino. 

🦄It was co f

ounded by *Crystal Gonzales* (previously launched foreign apps Honestbee, Viber, Canva) and *Kevin Tan* (CEO of AGI and Megaworld Corporation) 

🦄Started August 2020, amidst the ongoing Covid pandemic. Saw 600% growth within the first few months due to the need of users during covid surges. 

🦄 *1 Hour - 1 App - 1 Click*

Pickaroo's promise to its customers.

You can add everything you need in 1 basket even if it's from different stores, all in 1 checkout and all in 1 click. You do not need to talk to multiple sellers on different apps, you will never receive phone calls from its riders.  Everything is integrated within the app. 

🦄Pickaroo's user retention is very high. Customers order from the app 3 to 5 times monthly and the basket size and spend is the highest among platforms. 70% of Pickaroo users pay by credit card. 

🦄Cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation are at the forefront of Pickaroo's high level service. All their items are sanitized before the rider delivers to you so you can rest assure that the items are very clean. Pickaroo is the only delivery app that adheres to the *strictest hygiene standards*. 

🦄What sets Pickaroo apart from other apps that have come and go is its clear purpose and objective as a business. Pickaroo is here to stay because it wants to help its customers regain their valued time by helping deliver to them their everyday needs. Unlike other apps that burn money and rely on funding from venture capitalists, Pickaroo has made it it's goal to take care of its customers, make them happy and the money will just come in. 

🦄Employees have a *passion and drive* to do well. Working in Pickaroo is like working with your family. They have a very open family-like work culture wherein employees are encouraged to do their best even if it's not in their area of expertise. This culture of openness has led to increased productivity and trust between the team even though they mostly have been working from home since August 2020. 

🦄Pickaroo is now operating in 21 cities across the Philippines and is looking to expand to other provinces soon.

🦄The lucky members attending were given a Chinese New Year discount code to try for their first order.

菲華青年企業家商會新屆改選完竣 柯遵堅會長施清瑋副會長李啟明理事長

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01/15/2022

菲華青年企業家商會訊：本會日前遵章進行改選，現任會長李天榮和理事長蔡榮利任內運籌帷幄，出謀劃策，完善組織，擴充會員，開辦了多場大型講座和論壇以及許多社會公益活動，使本會會務蒸蒸而上，在主流社會獲得了廣泛讚譽和影響力，取得了令人矚目的優異成績。但限於章程所限，他們功成身退，分別擔任名譽會長和名譽理事長，繼續輔佐會務。 

會議一致推選學貫中西、敢於承擔，辦事認真、眾望所歸的柯遵堅擔任新屆會長，柯遵堅會長長期服務本會，貢獻良多，曾擔任本會理事長，柯遵堅還擔任商總稅務理事，也是尼爾森（Nielson）公司菲律賓、越南、緬甸分公司董事兼總經理，此次當選為新屆會長，可見人心所向，實至名歸。 

本會還推選年富力強、富有魄力的施清瑋擔任新屆副會長，他曾經單人本會理事長，任內輸財出力，建樹頗多。施清瑋現任商總青合會共同主任，加洛干市菲華商會名譽理事長，菲華體育總會常務理事等要職，是菲華社會難得的青年才俊。 

會議也一致推選年輕有為、才華橫溢的李啟明擔任新屆理事長。李啟明服務本會多年，歷任會員、理事、秘書長、副會長等職務，展現其特有的個人魅力和組織能力。其父親李榮惠和大伯父李榮美暨本會常務顧問對啟明辛苦栽培，現已經獨當一面，堪當大任。 

新當選的副理事長有：施天祥、吳肖麗、許鴻傑、陳志良、姚慶輝。他們均為本會的精兵強將；呂良準擔任財政主任，施美美任秘書長。新當選的理事有：許珍如、莊亞燕、蔡旺烈、侯佩瑢、許冠文、黃玲珠、施焜棋、王建榮、施丁華、陳丁山、陳偉煉、丁柏鑽、施如珊。名譽理事有：洪超明、鄺偉業、林雅玲、施清江、陳怡玲、許榮宗。

永遠名譽會長為李棟樑。擔任名譽會長的有：李鐘鳴、莊爵華、蔡榮利、蔡裕輝、許家福、許贊楊、許贊逢、李天榮、吳銘燦、蔡恩來、吳彼得、黃奇昭、王敏順、陳俊禮、童偉汶等。

新屆理事會就職典禮時間和方式將另行公佈。

圖片說明：從左至右：柯遵堅會長，施清瑋副會長，李啟明理事長。

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