The Philippines
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S10-E7: Rahel Podobsky-Stucki
Founder & CEO, BANTAYnet, Philippines
Rahel Podobsky-Stucki is the founder and CEO of BANTAYnet, a social enterprise dedicated to promoting digital literacy and online safety in the Philippines. Drawing on her Swiss-Filipino heritage and a background in law, interpreting, and digital communication, Rahel creates accessible educational content and leads community workshops to help people of all ages stay safe online.
September 12, 2025
S10-E5: Mench Dizon
Country Head, YGG Pilipinas, Philippines
Mench's achievement in completing the World Marathon Challenge stands as a monumental personal triumph. The challenge requires participants to run seven marathons on seven continents over seven days—an extreme test of endurance, resilience, and determination. By being the first Asian woman to do so, she proves that the human body is capable of super human resilience and strength.
August 29, 2025
S10-E3: Dun Concha Abiera
CEO, Work Beyond Borders, Philippines
Dun Concha Abiera is a Gen Z Filipina entrepreneur, digital nomad and youth advocate. Hers is a story of building a business while championing youth-related social causes. Dun started as a freelance copywriter only to realize that she could grow a digital marketing agency, Work Beyond Borders, with a remote team, favouring single mothers as her team members. Her nonprofit, Yabong, focuses on youth digital literacy, showing her commitment to community and social responsibility.
August 15, 2025
S6-E3: Anna Melissa Nava
Co-founder & CEO of 1Export, The Philippines
This enterprising Filipina said she made the mistake of focusing on tech when she started as she thought that was the way she could help her customers. Bootstrapped and bold, she approached her customers only to be told that they didn’t need the tech - they needed a solution and one that could help them solve their biggest exporting problems such as compliance.
March 31, 2023
S4-E10: Jocelyn Pantastico
Co-Founder & CEO of Olivia Technology Group, The Philippines
Jocelyn Pantastico returned to The Philippines to start her tech startup, Olivia. Her software, Olivia, frees companies from tedious manual data capture so that they can focus on real work.
May 13, 2022
S4-E1: Jomie Casas
Founder, Just Rent A COO, The Philippines
Jomie decided to live the life that she wanted. She didn’t start out running a remote business - in fact, she ran an e-commerce business in The Philippines before selling the entire business and jumping on a plane headed to Singapore!
March 11, 2022
S1-E3: Norhani Pacasum
CEO of Ziya Inc
Norhani started her business when she walked into a mall and asked if the mall had space that she could lease and that was how Ziya, her fashion business began in 2004. She started with a clear and distinct vision of what she wanted the style and concept to be.
November 6, 2020