Fil-Am entrepreneurs

NEW YORK — With New Yorkers hunkered down in their own homes, as the coronavirus death toll in New York rose to more than 2300 as of Thursday, businesses that depend on foot traffic such as...

SEATTLE, WA — Bars and restaurants have been hit hard by closures and restrictions amid the coronavirus crisis, but a Filipino restaurant in Seattle continues to serve the community. Musang became a community kitchen, preparing meals...

SAN FRANCISCO — Filipino American Joseph Santos and Edgar Gonzales, co-owners of “Los Kuyas,” have found success in the restaurant business — offering their versions of Filipino food favorites served Mexican-style. Longanisa tacos, sisig burritos, spam...

NEW YORK — Amid the coronavirus crisis, when staying clean is a matter of life and death — Rechelle Balanzat, a New York-based Filipina laundry business owner, talked about why it’s important to sanitize clothes properly. “If...

LOS ANGELES — In past weeks, California has looked more like a ghost town — with schools and businesses ordered to shut down and people forced to stay in their homes in an effort to stop...

DALY CITY — The Sitio Belis farm in northern Philippines’ cordillera province is where some Filipino-American entrepreneurs source coffee beans. Since 2013, Jelynn Malone, Beverly Magtanong, Sam Magtanong, and Mike Arquines have been successfully using these...

VANCOUVER, BC — Looking for new flavors to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings? The Khaykery might just be the answer for you.  Where else can you find ube-flavored cupcakes topped with leche flan, calamansi muffins, and sylvanas...

DALLAS, TX — A celebration of business and professional excellence. The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Texas held their first State Dinner to celebrate its 10th year anniversary — recognizing successful Filipino American entrepreneurs and...

SAN FRANCISCO — “Building sisterhood in the struggle.” This is the motto behind Entrepinays — which is a community of Filipina entrepreneurs. At their second annual Entrepinays summit, held recently in San Francisco, business-minded Filipinas participated in...

Teaching entrepreneurship has always been one of the passions of business coach Anna Marie Cruz. But in 2013, she noticed that it wasn’t easy to invite entrepreneurs amongst the Filipino community, who could share their knowledge...