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Philippine Showbiz Today
April 8 - 21, 2018
5 business lessons from Kapamilya stars
Starting a business? Learn from these celebs!
Have you ever thought about
starting a business?
Well, despite what many believe,
you don’t need a degree in business
management to become a good
businessman. Sure, a degree defi-
nitely helps, but many have become
successful entrepreneurs with just a
lot of hard work, careful planning,
determination, and a little
luck on their side.
Just look at all the
Kapamilya stars that have
launched their businesses in
the past few months - Anne
Curtis, Vice Ganda, Kathryn
Bernardo, Liza Soberano
to name a few. None have
been professionally educat-
ed in the art of business, but
they all started businesses
all the same.
So why not a learn from
their experiences? Here are
a few lessons from our fa-
vorite celebrities’ business
ventures:
1. Choose a business
close to your heart
Many people advise
this because it holds true
- you always work harder
when you love what you do.
Matteo Guidicelli, who
opened his first restaurant
(Trattoria da Gianni) back in
2016 in his hometown of Cebu City
and his second (Da Gianni Cucina
Italiana) just this year in Westgate
Alabang, stressed this point in an
episode of “Magandang Buhay.”
“‘Yung pinakaimportante [is that]
‘yung business mo, dapat malapit sa
buhay mo. ‘Wag ‘yung business na
sobrang malayo,” he said. “So ‘yung
business ko is restaurant, ito ‘yung
pagkain na kinakain namin sa bahay
simula noong bata pa ‘ko so it’s very
close to my heart.”
Liza Soberano also started her
business, Hope Hand and Feet Well-
ness, because it’s a very important
part of her life.
“One way I relax and uplift my
spirit is by going to nail spas, which
made me realize that no matter how
different our individual lifestyles may
be, we all turn to our daily routines;
we turn to our rituals [that] give us
hope,” she said in an interview with
Preview.
“Wellness goes beyond what
meets the eye,” she continued. “I
personally wanted to go beyo