These are just some of the most effective inclusive business (IB) strategies of a few local companies which the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), in partnership with the United Nations Development Program-Business Call to Action (UNDP-BCtA), hopes to make an example of to inspire others to follow suit, through the organization’s recently launched book “New Horizons: How Inclusive Business is Achieving SDGs in the Philippines.”

To challenge the notion that startup founders should have background in the field of technology to build a startup company, iPrice Group conducted a focused study in SEA markets to determine if fields of study and level of education influence their success as founders and co-founders. In the Philippine startup scene, the results suggest that business and social sciences are the two most common fields of study among Philippine startup founders. Interestingly, more founders and co-founders took their bachelor’s degree in the “Big 4” Philippine Universities and later pursue a higher degree abroad.

We ranked the top FinTech influencers based on their Klout score, i.e. their social media influence. Klout score is an indicator of influence and presence that is calculated using social media data from LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and many other online sources. Similar to how Google’s search engine ranks the relevance of every web page, Klout ranks the social influence of profiles online.

Ayannah CEO Mikko Perez explains why there are still so many people in emerging Asia who are unbanked or excluded from financial services.