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Embiggen Venture Architect Pauline Guanzon honored for advancing causes of women entrepreneurs

Embiggen Venture Architect Pauline Guanzon honored for advancing causes of women entrepreneurs

Embiggen Digital Ventures Venture Architect Pauline Joaquin Guanzon was honored by the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Philippines for advancing the causes of women entrepreneurs in celebration of Women’s month. Guanzon was recognized alongside 19 women entrepreneurs and business leaders including Rosalind Wee, Alice Liu, Emma M. Imperial, Mary Grace Dimacali, Emelda Teng, Ida …

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Embiggen, TechShake, & StartUp Village host visiting Filipino American angel investors

Embiggen, TechShake, & StartUp Village host visiting Filipino American angel investors

Embiggen, TechShake, a Philippine-based startup ecosystem builder, and StartUp Village, a startup incubator and accelerator co-hosted a mixer with visiting Filipino American angel investors and local startups in Manila last Wednesday, February 22, 2023. “As a venture builder, we understand the importance of building a wide yet tight-knit network of startups and investors not only …

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It's time to innovate beyond horizon one

It’s time to innovate beyond horizon one: A message from the CEO

Hi! If we haven’t met, let me introduce myself. I’m Rolan Marco Garcia, Founding CEO and Managing Partner of the Embiggen Group. We are a corporate venturing group that partners with groundbreaking organizations to build, scale, and invest in new digital ventures at startup speed. 2022 was a fantastic year for Embiggen. We garnered 4 …

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Department of Foreign Affairs taps Embiggen to train officers in economic diplomacy & foresight

Department of Foreign Affairs taps Embiggen to train officers in economic diplomacy & foresight

Embiggen and the Embiggen Innovation Institute (EII) trained the economic officers of the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in marketing and economic diplomacy last December 13-14, 2022. The diplomacy training program was enhanced by innovation, strategic foresight, and futures thinking concepts.  EII equipped the DFA’s economic officers with the tools and knowledge they need …

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Embiggen Founding CEO & Managing Partner Rolan Marco Garcia delivers his masterclass on corporate innovation to the FAST group - FAST Logistics Group partners with Embiggen to build corporate innovation foundations

FAST Logistics Group partners with Embiggen to build corporate innovation foundations

The FAST Logistics Group, one of the Philippines’ largest and widest-reaching logistics firms, has partnered with the Embiggen Group to build its foundation in corporate innovation. In the first part of the engagement, Embiggen trained 100 of the logistics firm’s executives, innovation project leaders, managers, and team members in the fundamentals of corporate innovation.  The …

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Embiggen hosts two Philippine Startup Week 2022 events

Embiggen hosts two Philippine Startup Week 2022 events

The Embiggen Group and the Embiggen Innovation Institute (EII) hosted two events on corporate venturing, and innovation at the 2022 Philippine Startup Week last week. This year marks the third consecutive year that Embiggen was part of the Philippines’ largest startup conference. It is organized annually by the Departments of Science and Technology (DOST), Trade …

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19 Innovators Graduate From Embiggen-AIM Corporate Innovation Strategy Systems Design Program

19 Innovators Graduate From Embiggen-AIM Innovation Strategy Program

19 innovators graduated from the Corporate Innovation Systems Strategy & Design program delivered by the Embiggen Innovation Institute (EII) in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). It is one of the modules required for the Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Innovation and Digital Leadership, the first corporate innovation and digital leadership executive education program …

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2022 ORIGIN Innovation Awards: Embiggen finalist for Corporate Sustainability

2022 ORIGIN Innovation Awards: Embiggen finalist for Corporate Sustainability

The Embiggen Group was recognized as one of the five finalists for the Corporate Sustainability Champions category at the 2022 ORIGIN Innovation awards. Award organizer TechNode Global announced the finalists last November 1, 2022, after 2 weeks of evaluating over 300 nominations from the Asia Pacific region. Fellow finalists in the Corporate Sustainability Champions category …

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Seasoned operations and product development experts join Embiggen’s venture building team

Kristine Bañez and Pauline Guanzon join Embiggen’s corporate venture building team as its first two venture architects. As venture architects, they will be envisioning and spearheading the creation of new ventures with forward-thinking corporations, together with Embiggen Digital Ventures. “As we solidify Embiggen Group’s commitment to expanding from a consulting firm into a corporate venture …

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GIMI Level 1 exam records 100% passing rate

All participants from the fourth cohort of Embiggen-trained innovators passed the Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI) Level 1: Associate innovation certification exam last October 15, 2022. Embiggen is the exclusive certified training partner of GIMI in the Philippines.  Past Embiggen-trained innovators came from various corporations in the Philippines, including the Energy Development Corporation. The current …

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