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As one of the pioneers of the company, I built the Customer Support, Account Management, and Customer Experience teams from the ground up.

ASES Manila is the local chapter of the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES), a student-run organization founded and based at Stanford University in 1998.As adviser, I provide guidance to the core team and take part in important decisions to be made in the organization.

ASES Manila is the local chapter of the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society, a global business organization founded in Stanford. Our vision is to create an international entrepreneurship network that helps foster a new generation of entrepreneurs ready to innovate in the ever-changing global market.As president, I executed ASES’s core mission of promoting self-development, design thinking, and entrepreneurship among students. Key Projects Led:ASES Manila Bootcamp 2017 – spearheaded the country's first-ever career design conference for students with more than 50 participants and top-notch speakers from Google, McCann, Canva, Kalibrr, Publicis Manila, etc.ASES Manila Startup School 2016 – assembled a two-month online startup school for 27 students and formed a close-knit community. Groups then pitched their startups to an esteemed panel of judges during Demo Day in LaunchGarage where over 40 people attended.ASESxUpStart FlexIntern Program – directed the organization’s first internship program and secured internships for more than 10 applicants during the first semester of the school year.

Category Lead for the Home & Living and Home Appliances categories.

Top Performer of the Year (2019) - Key Account Management

We are the Philippines' first international, startup-focused internship platform, connecting the brightest Filipino students to the best startups abroad.

Landed at the Top 15 out of 10,000+ applicants globally.One of the 7 students chosen from more than 2000+ applicants locally to represent the Philippines in the annual Maybank Go Ahead Challenge Global Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Joined by the best students from several countries all over the world including Singapore, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, etc.Took the role of CEO for a fictional mobile gaming company and led a team of 5 throughout the competition. Eventually shortlisted for the Ultimate Go Ahead Challenger Award (Top 15) for displaying excellence and strong leadership.MGAC is an international, multi-dimensional case competition, testing students' competencies including strategy, behavior and general knowledge. It is a reality-driven and exhaustive talent selection platform specially designed to test candidates' physical, mental, psychological and ethical limits. For more information, check: https://goaheadchallenge.com.my/.

G3 Partners is Asia's #1 Startup Marketing Agency, providing a full suite of global services for startups expanding overseas and raising investment internationally.As Marketing Associate, I accomplished the following:- conducted startup market research to explore new growth opportunities, provide fresh insights, and confirm the company's assumptions of the market today. - provided creative content by writing articles for the company and its clients- managed clients' social media channels- represented the company in various startup and blockchain conferences- expanded the company's network by bringing in more than 10 quality business leads

Originally an Uber intern, one of the 9 accepted out of 2000+ applicants.Transferred to GrabFood after Uber's merger with Grab.Assisted in the launching of GrabFood in the Philippines.Primarily worked on Operations and Marketing.Constructed new and improved current business processes (i.e. Content Management System).Proposed and executed a code to speed up data gathering by 10x for the company.Conducted startup market research to identify growth opportunities for GrabFood in a competitive food delivery market.

I was chosen as one of the social media ambassadors and was tasked to document my experiences and promote Korean tourism in social media. This gave me free trips around the peninsula.Find my articles here:http://blog.kstay.or.kr/?p=796https://medium.com/@joaquipalana

I was able to intern at an award-winning startup called SAY. It is a platform that connects Korean learners all around the globe with high-quality native tutors. In my internship, I was on a sales mission as I was in charge of expanding the market to students like me who are eager to learn or master the Korean language. I brought in new users to SAY and gave valuable insights to their company to help them penetrate a new market.

Played a key role in organizing YouthHack Startup Challenge Seoul 2017, a 2-day international startup competition for students, at the Seoul Global Startup Center during my semester abroad with more than 30 students in attendance and more than 5 nationalities present. Handled logistics, participant relations, and documentation.

Led YouthHack's Ambassador Program and directed 48 high school and college students in organizing startup challenges in 7 different areas all over the metro.

A member of the Growth Team of TechClash 2016, a startup innovation challenge for the best high school students. Aided in the recruitment of high school representatives for more than 10 schools all over Metro Manila that helped us reach our target number of participants (70). Assigned as one of the mentors during the competition. Mentored the group that won 1st place. They pitched a startup connecting tutors and students.

Increased social media presence of the company by establishing it across various platforms. Managed their pages in Facebook and wrote their advertisements in OLX. Secured clients and learned how to handle customers online and offline.

Closed three business deals worth more than P50,000. Worked alongside the General Manager in learning the operations of the business and the tricks of the trade. Focused on offline sales strategies.