Build startupson reverse — expert
‘I started my startup and raised P9 million in venture capital funding. My claim to shame is what many startup founders experience: I spent all that money and barely made anything; we didn’t focus on the customer but on the technology in finding investors. Now we advocate the opposite’
PHOTOgraph courtesy of RC makati STARTUP Training Veteran Carlo P. Valencia advises would-be startup founders to focus on design thinking, which he says is ‘human-centric as it begins with empathy. We need to understand the people we want to help and the problems they have. Design thinking begins with empathy. It is a human-centered framework.’ Valencia was the guest speaker of the Rotary Club of Makati's weekly meeting at the Peninsula Manila last 24 October 2023.
