20/09/2026
When an entrepreneur grows, who else grows with them?
Their employees. Their suppliers. Their families. Their communities, and perhaps, the next generation of entrepreneurs they inspire.
This is why we created UB Negosyante BoostCamp — a six-week learning journey for UnionBank MSME clients designed to give entrepreneurs practical knowledge, tools and connections they can use to build stronger, more sustainable businesses.
We opened our first session on Entrepreneurial Product Innovation with entrepreneur and mentor Jorge Wieneke, who shared lessons from nearly four decades of building businesses and helping other Filipino entrepreneurs grow. His challenge was simple but powerful:
🔶 Observe your customers
🔶 Stay curious
🔶 Don’t become complacent when things are going well
🔶 Don’t allow fear to keep you from innovating.
And when you see an opportunity? See it. Believe in it. Act on it.
The session ended with a Q&A that brought the conversation even closer to home, as our participants raised questions and challenges from their own businesses. That’s exactly what we want BoostCamp to be—not simply a classroom, but a community where entrepreneurs can learn from experts and from one another, then take those lessons back to their businesses.
Over six weeks, our participants will explore product development and innovation, funds flow and cash management, brand building, marketing, digital marketing and AI. Because for us, helping an MSME grow goes beyond the business itself.
A stronger business can sustain livelihoods. Create jobs. Support families. Open opportunities for suppliers. Strengthen communities. And create something that can endure for the generations that follow.
That’s how we hope to help Uplift Lives and Uplift Generations.
And that’s how we help Filipino entrepreneurs Unlock the Power to Grow.
