Women Summit 2025 – Go Negosyo – Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship

March 19, 2025

Go Negosyo honored the late chef and restaurateur Margarita “Gaita” Forés with a Woman of Legacy award. It was presented during the Women Summit 2025 last March 15 at the Ayala Malls Manila Bay in Parañaque City. Forés, who was recognized for her contribution to promoting entrepreneurship among Filipinas, was also one of the first to volunteer as a mentor to MSMEs when Go Negosyo was founded almost 20 years ago. In the photo are Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Cris Roque (leftmost) and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos. Receiving the award is the late chef’s son, Amado (rightmost), along with Gaita’s sisters Bledes and Veana.

Gaita Forés Receives Posthumous Award

Gaita Forés Receives Posthumous Award Go Negosyo honored the late chef and restaurateur Margarita “Gaita” Forés with a Woman of Legacy award. It was presented during […]

March 16, 2025

Power Women Breaking Boundaries at Go Negosyo’s Women Summit Event

LEADING LADIES. First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion lead nearly 2,000 women entrepreneurs in celebrating Women Breaking Boundaries at the Women […]

February 25, 2025

Go Negosyo to Recognize Inspiring Filipina Entrepreneurs This Women’s Month

Go Negosyo Inspiring Filipina Entrepreneurs 2024 Awardees. Go Negosyo to Recognize Inspiring Filipina Entrepreneurs This Women’s Month Go Negosyo kicks off National Women’s Month celebrations this […]

February 3, 2025

WOMEN AGENDA IN ASEAN 2026. Go Negosyo founder and ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC) Philippines chair Joey Concepcion met with women leaders in preparation for the Philippines’s hosting of the ASEAN Summit in 2026. Exploring ways to put women empowerment on the agenda were (seated, from left) WomenBiz PH’s Mylene Abiva and Rosemarie Rafael; Philippine Commission on Women’s Myrna Yao; Concepcion; and WomenBizPH’s Rhoda Castro-Caliwara, Sarah Deloraya Mateo, and Ida Tiongson. At back (standing) are Go Negosyo programs development officer Monica Concepcion, WomenBizPH trustee Atty. Lorna Kapunan, and ASEAN BAC adviser Gil Gonzales.

Putting Women Entrepreneurs on The Regional Agenda

I had the honor of meeting with incredible women achievers at my RFM offices to discuss putting women empowerment at the forefront of the ASEAN regional […]