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Increasing The Entry Barrier To I-Café Industry (Comments Off)

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Increasing the entry barrier to the i-café industry is how I call it. Entry barrier can be better explained by citing an example like that of opening a drugstore business. Not just anybody can open a drugstore (botika) and start selling medicines to the public. It will need a licensed pharmacist ... [more]

Recent Posts

The Current Low Rate of PC Rent at I-Cafés (1)

1/12/09 •

Much has been said about the current low rate of i-café rentals. Nowadays, P15/hr seems to the average in many areas although P10/hr and even lower can also be found. Some owners believe they still make money at such low rates but the reality is they don’t if they will only ... [more]

“Too see is to believe” and The Bandwagon Effect (4)

1/11/09 •

There is a culture among us that subscribes to “seeing before believing” and “joining a bandwagon” rolled into one. This copycat style of doing business among us gave rise to some successes but many failures for those who took the “hot pandesal”, “lechon manok”, “pearl shakes”, etc. in the past. This ... [more]

Hello World! – Why this Blog? (Comments Off)

1/11/09 •

I created this blog without really checking if there’s already an identical one anywhere running on the same subject. I know there’s a lot of of forums discussing the ins and outs, past and present status of the so-called Internet Café (i-café) industry in the Philippines but it is not the ... [more]