Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Usbong Update (July 11, 2014): Founders at Work now at Rizal Lib; Usbong = tech startup

Hi everyone,
You can now get the hard copy version of 
Jessica Livingston's book, "Founders at Work: 
Stories of Startups' Early Days,"
at the New Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila.












As the founder of Usbong, I decided
to donate a copy of the book to the library,
so as to inspire students, faculty, and staff 
to also become founders and entrepreneurs,
whose aim is to solve problems 
and make the world a better place.

For those who may not know, Usbong 
is a tech startup that helps people 
build Android apps for various contexts.

We provide capacity building training workshops
on topics such as Android development,
Software Engineering, and Social Entrepreneurship.

Our flagship product is also called Usbong.

Usbong (the product) is an open source platform 
that helps even non-technical people build Android apps
for use in data collection, assessment, training, 
screening, diagnostics, and also digital storytelling.

For a sample of what my students have done 
(with a focus on education/language literacy),

For presentations (health/education),

For specific customization needs beyond 
our generic flagship product, Usbong,
we also offer software development services. 

Eventually, we want our company to become
a training ground which adheres to the mentorship model, 
where each of our mentees are trained 
to become ICT-empowered social entrepreneurs, 
so they can build their own companies,
solve problems/issues on efficiency, intensity, and longevity
in areas such as education and healthcare,
as well as generate livelihoods for people,
especially the Filipino people.

So for those of you who may be interested 
in collaborating with us, or want to avail of our services,
feel free to get in touch with me, 
or via the usbong mailing list.

This is all for now.

Cheers,
Mike