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Ye! Ambassadors |

Philip Adrian Atilano Program Name: TimeFree Innovations | Country: the Philippines | Age: 29 Ye! Community to include 200 youth entrepreneurs. During his first year, he drove a caravan around to universities across the Philippines, bringing star entrepreneurs and speakers to meet up with students. He and the previous co-Ambassador organized more than 4 workshops at various universities.

INTRODUCTION Philip Adrian ‘Chino’ Atilano is an innovative tech entrepreneur from the Philippines. He started his enterprise in 2012, when he was just 24 years old. Chino operates a team of 13 employees, 12 of whom are under 30. His focus within the company is on sales, marketing, and operations. As a young entrepreneur, Chino was never formally educated in business. He decided to take a leap of faith into entrepreneurship. After overcoming many struggles and challenges, Chino and his team now work with more than 6 companies, many of which operate globally.

ABOUT THE BUSINESS TimeFree is an enterprise software company that specializes in data analytics to provide productivity applications for companies. Productivity is a big problem for enterprises, especially with complex business processes and bureaucracy. TimeFree Innovations helps businesses have a more productive workforce and, as a result, deliver better services to their customers.

businesses can cut down customer wait time, increase efficiency in customer service and therefore increase customer loyalty and enhance the customer’s experience. TimeFree Innovations’ solutions give business owners and managers access to actionable data to streamline store operations and enhance staff productivity.

YE! COMMUNITY – THE PHILIPPINES The Ye! Community in the Philippines is co-led by Chino and his co-Ambassador Mark Balmes. Chino is now in his second year as a Ye! Ambassador in the Philippines where he has successfully grown the

Now in his second term as Ye! Ambassador, Chino is working closely with Mark to organize bootcamps across the country targeting entrepreneurs in areas beyond the Manila metropolitan area, the first of which was held in April. 29 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) attended the event. This ‘Techno Bootcamp’ focused on ‘design thinking’ followed by a second day of businessmatching, whereby local businesses seeking assistance with digitizing their operational systems and procedures were matched with tech entrepreneurs and development shops. This Technology Bootcamp was co-sponsored by Ideaspace, a top incubator in Manila and the Department of Trade and Industry. The Ye! local chapter in the Philippines will continue to work with the government to organize other bootcamps across the country focusing on different topics. These bootcamps will bring entrepreneurship education, tools and resources to entrepreneurs in a number of areas!

TimeFree Innovations provides virtual queuing solutions software, which helps businesses improve customer queuing in their stores. By utilizing TimeFree Innovations software, 93


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