Your go-to source for new
ideas and inspiration

Articles by Jason Tan

Jason Tan is a young Manila-based entrepreneur who has founded two businesses so far - one in food (something to do with mangoes) and one in retail (something to do with toys). He's also a writer for several leading Philippine newspapers and magazines. He is currently participating in the Chartered Financial Analyst program in an apparent attempt to achieve schizophrenia.
http://purplelist.com/members/jasontan/profile/public

  • Alternative Air Conditioning Cools Down Manila

    Portable air coolers that lower room temperatures at low financial and environmental cost are rapidly...

  • Design Against the Elements is a global call-to-arms competition for architects to disaster-proof the world's...

  • MassiveGood wants to improve world health through air travel.

  • Non-profits like MarkProf Foundation are filling the marketing education gap in the Philippines and boosting...

  • Oh! Nena

    Venezuelan girls on the streets of culturally independent Maracaibo are getting used to crowning themselves...

  • Google Rescue Document

    Using social networking tools, Filipino citizens were able to band together to help victims of a recent flood.

  • rising-online-volunteer-network-from-down-under-1

    Seek, an Australian online job search firm, is finding social opportunities in this economic crisis. The...

  • Heima

    There’s a charming two-level space at the heart of Manila’s art enclave, Cubao X, that’s...

  • RuralLight 1

    RuralLight is a Philippine-based non-profit organization that’s using renewable energy to create...

  • It seems like the perfect formula for a date book: Jane Austen + undead ultraviolence. Last seen guiding...

  • war-of-the-worlds

    In a counter-intuitive move to close the gap on the budget deficit, the Philippine government is spending...

  • Between Bites: Chef's Table

    “Freestyle dining” is an emerging food trend in Manila. The process: customers picks from a list...

  • The economic downturn has forced cost-consciousness into the way high fashion is being presented. The...

  •   From Mumbai to Manila, cities in emerging economies are looking to urban farming to bolster job growth...

  • The economy has hit the traditional brick-and-mortar book business especially hard. Even landmark literary...

  • Cebu is the creative craftsman city of the Philippines and is one of the most renowned furniture exporters of...

  • Burnwater, a Philippine-based design firm, has teamed up with a lifestyle magazine (Rogue), a literary...

  • Tokyo has always been the cool trendsetter of our global high school. And even as the city ages with the rest...

  • The Philippines has traditionally been a very working class contributor to the global technology sector. Some...

  • isha

    StyleBible.ph is the online voice of Preview, a leading fashion publication in the Philippines. The site is...

  • Asian demand for internet encryption software originally came about because of local government censorship....

  • In Manila, motels cheekily dub themselves collectively as the “instant hospitality” or “...

  • Weddings are a big deal in Manila – the success of most high profile fashion designers here rely heavily...

  • Quality health care can be tough to afford for the majority of residents in Manila. Hospitals are in short...