[Published Post] On resilience and instant ramen

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

 On resilience and instant ramen

College drop-out disrupts travel industry and kick-starts community growth

With her bright smile, tanned skin, and propensity to wear sleeveless outfits when not climbing mountains, April Cuenca seems like the typical millennial. But the entrepreneur and travel buff channels her passion into Tripkada, the curated trip-joining start-up that I featured a while back.

In this uncut version of the interview I conducted for Travel Daily Media, I learned how tourism can be a social enterprise, how education can go beyond four walls, and why pivoting a start-up's business model can be helpful in the long run. Fingers crossed she and her co-founder will have the first Philippine unicorn in their hands! Please read under the cut.

Tripkada founder April Cuenca