About Coach Bobet
Coach Bobet Prudente has 30+ years experience as IT professional and senior management in different IT companies.
His specialization is in business intelligence. He is considered an authority in big data, report mining and data visualization technologies.
"Iskolar ng bayan" all the way, studying in public elementary, high school and college, Bobet graduated with a degree in BS Mathematics from the University of the Philippines in Diliman Quezon City.
He is an Associate Financial Planner certified by the Registered Financial Planners Institute of the Philippines, a Certified Global Financial Advisor by the Association of Certified Global Professionals. He is also a Life Insurance Underwriter/Financial Adviser jointly licensed by the Manila Bankers Life Insurance, Corp and the Insurance Commission.
He applied for a job, exactly once in 1983, while still an undergraduate. Two years after graduation, he became general manager of a cutting-edge IT company specializing in application generators. He was later "pirated" for various senior positions in other technology companies. He "retired" from corporate IT in 2014 from a publicly listed US company, where he served as Country Manager.
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About Coach Mary Ann
Mary Ann Prudente was among the first graduates of BS Computer Science at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. She held various technical and management positions in several IT companies where she specialized in database and contact center technologies. In 2006, she decided to "retire" early from corporate IT, to be a full time mother to sons Luke and John.
While "retired," she continued to be an IT consultant specializing in cloud computing.
She is an Associate Financial Planner certified by the Registered Financial Planners Institute of the Philippines. She is also a Life Insurance Underwriter/Financial Adviser jointly licensed by the Manila Bankers Life Insurance, Corp and the Insurance Commission.
About Coach Bobet & Mary Ann
Bobet and Mary Ann had very rewarding corporate careers managing IT professionals, that offered few opportunities to help people outside their corporate circles.
On the side, they learned how to grow and invest their money on the stock market, mutual funds and real estate. Since they did investing and entrepreneurial ventures mostly on their own, they found it difficult and sometimes stressful to do.
In 2013, they joined the TrulyRichClub of Bo Sanchez where they learned how to grow their wealth while gaining spiritual abundance and winning in all areas of their life.
They learned a few key lessons from TRC mentors, like Bro Bo Sanchez:
- Retirement is when you are working on what makes you happy.
- Success is achieving your dreams.
Significance is helping people achieve their dreams. - Do not pray for money. Pray for money machines.
In 2014, they were invited to join the IMG TrulyRichMakers, where they learned simple but powerful financial concepts, strategies and solutions, how to help other Filipinos, and earn by sharing experience about financial solutions.
They found their mentors and a community with similar goals as theirs. They also found continuing professional and financial education, so they learn while helping Filipinos, and earn at the same time.
- They "retired" early, happily teaching about "How Money Works".
- They strive to live a life of significance, helping people achieve their dreams.
- They discovered that doing IMG work, they can both grow money and build money machines at the same time.
They hope to continue living a life of significance until 100 years old.
Coach Bobet and Mary Ann are authors, corporate speakers, financial planners, and financial educators
About T.I.P.S.
While conducting financial seminars to the general public, to employees in corporate seminars, to teachers and students in schools, they are often asked for additional learning resources.
In early 2016, they published a book "T.I.P.S. (Tipid, Ipon, Palago, Saya) – Pampayaman 101" or "How to Get Wealthy Slowly But Surely," written in conversational Taglish, for seminar attendees. The basic concept of the book is something they learned as financial educators:
T.I.P.S. (Tipid, Ipon, Palago, Saya) Kung kaya mong mag- Tipid ng ₱ 33 araw-araw? Ipunin ang ₱ 1,000 buwan-buwan Palaguin taon-taon, mag- Saya dahil iyo ay maaaring maging
- ₱ 1,000,000 - ₱ 2,300,000 sa 20 taon! O
- ₱ 3,500,000 - ₱ 14,00,000 sa 30 taon! O
- ₱ 11,800,000 - ₱ 85,800,000 sa 40 taon!
This essentially means anybody earning any amount of income, can become a millionaire given discipline, some basic financial knowledge, and time. With extra diligence, hard work, common sense and intelligence we can have more wealth in less time!
Learn from Coach Bobet & Mary Ann!
- Coach Bobet conducts the T.I.P.S. webinars on Tuesdays at 9pm via Zoom conferencing.
Register here - Coach Bobet conducts the How Money Works webinars on Fridays at 5pm via Zoom conferencing.
Register here - Invite Coach Bobet and Mary Ann Prudente to your corporate and institutional events, to speak about saving, investing and building a solid financial foundation.
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