About Lourdes Marie Casas

Lourdes Marie Casas
Hi! I’m Marie Casas and this is my blog on personal finance and tech-entrepreneurship.

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I started MarieCasas.com in November 2006 to document my study of personal finance as a young Filipino. I found out about financial seminars and read personal finance books and blogs. I built an emergency fund, opened an online stock trading account, read, print, and bound wealth attraction books, and started being a financial sales agent. For a while, I was thinking of taking the Registered Financial Planner certification or maybe the real estate broker exam. I have a CPA license. Currently, I am an Agent with Sun Life Philippines.

I also take our web development company Pigmata Media seriously. A lot of the personal finance nuggets of wisdom didn’t quite apply anymore. I quit my job (that others would kill for) and lived on savings. I had a hard time following my budget because my inflows weren’t fixed anymore… and I couldn’t quite give up $3 coffees and eating out. My savings started to run out, I borrowed off my mom, and now I’m back in the black! I love this blog!

Is “personal finance for young entrepreneurs” a paradox?

“Most of the business owners I meet have done little personal financial planning. They do not have a personal business plan. Because many businesses take on a life of their own, the owner loses track of why he or she started the business in the first place. When this happens, it is clear that you are serving the business, rather than having the business serve you…”
Should You Take Money Out of Your Business? by Jeff Lancaster

It seems like it is but I sure as hell pray not. What else would I write about? Why else would I have gone into business?
I’m happy to dedicate many work-hours to grow Pigmata Media and to understand how we entrepreneurs make money work for us.

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Guest post: If you’re a young entrepreneur or a seasoned businessman who’d like to share your insights on how to manage money, please send me a brief description (or maybe the article already!) so we can share your ideas with the readers here.

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Professional Organizations and Affiliations

National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (National President 2005), Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pigmata Media Inc., De La Salle University Alumni Association, Manresa School Alumni Association, Sun Life of Canada, Philippines Inc., Philippine Venture Capital and Investment Group