We are building the operating system for Panay Island's founder economy.
Tentmakers is a network that turns members into operators and ventures into a regional ecosystem. Five ventures, one training hub, a 4.67-million-person market where the gaps are wide — and each maps to a venture built to close it.
Close the gaps. Build the ecosystem.
Panay Island has 4.67 million people, 57,469 MSMEs, and structural gaps in digital adoption, savings, staffing, insurance, and trust. Each gap maps to a venture. Each venture feeds the ecosystem. The training hub makes it self-sustaining.
Built on conviction, not speculation
Gap-Driven
Every venture exists to close a specific, measurable market gap — not to chase trends.
Member-First
Members get value from day one: dev services, QR deals and cashback, driver protection, and staffing access.
Operator Pathway
Our long-term vision: top members become regional operators. No franchise promises until the terms exist.
Regional Focus
Built for Panay Island's 4.67 million people — a market large enough to matter, small enough to capture.
Why Panay Island matters
Western Visayas is one of the Philippines' fastest-growing regions, and Panay Island sits at its center. With a population of 4.67 million and the 5th-highest MSME concentration in the country, the market is large enough to matter and small enough to capture.
The gaps are real: insurance penetration of only ~1.79%, over 31,000 road accidents in a single year, businesses with computers and internet but little real digital presence, and QR-based spending that rewards whoever moves first.
Tentmakers was built to close these gaps — not with one product, but with four ventures at staggered readiness, connected by a founder community scaling toward 300 members across four island chapters.
300 members by Q4 2026, four chapters deep
Open Network Membership for breadth, plus selective 12-week accelerator cohorts of 15–25 founders ending in a founder-to-investor Demo Day.
150
Iloilo City (HQ)
Founding team covers directly
60
Capiz
Local partner confirming
50
Aklan
Launching with workshops
40
Antique
Sponsor co-marketing
Rogie Prado Fabuna
Founder, Tentmakers Network
A former Overseas Filipino Worker with over 15 years of global work experience, including professional roles at PwC and Oliver Wyman in Dubai — experience that shaped both world-class business acumen and a close understanding of the Filipino diaspora.
His technical foundation in website and app development, with a focus on modern AI development, now powers the ventures and the training approach across the ecosystem.
Published works
- Maslow’s Pyramid: A Roadmap for Filipino Innovators
- IGNITE: Innovative Generation, Nurturing Ideas, Talent & Entrepreneurship
- Live from the Inside Out
- ESBI Methodology for entrePREneurs
Also the visionary behind the Tentmakers’ Way Book Series — purpose-driven, faith-rooted leadership for OFWs, entrepreneurs, educators, and public servants.
Ready to be part of the network?
Whether you are a member, operator, or builder — there is a place for you in the Tentmakers network.