126: Ready Fire Aim with Allan Sampang

Good Mornings with Nicole and Prax

Welcome to today’s episode where we share a meaningful conversation with Allan Sampang.

Allan is the owner and Creative Head of Wear Kapampanga also known as WearKap Clothing is brand that celebrates the individuality and uniqueness of Kapampangans. WearKap aims to promote the beauty of the Kapampanga language through graphic designed T-shirts and Print media.

Allan and his brand, WearKap, have recently been given the Sinupan Singsing Award from the Center for Kapampangan Cultural Heritage to recognize their success in advocating and promoting the Kapampanga language and culture, especially among the youth.

Allan is a motorbike and travel aficionado. He showcases the beautiful places and the people he meets in Pampanga while riding his motorbike in his personal vlog - MagsasaRider at Facebook.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The story why he transitioned from being a medical technologist to a business owner
• His entrepreneurial ventures prior to WearKap as a Tilapia Distributor and Computer Shop Owner - and what these endeavors taught him
• How he sustained the financial needs of his family while WearKap struggled to take off
• How he realized that it isn’t enough to know how to handle the “art” side of the business. Equally important to it’s success is learning branding and running the business side of it
• He shared how he cultivates creativity and his ideas by doing activities with his hands
• We discussed the origin of his nickname “ZOO” and his fascinating hobby of Aquascaping.
• And why he equates success to having control of your time

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy this wide ranging conversation with the intuitive, Allan Sampang.