Born in Masbate to a farming family with limited education, Mike Cerantes knew hardship from an early age. At just eight years old, he was already helping plant rice to support his family. After high school, he worked as a porter in the local market\u2014despite suffering from asthma\u2014and later moved to Manila at 17, determined to change his future.<\/p>\n
In Manila, he took on menial jobs\u2014as a lugawan crew member, car wash boy, and janitor\u2014often surviving on scraps and spoiled food. Despite the physical toll, he remained focused on his dream.<\/p>\n
At 19, Mike discovered Redinc, a turning point that came with skepticism from family and friends. Yet through persistence, he gradually built a career that would take him far beyond expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By 24, he had purchased his first car. He later traveled to Papua New Guinea for business, built international teams across Africa and among OFWs, and became a consistent top earner. His work led him to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Macau, and he eventually returned to Masbate\u2014not in struggle, but in success\u2014driving his own vehicle and providing his parents with the life he once only imagined.<\/p>\n
From living in a rundown apartment, Mike now resides in a condominium and has built a family home. His ambition today is larger than personal success: to produce 100 millionaires within his team and prove that one’s beginnings never define their destination.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat holds most people back isn\u2019t poverty\u2014it\u2019s the fear of starting,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Born in Masbate to a farming family with limited education, Mike Cerantes knew hardship from an early age. At just eight years old, he was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29729,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29728,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29727\/revisions\/29728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}