Joe Maristela

Serial Entrepreneur Joe Maristela
Born	Jose Ofrecio Maristela III (1979-09-05) September 5, 1979
Residence	San Francisco, California; Makati City, Philippines
Alma mater	University of Asia and the Pacific, Santa Clara University, San Francisco State University, Portland State University, University of California, San Francisco
Occupation	Serial Entrepreneur, Private/Independent Investor (Early-stage; Idea-stage; Angel)
Religion	Cultural Catholic
Spouse(s)	Kharen Mamaril Maristela

Joe Maristela (born Jose Ofrecio Maristela III) is a serial entrepreneur, and prominent angel, seed, and independent investor based in San Francisco, California and Manila, Philippines.^[1][2]

Maristela hails from the prominent and well-respected clan of former Philippine Army General Jose C Maristela Sr.

Early life

Maristela was born in the City of San Francisco, in St. Luke's Hospital, where his mother, Ofelia Maristela, was an active pediatrician. Maristela grew up in Atherton, California. Growing up he periodically visits and even studied in the Philippines as well.

Entrepreneurship

During his high school years, Maristela worked summers at his parents' clinical facilities, including PediaHealth's clinical facilities. His work at the time largely involved installing simple networks of computers, mostly AppleTalk networked computers. He installed and maintained networks of 20 or more computers per site. The computer systems ran simple practice management software, ranging from simple calendar programs that he'd written himself to licensed server-side software some as Millbrook practice management software.

It was via this work that Maristela had learned to "officiate and legalize business and work," as he'd say. He created a sole proprietorship corporation and registered a DBA. He learned about cash flow and how to curb income expectations by factoring taxes and a reasonable cushion of "incidental expenses."

Serial Entrepreneur

Maristela has established several companies in the Philippines and in the United States, ranging from healthcare, to an online investment platform for startups.

Companies:

Reed Business Services

Producer of private medical practice software, the software had its initial run and testing at the PediaHealth clinics . Also operates a BPO/Call Center in Portland, Oregon.

Star Business Centers

A general purpose collaborative space with licensed medical professionals that provide services for clinical cases.

Katalyst.PH

An online investment platform that aims to unite the startup community in the Philippines.

Investments

Maristela's investing experience dates back to the late 1980s to early 1990s, when his father taught him and his brother to call in broker buy and sell orders via touch-tone menu with various brokerage accounts. At the time, Maristela and his brother were required to report on their trades via paper ledgers and to literally graph their portfolio's performances onto graph paper.

By the time Maristela turned 16, he was attending private investment club and network meetings with his father. Investments ranged from real estate (such as golf course developments, REITs, medical and clinical real estate properties, apartment buildings, and rental homes) to investing in securities, bonds, and other financial instruments and derivatives.

2015 Exploratory Investment Program in the Philippines

In early 2015, Joe Maristela invested in $200,000.00 in various Bitcoin startup companies in the Philippines, prodding the investment and business community to take interest in the local so-called startup scene.^[3] In 2015, Maristela had invested in startups such as Satoshi Citadel Industries (a universal bitcoin startup company), Qwikwire (a bill payment, so called fin-tech service and solution), Kntent (a post-production studio and social media advertising platform), Nooovle Corp (an IT outsourcing firm, solutions provider, and distributor of Nooovle Tracks—Mainlinepower Tracks in the Philippines), and others. Maristela plans to increase and grow his exploratory investment program in the Philippines in 2016, from $1,000,000 (USD) to $2,000,000.

Social Entrepreneurship & Advocacy

Beginning in June 2015, Joe Maristela began an lobbying the Philippine government to become more proactive and inclusive about so called "disruptive" technologies.^[4]

Community & Public Service

American Association of the Philippines

In April 2015, Maristela was elected a board of trustee of the American Association of the Philippines (AAP).^[5] In May 2015, Maristela invited the AAP to his residence in Makati City in order to boost membership for the American-themed organization in the Philippines.^[6]

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