🚨🔥BREAKING: The Philippines are CRUSHING it! Startups just bagged a whopping **$1.12 BILLION** in 2024! 💰💸 That’s a **16.7%** glow-up from last year! While the world was busy binging Netflix and living in dark basements, these entrepreneurs were out here grinding harder than your Uncle Gary on TikTok! 🚀✨ But hold up! 🛑👀 Foreign investment is now a **52.5%** flex; looks like they finally found out the secret recipe for stonks! 📈👨‍💻 Ibba Bernardo must be like, "Is this real life or just a meme?" 🤡 However, it ain’t all sunshine and rainbows 🌈💀—regulatory hurdles are lurking like that one friend who never brings snacks to the party. 🤦‍♂️😤 #Cringe *Leaked quote* from a developer on the scene: “Honestly, I feel like I'm coding a startup in a video game, but every boss level is just more paperwork.” 📜👾 So, what's next? 🤔 I predict a MASSIVE startup zombie apocalypse in the Philippines—because when the regulations finally break down, it's either feast or famine! 🍕🍔💀 Better stock up on energy drinks! #WTFisHappening 🤪