Good Luck! Try some venture capitalist who might be interested. Gokongwei is indeed a long, long shot. I should know, I work for the man.
Anyway, you don't need to a world shattering, new invention to break out. Try this Gokongwei technique, don't innovate. Copy existing products and services and sell it to the market and low, low prices. It works!
Look at Cebu Pacific, Sun Cellular. Don't have to go big time immediately, remember it took the Gokongwei business 50 years to really take off. Being an inventor is good, but first and foremost be an entreprenuer/trader.