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Why Hapinoy is Like the iPhone
You’re probably wondering how in the world I came up with the following equation : Well, the truth of the matter is that lately, I’ve begun to become more comfortable explaining Hapinoy’s Business Model in this way. Most especially now that we’re in a stage wherein we can more tangibly share the next phase... »
The SkyEye Project and the Ateneo Innovation Center
Ateneo student, inoventling, and crazy innovator/entrepreneur Matthew Cua woke me up early the other morning to check out his group’s new, crazy idea, the SkyEye Philippines project. The SkyEye team listed above. Not in picture are : JB , Chemical Engineer from La Salle; Serge Gonzales, 2nd Year Management Student (Chief UAV pilot), and... »
One Youth for the Millenium Development Goals
Last November, Project Headshot Clinic had its YouthVote Series, One Youth. After getting the invitation from our friends in YouthVotePhilippines, Reese and I went to support :p Since it’s an advocacy project, each person participating for the Headshot had to make a stand for a specific Millenium Development Goal (on top of YouthVotePhilippines core... »
Rags2Riches’ celebrates the 2nd Anniversary of the RIIR Designer Line
Rags2Riches celebrated the 2nd Year Anniversary of it’s RIIR Designer Line in Bonifacio High Street. Sponsored by Ayala/Fort and Starbucks, the theme of the night was Green Nation – An All-Natural Party. As we have been reflecting on Rags2Riches’ core pillars of Community Empowerment and Fashion, it’s high-time for us now to start seriously... »
Red Dot Award for Design Concepts 2009
Inovent got invited to the Red Dot Design Concept Awards last November 25 in Singapore’s Red Dot Museum, and so Chief Inoventor Brian Quebengco, Design Inoventor, and I went to check it out and get ourselves immersed in award-winning concepts. Below are the highlights from our journey : Standing outside the Red Dot Museum... »
BASA Book Launched!
BASA (Bayan Akayin sa Abot-Tanaw) is a volunteer-driven outreach project conceived by Father Ted Gonzales, SJ. The group envisions a Filipino people nourished by reading; thus harnessing a powerful imagination for nation-building. The group’s challenge is to enlighten souls, liberate minds, and empower lives through knowledge sharing – believing that informed minds and hearts... »
LS145 Module 2 : The Innovation Quotient
In this Module, we tackle the qualities of what makes Innovators … well, innovators. And also what we can do to imbibe and emulate that — by discovering our PassionFuel, dabbling in MindJunk, and gaining clarity on our MissionDrive. LS145 Module 2 : The Innovation Quotient View more documents from Mark Ruiz. HERE’S TO... »
LS145 Module 1 : Innovation 101
Module 1 : Innovation 101 View more documents from Mark Ruiz. My personal introduction into the topic of Innovation a.k.a. Innovation 101 – in this module is a definition of Innovation, Innovation 360 (all kinds of Innovation on top of the myopia of innovation being only product-related), and Innovationomics (macrotrends leading to Innovate or... »
Spreading Innovation!
LS145 Business Innovation Management Class Intro! View more documents from Mark Ruiz. In the spirit of open-source and sharing my cognitive surplus, I’ll be uploading my Innovation Class week-on-week as it unfolds (that way, I still have the upper-hand in surprising my students). I’ll eventually be organizing all of them (with all the notes,... »
Sustainability as Core Strategy
So there it was, on the front page of the Philippine Star yesterday — ‘Ayala adopts sustainability as new business strategy’. With this (i’m assuming) much-discerned strategic direction, Ayala will be reorganizing its multiple businesses around sustainability. Meaning to say that they won’t just be focusing on financial returns; they will now be ardently... »
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