Hapinoy
EntrepreneurShift : Inspiring Social Entrepreneurship in Iloilo
Gawad Kalinga and the I Love Iloilo Movement partnered with SeaOil for “EntrepreneurShift” - a conference advocating for a Social Enterprise movement in Iloilo. Subtitled, ‘How Social Enterprise is Changing the World’, it brought together different advocates of social enterprise to share their perspectives and experience in this field (myself and Reese included :p). The... »
Sankalp Forum recognizes Hapinoy as one of Southeast Asia’s Most Scalable Enterprises
Hapinoy speaks of good news once again as it makes the finals of the 2012 Sankalp Awards, the largest Social Enterprise Awards in India. It recognizes some of the most innovative, sustainable and scalable businesses in India and in Southeast Asia. Hapinoy supports sari-sari storeowners in rural areas through education, personal development programs and... »
Small is the New Big
I recently gave a talk in TEDx Xavier School; The conference’s theme was “Innovation Built on Tradition” and as I mulled over it, I of course couldn’t help but relate it to our work in Hapinoy – on how the humble, traditional sari-sari store is slowly but surely being reinvented through our program. This... »
Building the Community with BB 9900
Co-founder and Managing Director of MicroVentures Inc., Mark Ruiz, shares how he is able to accomplish his day-to-day tasks for their flagship program Hapinoy with the help of the BlackBerry Bold 9900. »
MicroVentures Foundation Launched!
When we were starting HAPINOY, there was a proverbial fork-in-the-road – should we register as a for-profit or a non-profit? At that time, we knew that the social mission was at the heart of the about-to-be-formed company. But we also knew that we wanted the discipline of business to permeate how we would act... »
HAPINOY Awarded by the World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation
Dalian, People’s Republic of China, 12 September 2011 – Five social entrepreneurs from Asia will be awarded by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship as Asian Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2011. Joining a global network of leading social entrepreneurs from over 50 countries, the founders of these organizations will be actively participating in... »
A New Manifesto for Innovation
Everything i thought – and taught – about innovation was wrong. That sounds way too sensationalistic, and it probably is. But the drama of that statement is certainly rooted in truth. Allow me to explain. Several years ago, I got enamored with the concept of ‘innovation’. So much so, in fact, that it became... »
People-Powered Markets : Exhibits of Value Chains that Work for the Poor
Inviting everyone to come to this event! Hapinoy and Rags2Riches will be there »
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