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ASoG Forum on Best Practices in Social Enterpreneurship
Reese and I will be speaking in ASoG’s Forum on Best Practices in Social Entrepreneurship – respectively for Rags2Riches and Hapinoy As a staunch advocate of social entrepreneurship in the country, the Ateneo School of Government is yet again hosting Forum on Best Practices in Social Entrepreneurship on 17 April 2010, 9:00 a.m. to... »
A Heritage of Smallness = 21st Century Bigness
Before anything else, let go of your easily-prickable Pinoy pride for 15 minutes and read (or re-read) Nick Joaquin’s A Heritage of Smallness. In this influential essay, the one-time National Artist for Literature holds up a mirror to the Filipino Soul and eschews our love affair with all things small : “Society for the... »
Bagong Araw Hapinoy MTV [video]
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Sharing with you Hapinoy’s Music Video, “Bagong Araw”. The serendipitous story here is that last year, Bam attended a concert wherein our Head of Field Operations RG Salazar was performing with his band, Project Fusion. One of the songs they sang was “Bagong Araw” – to international friends, that’s translated as “Brand New Day”.... »
Hapinoy Newsletter, February – Feel the Love!
Links to the Stories : Love Defined on the Field Bagong Araw Music Video Heroes on the Field »
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... »
My TEDx Manila Talk : Change, Inc – How Social Businesses Can Help Build A Better World
Sharing my TEDx Manila Talk — a personal passion for changing the world through social businesses, and how we at Hapinoy try to live this through the work that we do. Change, Inc : How Social Business Can Help Build A Better World View more documents from Mark Ruiz. »
Eradicating Poverty Conference
The MCPI (Microfinancing Council of the Philippines) had a regional conference on the theme Beyond Credit : A Holistic Approach to Poverty Eradication, and we at Hapinoy were invited to share our experience and perspective on the topic. The topic is actually quite interesting, especially since we founded MicroVentures/Hapinoy specifically on this insight :... »
The (Growing) Hapinoy Family
From the early days that Bam and I practically did everything, our organization has grown into this wonderful group. So when the new HapiHouse signage was installed, we took it as an opportunity to do a simple pictorial :p So here we go — the list of (un)usual suspects a.k.a. the (growing) Hapinoy Family... »
11.16.09 HaPeeps!! [Photo Album]
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HaPeeps!!! Front Row L-R : April Culina, Erika Tatad, Jonalene Perdigon, Maricar Suello, Allaine de la Cruz 2nd Row L-R : Nick Geaga, Richie Magpayo, RG Salazar, Mark Ruiz, Carissa Villanueva, AJ Rodriguez 3rd Row L-R : Bam Aquino, TJ Agulto, Mike Perez, JP Melgazo »
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