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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... »
Reese & Rags2Riches – Young Entrepreneur for the World, 2011
Entrepreneurs for the World Awards 2011 http://www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com/index.php//News/News/Entrepreneurs-for-the-World-Awards-2011 Four role-models whose entrepreneurial achievements and commitment to society make them for entrepreneurship creating wealth and social justice have been awarded the Entrepreneurs for the World Awards at this year’s World Entrepreneurship Forum held in Singapore. The Young Entrepreneur Award, a new award category for entrepreneurs below 35, has... »
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... »
Hapinoy Is An Open Source Model for Low-Income Markets
Hapinoy Is An Open Source Model for Low-Income Markets reposted from NextBillion.net. Original article here Editor’s Note: The following is the second of two posts on Hapinoy and its microfranchise/distribution model. The first can be found here. As Hapinoy expands, it reaches more of the BoP market. Through its network of suki stores, the... »
Awakening a ‘Sleeping Giant’, Microfranchise as a Distribution Platform
Awakening a ‘Sleeping Giant,’ Microfranchise as a Distribution Platform reposted from NextBillion.net. Original article here. Editor’s Note: This is the first of a pair of posts on Hapinoy and its microfranchise/distribution model. If you’ve ever been to the Philippines, you’ve no doubt seen a row of identical tiny stores selling Coca-Cola and laundry detergent.... »
Using a Microfranchise as an Open-Source Platform
I was recently interviewed by Josh Weinstein, one of the premier thought leaders in the BoP/social enterprise space; I (virtually) met him a couple of years ago via email exchange when he was in the Philippines working with NWTF; A few weeks back, he got reacquainted with Hapinoy from a conversation with one of... »
Finding Strength and Happiness – in Numbers
reposted from BusinessWorld. i wish this was for Social Enterprise of the Year – to recognize the HaPeeps, CARD, and of course all the Hapinoy Storeowners Paolo Benigno Aquino IV Mark Joaquin Ruiz President/Managing Director MicroVentures, Inc. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And... »
Making Filipinos happy through Hapinoy
reposted from the Philippine Star, September 23 By The Go Negosyo Team (The Philippine Star) Updated September 23, 2010 12:00 AM Comments (0) MANILA, Philippines – Bam Aquino and Mark Ruiz are partners in crime. Their felony? Founding MicroVentures Inc. (MVI), a social enterprise that services microfinance institutions and their clients. MVI is the... »
Channel [V]‘s V-Life on Social Entrepreneurs
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Some time back, Pam Imperial got in touch through the Life’s Direction’s Community (thanks AJ!) about making a special episode of Channel ‘s V-Life on Social Entrepreneurs, featuring myself and Reese Little did we know that it would really be a rather lengthy episode! (Well, the upside is I think we’ll just show this... »
R2R President Reese Fernandez Chosen as Rolex Young Laureate!
Rags2Riches President Reese Fernandez was selected as one of the 5 inaugural Rolex Young Laureates! While this is most certainly an award for my fiance’ (!) , it’s also a glowing testament of the work that Rags2Riches is doing. In fact, as Reese is the first to always mention – this award truly belongs... »
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