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Hapinoy Newsletter, March – Commencement Activities of Happiness
Links to the stories here : Hapi Achievers – “The First Nanay Awards” Hapi Delivery 12 Gabay – Pursuit of Prosperity »
Rags2Riches Eco-Ethical Style [video]
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thank you to Rags2Riches Partners Cream Silk and Manny Angeles’ no.twentyproductions for making this video possible. »
R2R’s Spring/Summer Collection and Eco-Ethical Style Advocacy Launched
Rags2Riches wanted to start the year strong, and we did so with aesthETHICS – the launch of the RIIR Aranaz Spring/Summer Collection Launch. Held in Fort Bonifacio High Street – a strategic partner of Rags2Riches – the event was brilliantly conceptualized and executed by another R2R partner, ActivAsia (special mentions to their President Manny... »
The Back End is the Front End
In Rags2Riches, we have a term which reflects one of our core philosophies : “The Back End is the Front End”. You see, ‘The Back End’ is the aspect that customers normally don’t see; They only see the fancy advertising, the glitzy images, the seductive storefront, the alluring posters, the massive billboards. The customer’s... »
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 Teacher’s (Mis)Advice
I was chatting with some graduating students on their career plans after college. Interestingly enough, a group of students had started a social enterprise idea that for me, showed significant promise. It wasn’t just a concept; They’ve actually prototyped and run a small-scale pilot as part of the course requirements. In fact, with some... »
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... »
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