Rags2Riches

02.08.09 Rags2Riches BID Thanksgiving Mass [Photo Album]

Sunday, February 8, 2009
By Mark Ruiz
02.08.09 Rags2Riches BID Thanksgiving Mass [Photo Album]

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01.10.09 Rags2Riches Recollection [Photo Album]

Saturday, January 10, 2009
By Mark Ruiz

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12.04.08 Greater Good Philippines interview

Thursday, December 4, 2008
By Mark Ruiz

reposted from http://greatergood.i.ph/blogs/greatergood/index.php?tag=mark-ruiz — TJ Agulto and Mark Ruiz – Social entrepreneurs; partners and colleagues at Rags 2 Riches and Hapinoy Today’s youth cannot afford not to be extraordinary, claim TJ Agulto and Mark Ruiz, two of the country’s most promising social entrepreneurs. TJ and Mark, an organizational change and consultancy coach, and innovation... »

11.22.08 Rags2Riches 1st Year Anniversary [Photo Album]

Saturday, November 22, 2008
By Mark Ruiz

1st Year Anniversary of Rags2Riches @ Hotel Intercon. Uber-auction organized by Direk Robby Carmona and his events company, SAGA. Auction hosted by Tessa Prieto, with the highlight of a limited edition RIIR BenCab sold for PHP360,000! »

Reese, Rags2Riches, and YouthActionNet

Thursday, November 13, 2008
By Mark Ruiz
Reese, Rags2Riches, and YouthActionNet

Reese Fernandez, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of Rags2Riches Inc. Honored as YouthActionNet® Global Fellow Philippines – Reese Fernandez, EVP and the Co-Founder of Rags2Riches, Inc., an organization which creates beautiful designer bags out of scrap cloth and provides livelihood to women of Payatas, was among 20 outstanding young social entrepreneurs selected as 2008... »

A Sense of Place

Friday, September 12, 2008
By Mark Ruiz
A Sense of Place

At InoventDesign, we’re cooking up something radically exciting; a veritable gamechanger on technology. Unfortunately, i can’t divulge the devilish details … just yet. For the meantime, I’ll refer to it using our internal codename, Project Faith. Just yesterday, Brian Quebengco and I were brainstorming on how best to bring this baby into the world.... »

Asia Society picks 10 Young RP Leaders

Sunday, August 31, 2008
By Mark Ruiz

reposted from http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=82550 At the young age of 31, Mark Ruiz is one of the founders of two highly successful social enterprises, Hapinoy and Rags2Riches. On one hand, Hapinoy helps sari-sari store owners earn more by helping them access business loans from microfinance institutions and linking them up directly to manufacturers of the products... »

Philippine Star : Causes in Effect

Friday, August 29, 2008
By Mark Ruiz
Philippine Star : Causes in Effect

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Spreading the Gospel of Innovation

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
By Mark Ruiz

reposted from https://www.ateneoalumniassociation.org/primer?hid=21&objID=140 Spreading the Gospel of Innovation: Mark Ruiz changes the face of Philippine industry By: Carren Jao WE’VE all been there, sighing deeply in front of our desks and hoping to be anywhere but where we are.  While most of us contemplate a different future, there might only be handful that take... »

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