Rags2Riches
12.04.08 Greater Good Philippines interview
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]
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
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
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
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... »
Spreading the Gospel of Innovation
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... »











