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Rags2Riches Athletenique Collection
Here’s the latest Rags2Riches Athletenique Collection catalogue (please click full screen to read the text) : Rags2Riches Rajo Laurel 2012 Athletenique Collection View more presentations from Mark Ruiz. To purchase, please email domestic.orders@rags2riches.ph and international.orders@rags2riches.ph »
EntrepreneurShift : Inspiring Social Entrepreneurship in Iloilo
Gawad Kalinga and the I Love Iloilo Movement partnered with SeaOil for “EntrepreneurShift” - a conference advocating for a Social Enterprise movement in Iloilo. Subtitled, ‘How Social Enterprise is Changing the World’, it brought together different advocates of social enterprise to share their perspectives and experience in this field (myself and Reese included :p). The... »
Small is the New Big
I recently gave a talk in TEDx Xavier School; The conference’s theme was “Innovation Built on Tradition” and as I mulled over it, I of course couldn’t help but relate it to our work in Hapinoy – on how the humble, traditional sari-sari store is slowly but surely being reinvented through our program. This... »
A New Manifesto for Innovation
Everything i thought – and taught – about innovation was wrong. That sounds way too sensationalistic, and it probably is. But the drama of that statement is certainly rooted in truth. Allow me to explain. Several years ago, I got enamored with the concept of ‘innovation’. So much so, in fact, that it became... »
People-Powered Markets : Exhibits of Value Chains that Work for the Poor
Inviting everyone to come to this event! Hapinoy and Rags2Riches will be there »
Re-dreaming The Filipino Dream
Dreams inspire us to move towards something; It promises possibilities that we can work towards, aspirations that become palpable if we take the right steps and decisions. My personal dreams exist on several levels – for myself, my loved ones, my ideas, my causes, my enterprises, and of course, for my country (and if... »
A Question of Value
So I had my car’s compressor (an integral part of a vehicle’s air-conditioning system) replaced the other month, and it cost me an ouch-worthy twenty thousand-plus pesos. I for the life of me have absolutely no more use for it. And so I asked around on where I could sell this worn-out piece of... »
Thoughts on a Train to Fontainebleau
I recently got an invitation from INSEAD to become an SEiR (Social Entrepreneur in Residence) – essentially interact with MBA students to share my experience as a social entrepreneur. It’s done in-campus, and is in the form of consultations and talks. Coincidentally, Reese’s Rolex Young Laureates Awarding (woohoo!) was slated in Geneva, and so... »
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... »
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