The market is rife with entrepreneurial start-ups, green household and body care brand Messy Bessy is one of the rare few that are in it for the betterment of others. Neatly tucked in a non-descript low-rise in Makati, the Messy Bessy headquarters is, in a word, bustling. Box upon box of products are stacked around the…
In social media, generic where conversations are on steroids and happen at the speed of light, decease hashtags give us a semblance of order and helps us make sense of the endless stream of information flooding our screens. Recently popularized by Twitter, link the hashtag has been around since the days of IRC (Internet Relay…
“It would be irresponsible for us to say that we are a social enterprise. We don’t want to claim that or have the focus be on that. We aren’t doing enough to be able to claim that,” says Jen Bonifacio, co-founder and Creative Director of Union Crafts, a start up business that sells lifestyle goods…
How does a country recover from the unprecedented disaster unleashed by a supertyphoon? By creating new opportunities and creating a thriving center for enterprise.
Your social enterprise must provide real value and incentive. Don’t use the ‘pity-buy’ tactic.
Empower the person powering the household through partnership, not with doleouts, to enable economic growth.