SuriHabi: 2nd Gathering
Every community starts with a conversation. Our first SuriHabi gathering brought local creatives and business owners together around a table in a local café at 281 Yengco, Imus—sharing ideas, stories, and what we’re currently figuring out. For our 2nd gathering, we’re doing it again: coffee, conversations, and ideas we can weave together. ☕️ SuriHabi was […]
Kapihan at Baybayin: Where Coffee, Culture, and Community Meet
What happens when you bring together coffee, Baybayin, and people who care about Filipino creativity? You get Kapihan at Baybayin—a community gathering by Baybayen that brings people together in a café to learn, create, connect, and celebrate a piece of Filipino culture. It is part workshop, part coffee gathering, and part community experience. But at […]
How Can Your Business Space Become a Third Place?
What if your business space could be more than a place people visit to buy something? In community building, a third place refers to a social space that exists beyond the two places where we spend most of our lives: home and work. It is a place where people can casually gather, connect with others, […]
Community-Led Marketing for Small Businesses
Small businesses are built by people — and people grow through connection. Community-led marketing is about creating more than just customers. It’s about building a space where people can discover your story, support your journey, and become part of something meaningful. At Baybayen, we believe that every local brand has a story worth sharing. Growth […]
SuriHabi: Our First Gathering
Every community starts with a conversation, and the SuriHabi community began with one over coffee. Our first official gathering took place at Good Day Café in Imus, where members came together to share ideas, connect, and lay the foundation for what SuriHabi hopes to become—a collaborative space for meaningful discussions, learning, and growth. SuriHabi was […]
Building a Creative Community Around Your Space
Many local businesses focus on attracting customers. But some of the most memorable brands build something deeper: a community. The difference is simple. Customers buy from you. A community grows with you. Whether you run a coffee shop, studio, bookstore, workshop, creative hub, or retail space, your physical space can become more than a place […]
What Is SuriHabi? Building Through Collaboration
What is SuriHabi? Building Through Collaboration Ideas are rarely perfect when they begin. Most of them are unclear, messy, or half-formed. And that’s okay. Because ideas are not meant to be built alone. Signup for our next SuriHabi Introducing SuriHabi is a collaborative space for creatives, founders, and local brands to build ideas together — […]
Is Bayanihan Still Alive Today?
Bayanihan is one of the most beautiful ideas in Filipino culture. It’s the image of people coming together — not for profit, not for recognition, but because someone in the community needs help. But in today’s world, we rarely see it physically anymore. So the question becomes: Is bayanihan still alive? Or has it disappeared? […]
Why Do We Need A Community?
Building something from scratch can get lonely. You wear every hat, move through the week trying things out, and still end up questioning if it’s working — often without anyone to tell you, “You’re doing okay.” That’s the quiet struggle of many solopreneurs: working with purpose, but without people. Community changes that. In a tribe, […]
