SOCORRO RAMOS:

MATRIARCH OF NATIONAL BOOKSTORE

PRESENTED BY : PATRICK BIEN R. DE JOSE, CPA

KATHERINE DELA CRUZ, CPA
 SOCORRO RAMOS LIFE MAP
First National
Bookstore

Goodwill NBS & its partners

Bookstore

Early Employment
World War II

A helpful
Daughter

Socorro
Ramos

Death of his Father Typhoon Hits NBS

0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Entrepreneurial Journey

Income 0.5
Less : Expenses 0.25
Profit 0.25
Entrepreneurial Journey

Income 600.00
Less : Expenses 300.00
Profit 300.00
12 tips on how to be successful in business and in life from
Socorro Ramos
1. Know what you want to do and believe in yourself. If you want to be a salesman, make sure you are the best
salesman you could possibly be.
2. Find out what your customers want. Ask them. Ask around. Sell them what they want.
3. Make sure every customer feels important. Be humble and always be willing to serve them.
4. Buy something from one centavo. Sell it for more, but always less than the people who are selling the same
thing.
5. Be frugal. Live simply.
6. Always be on time. Never be late.
7. Don't be afraid of anyone. Speak out when you have to. All people are the same.
8. Work hard, very hard. There is no express elevator to success — you have to climb the stairs.
9. If you have the love and passion for what you do, hard work will not be a sacrifice, but a joy!
10. There will always be hard times. There will always be failures. If you fall down, get back up. Never give up.
11. Invest in your mind. Read more. Know more. Earn more.
12. Buy lots of books.
Important business venture
1942 – 1st branch was established along Escolta
1965 – 9 story bldg was built along Avenida Rizal and named AlBeCer
Bldg.
1988 – Cacho Publishing
1990 – Anvil Publishing
1996 – Power books
2004 – National Bookstore Foundation
2007 – Expanded to Hong Kong with its Metrobooks branch
National Book Store today

• As of 2018,
• has 230 branches nationwide
•4,000 happy employees
•90,000 number of book titles
•100,0000 plus product for school and office supplies
•Helped more than 2,500,000 students through NBS Foundation, Inc.
•Built more than 2,000 libraries
 References:
• https://www.townandcountry.ph/people/inspiration/national-book-store-turns-75-tales-of-triumphs-
from-nanay-coring-a00184-20170909-lfrm
•https://www.nationalbookstore.com/about-us/
•https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/31313
•https://ph.news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-inbox/12-business-success-tips-nanay-coring-214452711.html