HS Grafik Print started out like any other mom-and-pop operation: at home or in the backyard. Homer and Sol started out with very little working capital, so small that they had to wait for their respective monthly salaries to buy raw materials and supplies before they can start on a project. On paper, they used Oscar’s accounting firm as their first business address – and business phone, to which Sol’s former mentor and boss agreed upon.

Why did you use Oscar’s address and office phone for HS Grafik Print?

Sol (S): Para kapag may client na tumawag, may sasagot, which is ako nga because I worked there. E di parang ang laki-laki na kaagad ng HS Grafik Print kasi may secretary na. May blessing yan ng boss ko.

Their very first client was an automotive aircon manufacturer which was then called Nippondenso. They started producing custom-designed stickers using the conventional process of silk screen printing.

When Oscar left for the U.S., Sol inherited some of his accounting firm’s clients, one of which was the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologist (PSA).

It was then when the couple decided to focus on their small but growing operations while Sol continued to work as an accountant of PSA to continue her accountancy practice.

S: Pareho kami ni Homer na employed that time. Pero pinili namin na mag-focus sa business. Si Homer nag-resign na sa Intergraphics while I continued my accounting profession by providing the accounting needs of some clients that Oscar left me.