All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
All over the world, agencies that come to play hard at the Cannes Festival prepare their pieces well in advance. In fact, at this moment they are already producing the ideas chosen in the last weeks, in order to have all their [...]
Tony Granger and his team in New York launched a new marvel of a commercial. It’s a story aimed at women and their magic, in a production with a lot of dollars involved. It’s refreshing to see a retail giant like JC [...]
If you are already jogging or running 8 or 10 Kms, you are in time to prepare, for example, for the Miami Half Marathon, January 27, 2008. From Tribu we will be training Quincho Brenes, Gabo Alfaro, Giovanni Sanchez and myself, so [...]
Richard Branson is a living legend and an extraordinary entrepreneur who has amazed the world for years. In this interview with Chris Andersen in Monterey, California, he tells us about his Virgin empire, his successful brands, some of his ideas regarding space, [...]
It is not at all comfortable to talk about our addictions. It is a subject we avoid so as not to confront our deep weaknesses, with complex roots and entangled in our powerful self-defense systems. Those addicted to drugs or alcohol are [...]
A few days ago I was asked several questions about the future of advertising. I suppose that after more than 30 years in it, the journalist had a reasonably good basis for assuming that I would respond with arguments and insight from [...]
When it comes to musical talent, Costa Rica is an exciting scene of revelations. Its geography of just a few square kilometers, just a little over 51,000 square kilometers of land, bears no relation whatsoever to the quality and quantity of music [...]
The message in the colored spheres. In the registration of his candidacy for the National Liberation Party, Johnny Araya discreetly presented a message of inclusion, openness and renewal through a multicolored sphere, as a symbol of his determination to make a difference [...]
Tribu DDB is about to reach 17,000 fans, likes, adherents or whatever you want to call them. This figure seems high to me and the references in advertising agencies are all just a few clicks away. Whatever it implies or means, it [...]
Today began the pilgrimage of Bosz Digital to its new building, Tributo. With the support of a great team in red passion t-shirts, the people of Forum 1 packed up and started the move, full of emotion, illusions and commitment. For this [...]
I have little time to write in“A Fuego Lento“, for the simple reason of having spent months very distracted by one and a thousand topics, moments and life events that have captured my attention. For this reason, I will have to return [...]
