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 […]
With a record 25,660 entries from more than 80 countries participating this year, next Sunday sees another week take off at the Palais des Festivals at La Croissette in Cannes. While almost 5,000 films are participating for Film, “only” 786 will compete [...]
Carlos Gonzalez was my partner, friend, brother in Mexico during the five years we lived there. Carlos died in an accident in his Duccatti at high speed on the highway to Acapulco, and because of this, today he enjoys from heaven the [...]
I don’t think I have told you so far about my passion for chairs, a relationship that began about 20 years ago when, without realizing what I was buying, I bought two Wassily chairs by Marcel Breuer at Knoll in Mexico. It [...]
Last Monday we were connected with Mariela Cruz, impressed, touched, inspired, moved, impacted, seduced. All of us at Tribu were fascinated by the beauty of the movements, the strength of her extremes, the magic of symmetry, the model of discipline and the [...]
Cannes 2007, Young Creatives Film Competition, TRIBU Saatchi PAULA CARLOS! This video will be at the Nokia Official Site for the Competition, as the sponsor in Cannes. Este video estará en el sitio oficial de Nokia para la competencia en Canes. And [...]
As president of ASCAP, in 2007 I had the honor of announcing the Agency of the Year at the Horseshoe Salon. In that Volcano we decided that we would do so, and when it was my turn to do so, it was [...]
Bill Bernbach, the greatest creative among the greats of the 20th century, left a gigantic legacy. At the same time that Burnett and Ogilvy were writing their history, Bernbach’s B at DDB made a profoundly influential contribution to advertising and to this [...]
Bill Bernbach was the most influential advertiser of the 20th Century, and today our agency carries his letter in the B of Tribu DDB, for which we feel honored, grateful and challenged. In the celebration of his first centenary, all over the [...]
After its take-off in the last 16 months, Bosz Digital has reached a perfect speed and elevation to continue moving forward in ideal conditions. Today with over 220 geeks at full plasma engine, up from 12 people in January 2010, Bosz is [...]
With 9 for Tribu DDB Costa Rica and 4 for Guatemala, our Central American network celebrated a great night at the Antigua Festival. With the addition of Gold and Grand Jade for DDB Colombia, the big winner was DDB Latina. On a [...]
A while ago I posted this tweet: “A united industry like Ugap and the #festivalantigua reflects that all the players in the market are smart and visionary people”. In other words, Costa Rican advertisers: let’s learn from the Chapines. The great Antigua [...]
