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 […]
In the early days of our agency, located in the room of my parents’ house that my brother Carlos vacated, the then Consumer had its first network: a Mac 512 and a Mac SE, my brother’s computer and mine. From one desk [...]
Jorge Galeano’s memory will live forever in our memories, because his role was crucial in the beginning of our company. Que de Dios Goce, Jorge opened the first accounting books, made the first financial statements and came to put order in that [...]
We brought him from McCann-Erickson with a mission, to make him the first digital artfinalist in the country. As a young master of graphic arts, Fernando turned to Mac to learn the new way of making art. He dedicated, on one long [...]
Alvaro Fernández entered our agency with the credentials of Doña Rotunda on his chest, a character created for the National Lottery that made havoc, history and provoked big smiles. With us, he dedicated much of his talent to Cofal, as well as [...]
When I proposed to Marjorie González to move from GM (Gutiérrez Machado), a respectable agency of those years, she accepted for reasons that I still don’t understand, since she decided to join an embryonic company and the one she was joining as [...]
Legendary Hernán Ortega, the first advertising creative graduated from a university, recognized, great, successful and with a great trajectory up to that moment, Hernán accepted to join Consumer, which honored me, moved me and gave me great confidence, strength and impulse. With [...]
I have no idea! (…not yet.) However, those who know how to do it have shared their ideas and secrets in videos posted by the Cannes Lions festival on Youtube. Watch the video of Fernando Vega from JWT. Interesting? Undoubtedly. Over here [...]
I have been writing A Fuego Lento for several years. In times of greater intensity on the keys, as expected, the visits rise and the connection with readers is strengthened. At the same time, when I let go of the keyboard and [...]
This is a conversation we will never forget. But for that, you have to get to know her. 😉 On her way to the top of Everest, this brave tica named Gineth Soto stopped by Tribu DDB to talk and share. Thanks [...]
I would not like to compete with Tribu. It is an agency that is too strong, dynamic, cheerful, full of energy, ideas and achievements. That must be why so many agencies have given up. Charita! It would be much more interesting with [...]
Invitation to the next event: Sunday, February 6th. Intercontinental Hotel, 4:00 PM. Some of you may have heard or read some of what we have published about the Openhouse Project. In a nutshell, it is an initiative that focuses on creating a [...]
Costa Rican Gineth Soto will reach the summit of Everest next May. Her second attempt will be the good one, and after an intense preparation, she will be the first person from our country to reach the roof of the world. We [...]
