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 […]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
Alejandro Egea, CEO on Demand, successful entrepreneur, great friend and energetic young man, invited me to a conversation at Halo Legacy. The talk takes more than an hour. For now I do not extend in presenting it, for longanimity, for creativity, for [...]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
In these days in which we celebrate one more year of Tribu, we have decided to bring back “on the air” campaigns and ideas that were milestones in our race for life. To all those who have contributed with their work, devotion [...]
As we celebrate another anniversary of Tribu, I would like to share with you one of the classics of our trajectory: Johnny’s Vaquerito. Creativity by Hernán Ortega, production by El Hangar (Direction by Antonio Yglesias and Direction of Photography by Mario Cardona [...]
In ASCAP we have made a commitment: to boost the creative advertising product in our partner agencies, and move from the “I” to the “we” to accelerate the transformation process. For this reason, we have hired Brother and its SuperWeekend School, which [...]
You have to watch this commercial! And enjoy it. It’s so creative, daring and different, that it even looks like a fake (…just kidding). The agency is Santo from Buenos Aires, filmed in South Africa, produced by Stink from London and musicalized [...]
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