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 […]
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 [...]
For years I had heard that there was a nude beach in Miami, although I always thought it was more of a myth than a reality. I never knew where it was, nor did I have any interest in discovering it, until [...]
“We human beings are biologically loving beings as a feature of our evolutionary history. This means two things: the first is that love has been the central emotion preserved in the evolutionary history that gave rise to us since some five to [...]
We are so convinced that we live in the Switzerland of the Americas that many do not want change or NAFTA. We live such a pure life, that there is no shortage of those who have no interest in competition, legitimate self-improvement, [...]
In the United States, as in any country, brand counts more than politicians and analysts are willing to acknowledge. And in this case, in 2008 it will be Hillary Clinton who will win the elections, in my personal opinion, because she is [...]
A few years ago, a book fell into my hands and I did not pay much attention to it, initially. However, it is enough to take its teachings from nature to understand: the light of a sunny day is diluted by the [...]
Sometimes we keep them, sometimes it’s too late… Let it not happen to us. Let’s be careful that with our attitude we don’t want to stop others from showing and sharing them. Video received by mail, I don’t know the origin, but [...]
