. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
The Birth of an Idea Today, Guatemala is living one of the toughest moments in its history, only a few days away from its upcoming and consequential elections, alongside corruption scandals that implicate President Pérez Molina. The uncovering of a network of [...]
A few days ago I heard from a disgruntled young professional about the imminent sale of his mother’s grocery store where he worked. “I have a life ahead of me,” he argued in opposition to the transaction, because in his view, the [...]
A Story of Evolution Some 28 years ago, I began what today is known as a startup, loaded with technology, creativity, and dreams, amid the challenges involved in carving our place among 50 advertising agencies. From a room in my parents’ house [...]
An Event You Can’t Ignore In our country, the region and around the world, most professionals are unfamiliar with Cannes Lions. This is either because they do not know that it exists or because they have the wrong idea about what this [...]
Awards to Excellence The International Creativity Festival Cannes Lions is a name that is no longer enough to describe and adequately name this event. That is why, I believe it offers not a double but a triple shot of inspiration, because it [...]
With more than 40,000 entries competing from every creative corner of the globe, the upcoming Cannes Lions festival will be the biggest, most competitive, most attended and most intense in its more than 60-year history. The competition and global gathering that takes [...]
I am excited to share this news with you: ASCAP is, as of Wednesday, the representative of the CANNES INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL in Costa Rica. In the Board of Directors we reviewed this possibility a few weeks ago, we gave it course, we [...]
Some time ago, on the first Thursday of Clandestina’s Testimonial, after watching the Cannes Reel in the company of 5 luxury guests – all talents of the local advertising media – we opened the field to questions. Almost nobody dared. And I [...]
They say that good friends are those who accompany you in the bad times… and tolerate you in the good times! And for this reason, there is no doubt that today we are dealing with JWT, since it swept coveted national and [...]
Today is one of those days when I have nothing to say and nothing to write about. However, one of those where these feelings, I wanted to share. Maybe tomorrow. Good day! PS By the way, yesterday surpassed 10,000 hits on this [...]
With only five days to go before the official period for the publication of the pieces that will participate in ASCAP’s VOLCAN in Costa Rica, we can expect that this will be the official week of the cheaters. I have been reluctantly [...]
Last.FM, a sensational world of resources for enjoying music. It takes a while to understand and some patience. However, the prize is a phenomenal resource for socializing around music, just as it makes the Apple store I normally use pale in comparison. [...]