Last Saturday, Juanx, my friend that I was traveling with, returned to Auckland to leave New Zealand 4 days later. I picked up him at the airport and we drove to New Plymouth. I had been there but I hadn’t reached the summit of the Mt Egmont so that was the reason that we returned. [...]
I have participated in some entrepreneurship competitions or summits since my late teens. Last year I was selected one of the 30 delegates for the Society for Entrepreneurship in Latin America (SELA) at Stanford University and it was one of the best summits I ever been. Applications are open for 2010 and I want to [...]
Last week I received a very nice email from the director of Idealist, Juan Cruz Mones, and I want to share part of it with all of you to see how we can all help them. Idealist.org is an umbrella organization who works to support non profit organization to exchange resources, ideas, locate opportunities and [...]
Last weekend I bought my tickets to leave Auckland and two weeks later New Zealand. On Friday 12th I’m finishing my work with Results and on Saturday morning I’m flying to Christchurch, which is a city in the middle of the south island on the east cost. I’m going to stay until Monday, when I [...]
They are who make each experience different and unforgettable. I remember a 2AM conversation with some friends in Melbourne discussing about people, it was amazing see all of us, with a completely different background, religion or culture finding similitude and differences between people and all of us. Below there is a list with some of [...]
Similar of noche de los museos in Benos Aires, Auckland Museum comes alive on the first Thursday each month with, LATE at the Museum. The series features enlivening discussion on contemporary themes, with bands and DJs performing in the Museum’s galleries. Last Thursday was the first time that I´ve participated and it was fantastic. I [...]
As everything, economics depends entirely on the point of view. The video below presents the well-known Keynes theory against Hayek from a different point of view, both are attending an economics conference on the economic crisis and it is presented in a non very traditional format. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk&feature=player_embedded&w=400&h=300&fmt=18] EconStories.tv is a project of the Mercatus Center [...]
On Saturday I went to Whangamata (3 hours from Auckland) to see three friends from Seattle, they were with the brother of one of them taking good care of a very nice house in front of a beautiful beach. February 1st (Monday here) was Auckland’s anniversary so it was holidays and a long weekend was [...]
