With several Start-Up Chile entrepreneurs, I am leading a five-day seminar at Casa de la Mujer Huamachuco, a community center in one of the poorest areas of Santiago, in the comuna of Renca. Soon I will write more about this experience. For now, here is a translation of the list scribbled above: Motivations for Entrepreneurial Activity […]
I wrote this a few months back, right when the restaurant opened. A delicious side of modern China-Chile relations! Madam Tusan, a Chinese-Peruvian restaurant, opened a few months ago at Parque Arauco, an upscale mall that looks like it could be in Southern California. We visited the restaurant after reading this tempting review in the […]
Pichilemu is a little surf town south of Santiago. It’s an ideal destination for backpackers or families looking for an affordable getaway. It’s gorgeous, funky, relaxing, and cheap. If you drive or take the direct bus from Santiago through Melipilla, the trip just takes three hours. If you take the longer route through Rancagua, Santa […]
I’ve been meaning to write about Nancy Duarte for a long time. Now I have the ideal examples to write this in a California-China-Chile context! Yes! Nancy and my dad worked together many years ago at Apple. In 1990 she founded Duarte Design. The company has since grown into the world leader in presentation design and training. […]
As Halloween has increased in popularity in Chile, it has become more than a good day for kids and candy manufacturers. The Chilean media (El Mercurio, LUN, Teletrece, etc) reported a very peculiar Halloween crime. At the Casino Monticello, a 27-year-old man dressed up as a clown, assaulted a cashier, and stole a bunch of money. […]
Today is All Soul’s Day, and I feel that it’s the ideal time to share photos from the most breathtakingly beautiful cemetery I’ve ever seen. During our trip to Easter Island, we stayed at a modest guesthouse close to this cemetery. I feel a bit weird posting photos of a cemetery, but this place is […]
In the last few weeks, I’ve presented several workshops at Chile Start-Up School, an extracurricular project started by a Start-Up Chile team from Norway. The students come from several different universities, and a wide variety of majors, including engineering, English, film, and many more. The course is based on the Business Model Generation framework, which […]
I had the great fortune to visit Easter Island with my parents. It’s called Isla de Pascua in Spanish and Rapa Nui in the local language. Thanks Mom and Dad for bringing me to such a special place!!
My parents and I had the great fortune to stumble into an experimental bicycle circus while visiting GAM, the new Museo Gabriela Mistral that opened last year on the Alameda in the middle of Santiago. The show featured three main performers, a musician, and a master of ceremonies. The wife of one of the performers […]
During their visit to Chile, I surprised my parents with a special gift: a photo session with Kyle Hepp and Sebastian Larco, Santiago’s most creative photographers. Kyle and Seba travel the world to take pictures of weddings, and I was so happy to find out they were in town for this special session. I also […]