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Diego Cisneros, a model of a dreamer

My grandfather is the best example of how success can come from a small idea and big dreams; he started his with an ice cream machine and great enthusiasm.

RedMas, advertising for Hispanic audience

Here’s a press release that I hope you will find interesting regarding our latest business venture. It’s the Cisneros group moving into additional interactive ventures, in sync with our new digital strategy. Feel free to read more about our newest enterprise by clicking the link to the news story:

Getting to and beyond the ‘eureka moment’

Another theme I talked about in my interview with Emi Kolawole, from The Washington Post, was the importance of get to and beyond the “eureka moment”. Everyone can have a “eureka moment”, it is that instant when you come up with an innovative and bright idea. Ideas came from anywhere, but the real challenge is to turn them into reality.

Learning from failure

A few days ago I had a great conversation with Emi Kolawole, from The Washington Post, in which we talked about learning from our failures.

Beauty with a social purpose

I was very excited last Sunday when I heard that Ivián Sarcos “Miss Venezuela 2011” had been crowned Miss World 2011, an honor for Venezuela and its beautiful women. With this victory, Venezuela now holds six titles from the Miss World and Miss Universe Pagents; something we can all be proud of!

21212: Accelerating Latin American Start-ups

The use of business incubators in Latin America is a good way to get new companies to achieve success through specialized mentoring. This mentoring encourages new business development and entrepreneurship, helping to stimulate positive changes in the society and the economy of a country.

Latin America, Giant Content Consumer

Recently, I had the honor to participate as a panelist at the The Paley Center for Media’s Global Forum, where we discussed the new trends in technology and the changes we are experiencing in the information, entertainment, telecommunications and advertising industries.