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Thoughts by José Luis Agell

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Getting inspired by innovators and entrepreneurs

One of the reasons why I decided to come to Silicon Valley 3 years ago was to learn and be inspired by the most talented innovators and entrepreneurs.The truth is that my experience so far has been tremendously enriching. Last week was one of those in which I felt very grateful for the opportunities that [...]

Fundación Ared: el poder renovador del trabajo digno

Hace ya más de dos años que escribí un artículo sobre la admirable labor de la Fundació ARED de Barcelona. Y hoy, en medio del debate sobre el sistema penitenciario actual y sobre las problemáticas acarreadas por el déficit público, quiero volver a resaltar el valor del trabajo desempeñado por esta iniciativa privada. Su objetivo [...]

Half Dome, September 2011

This was a remarkable weekend. After too much time, I reconciled with the mountains and I met the challenge of climbing the Half Dome. This granite mass of more than 2600 meters is probably one of the most emblematic mountains of California. The truth is that its more than 1400 meters above the valley floor [...]

Learning from Justin Bieber

I was “forced” to watch the movie Never say never after Techcrunch published a post about what every entrepreneur could learn from that movie. The movie is probably one of the corniest thing I’ve seen lately. However, I agree with that post on some of the learnings we can extract: Every successful story starts with [...]

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