Andrés Pastrana
Former President of Colombia
“Coraje, confianza, convicción y comunicación.”
Ninety four conversations with presidents, founders and creators on Learn From Leaders, Pivoteando and Alla Italiana. He asks how they lead, what they got wrong, and what they would tell someone starting today.
Presidents, founders and creators on how they lead. Published with El Estímulo and El Espectador.
Founders who changed course and built something new.
Italian craft, luxury and the people behind them.
94 conversations
Former President of Colombia
“Coraje, confianza, convicción y comunicación.”
Secretary General, OAS
“Un líder, tiene que ser primero que nada un ejemplo”
Global Chief Growth Officer, Interbrand
“Yo no busco la perfección, si no el progreso”
CEO, DDB Latina
“Nunca sabrás que pico hay detrás si no escalas el que esta de frente”
Founder, AJE Group
“La innovación nace de los momentos duros”
Journalist, author and entrepreneur
“Yo estoy en mi mejor momento, no cuando estoy triunfando, tampoco cuando me caigo, sino cuando me levanto”
CEO, Moss
“Strategy, Structure, People, Process, and Scale.”
Founder and CEO, 4Sisters Rice
“You need confidence to make a mistake and to yet still be proud of yourself”
Entrepreneur and art collector
“En la vida, envejece quien pierde la curiosidad”
Founder, Goiko, LVMH Group
Former President of Colombia
Chairman, El Nacional
President, Liberty Specialty Markets US, Bermuda and LatAm
“Your skills, what makes you different, put you aside from the group and put you ahead”
Entrepreneur
“The idea that the world is a zero-sum game is a fallacy”
CEO, The Objective Media
“Nunca vas a llegar a un momento sin obstáculos”
Fashion designer
“Yo creo que todo esta en la manera en la que te posiciones en la Sociedad”
Entrepreneur
“Todo en la vida tiene un riesgo”
SVP, PriceSmart
Entrepreneur
Co-founder, Avila Burger
Chairman, Afghanistan Holding Group
Director, Scale Capital
Entrepreneur
Managing Director, Insurt3ch
Innovation and digital transformation expert
Chief executive, YPO champion and TEDx organiser
CEO, Henco Logistics
CEO, Obsidiam
Adviser, St. James's Place Wealth Management
Founder and CEO, Star Mountain Capital
Co-founder, IGK
CEO and co-founder, The Grint
CEO, Inexco Group
Chairwoman, Bizzoly Holdings
Author, professor and entrepreneur
MD, Rokk3r Insurtech
Founder, Antojos Araguaney
Founder and CEO, Nestea.se
Photographer
CEO, Central and East Europe, Bel
Scrittore, giornalista e conduttore televisivo
Entrepreneur
Founder, Sugoi JPN, London
Partner, Scuola di Palo Alto
Artist, founder and CEO, Never Exposed
Regional Manager, WPP Andean Region
President and CEO, DDB Colombia
Content Strategist, RDLB Italia
Director Brand Academy, SDA Bocconi
CEO, Tal Group
Entrepreneur
Olympic medallist, Argentina
Co-founder, Chronwell, and MD, Ocean Azul Partners
Founder and CEO, 5W
Founder, Hrnandez.com
“Build Psychological Safety at the workplace is critical to foster innovation”.”
Co-founder, WeKan
Co-founder, Potrait Eyewear
“Hay que hacer la tarea…Yo no dije un día 'renuncio, voy a montar una empresa de lentes”
Founder and CEO, Hands Beauty
Founder and CEO, Powerful Foods
Founder and CEO, The FastMind
“Cuando aceptas que emprender va a ser dificil, todo es mas facil".”
Head of Entrepreneur Selection and Growth, Endeavor
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SVP, PriceSmart.
“Aprender es crucial. Es lo más crucial durante cualquier cambio”
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“Es mucho más sabroso levantarte en las mañanas cuando estás enamorado del problema y no de la soución”
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“Una de las grandes conclusiones que he sacado de toda mi experiencia trabajo e invirtiendo en startups es que estas pequeñas empresas deben estar muy enfocadas en una cosa principal: adquirir clientes.”
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Founder and CEO, Cmax Systems
“Yo veo la vida como bendiciones o lecciones.”

Founder and CEO, Hyper Telecom
“Es muy importante tener un equipo y consejo de mentores que te puedan ayudar a ver las cosas que estás haciendo mal.”

Co-founder and CEO, Wekan Company
“El camino del emprendimiento no es fácil. Es un camino lleno de altos y bajos e incertidumbre. Hay que fracasar varias veces para llegar al éxito. La clave está en la resiliencia, constancia y disciplina.”

General Partner and founder, H20 Capital Innovation
“Es un balance entre arte y sciencia”

Executive Vice President of Corporate Business, VeriTran
“Para innovar tienes que salir del estatus quo, de la zona de confort, no hay que tener miedo al fracaso, a romper las reglas”
Journalist and writer
Roda Italian Design
Writer and management coach
President, ONE Championship Italia
L'Officina dell'Invisibile
Sustainable digital transformation
Owner, Porteño restaurant
WM Capital
Founder, Rizoma
Entrepreneur and traveller
Co-founder, Aston&Bogart
Scuola di Palo Alto
Manager and entrepreneur
President, Assofintech
Manager
WeGlad
Founder, Bullfrog
Global Category Manager, Vibram FiveFingers
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Piccoli Borghi.it
Entrepreneur
Freediving world champion