About
I finally decided to take the plunge, stop procrastinating and start writing a blog and do my best to fulfill my dreams and become an entrepreneur and launch my first start up. Or at the very least, learn what it takes to do so. Christine Comaford (author of Rules for Renegades) posted the following in my LinkedIn group BASE: “Finally, remember that entrepreneurs take risks – it’s part of why we’re the guts of this nation. So if you’re not hearing “no” all the time, you’re simply not asking enough. Get out there, stay enthused, and ROCK your OWN success. It may not come barging through your door, but I’m absolutely positive that if you open the right doors, it WILL be there waiting.” And all the sudden… the fear of rejection, failure and being laughed at, that always kept me one step short from taking the plunge, started to go away. Now I know that the road to success is through 1000s failures and NOs. They are all just part of the process! In the past few months, I thought a lot about what this blog would be, should be about. I thought about writing about my career transition away from personal training (here’s my trainer’s website) and back into high-tech, or writing about the things that I learn about UX (User Experience Design), thinking that that’s what I wanted to do once I got my foot back into the industry. Or may be it would be, yet another startup and technology review website… Today, I’m starting to realize that if my dream and goal is to become an entrepreneur and hopefully launch at least one successful start-up, then… I have to write about all those topics and more. I seek and thrive on mental/intellectual stimulation. I need to be constantly learning, and yes… making mistakes and getting those dreadful NOs that now I know are part of the process. So here I go… ONE BIG ADVENTURE! Along the way I’ll write about everything and anything that I discover, learn, think about, mistakes that I make and all the troubles and tribulations on my path to meeting my dreams!
About me in 10 bullet points:
1. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. Immigrated to California in 1992 and been here every since
3. Professional DJ for 12 years (LOVE anything from the 80′s & EuroDance)
4. Hobbies: Magic (closeup magic), music (Queen), movies (Highlander and Star Wars), reading (reading list)
5. Loving husband for 16 years and proud father since October 2007
6. Favorite quote: “Do or do not. There is no try.” (Master Yoda to Luke Skywalker in TESB) and “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
7. Favorite toys: my iPhone 4
8. I was part of Web 1.o and the .com “bubble”. Five years and five companies…it was a fun ride!
9. I’ve learned more from reading books and living than I’ve ever learned in school
10. I’m committed to becoming and entrepreneur and starting my first company!
About blog364 in 10 bullet points:
1. This is my first blog
2. ESL ( that means… English is my second language, so grammar might not always be correct) *Spanish is my first language, but my grammar with it is even worst! 
3. Sometimes my postings might not make sense, but HEY! this is my blog
4. Comments, post ideas, discussion, corrections are always welcome
5. In general I’ll write about technology (i.e.: internet, social media, Web 2.0, etc.) but sometime I might just write about my life
6. I’m a student of life and realize that: I have lots to learn, I might not always be right, my conclusions not always be clear and my thoughts sometimes incomplete. Help me learn!
7. Yes, we live in a democracy, but if your comment is offensive and/or does not add anything constructive it will be bye, bye…
8. If I don’t post for a while, that means that I am tweeting (yeah, it can be addicting!) – Nudge me and I’ll start posting again!
9. It’s called blog364… drums please… because it’s a blog (duh!) and 364 is the street number where I grew up in Argentina
10. I don’t feel like writing #10!
Interests: Technology:
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups
Crowdsourcing
Social Networks
Social Media
Wireframes & prototyping
Reading and learning about technology
Personal:
Spending time with my family!
DJ/Music (love 80′s and Queen)
Star Wars and Highlander
Reading
Sushi
You can contact me here.
