Entrepreneur. Traveler. Positive Thinker.
Empresari. Viatger. Pensador Positiu.
Empresario. Viajero. Pensador Positivo.
Entrepreneur. Voyageur. Penseur positif.
Unternehmer. Reisender. Positiver Denker.
ريادي. المسافر. مفكر ايجابي.
企业家。 旅客。 积极的思想家。
起業家。 旅行者 ポジティブ思想家。
उद्यमी। यात्री। सकारात्मक विचारक।

PHILOSOPHY

#GivFirst
#ToServeToLive
Happiness = Momentary Joy + Lasting Contentment

COMMUNITIES

- #DMVStartup
- 1 Million Cups (1MC)
- 1863 Ventures Mentor
- City University of New York (CUNY)
- CMX Hub
- Freelancer's Union
- Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
- Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)
- Hackers/Founders
- Kauffman ESHIP Summit
- Long Island University
- MealTribes
- Smartly EMBA
- StartingBloc
- Startup Champions Network
- Startup Digest
- Startup Huddle
- Startup Leadership Program
- Startup Week
- Startup Weekend
- Techstars Global Facilitator
- WeWork Labs Mentor
- Young South East Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI)

AS FEATURED IN: Nomadic Podcast | Get Found Get Funded Podcast | World Bank | Techstars | Global Entrepreneurship Congress | Technical.ly Media | WeWork Labs

Nomadic Podcast Interview: https://soundcloud.com/user-7325861/washington-dc

Get Found Get Funded Podcast Interview: https://soundcloud.com/getfoundgetfunded/creating-events-to-support-the-local-ecosystem-dc-startup-week

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In 2019 joined the backpacker (digital nomad) community, doing more kind of spontaneous couch-surfing around Europe and Asia.

2019 Travel Calendar: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GM3GlErr24SLyWuDd2v_aheQWBdXXgQoZ6l8zftvJ0/edit?usp=sharing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING (updated 2019)

I have been surfing much more than hosting currently, due to my travel plans in 2019. Once I finish the travels, happy to return the favor and host folks in Colombia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Guided tour in Hamburg, Germany. Bicycling everywhere in Copenhagen, Denmark. Enjoying the salt baths in Budapest, Hungary. Enjoying delicious Thai food in Manama, Bahrain. Dim Sum restaurant crawl in Hong Kong. Salsa dancing with CS community in Bogotá, Colombia.

Interests

Sharing nice, serious and funny talks with my friends...and going on adventures, basically anything that's being active!

• culture
• books
• education
• boating
• anime
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• sailing
• business
• beaches
• eating
• adventure
• marketing
• learning

Music, Movies, and Books

I read a lot more articles than books these days...but enjoy A Song of Fire and Ice, Harry Potter, Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks movies...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ocean diving. I was in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and went ocean diving near a ship wreck.

Album: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3ODc4OTk2MjE2MzM3NjY3/

Skydiving. I was in Cape Town, South Africa, where I joined a group to check out out a skydiving site... and we got on the plane and took the plunge. Just incredible. I played jelly roulette, and survived to tell the tale.

Video: https://youtu.be/xdwb_Hbrw9E

Hotair Balloon. Visiting Turkey, went to Kapadokya to catch the sunrise.

Video: https://youtu.be/sDGif1cuGF8

Teach, Learn, Share

- I can teach marketing basics.
- I would love to learn more languages.
- I can share countless business failures over the past few years.

What I Can Share with Hosts

RESPECT, MY TIME and LEAVING EVERYTHING BETTER THAN I FOUND IT.

Ideas of Philosophy and Politics.
Traveling Experience, stories and life values.
Diving into business models and marketing strategies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, United States