A part of my life's timeline:🔥 2024: I Became a Volunteer Fire Fighter⚫ 2024: My second daughter was born, and I haven’t slept in a while.🟢 2023: Sold Adiosgarlic.com via Acquire.com (The best online marketplace to buy and sell startups).🔵 2022: Founded Adiosgarlic.com, a flavorful LowFodmaps D2C hot sauce with no onions and no garlic.⚫ 2022: My first daughter was born, and I rediscovered a new way of living and loving.⭕ 2021: Joined Village Gourmet to manage their five specialty food brands.🟠 2021: Game Dev: I learned to code in Python and C# for Unity, which resulted in 5 mini-games created as a hobby.🟢 2020: Sold Spikes Academy. An online academy for people who want to play Esports professionally (see 2018).⚫ 2019: Moved to NYC, New York, and married my best friend and travel partner.🔵 2018: Cofounded Spikes Academy with this guy.⚪ 2018: Masters in Digital Marketing from IED, Madrid, Spain.⚪ 2017: Attended the Nomad Summit in Chiang Mai.⚪ 2017: Nomad Cruise – From Central America to Europe with 500 nomads.🟠 2016: Posted one video a day on my YouTube channel.⚪ 2015: Biked Panama in 32 days, 🚴♂️ 10 hours a day.⚪ 2015: Masters in Communication’s Design from Elisava University, Barcelona, Spain.🟢 2015: Sold my Travel Blog and my part of Sal del Sofa (Get off the couch).⚪ 2014: Backpacked China for one month, then visited Japan and South Korea.🟢 2012: I secured and managed a contract with USMA University to oversee the graffiti painting of two five-story walls in collaboration with local artists.🟢 2012: Sold my part of Cinic.🔵 2012: Cofounded Cinic – a Graffity store selling Montana Cans. Spray paint imported from Germany.⚪ 2010: Volunteered for 6 months in Brazil as an arts and sports teacher.🟠 2010: Worked as a Student Brand Manager at Redbull, Panama.🟠 2010: Worked as a Host at Mix Tv and Mas23 Tv Channel, Panama.🔵 2010: Co-founded Sal del Sofa (Get off the couch), a social movement inviting youth to get out of their comfort zone and travel.⚪ 2007: Backpacked across South America for 3 months.🟠 2006: Created Weekly Underground Esports Championships.⚪ 2005: In bed for 6 months and in a wheelchair for the remaining 6 months of that year.


Notes to self - Rules I live ByAndres, keep this under 10 rules, log changes below by date.1. Failing is success. Inaction is failure
2. Do it now or accept that you won't do it.
3. There’s a story in everything; your job is to share it, true and simple.
4. Stay open, stay agile — let the chaos build your strength.
5. If someone mispronounces a word, continue the conversation using their pronunciation.
6. Take every risk that won’t result in total destruction
Last Update:
11/05/2024: Added Rule #4, a combination of Ben Stark’s “Drafting the Hard Way” and Nassim Taleb’s “Antifragile Book / Concept.”
11/07/2024: Added Rule #5 on charisma.
11/29/2024: Added Rule #6 on risk.