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Today, I decided that I am going to start recording my life experiences - the things that are worth telling and remembering, the ones not worth letting go, but learning from. I'm compiling for that one day, and reading chronologically, to look back and smile. Today, I begin writing about today, and step into tomorrow cramming posts about yesterday, so as to one day be able to compile it all.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

@hcapriles mi propuesta, las 8 estrellas!

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@hcapriles, Henrique, no se cómo llegarte... Pero espero que alguien en tu equipo le pare a esta propuesta. Mucha gente propone ideas, y ...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

How to live forever and other life lessons from Byron Wien

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How to live forever and other life lessons from Byron Wien (Vice Chair, Blackstone Advisory)…Definitely worth reading Market Commentary S...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Former Bolivian President, Goni, speaks about Venezuela, Chavez and Latin America

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Goni, a Latin America democrat and political veteran, was scheduled to speak at YU's Latin American Business Club on March 5th, 2013 fo...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Be Accountable: David Akinin at TEDxHavergalCollege

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Here is the video of my recent TED talk at TEDxHavergalCollege!
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Holidays!

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Holiday season is upon us, pace is winding down... We get these few weeks of the year to look back at everything we've been through. We...
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Notes from Credit Suisse's 10 year Microfinance initiatives

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Yesterday, I was honored to attend the Credit Suisse 10 year anniversary event led by Paul Tregidgo, Vice Chairman of the Global Market Solu...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

If you want to build a boat!

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"Si tu veux construire un bateau, ne rassemble pas tes hommes et femmes pour leur donner des ordres, pour expliquer chaque détail, pour...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Lessons from Joe Mansueto, Founder and CEO of Morningstar

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Tonight, I had the pleasure of meeting Joe Mansueto, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Morningstar, Inc. at the closing ceremony of the Chic...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Lessons learned by Max Levchin, founder of PayPal

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Max Levchin is the Founder of PayPal. I met him in California a few weeks back... This is my rough note transcript of what he had to say....
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Innovation engine: a few ideas from E-Bootcamp!

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Tina Seelig, Professor at Stanford, gave me the following insights: How do you come up with ideas? From problems? What kind? Before the 1400...
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David Akinin
NYC, New York, United States
I grew up in Venezuela and finished High School in Miami. I studied economics at the University of Chicago, and took classes at Harvard University and Paris VII. I'm driven by social entrepreneurship- the power to create, change and inspire.
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