How Passion Powers Everything

Hey Chris.

My wife is from Colombia and I live in Florida now. I've visited Bogota two times, most recently back in November of last year. Even in the 8 years between visits, the country has evolved dramatically. I think their current President has a lot to do with that. Back 8 years ago, the streets were lined with military soldiers with machine guns to prevent against kidnappings. This time was much safer.

Colombia is on its way up, with two coasts, tons of natural resources and the innovative and educated people you speak about in this post. Glad you are getting to experience it.

If you get a chance, have DJ and Alejandro take you to Andres Carne de Res in the suburbs. It's a must do restaurant and experience.

Rob

While I've never visiting the country, I've had the privilege of becoming friends with someone born and partially raised in Bogota. He absolutely loves his country, and goes back as often as possible. He tells me stories of the hard work, passion, and fun the people of Bogota have.

But he also knows well the side of Colombia that you describe as “outdated”. The reason he's in America is because his uncle, a successful entrepreneur in his homeland, was given the choice of siding with the government, or siding with FARC. Needless to say, it was the wrong choice, and forced the entire family to flee. I guarantee what he and his family knows is not outdated.

Life is a combination of the great and the horrible and all the mundaneity that makes us recognize the difference. I just wish there was a way to reflect that in a 30-second news clip, or a 200-word blog post.

We deliver passion, that's what we do. Glad to have you here in Bogotá and proud to work here at Zemoga :)

I suspect that Bogota is in a similar transformational period as some of the Eastern European, former Soviet satellites. Latin America has always had pockets of entrepreneurial activity, but for the longest time this was suppressed and co-opted by corrupt regimes like Pinochet's–and Castro's (which is slightly ironic, being that the man on the left is wearing a Che shirt–but I'll hold off on a tirade :-) ).

Columbia seems interesting. In as much as it represents the future of Latin America, the future is looking great.

Passion bulls-eye differentiator Chris! Blended with perseverance (http://bit.ly/cuKij8) you have divine pizzazz! Yum yum

…and yet you manage to spell the name of your own business incorrectly? What's almost humorous about your comment, Tony B, is that if it wasn't so ridiculously juvenile, I'd probably join your site. I suspect that this is the case with many others here that perhaps won't comment.

If you had managed to at least provide constructive criticism, you'd probably see some fairly qualified traffic to “Blogcatlog”. But instead, you choose to be a prick and add absolutely no value to the conversation. I'm not happy that you'll soon be in my city for SXSW, either. We don't need people like you here.

Passion is often the major difference between good and great.

THank you so very much. It's a great home to have. : )

Sounds like you had a great time Chris. It's always cool meeting new people and exploring new things. Passion is very important and makes things a lot more exciting to do! And passion not only helps drive you to achieve, but if you have a deep passion about what you're doing, you will truly be happy in the fullest sense of the word.

I get it. I respect it. I'm not sure I agree. A lot of bad people are “saviors” to a lot of bad people. In my world, nothing is above criticism, even who someone chooses to idolize.

That said, I wouldn't judge DJ even if his shirt was pro-Che, rather than a clever jab at consumerism. Part of being in a network of any kind is realizing that you will meet, and interact with, many people with many great ideas and personal qualities, but you are also certain to meet awesome people with whom you disagree on many things.

Cheers, Chris. Thanks for this post.

I find the South Americans have a great artistic and design sense. The designers i have met from the area have excellent portfolios – or at least the one's who could speak English did as i have not communicated with non English as unfortunately I am only uniligual.

Chris,

Awesome that you visited Colombia, a true gem in Latin America. What you're seeing in Colombia is happening all over Latin America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile (fuerza Chile!), Argentina, etc. A lot of vibrant entrepreneurial activity happening down there, in terms of technology and social media startups, outsourcing startups, food and clothing startups, etc.

Wish more people were like you and didn't focus on “old” perceptions, and instead opened their minds to the beauty and passion that is coming out of Latam!

Kudos!

thank you

“a people working hard while you remember the stereotypes and the past. They know what you think. They’re just too busy making the future happen that they can’t be bothered to be offended.”

i love that comment. thank you for reminding us what creates drive and focus … and things that matter.

Thanks, Chris. This is a beautiful reminder of how skills are cheap, projects are everywhere, but passion and the right people are the ultimate ingredient to true success in an enterprise or any endeavor for that matter.

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You weren't kidding, when you said everything you know about Columbia is outdated! When I think about Columbia, I think about the drug war, and how dangerous it was back in the 90's. It's refreshing to read something positive about Columbia for a change, now after reading this article, I can say my perspective is now updated!

Pretty good post, but what do they DO?

The project is very interesting