Technology and AI adoption
Building with AI and using agents for work that isn't programming.
For companies and teams that aren't technology companies.
Appendix · Press material For event organisers.
Talks
everything you need for the programme
I've spoken at conferences, companies and universities. Here are the topics, formats, bio and photo.
Why I give talks
Talks are how people get to know the rest of what I do: the consulting, the mentoring and Ignia, the higher-education model I build Monday to Friday. No talk is a sales pitch, but many of the people who write to me first heard me at one.
I talk about what I've done, not what I've read.
Topics
What I talk about
Entrepreneurship without the romance
Five companies, two sold, two failed, and what I learned from each.
For universities and accelerator programmes.
Maker mindset
Grit, curiosity, resilience and creativity. Building with what's at hand.
For students and teams that need to move something now.
Work and life
Fifth company, four-year-old twins, a half marathon and a happiness meter published in public.
For corporate and talent events.
What I don't talk about
- Technical data-science talks.
- Organisational-culture talks.
There are people who do them far better than me; happy to pass on the contact.
Formats We fit the length to the event.
How I usually get invited
Talk
An hour on stage with questions at the end. It's the format I'm asked for most.
Workshop
A hands-on session with the team, working on their own case rather than on an example.
Panel or fireside
With a moderator or other guests. It works better when the audience asks questions.
Podcast or interview
Recorded or live. The same thing I say on stage, without slides.
Stage record The four current ones come with material. The data ones are retired.
Talks I've given
Claude Code para Product Management
A practical demonstration of how Product Managers can use Claude Code for non-technical workflows including user research analysis, codebase understanding, and task automation—showcasing features that differentiate it from web-based AI tools like local filesystem access, Git integration, parallel subagents, and MCP integration with tools like Notion.
Technology AI
Maker Mindset
A talk about the Maker Mindset and Entrepreneurship. Originally for U. Catolica, Bogotá.
Mindset Entrepreneurship
Boring Businesses and Innovation
A talk for Ventaja Podcast, talking about "Boring" Businesses, what is truly Innovation, and Growth.
Entrepreneurship Innovation
Tech Entrepreneurship
A talk describing my Entrepreneur Career. Given to several universities (EIA, EAFIT, Externado, among others)
Entrepreneurship Technology
Retired
- 2025 Data Science for EdTechs
- 2023 My Way Through Data and Analytics
- 2022 Full Stack Data Science
They're data science, and I don't offer them any more.
Where Conferences, companies, universities and trade associations. In Colombia, in person or remote.
Where I've spoken
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Organiser kit Copy and paste whatever you need.
What you need for the programme
Short bio For the event programme.
Salomón Muriel is an entrepreneur and technology consultant based in Bogotá. He's on his fifth company: two were sold, two failed, and today's is Ignia, a new model for higher education. Before that he led data and product at R5, with around forty people reporting to him. He also builds custom software for Colombian companies.
Long bio For press or for a stage introduction.
Salomón Muriel is 35, lives in Bogotá and is on his fifth company. He founded Finco, real-estate valuation with data and AI for Latin America, sold to RED Atlas; and PrestaGente, peer-to-peer payroll lending, sold to Taurus Capital and still operating. Two others failed: Beriblock and El Palomo. As an employee he led around forty people at R5, where he built the data pipeline and the risk-modelling system. Today he builds Ignia, a new model for higher education in Latin America, and alongside it runs a personal consulting practice: building custom software for traditional Colombian companies. He learned to code the hard way, with a deadline on top of him. He learned English playing games online. He's the father of twins, Franco and Luca, ran a half marathon in 2:10 and publishes a happiness meter on his site. His father and grandfather were business owners too.
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Details
- Name
- Salomón Muriel
- Full name
- Luis Salomón Muriel Urbina
- City
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Languages
- Spanish and English
- linkedin.com/in/smuriel
- Site
- salomonmuriel.com
To invite me
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Tell me what you have running and I'll tell you if I can help.
No forms
You write, I answer.
No team behind me
The person who answers and the person who builds are the same.
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