Salomón's little corner of the internet.https://www.salomonmuriel.com/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/sam-altman-future-trust-concerns/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/sam-altman-future-trust-concerns/The author analyzes a New Yorker article with concerning details about Sam Altman and questions whether entrepreneurs should prioritize ethics over growth at all costs.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:43:17 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-experts-linkedin/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-experts-linkedin/Salomón Muriel asks for recommendations of education experts active on LinkedIn to diversify his feed, which is currently dominated by tech and political content.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:50:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/sincronizar-linkedin-blog-personal/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/sincronizar-linkedin-blog-personal/Salomón Muriel explains how he automated publishing his LinkedIn posts to his personal blog using Claude, Apify, and GitHub Actions.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:39:43 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/grit-book-recommendation-ask/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/grit-book-recommendation-ask/This time I actually have the right book. Has anyone read it yet? Is it as good as Miguel Vanegas Torres says, or is Migue overselling it?Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:41:30 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/read-wrong-grit-book-by-mistake/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/read-wrong-grit-book-by-mistake/I was finishing 'Grit'... and unlike everyone I'd talked to, I thought it was bad. Then I discovered I'd read the wrong book. Reminder: measure twice, cut once.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:42:51 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/dian-phishing-scam-email/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/dian-phishing-scam-email/A supposed notice from Colombia's tax authority (DIAN). I broke out in a cold sweat. Then I realized — obvious phishing from a gmail address. How do we protect ourselves when one distracted moment is all it takes?Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:52:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/proyecto-utopia-colombia-education/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/proyecto-utopia-colombia-education/Fernando Molano showed us Proyecto Utopía in 60 minutes: agriculture + entrepreneurship education, 100% oriented around doing, on a rural campus in Casanare. A massive inspiration.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:58:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-edtech-board-member/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-edtech-board-member/Co-building in community is my motto. Today I'm excited to announce I was elected to the Colombia Edtech board — dreaming of co-building the future of education with the whole ecosystem.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:27:43 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/votabien-compare-presidential-candidates/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/votabien-compare-presidential-candidates/Getting informed about the candidates was a nightmare — so I built the solution myself. Votabien.co: everything cited, sources linked, same prompts for everyone, total transparency.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:01:11 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/candidates-no-government-plan-online/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/candidates-no-government-plan-online/I just wanted to get informed about what each candidate is proposing. The information basically doesn't exist — or at least I couldn't find it. Isn't a government plan a requirement to run?Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:30:03 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-towards-goals-halcyon-lac/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-towards-goals-halcyon-lac/For the second year, I gave my 'Building Towards' talk at Halcyon LAC, a program for Latin American ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Incredible to meet people with fire for changing the planet.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:35:42 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/when-and-how-to-let-someone-go/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/when-and-how-to-let-someone-go/The most controversial: any new hire who doesn't deliver in the first two months — out. The most common: the veteran who hits a rough patch. Here's my process.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:30:04 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/finding-passion-six-conversations/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/finding-passion-six-conversations/In 2 weeks I had 6 conversations about 'how do I do what I'm passionate about?' Some people went completely blank. How do we find and own our passions?Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:20:56 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hiring-tech-apprentice-ignia/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hiring-tech-apprentice-ignia/Looking for a Tech Apprentice with vibecoding experience and product skills to build 100% with AI. I'll teach everything I know and promise real challenges.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:49:49 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/three-hard-skills-that-matter-today/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/three-hard-skills-that-matter-today/Design Thinking, agile business mindset, and technology — plus adaptive leadership and a growth mindset. That combo makes a winning professional in any field today.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:54:07 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/connect-converse-grow-thursday-ritual/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/connect-converse-grow-thursday-ritual/Every Thursday, no matter what, I meet new, interesting, vibrant people. It's a BASIC part of professional growth — and where the best shower ideas come from.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:34:39 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/purpose-passion-building-from-heart/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/purpose-passion-building-from-heart/A coffee with Miguel Vanegas Torres had me questioning whether it actually matters to work on things you love. I spent 10 years building in areas I didn't love — and honestly, it wasn't so bad.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:07:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bootcamps-reimagining-higher-education/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bootcamps-reimagining-higher-education/The overflowing passion for changing higher education led us to launch in-person bootcamps in Bogotá — market-relevant topics, world-class instructors, max 40 spots.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:15:57 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/toy-industry-network-help-needed/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/toy-industry-network-help-needed/Do you know anyone from the toy industry — big brands or indie — who'd be willing to talk about how the ecosystem works? Tag them!Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:09:23 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/leadership-defeat-and-containment/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/leadership-defeat-and-containment/A great leader accepts defeat, learns from it, and inspires the team to keep going — all at the same time. Juan David Aristizábal showed me how.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:00:07 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurs-with-juan-david-aristizabal/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurs-with-juan-david-aristizabal/Going all out tomorrow for number 111 of Nuevo Liberalismo — Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:04:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/juan-david-aristizabal-first-political-post/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/juan-david-aristizabal-first-political-post/I first heard about him 15 years ago at AIESEC. I ran into him again while researching education. He invited me to join his campaign as a volunteer CTO. This is my first political post — and I mean every word.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:20:35 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fall-in-love-with-the-problem-not-solution/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fall-in-love-with-the-problem-not-solution/We jump to a 'perfect solution' way too fast — without truly understanding the problem first. A Design Thinking session with Natalia Rodríguez Triana at the Action Lab was a masterclass in slowing down.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:41:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/conversaciones-dificiles-no-tengo-nidea/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/conversaciones-dificiles-no-tengo-nidea/A conversation with Maria Echeverri made me realize I've never had a TRULY difficult conversation — and I have no idea how to have one.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:50:39 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/co-construir-con-gigantes-henry-may/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/co-construir-con-gigantes-henry-may/A lunch with Henry May, the education entrepreneur I most admire in Colombia, filled with big dreams and maybe some Argentine accent impressions.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:38:39 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-teachers-building-on-giants-shoulders/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-teachers-building-on-giants-shoulders/On a Monday of gratitude, thank you to the incredible teachers of our Action Lab — without whom Ignia wouldn't exist. One of the greatest joys of building this is sitting down with so many passionate, brilliant people.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:35:10 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/software-factories-dying-product-factories/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/software-factories-dying-product-factories/Hot take: the software factory as we know it today dies in under 2 years. Software is no longer a moat — the real value is in building proven solutions and products, not just code.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:33:46 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/mindset-identity-children-see-you/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/mindset-identity-children-see-you/If you ask my kids how their dad is, they won't say 'he's great at tech.' They'll say 'he's fun, he plays with me.' We shouldn't define ourselves by what we do but by who we are — and mindset is the engine.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:29:47 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ai-dependency-open-source-models/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ai-dependency-open-source-models/The dark side of AI: we all become dependent on the providers. Claude Code down for 3 hours made me seriously consider downloading a good open-source model. What would you recommend?Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:13:26 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-cohort-full-celebration/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-cohort-full-celebration/We filled our Action Lab cohort with 1/10 the budget and 1/10 the brand of other programs, but 100x the scrappiness. A win for the whole team, the fellows, the community, and an incredible network.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:57:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-sales-j-curve-anxiety/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-sales-j-curve-anxiety/Education sales always follow a J-curve: early believers sign up, then it drops, and in the final two weeks the cohort fills up. We closed Action Lab 2.0 fully enrolled — but the anxiety in the valley was real.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:13:17 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/paper-airplane-folding-dad-weekend-role/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/paper-airplane-folding-dad-weekend-role/Very proud to announce my new (weekend) role: professional paper airplane folder.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:12:55 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ranked-choice-voting-colombia-politics/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ranked-choice-voting-colombia-politics/Ranked-choice voting is demonstrably better than plurality voting — less polarization, better majority representation. Why are we still stuck with 'whoever gets the most votes wins'?Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:42:15 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/assume-positive-intent-leadership-language/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/assume-positive-intent-leadership-language/Language matters, sure. But Occam's Razor applied to human behavior tells us to assume good intent before malice. Indra Nooyi's 'assume positive intent' as a life principle.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:41:18 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/collaborative-business-vs-zero-sum-game/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/collaborative-business-vs-zero-sum-game/I've seen two business archetypes: one that grows as a friend of its industry, and one that treats competitors as enemies to destroy. Which wins long-term? I'm betting on the collaborative world.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:48:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/andres-mendez-education-colombia-network/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/andres-mendez-education-colombia-network/I met Andrés Méndez 12 years ago when we were both just starting to build companies. Today he's President of Colombia Edtech and we share the same passion for education, collaboration, and building a better country.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:00:13 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-education-model-sharethefire/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-education-model-sharethefire/An entrepreneur who once pushed back against the university system finds in Ignia exactly what he wished existed back then. That's what building the future of education looks like.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:28:51 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/5-types-of-wealth-book-review/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/5-types-of-wealth-book-review/I just finished '5 Types of Wealth' by Sahil Bloom and I think it's my favorite book of all time. A mini-review of why I recommend it unconditionally — and how it changed concrete habits in my life in just over a month.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:00:13 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/screen-addiction-control-screenzen/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/screen-addiction-control-screenzen/In one month I cut my YouTube shorts and video consumption from 2 hours a day down to 35 minutes, using the ScreenZen app. Do you have other techniques or apps that work?Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:57:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/leadership-with-empathy-vs-fear/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/leadership-with-empathy-vs-fear/I will never understand the leadership style that yells, insults, and humiliates. There are two ways to handle team mistakes: the fear approach and the empathy approach. Which do you prefer?Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:14:29 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-ai-model-coding-revolution/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-ai-model-coding-revolution/This week I coded with Anthropic's new Claude 4.6 model and I honestly don't think I'll ever need to write code by hand again. I'm one-shotting things at equal or better quality than what would've taken me weeks.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:09:15 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/chance-encounter-twins-dad-entrepreneur/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/chance-encounter-twins-dad-entrepreneur/A random run-in with Álvaro Bohórquez — father of twins, 25-year marriage, brilliant tech career — reminded me that being an entrepreneur, a good dad, and a good partner at the same time is actually possible.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:03:54 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/landa-club-fractional-cto-consulting/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/landa-club-fractional-cto-consulting/I didn't buy Landa Club's consulting pitch — but I did buy into their community. I ended up becoming Fractional CTO for two projects while also building a startup, being a present dad to twins, and training for a half-marathon.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:06:43 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/never-had-time-to-think-quiet-retreat/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/never-had-time-to-think-quiet-retreat/I've never allowed myself real downtime. From video games to work to family, something always fills the space. A book made me realize it — and I decided to do a one-day solo retreat with no devices.Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:19:21 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-community-1000-event-registrations/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-community-1000-event-registrations/A thousand people have signed up for Ignia community events — all in-person. Maybe it's a vanity metric, but it still warms the heart. Next stop: 10K.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:36:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/puzzle-process-over-results/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/puzzle-process-over-results/Someone who builds 10,000-piece puzzles then immediately takes them apart sounds crazy — until you realize the point was never the finished puzzle, but the journey. Are we focused enough on the process?Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:57:03 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/marymount-campestre-school-merger-education/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/marymount-campestre-school-merger-education/The merger of Bogotá's Colegio Marymount and Gimnasio Campestre is a clear signal of deep cultural change: fewer children, declining religious schools, and the urgent need to reinvent. A lesson for all of K12 education.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:14:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/vibe-coding-project-coherence-problem/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/vibe-coding-project-coherence-problem/Vibe-coding has a major coherence problem: each project ends up with its own stack, styles, and patterns, making it a nightmare to merge them. How are you handling this?Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:32:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parenting-entrepreneurship-tension/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parenting-entrepreneurship-tension/When my kids were born, my productivity crashed and I felt crushing guilt. Through coaching, I realized having kids didn't reduce my productivity — it multiplied it.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:44:51 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/money-conversations-transparency/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/money-conversations-transparency/Money is the number one reason partnerships fall apart — business or personal. The foundation: transparency and early conversations. Do you have a framework for money talks with your partner or co-founder?Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:43:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bootcamp-schedule-poll/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bootcamp-schedule-poll/We're launching in-person bootcamps in Bogotá — Retail, Branding, Tech, and more. Is the ideal time morning, midday, or evening? I asked the community.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:42:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/first-community-builders-meetup/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/first-community-builders-meetup/Over 50 people showed up despite a downpour — and what started as 3 planned talks turned into an organic open mic among community creators. We're doing it again in March.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:50:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/favorite-chair-ergonomic-setup/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/favorite-chair-ergonomic-setup/Five years with the same BOUND Mobiliario chair and it's still like new. I spend 20 hours a week in it — investing in the chair was one of the best home office decisions I made.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:02:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/build-in-public-ignia/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/build-in-public-ignia/At our kickoff we showed real results — including our mistakes. We're launching build-in-public monthly newsletters and a blog. Know any LatAm examples?Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:06:05 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-kickoff-50-believers/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-kickoff-50-believers/We held Ignia's annual kickoff breakfast with 50 allies and instructors. Social sector, government, corporate — 50 people pushing the dream of reinventing higher education.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:29:21 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bootstrapped-latam-software-company/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bootstrapped-latam-software-company/A founder who chose profitability over VC — and for the first time feels proud of that choice. We need more companies like Peewah in the LatAm ecosystem.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:07:09 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/supernote-manta-eink-tablet/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/supernote-manta-eink-tablet/The Supernote Manta is my favorite work gadget: months of battery life, writing that feels almost like a ballpoint pen, perfect for notes and reading. A Kindle crossed with a notebook.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:12 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/community-builders-meetup-official/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/community-builders-meetup-official/We already have over 70 sign-ups for Bogotá's first Community Builders Meetup. Register and we'll see you there!Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:26:57 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/desk-before-after-workspace/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/desk-before-after-workspace/I tell everyone to invest in their workspace, but mine was a complete mess. Before and after pics — plus the question of whether a standing desk is worth it.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:46:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-needs-tech-strategy/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-needs-tech-strategy/Amid political debates, nobody's talking about Colombia's national technology strategy. Infrastructure, talent, public software, and an industry vision — the country has serious ground to cover.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:20:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/community-expert-serendipity/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/community-expert-serendipity/A German community architect with 20 years of experience randomly showed up at our Coworking Thursdays via Luma. We're organizing a community builders meetup for January 26th.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:17:51 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/beer-storytelling-podcast/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/beer-storytelling-podcast/One beer with Luis Felipe Barrientos Moreno opened my eyes to the power of storytelling. Today I tell my first story of the year on Santiago Grisales' podcast.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:46:23 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-ignia-early-bird/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-ignia-early-bird/Time is running out to apply to Ignia's Action Lab 2.0 with the Early Bird discount. 12 in-person weeks to take your project to the next level.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:27:50 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/community-participation-survey/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/community-participation-survey/I'm participating in several communities to learn what works and what doesn't before building Ignia's community. What communities are you in?Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:00:04 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/learning-to-let-things-die/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/learning-to-let-things-die/Saying no isn't enough — you also have to learn to close what no longer fits. Two failed companies, abandoned dreams, and a backlog of projects: letting go is part of focusing.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:37:49 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/inner-fire-reigniting-passion/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/inner-fire-reigniting-passion/We're born with a blazing fire inside, but life slowly puts it out. Play, Autonomy, and People are the three ingredients to reignite it.Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:00:09 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/coworking-thursdays-bogota/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/coworking-thursdays-bogota/Our Coworking Thursdays are back in January — a free weekly space in Bogotá for creators, entrepreneurs, and people who want to build things. The first session features a Tech for Non-Techies workshop.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:30:11 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hell-yeah-or-no-focus/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hell-yeah-or-no-focus/Learning to say no is one of the hardest things for an entrepreneur. The 'Hell Yeah or No' tactic is helping me finally focus on what actually matters.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:30:06 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/batman-effect-alter-ego/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/batman-effect-alter-ego/Believing you're Batman is actually backed by science. The 'Batman Effect' — adopting a more capable alter ego — genuinely improves performance. Kobe, Beyoncé, and I all do it.Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:30:29 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/goals-to-actions-2026/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/goals-to-actions-2026/Following Liliana Rodriguez Vega's advice, I turned my 2026 goals into concrete daily actions — and I'm tracking them with the Loop habit app.Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:17 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bad-customer-service-unit-economics/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bad-customer-service-unit-economics/A terrible experience with Avianca reminded me why treating customers badly is never a good business move. Basic Unit Economics math proves it.Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:15:10 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/avianca-terrible-user-experience/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/avianca-terrible-user-experience/A Cartagena-Bogotá flight with Avianca with my 4-year-old twins turned into a masterclass in every possible systemic failure: check-in kiosk, counter, boarding, and seats. The worst airline in the country.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:40:18 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/if-then-productivity-habit-triggers/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/if-then-productivity-habit-triggers/Another gem from Feel Good Productivity: tie desired behaviors to existing routines with the 'If X, then Y' formula. Perfect for early-year goals.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:51:37 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/five-goals-2026/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/five-goals-2026/My 5 goals for 2026 with real, achievable numbers: grow Ignia 3X, read 10 books, run the Bogotá Half Marathon, meet 100 new people, and speak at 10 events.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:00:12 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/last-commit-year-claude-code/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/last-commit-year-claude-code/Comparing my GitHub contributions from 2025 vs. 2021: 164 commits/month vs. 60/month, with way better quality. Programming without AI is no longer competitive.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:50:41 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ten-learnings-2025/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ten-learnings-2025/My 10 most important learnings from 2025: from talking to 107 people to validate Ignia, to Claude Code, in-person community, running a half marathon, and balancing fatherhood with building a company.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:00:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/minimum-wage-investment-strategy/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/minimum-wage-investment-strategy/Honest question to the community: given the inflationary effect of the minimum wage hike, what's the best investment strategy? From USD exposure to commercial real estate, bouncing ideas off Gemini and experts.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:45:30 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/camaraderie-vs-competitive-mindset/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/camaraderie-vs-competitive-mindset/Inspired by Ali Abdaal's Feel Good Productivity: feeling part of a team or community supercharges productivity. Which do you prefer — camaraderie or competition?Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:15:03 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/feel-good-productivity-play-sincerity/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/feel-good-productivity-play-sincerity/The first big lesson from Ali Abdaal's Feel Good Productivity: being less serious and more sincere makes you happier and more productive. Enjoy the journey rather than obsessing over the outcome.Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:04:32 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-systems-after-mvp/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-systems-after-mvp/After 6 months of Ignia with a proven product and an initial team, it was time to fix the chaos: sales, communication, files, and administration. Here's how we're solving it with Notion and Mattermost.Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:42:10 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/first-book-reading-club-2026/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/first-book-reading-club-2026/I read Feel Good Productivity as the first book in Miguel Vanegas Torres's entrepreneur reading club. Goal for 2026: read at least 10 books. Asking for recommendations.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:01:18 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/stop-celebrating-startup-failures/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/stop-celebrating-startup-failures/The culture of celebrating startup failure is broken. You learn from failure, but you don't celebrate it. Reflections on the recent collapses of Justo, Elenas, Merqueo, and Frubana across Latin America.Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:32:50 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-mistakes-ten-years/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-mistakes-ten-years/I spoke at Achievers about my ten years of entrepreneurial mistakes. The takeaways: unit economics, aligned incentives, client diversification, listening to the market, hiring well, and following your purpose.Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:00:27 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-year-end-lunch-team/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-year-end-lunch-team/Year-end lunch with the Ignia team and a catch-up with Action Lab 2.0 fellows — celebrating everything built in 2025.Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:19:08 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/whatsapp-work-toxic-culture/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/whatsapp-work-toxic-culture/WhatsApp for work is one of the most toxic things that exists: it blurs personal and professional life, creates notification paranoia, and sets expectations of instant replies. We switched to Mattermost — here's why.Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:40:44 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fund-for-profitable-small-businesses/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fund-for-profitable-small-businesses/There's a massive funding gap for Colombian companies with revenues of 100M to 2B pesos and healthy margins — banks won't touch them, VCs don't care. I want to build a fund for that segment.Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:59:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-productivity-reforms/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-productivity-reforms/To become more productive as a country, we need to fix education on three fronts: stop selling unrealistic dreams, build problem-solvers not encyclopedias, and prioritize BEING over KNOWING.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:27:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-year-end-lessons-fire/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-year-end-lessons-fire/Reflections from Ignia's year-end event: lessons in sales, technology, and community — plus the bonus of having my kids watch me present for the first time.Sat, 13 Dec 2025 19:38:27 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/in-person-community-comeback/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/in-person-community-comeback/In-person events have grown 25-40% in the past two years on platforms like Meetup, Luma, and Eventbrite. Here are the four reasons behind the resurgence of physical community.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:27:17 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/teaching-kids-about-money/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/teaching-kids-about-money/I have 4-year-old twins and want to teach them about money from an early age — asking the community for recommendations on rituals, games, books, and activities.Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:25:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/dinner-admired-education-figure/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/dinner-admired-education-figure/One of the people I admire most in education just asked me to dinner. No idea what we'll talk about — but I'm choosing to enjoy the fear and the thrill that Ignia is already on the radar of the top players.Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:18 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-closing-event-bazar/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-closing-event-bazar/Invitation to Ignia's year-end closing event at the Centro de la Felicidad in Bogotá — free and open to the public, with talks on sales, tech, and exponential thinking as part of El Bazar de Chapi.Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:40:48 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/supporting-juanda-colombia-tech/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/supporting-juanda-colombia-tech/I decided to support Juan David Aristi in his political run to build a better Colombia through technology and education.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:15:51 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/higher-education-demand-driven-development/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/higher-education-demand-driven-development/An unpopular opinion about the structural crisis in Colombian higher education: too many graduates in low-demand fields, and not nearly enough in the areas the country actually needs.Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:37:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/best-day-ten-years-entrepreneurship/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/best-day-ten-years-entrepreneurship/10 years of entrepreneurship, and yesterday was the best day of all of them. Sometimes that's all you need to say.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:03:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-closing-si-se-puede/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-closing-si-se-puede/Today is the closing of Action Lab 1.0. They told us it couldn't be done — we did it anyway. 34 fellows, 21 teachers, and the first step toward reinventing higher education.Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:43:56 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/old-startup-awards-no-pride/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/old-startup-awards-no-pride/I won startup competitions by selling smoke: great pitches, great energy, but no real metrics behind them. Today the only trophy that matters to me is a profitable company.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:33:55 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/pre-revenue-company-no-company/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/pre-revenue-company-no-company/I've found two so-called 'companies' that have been pre-revenue for over a year. WTF. If it sells nothing, there's no company — just an idea. Am I wrong?Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:18:47 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/jeans-water-sustainable-business-impact/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/jeans-water-sustainable-business-impact/10,000 liters of water per pair of jeans. GoTrendier shows how real impact gets built into the business model itself, not through donations.Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:29:23 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-myths-busted/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-myths-busted/You need money, a genius idea, or to be in tech to build a company? False, false, and false. Busting the most common myths about entrepreneurship.Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:31:15 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/advisor-guiacolegio-tech-strategy/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/advisor-guiacolegio-tech-strategy/Proud to announce I'm now Tech & Strategy Advisor at GuiaColegio. One month in: +56% conversions, new operational team, and the site loads 95% faster. María Alejandra Franco is the real deal.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:01:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/chaos-order-entrepreneurship-balance/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/chaos-order-entrepreneurship-balance/Between building a company, family, consulting, and side projects, I feel like I'm juggling 10 balls and always dropping one or two. How do you guys manage everything?Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:30:34 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-towards-tool-link/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-towards-tool-link/Yesterday's post asked for comments to share the tool — total flop lol. So I'm just posting the link directly with no conditions. Let me know what you think!Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:30:20 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/startup-purpose-strategic-alignment/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/startup-purpose-strategic-alignment/Do your strategic decisions today actually connect to your end goal? I built an interactive tool to help you find out — and I'm sharing it with no strings attached.Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:28:57 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/milky-way-outside-perspective/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/milky-way-outside-perspective/We see the Milky Way as a smudge because we're inside it. The same happens with our projects and lives: we need someone who can see from the outside.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:36:31 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/recurring-arrogance-personal-growth/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/recurring-arrogance-personal-growth/I thought I'd overcome arrogance. Then this weekend I realized I'd relapsed. Honest feedback from people close to you is essential for lasting personal growth.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:41:37 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/cto-healthtech-colombia-hiring/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/cto-healthtech-colombia-hiring/Looking for a CTO for a Colombian HealthTech startup with real traction: $400K+ in revenue this year and a $1M+ projection for 2026. Cash + equity.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:00:06 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/culture-eats-strategy-first-hire/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/culture-eats-strategy-first-hire/Building culture in a nascent team is incredibly hard and terrifying. This week we made our first hire at Ignia and I still have more questions than answers.Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:47:19 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/in-person-events-networking-worth-it/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/in-person-events-networking-worth-it/I used to hate them. Now I think in-person events are invaluable — if you know how to work them. My 5 tips for real networking that makes things happen.Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:41:13 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/festibo-public-innovation-bogota/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/festibo-public-innovation-bogota/I'm at Bogotá's Public Innovation Festival and what I see fills me with pride. Bogotá is betting on innovation — and Natalia Rodríguez Triana is leading it.Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:29:26 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/losing-work-life-balance/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/losing-work-life-balance/I've been preaching work-life balance for months, and I just completely blew it. Three weeks of chaos, broken streaks, and phone in hand while my kids are right there.Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:30:23 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/builders-day-bogota-community/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/builders-day-bogota-community/This Thursday in Bogotá: a full day of coworking and community for entrepreneurs of all kinds. Free entry, discounts, mentors, and serious networking.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:03:47 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/pedro-mejia-personal-branding-session/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/pedro-mejia-personal-branding-session/Pedro Mejia spent 3 hours live at the Ignia Action Lab as the personal branding sensei. An incredible experience that repeats every Wednesday.Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:15 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ethos-pathos-logos-personal-brand/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ethos-pathos-logos-personal-brand/Credibility, emotion, and logic: three words that sum up how to tell stories that inspire. Pedro Mejia taught us this live at the Ignia Action Lab.Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:00:03 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ai-strategy-program-executives/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ai-strategy-program-executives/We launched our second Ignia program: Strategic AI for CEOs and Executives with Giovanni Stella. 100% hands-on, in Bogotá, only 30 spots.Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:10:11 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-skills-cms-automation/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-skills-cms-automation/Claude Skills let you automate complex tasks without supervision. I had it build entire course pages in our CMS — photos, videos, everything — in 5 minutes.Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:48:46 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/school-admissions-design-experience/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/school-admissions-design-experience/Schools are wasting their best sales opportunity: the admissions visit. Out of all the schools we toured, only one actually designed the experience.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:33:59 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/notebooklm-community-building/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/notebooklm-community-building/100+ active members in under 3 months at Ignia. Sharing my free NotebookLM with the best books, articles, and resources for building community.Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:34:25 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/genuine-connections-community/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/genuine-connections-community/At our Thursday Coworking, Camilo Ramírez brought books from the Custom Built Show just to share his passion. That's how real connections happen.Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:29:54 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fire-heart-vs-fire-mind-hiring/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fire-heart-vs-fire-mind-hiring/When hiring, what's more important: raw talent (fire in the mind) or drive and grit (fire in the heart)? My take and an open question.Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:14:44 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-community-builder-hiring/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-community-builder-hiring/At Ignia we're looking for our first full-time hire: a Project & Community Builder who can ignite and keep alive the flame of our community.Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:04:22 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/exciting-contract-win-sales/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/exciting-contract-win-sales/There's nothing like co-building a proposal, putting love into the relationship, and having it pay off. Sales through care, follow-up, and great work.Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:34:50 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/all-nighter-claude-code-ignacio/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/all-nighter-claude-code-ignacio/With Claude Code I produced in one night what would have taken 2 months before. Plus: Ignacio, our AI for education, is now multi-program and supporting Banco de Bogotá.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:25:08 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/data-engineer-hiring-remote/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/data-engineer-hiring-remote/Looking for Senior Data Engineers (USD 3,500-4,000/mo) and Mid-level (USD 2,000-2,500/mo) for an international project. Must: Python, SQL, AI tools, and plenty of drive.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:40:10 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-new-programs-feedback/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-new-programs-feedback/We want to launch 2-3 short programs at Ignia and need feedback: from Sales with AI to Claude Code for advanced devs. Which one resonates with you?Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:39:33 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/confnodo-talk-claude-code-pm/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/confnodo-talk-claude-code-pm/I spoke at ConfNodo about how to 10X your output in Product Management using Claude Code, even without a technical background. Recording coming soon.Sat, 11 Oct 2025 20:15:31 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/global66-swift-payment-success/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/global66-swift-payment-success/Weeks ago I asked for recommendations for a bank account to receive SWIFT payments. The Global66 recommendation delivered: we signed a contract and got our first international payment.Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:28:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/social-media-store-open-always/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/social-media-store-open-always/50% of Action Lab sales came from my LinkedIn posts. Here are the real numbers and why posting daily is the same as keeping your store open.Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:48:25 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/build-operate-think-future/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/build-operate-think-future/Every project starts with vision, then shifts to building, then gets trapped in operations. The challenge is making room for all three.Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:14:19 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-2-early-bird/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-2-early-bird/Action Lab 2.0 applications are open with a Super Early Bird discount until October 11th. Learn Tech, AI, and Business in a fully hands-on format with the best practitioners.Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:19:23 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/school-advisor-guia-colegio/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/school-advisor-guia-colegio/From 1,000 schools in Bogotá to 7 that fit us perfectly: how a personalized advisory service solved the hardest parenting decision of my year.Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:58:18 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/coworking-cafe-bogota-idea/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/coworking-cafe-bogota-idea/Bogotá has plenty of nice cafés but almost none with decent internet and outlets at every table. A huge untapped opportunity.Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:46:51 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/group-challenge-tracker-launch/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/group-challenge-tracker-launch/Launched tracker.ignia.lat: a free tool to create custom group challenges and build habits in community.Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:00:20 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/996-work-culture-is-wrong/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/996-work-culture-is-wrong/Working 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week isn't a startup virtue. Here are 6 reasons why grinding culture is a mistake.Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:28:40 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bikeshedding-stop-wasting-time/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bikeshedding-stop-wasting-time/Bikeshedding is when teams spend days or weeks on trivial decisions that make zero difference. It happens everywhere, not just in tech.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:11:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/strategy-vs-operations-offsite/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/strategy-vs-operations-offsite/If day-to-day execution is the walking, strategy is the road. Today is the first strategy retreat with the Ignia team.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:43:32 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/100-day-sales-challenge-tracker/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/100-day-sales-challenge-tracker/The Action Lab's sales challenge inspired a free tool: a group challenge tracker built with Bolt and Claude Code.Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:07 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/school-search-education-innovation/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/school-search-education-innovation/Visited the Ekirayá Montessori School and left with huge questions about the future of K-12 education in Colombia and Latin America.Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:25:32 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-sales-commandments/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-sales-commandments/The 4 sales commandments our crack instructors dropped at the Action Lab — and why follow-up is where the gold is.Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:37:07 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/confnodo-claude-code-product-management/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/confnodo-claude-code-product-management/Colombia's biggest Product Management conference is October 11th — ConfNodo — and I'm giving a talk on how to use Claude Code to 40x your output, even if you're not technical.Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:47:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/masters-degree-worth-it-80-percent-no/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/masters-degree-worth-it-80-percent-no/There are 3 reasons to do a master's: connections, salary, and learning. Today all 3 have better alternatives. In 80% of cases it's a bad investment, even at top institutions.Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:10:10 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/moat-of-shame-overcoming-embarrassment/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/moat-of-shame-overcoming-embarrassment/The 'Moat of Low Status' is the embarrassment that stops people from trying new things. To create, you have to be willing to expose yourself, break inertia, and look a little foolish.Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:37:04 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/tejo-tournament-event-reminder/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/tejo-tournament-event-reminder/Tomorrow Saturday September 20th: Tejo Tournament, panel discussion, and networking. We're already over 100 registrations, only a few spots left. Free.Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:43:28 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/rechimba-prototype-mvp-framework/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/rechimba-prototype-mvp-framework/Camilo Bonilla's invention: the RECHIMBA prototype. REalizable, CHIquito (small), Measurable, and BArato (cheap). A Colombian-flavored take on the MVP that works for any project. We're already using it with 34 projects at Ignia.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:05:19 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-code-40x-speed-funny-moment/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-code-40x-speed-funny-moment/Claude Code is incredible and multiplies development speed by 40x. But sometimes it also comes up with things you didn't expect. A funny moment shared.Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:55:41 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-event-tejo-tournament-speakers/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-event-tejo-tournament-speakers/This Saturday at Ignia: panel with Gabriel Garcia (Páramo Presenta), Santiago Amador (Ágata) and Maria Emilia Correa (Sistema B), tejo tournament, and networking. Free, with merch giveaway.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:30:27 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/never-stop-networking-unexpected-connections/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/never-stop-networking-unexpected-connections/I went to the AURA launch, sat next to someone randomly, and that conversation turned into a powerful collaboration. Going to events and talking to people — even when you don't feel like it — is where projects are born.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:30:34 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/investment-ecosystem-traditional-companies/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/investment-ecosystem-traditional-companies/Why do investment funds only look at tech unicorns? There are non-tech companies with 40% EBITDA run with a startup mindset that nobody invests in. Does this ecosystem exist and I just don't know about it?Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:30:24 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/donkey-initiative-employee-creativity/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/donkey-initiative-employee-creativity/Someone posted the old saying 'nothing worse than a donkey with initiative' in a WhatsApp group. Hard disagree. If you're hiring people, give them space to create. If you want robots, AI already exists.Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:30:39 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/cofounder-tips-four-keys-success/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/cofounder-tips-four-keys-success/Choosing a co-founder is one of the most important decisions in entrepreneurship. Here are 4 key criteria, ordered by importance, to avoid regretting your choice later.Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:38:44 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-coworking-thursdays-bogota/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-coworking-thursdays-bogota/Every Thursday we meet to cowork at inspiring spots around Bogotá — to connect, hang out, and create. 100% free. A community of driven people regardless of sector or age.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:47:15 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-code-tips-building-ai-agent/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claude-code-tips-building-ai-agent/After the hackathon I learned first-hand what to do and not do with Claude Code. In ~4 sessions of ~3 hours each, I'm building what would have taken me a month. Here are my top tips.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:00:05 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/996-work-culture-china-ai-startups/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/996-work-culture-china-ai-startups/996 means working from 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week. It started in Chinese tech startups and is apparently now spreading to San Francisco with the AI boom. I really hope it doesn't catch on here.Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:21:27 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-launched-33-students/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/action-lab-launched-33-students/We were told we couldn't build an education program in under 6 months or sell 20 spots at $1,200 USD. Yesterday the Action Lab kicked off with 33 driven people. We proved them wrong.Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:39:22 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/four-mentees-selected-education-impact/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/four-mentees-selected-education-impact/Over 70 people applied to be my mentees. I ultimately chose 4 impact entrepreneurs with projects in education, health, and early literacy. Here's why and who they are.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:00:22 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/user-centered-design-vs-interpreters/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/user-centered-design-vs-interpreters/User feedback is essential for any project, but it can't be gospel. The book 'Design Driven Innovation' proposes using 'interpreters' — experts who observe the problem from multiple angles — instead of asking users directly.Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:46:47 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/work-torture-etymology-find-fulfillment/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/work-torture-etymology-find-fulfillment/The word 'trabajo' (work in Spanish) comes from 'tripalium,' a Roman torture device. We've been telling ourselves to work, work, work for millennia. Maybe it's time to tell ourselves something different.Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:16:56 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/agora-tunnel-design-unused-bogota/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/agora-tunnel-design-unused-bogota/They built the Ágora and connected it to Corferias through an amazing tunnel-bridge... that you can't actually use. A rant about intentional design going to waste.Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:01:04 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/babban-gona-impact-business-model/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/babban-gona-impact-business-model/The Babban Gona case was one of the things that pushed me toward impact entrepreneurship. A model that lends money, sells inputs, and buys the harvest from the same farmer — tripling their income. Why don't we have something like this in Colombia?Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:00:39 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/urgent-bank-account-swift-colombia/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/urgent-bank-account-swift-colombia/Urgent: we need a business bank account with a SWIFT code for an international deal. Bold doesn't have one, traditional banks are slow — does any neobank have the answer?Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:06:57 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/finding-cofounders-lessons-five-startups/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/finding-cofounders-lessons-five-startups/I've gone back and forth searching for the right co-founders across 5 companies. Here's my real story, with the hardest and most valuable lessons about choosing business partners.Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:00:03 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/impact-investment-capitalism-aura-launch/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/impact-investment-capitalism-aura-launch/Quote of the month: moving from capitalism that only thinks about profit to one that thinks about everyone's wellbeing. I attended the AURA launch, an initiative to energize Colombia's impact investment ecosystem.Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:17:56 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/personal-brand-workshop-10-tips/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/personal-brand-workshop-10-tips/I went to a personal branding workshop by Pedro Mejia and manuela villegas and took notes on everything. Here are 10 key points for building a personal brand that actually connects with your audience.Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:30:25 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/crm-customer-discovery-lesson/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/crm-customer-discovery-lesson/After my CRM disaster, a founder reached out not to pitch me but to ask what happened. That's real customer discovery. And it's the right way to build from day one.Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:27:33 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hackathon-loss-dani-denuncia/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hackathon-loss-dani-denuncia/The bug from hell stopped us cold. The n8n flow never fully worked. But we learned a ton about Claude Code, n8n, and Canva Code. Dani Denuncia will come.Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:50:32 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ia-hackathon-building-crime-bot/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ia-hackathon-building-crime-bot/The Colombia Tech Week AI Hackathon is underway. We're building a WhatsApp experience that lets any citizen report crimes using text, audio, photos, or video.Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:59:22 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-tech-week-day-one/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-tech-week-day-one/Day one of Colombia Tech Week's Tech Fest had an incredible personal branding workshop, unexpected connections with tons of great people, and some organizational issues that can be fixed.Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:00:18 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-last-spots/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-last-spots/Fewer than 10 spots left for Ignia's Action Lab. We're already at ~30 fellows, all fired up to bring their ideas to life. Applications close August 24.Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:44:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hypergrowth-vs-profitable-startups/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hypergrowth-vs-profitable-startups/Frubana, Merqueo and others raised millions of USD and then shut down. The hypergrowth model isn't the only path — or the best one. 100 medium-sized profitable companies beat a unicorn that keeps losing money.Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:11:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-event-arkangel-ai/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-event-arkangel-ai/60+ people at an event combining a talk with Jose Zea from Arkangel AI and an AI prototyping workshop that ended with a foot health app prototype. Ignia learns by doing.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:28:32 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/impact-tech-event-bogota/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/impact-tech-event-bogota/Wednesday August 20: a panel with impact entrepreneurs + a hands-on AI prototyping workshop in Bogotá. Free and in-person.Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:47:07 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/before-after-mindset-shifts/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/before-after-mindset-shifts/From thinking awards define success, to understanding cash flow is what matters. From coasting, to going all in. Four mindset shifts that transformed me as an entrepreneur.Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:26:11 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-disconnected-market/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-disconnected-market/My co-founder Camilo Bonilla was interviewed in Portafolio about Ignia and the necessary changes in higher education. More than half the value of studying comes from the people you meet.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:39:34 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/scary-email-survey/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/scary-email-survey/The subject line said 'Labor Lawsuit.' My heart stopped. Turned out to be a survey invitation. Whoever wrote that subject line didn't think about the reader.Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:10:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hackathon-prizes-colombia-tech/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/hackathon-prizes-colombia-tech/The Colombia Tech Week AI Hackathon has $4,000 USD cash + AI tool credits for winners. 150 participants, 24 straight hours of building.Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:00:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/crm-mistake-lessons/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/crm-mistake-lessons/I ignored expert advice, got obsessed with features, and paid for a CRM that didn't work. Here are my lessons on KISS and listening to people who know more than you.Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:50:50 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-startup-timeline/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-startup-timeline/From research to first sale in under 6 months, with zero outside investment and 140M+ COP in sales. This is Ignia's real timeline.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:41:30 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/lunch-with-henry-may/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/lunch-with-henry-may/I had lunch with Henry May from Coschool: a killer conversation about education, building a company while raising kids, and the challenges of having 2 kids under 4.Sun, 10 Aug 2025 14:30:03 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/decisions-paralysis-by-analysis/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/decisions-paralysis-by-analysis/90% of decisions can be made in a day, and most of those in under an hour. Everything beyond that is paralysis by analysis.Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:30:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/gpt5-leaked-system-prompt/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/gpt5-leaked-system-prompt/Everyone's already posted about GPT-5 launching — but here's the leaked System Prompt, the internal instructions OpenAI gives the model, and the most curious things inside it.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:30:08 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-tech-week-ai-hackathon/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-tech-week-ai-hackathon/I got selected as one of 150 Builders for the AI Hackathon at Colombia Tech Week. We're building a bot to fight crime using WhatsApp.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:29:44 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/automate-whatsapp-n8n/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/automate-whatsapp-n8n/Not every automation is worth it from day one. The key is knowing when a repetitive task justifies the time investment. Here's how I built a WhatsApp automation with n8n.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:35:19 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-beyond-startups/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-beyond-startups/Entrepreneurship isn't just about building a tech startup. It's creative energy put to work building projects, at any scale and in any setting.Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:25:17 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/scholarships-social-cohesion/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/scholarships-social-cohesion/Scholarship programs like Colombia's Ser Pilo Paga open doors to higher education, but recipients still struggle to integrate socially. Research reveals the invisible barriers to upward mobility.Sun, 03 Aug 2025 16:45:27 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fast-prototyping-workshop-ai/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/fast-prototyping-workshop-ai/Recap of the Fast Prototyping with AI workshop at PM Beers, where we live-built dozens of product prototypes in just one hour.Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:07:11 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/recording-content-is-hard/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/recording-content-is-hard/Recording videos for social media feels overwhelming and awkward, but like any muscle, it gets easier with practice.Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:29:34 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/mocha-ai-knitting-club-website/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/mocha-ai-knitting-club-website/My mom wants to start a knitting club. I used Mocha, a new digital building tool, and in just 3 prompts and 10 minutes had a full site with great copy, a waitlist, a virtual store, and a connected database. Zero lines of code.Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:31:22 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/free-mentorship-offer-ignia-action-lab/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/free-mentorship-offer-ignia-action-lab/I'm giving away weekly mentorship to 3 people with drive. No cost, no strings. You just need fire to build something new, take a project to the next level, or reinvent yourself. Requirement: attend an Ignia Action Lab session.Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:09:54 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/zero-exercise-to-half-marathon/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/zero-exercise-to-half-marathon/I went from 15 years of zero exercise to running a half marathon in just 3 months. Four lessons from running that apply directly to any life project or business.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:33:42 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/business-bank-account-colombia-poll/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/business-bank-account-colombia-poll/Open question: I need to open a business bank account in Colombia and I've always had a bad experience with banks from my previous companies. Is there a decent neobank for small businesses? Poll results included.Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:00:16 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-faculty-breakfast/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-faculty-breakfast/We had our faculty and partners breakfast for the Ignia Action Lab. I literally teared up seeing these people at the same table. The power of bringing brilliant minds together around one mission: reimagining Higher Education.Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:00:13 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ideas-domains-action-lab-ignia/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ideas-domains-action-lab-ignia/Who else is constantly coming up with business ideas but never actually launches them? The domain-buying habit and how to take that first step that changes everything. Tomorrow: Ignia Action Lab info session.Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:00:57 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/time-balance-app-168-hours-week/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/time-balance-app-168-hours-week/There are only 168 hours in a week. I built an app with bolt.new to map how you spend your time today vs. how you'd want to spend it tomorrow. The exercise that changes everything.Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:50:39 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/automate-sales-pipeline-n8n-ai-talk/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/automate-sales-pipeline-n8n-ai-talk/On the 22nd I'm giving a talk at Landa Club on how to automate a Sales Pipeline with n8n, AI, and Fillout. We're opening 10 guest spots — just comment 'PIPELINE'.Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:12:23 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-balance-family-health/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-balance-family-health/The myth that entrepreneurship forces you to sacrifice family, friends, and health. I've been building companies for 10+ years with twins, exercise, family life, and friends. The secret: efficiency, not sacrifice.Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:10:26 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-landing-feedback/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-landing-feedback/Our Action Lab keeps growing. We gave the landing page a makeover and are asking marketing experts for honest feedback.Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:30:19 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-purpose-personal-brand/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/entrepreneurship-purpose-personal-brand/Entrepreneurship: yes, absolutely. But with purpose. After selling Finco and creating Ignia, I attended RUBICA's Personal Brand Bootcamp — and an AI agent did one month's worth of reflection in 6 hours.Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:57:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/107-education-contacts-cold-outreach/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/107-education-contacts-cold-outreach/With no network and no prior experience in the industry, I built 107 education connections in 4 months: the cold WhatsApp message strategy, the referral system, and how to track it all.Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:28:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-bridge-makers-colombia/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-bridge-makers-colombia/If we teach the same way, we get the same results. We need more leaders who can spark creative fire in the next generation, like Mafe and Iván in Ciudad Bolívar.Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:31:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/galeano-sea-of-little-fires-creators/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/galeano-sea-of-little-fires-creators/Eduardo Galeano wrote 'A Sea of Little Fires.' The world needs people of wild fire. The Ignia Action Lab wants to bring exactly those people together.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:29:01 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parche-remoto-sergio-revollo-ciclico/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parche-remoto-sergio-revollo-ciclico/This Thursday at El Parche Remoto we have Sergio Revollo, co-founder of Cíclico, the sustainable fashion brand crushing it in Colombia. Free and open to everyone.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:57:28 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/innpulsa-colombia-ecosystem-defense/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/innpulsa-colombia-ecosystem-defense/In 2017, iNNpulsa Colombia accelerated my first startup. Everything that followed came from there. A call to build and strengthen the institutions that power innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 21:18:21 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bolt-new-mvp-one-hour-family-history/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/bolt-new-mvp-one-hour-family-history/There's never been a better time to test a new project. With bolt.new I built a full MVP in 1 hour for preserving family history: interview recordings, auto-extracted people, events, and places, all powered by AI.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 19:27:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ai-agents-no-tech-knowledge-needed/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ai-agents-no-tech-knowledge-needed/Exciting news: you can now build AI agents instantly, using your own data, with zero technical knowledge required.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:17:41 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/skills-eat-cvs-for-breakfast/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/skills-eat-cvs-for-breakfast/A simple but powerful share: real skills eat CVs for breakfast. It's always been true, but now more than ever.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:59:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parche-remoto-social-entrepreneur-speaker/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parche-remoto-social-entrepreneur-speaker/This Thursday at El Parche Remoto with Ignia we'll have Juan Sebastián Benítez, serial social entrepreneur behind Paguro and Local Districts — building sustainable communities one block at a time.Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:50:52 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/aws-account-hacked-password-security/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/aws-account-hacked-password-security/Today I got the most dreaded email in tech: someone got into my AWS and was spinning up resources in Tokyo. How an old weak password almost cost me thousands in crypto mining.Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:35:26 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claro-colombia-esim-physical-store/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/claro-colombia-esim-physical-store/Peak irony: to get an eSIM (the virtual SIM) from Claro Colombia, you have to physically visit a service center. A direct jab at telecom's lack of innovation.Thu, 26 Jun 2025 23:23:47 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parche-remoto-colo-coffee-community/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/parche-remoto-colo-coffee-community/An afternoon with El Parche Remoto at Colo Coffee Roasters in Usaquén: why connecting face to face beats any algorithm.Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:42:50 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/remote-work-coworking-parche-remoto/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/remote-work-coworking-parche-remoto/Parche Remoto brings together 700+ remote workers in Colombia to co-work at great spots — free to join, and you even get a coffee discount.Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:59:36 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/learning-by-doing-not-theory/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/learning-by-doing-not-theory/At Vassar market, two young entrepreneurs prove that real experience beats theory: one turns construction waste into art, another was selling stickers at 16 and learning more at a market than in a semester of college.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:50:05 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-community-in-person-vs-digital/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/building-community-in-person-vs-digital/In a hyper-digitized world, going back to in-person might be the biggest differentiator. Why Ignia is betting on face-to-face human connection.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:25:21 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/edtech-colombia-inflection-point/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/edtech-colombia-inflection-point/Three clear signals that Colombia's EdTech ecosystem is maturing: a consolidated community, veteran players proving sustainability, and business models better suited to available capital.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:19:14 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/never-outsource-soul-of-your-projects/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/never-outsource-soul-of-your-projects/A lesson learned the hard way: when technology IS the core of the business, outsourcing it is a mistake that can cost you everything. Real stories of failures and wins.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:37:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-launch-party-ignition-thursdays/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-launch-party-ignition-thursdays/The Ignia launch was a smash: 50+ attendees, incredible energy, and Ignition Thursdays are now live — a free weekly coworking session to build in community.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:20:53 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-launch-tomorrow-rsvp/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-launch-tomorrow-rsvp/Reminder for the Ignia and Action Lab launch: tomorrow at 4PM at the Irish Pub in Quinta Camacho. RSVP link available.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:52:10 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-launch-event/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-action-lab-launch-event/June 14 at 4PM — the official launch of Ignia and the Action Lab at the Irish Pub in Quinta Camacho. Free entry for creators, entrepreneurs, and the curious.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:15:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-education-startup-launch/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/ignia-education-startup-launch/Ignia officially launches today. With Camilo Bonilla as co-founder, the mission is to hack higher education in Colombia and the world, starting with the Action Lab.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:17:14 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-edtech-first-session-universidad-sabana/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-edtech-first-session-universidad-sabana/First official session as a Colombia EdTech member at Universidad de La Sabana: collaborations, ecosystem strategy, and a first hint at the name of the new venture.Thu, 29 May 2025 15:35:30 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/cine-colombia-expiring-gift-card-balance/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/cine-colombia-expiring-gift-card-balance/A bad user experience move: Colombia's biggest cinema chain sends an ultimatum threatening to expire your stored balance — when their cost to hold it is effectively zero.Wed, 21 May 2025 20:11:11 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/books-for-social-impact-education-project/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/books-for-social-impact-education-project/A reading list recommended by experts in the Colombian education ecosystem — essential for anyone looking to create or transform education with social impact.Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:00:20 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/diversity-illusion-higher-education/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/diversity-illusion-higher-education/Fourth diagnosis from ~100 conversations: universities aren't designed to mix different worlds — and that feeds ignorance of the 'other' and societal polarization.Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:48:48 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-edtech-assembly-first-meeting/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/colombia-edtech-assembly-first-meeting/A week after the first Colombia EdTech Assembly, reflections on connecting with the country's education-tech community and some of the leaders who've shaped this journey.Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:12:22 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/meeting-german-doin-education-innovator/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/meeting-german-doin-education-innovator/Several days of deep conversations with the creator of 'La Educación Prohibida' and founder of Proyecto C, putting his 15 years of experience against ~90 of my own conversations.Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:46:20 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/universities-thinkers-vs-doers-split/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/universities-thinkers-vs-doers-split/Third diagnosis from ~80 conversations: universities have a dual mission that pulls in opposite directions, and 90% of students fall through the cracks.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:17:41 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/higher-education-slow-to-change/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/higher-education-slow-to-change/Second diagnosis from ~80 conversations: universities know they move too slowly, but they're stuck in a straitjacket of legislation, institutional inertia, and financial crisis.Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:19:40 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/data-engineer-job-red-atlas/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/data-engineer-job-red-atlas/RED Atlas is looking for a data engineer with strong scraping skills, paying 15–18M COP/month in USD, working directly with their core technical team.Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:28:02 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-power-skills-gap-diagnosis/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/education-power-skills-gap-diagnosis/First diagnosis from ~70 expert conversations: the biggest gap isn't in technical skills — it's in Power Skills like communication, leadership, and initiative.Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:02:37 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/learning-education-ecosystem-60-conversations/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/learning-education-ecosystem-60-conversations/With zero experience in education or social impact, the strategy was simple: learn from the best. 60+ conversations in 3 months with educators, founders, and experts.Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:17:42 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/new-venture-higher-education-startup/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/new-venture-higher-education-startup/After two incredible years at R5 building at scale, Salomón announces he's starting a new venture focused on redesigning higher education from the ground up.Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:06:21 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/reimagining-higher-education-from-scratch/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/reimagining-higher-education-from-scratch/An open question: if you could reinvent higher education from the ground up, with no legislative, cultural, or any other constraints — what would it look like?Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:50:24 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/llms-trained-on-benchmarks/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/llms-trained-on-benchmarks/Irrefutable proof that large language models are trained on the very benchmarks used to evaluate them — they already have the answer key to their own exam.Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:03:45 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/current-education-crisis/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/current-education-crisis/The goal of data science is to create quality domain knowledge with which to make better decisions.Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/domain-knowledge/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/domain-knowledge/The goal of data science is to create quality domain knowledge with which to make better decisions.Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/my-programming-journey/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/my-programming-journey/From Python to Excel to JavaScript to Python again... and now to Rust.Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/data-to-insights/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/data-to-insights/Data is an ingredient, insights are the meal.Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/demystifying-data-science/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/demystifying-data-science/Data and technology are the foundation of a competitive organization. So why is Data Science so misunderstood?Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/meaning-of-wisdom/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/meaning-of-wisdom/A look into the meaning(s?) of wisdom, from PhDs to toddlers to Dungeons and Dragons.Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/using-your-inner-child-inventiveness/https://www.salomonmuriel.com/en/posts/using-your-inner-child-inventiveness/Child-like lateral-thinking can drive innovation in tech by bringing back magic to your current 'spell repertoire'.Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:00:00 GMT