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July 28, 2008

Lunch time with Christian Van Der Henst

Today I had a very good and tasty lunch with Christian Van Der Henst, the head of “Maestros del Web, one of the most profitable and large communities online that speaks Spanish and let me tell you; Christian is quite a guy. It takes some balls to laugh about the stupid jokes I make and he scored 10/10 on that test. He has come to Buenos Aires before, but I’m having the feeling this time he would like to stay even longer than he is willing to admit. This city can get under your skin so easily you won’t even realize it. Christian has big plans for Latin America, and if there is someone who can pull those plans off, that’s Christian.

Now, there are a couple of myths about Christian that have risen between the community because of his continuous trips around the globe:

  1. He works for the CIA or some sort of spy agency.
  2. He is loaded, that’s why he can travel everywhere all the time.
  3. There are really ten or twenty Christian Van Der Henst spread all over the world as a part of a scientific experiment.
  4. He has managed to discover the old, arcane ways of the space-universe portals to travel everywhere he wants.
  5. The guy can actually fly.

None of those are true (at least, he didn’t fly while I was there watching, but he did went to the bathroom after we lunch together, so the Nr 5 may be up to dispute) and the guy isn’t loaded. He is an average worker/business owner like most of us, he just loves to travel around!

I experienced something like that this year when I went to Uruguay. Sure, it’s just a 4 hours trip I could do any time, but I did it the “Van Der Henst” way. I took my clothes, bag them, and went to Uruguay. Just like that. I’m thinking on going off the door right now and buy some plane tickets to Japan; the “Van Der Henst” way; the kamikaze way.

You gotta love a guy that is so active it makes you feel you wasted 10 years of your life. This one is going to go high, and if you want to know why; you just have to follow his blog.

Only for Latinos (sorry guys!): si estan leyendo esto; y realmente quieren aprender, inspirarse y motivarse leyendo un verdadero emprendedor, simplemente lean a Christian de vez en cuando, o todo el tiempo si pueden! es realmente una de esas personas que en algun momento, va a hacer epoca. Vale la pena respirar el entusiasmo de los emprendedores latinos; para poder sentirse orgulloso, tal vez no de pertenecer a un pais tercermundista, si no, de saber que AUN estando en uno, se puede tranquilamente llegar lejos, con esfuerzo y con trabajo, como nuestros abuelos nos enseñaron.

UPDATE: sight of three Van Der Henst in the same room. The theory of multiple Christian Van Der Henst as a plan of world domination has become stronger. See it for yourself via youtube, here.

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