Cesar Carbajal – the Blog

Two weeks ago, I attended my first South Central Neighborhood Council meeting. The most prominent agenda item was a discussion about the Reef “SoLA Village” which is a project that if approved, will dramatically change the landscape of the area. This project will add 3 high-rises to the block between Broadway Ave, Main Ave, Washington Blvd and 21st St in Los Angeles. According to The Reef representatives, this huge project will have apartments, condominiums, a hotel, a gym/yoga studio and

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In the last 10 years, I’ve launched a few websites with the intention of finally hitting the jackpot. I started registering domain names in 2004, trying to get that unique name that somebody would buy from me for millions of dollars. I had many ideas for e-commerce, but I acted on it very slowly. Never asked for advice, I was very afraid that somebody would steal my BIG idea. At the end of the day, my little efforts and lack

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Back in Acapulco, out of thirty boys in my elementary school classroom, only fifteen made it to adulthood. At least 50% were killed in this violence-ridden city. Surviving this environment made me a successful person in my neighborhood. In my late teens, I was able to finish high school, that put me in the 10% of teenagers from my neighborhood that got a high school diploma. Once again, that made me a successful person. Then came the time to emigrate

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According to my LinkedIn profile I have 635 connections and according to my activity report, my LinkedIn activity touches only about 100 of my connections. Between messages, profile views and posts views, my monthly activity is composed of about 400 “touch points” (indicates some type of interaction). When looking at how I rank in profile views among my connections, I found out that I’m in the upper 50% of my network. A rank that is not good but not bad

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