ZEWS history short: from an apartment room to having clients in 8 countries

…I was at a work exchange at Lake Tahoe, Nevada where I made friends with people from other countries. When I wanted to show them information on my native town, Pérez Zeledón (in Southern Costa Rica), I only found news about the soccer team online.

Almost four years went by until one day, almost without thinking, I began a virtual community with pictures that I and others took at a game of the Costa Rican national soccer team, which in time became the first digital portal of Pérez Zeledón, and worked until 2016: PerezZeledon.net. It is currently a free commercial directory and site for news of the canton.

The first two and a half years were very difficult. There were no projects, and no work. I did everything out of a sense of duty and because I had the firm belief that someday things would be different. Little by little, more work came. We hired additional staff because of the increase in demand.

In November 2005, we left the place that my good friend Carlos Roberto Sánchez (of Desarrollo Urbano) had offered us at his office and we rented our own space (in the picture above), at the same office center where we were before, but with more space and conditioned to serve our clients comfortably.

I also got married at the end of 2005, and my wife Gabriela has been my partner and an important source of support since then. Today, besides our “baby” (the company), we have the joy of being parents to a couple of children who fill us with joy every day.

In 2009, due to the financial crisis that affected almost all countries, we sought external advising, which we still employ, from international consultant Napoleón Alegre. He has been an important guide in our expansion, not only outside the canton, but beyond our borders, allowing us to reach the goals proposed in our yearly plans.

I want to thank Danny and Josué Martínez of Centro Llantero del Sur (our first web client!) who is still with us today; Carlos Roberto Sánchez (of Desarrollo Urbano); José Luis Vargas (owner of El Brillante car dealer) for his advice and support; and Walter Odio (of Selva Mar), a friend of the company, for giving us one of the biggest projects of our early days.  But also, of course, each and every one of the clients that have joined this voyage, and those who are still to come… like you? ;)

I also want to thank, of course, my family and our committed staff, who help us every day to continue providing first-class services.  I’m grateful to have loyal, experienced and professional workers.

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