It is rare to find a vibrant 25-year-old young man with a Bachelors in Health Science, working on earning his MBA all the while running his own business and having fun all at the same time.
This young entrepreneur is Gabriel Muniz, a Puerto Rican native with a passion for the night life. His entrepreneurial experience began when he quit his nine to five day job and decided to take a risk and try to party and get paid for it.
Well it just so happens that it all worked out just like he planned. At twenty-two he got involved with a friend who owned a promotions company named Vipstudent.com. He began by attending meetings to learn about potential clients that wanted the company's expertise in marketing and advertising. They would design flyers, web pages, business cards, e-mails etc. Gabriel would also do promotions for clubs by sending e-mails, passing out flyers, contacting club goers, making calls etc. He later became co-owner of the Vipstudent.com but due to some accounting errors on his partner's part he decided to move on.
Gabriel started a new venture named Gemnightlife.com Inc. Gemnightlife specializes in promotions; such as advertising, marketing, etc. Gabriel maintains the marketing side of many of his clients but one of his main jobs involves promoting for clubs such as Glass at the Forge, La Covacha, Cielo, Space, and Club 66 among others.
His main priority is to get as many people as possible at the club he is promoting on that night. He gets a basic fee plus a rate for every individual that attends the club.He also does major promotions for clubs in Puerto Rico and Las Vegas twice a year.
Gabriel says that this is a beautiful business, because the client, the club goers, as well as he are all happy campers. The reason being is because he gets paid, the club goers get in for free and sometimes drink free, and the client is happy because his club is full of people spending big bucks on liquor and food.
Gabriel says, “Who would refuse to go to an up-scale club with free entrance, free liquor, a good looking crowd, and wonderful music. It’s a win-win approach. I can’t complain.”
He says the only downside is the long nights and weekends. When he first began he enjoyed such perks as free drinks, good-looking women talking to him, and meeting all kinds of interesting people, but as he has gotten older he has gotten tired of the superficial people he has encountered along the years. Especially now that he is no longer a bachelor he must leave clubs early and keep in contact with his “wify” as he refers to his girlfriend.
One wonders how would any girl put up with a guy that goes out to clubs every weekend till the wee hours of the night, meets beautiful women, and to top it off is surrounded by free liquor. Well, as he says the girl you are going out with must understand that it is just a job and their must be compromise on both parts.
“You must put the cards on the table and be honest with your girlfriend (wify),” he says.
He says he does not plan to leave his night job.
As the night progressed and the interview was finalized the aspiring journalists followed him to the club he was promoting that Friday night and got a taste of his night job. As we got a first hand experience we can attest that if we were in his shoes we would also recommend for him not to give his night job up.
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