Entrepreneurs
in Central America
Friday, October 21, 2011
Employers are placing more and more value on employees ability to get involved and to take the initiative to do things independently, using innovative ideas.
Being an entrepreneur does not necessarily mean being the founder of a new businesses, but can also mean having an innovative attitude to finding solutions to problems and the habit of transforming challenges into opportunities. And that is something that can be done from inside companies.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has issued a report analyzing the propensity of the Costa Rican population to participate in entrepreneurial activities.
The full title of the report is "The State of Entrepreneurship in Costa Rica - A local perspective on entrepreneurship, challenges and growth in Costa Rica"
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Nonconformists are those who believe, against all reason, that things can be done differently and better. These are the brightest entrepreneurs.
They are of crazy ideas. Often misunderstood by their social environment and even businesses, which are usually conservative and risk averse.
They are those who dream unreasonable and unworkable projects and are willing to pursue those dreams with such determination that often become a reality.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Chile offers $ 40 thousand to entrepreneurs to live six months in Chile, raising capital, hiring people, creating and doing business.
The Chilean government announced the 2011 version of the Start-Up Chile program, which in 2010 created 25 groups of entrepreneurs, generating specific results already constituting companies with international impact.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Credit needs for the entrepreneurial sector in the country reached $ 245 million.
The figure comes from the study "Proposal of policy, strategy and action plan for implementation of micro-finance services in Panama", created by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Ampyme) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The majorities of entrepreneurs in Guatemala generate few jobs; they start a business out of necessity and use old technology.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project, dedicated to measuring entrepreneurial activities in the world, described the main features of Guatemalans who start their own businesses.
Monday, November 1, 2010
True entrepreneurs are like the pirates of the seventeenth century, for whom the possibility of making a fortune was the excuse for adventure.
The risks of the sea pirates were very high. The chances of drowning, hanging or pierced by a sword, were much higher than those of becoming rich.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Very important reading. Five tips from Richard Branson, the successful founder of Virgin Airlines, about how to succeed in the business world.
Born in 1950, Branson, started his first company ( a magazine named "Student") when he was 16 years old. At his 20's he started a mail delivery company activated by audio and when he was 20 he created Virgin Records, a music store chain.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
It fosters entrepreneurship by creating business networks; they connect innovators and entrepreneurs with angel investors.
In Latin America, First Tuesday already operates in El Salvador and Chile, and is expected to open soon in Argentina, Colombia and Peru.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Should you join the millions of people every year who take the plunge and start their first ventures?
Daniel Isenberg, in an article in Harvard Business Review, tells us: “I've learned in my own years as an entrepreneur — and now an entrepreneurship professor — that there is a gut level ‘fit’ for people who are potential entrepreneurs”.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
It will award the best mobile applications in the following categories: ecology, productivity, improving the quality of life and entertainment.
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, or so the saying goes. But now a single good idea could be worth a million dollars (USD). Nokia has announced a million dollar venture challenge to encourage innovators to create a mobile product or service that raises the standard of living or enhances the lives of those in growth economies. The Growth Economy Venture Challenge is part of Nokia's global Calling All Innovators competition announced on January 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is how we are raised in Latin America, disapproving or disliking those who earn a lot of money as businessmen.
Latin America does not foster entrepreneurship. Education, specially high school, rises us with the goal of getting a good job, as opposed to owning a business.
The problem is cultural, and has its roots in our educational systems, which pay a lot of attention to the protection of workers, leaving aside those who undertake business project and became businessmen.
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Legatum Prosperity Index, measuring wealth and well-being, places Costa Rica first in Latin America and 32nd in the world.
Panama is in the 42nd position, El Salvador 60th, Honduras 66th, Guatemala 67th and Nicaragua 72nd.
This index identifies nine key factors which measure economic development and personal well-being, which are in turn the key indicators of prosperity.
EcoGlobal
Company Profile
Organization that operates in Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Phone: (507) 6677-1122 - (507) 6603-4203
Programa Pioneros de la Prosperidad
Company Profile
To create greater prosperity in emerging markets by harnessing the power of private enterprise solutions to poverty.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Phone: (1-617) 209-7506
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