Entrepreneurship
in Central America
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.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Capitalism deserves most of the credit for the environmental advances of the past century, and represents our best hope for a greener future.
Jerry Taylor, director of natural resource studies at the Cato Institute, wrote: “Earth Day (April 22) is traditionally a day for the Left -- a celebration of government's ability to deliver the environmental goods and for threats about the parade of horribles that will descend upon us lest we rededicate ourselves to federal regulators and public land managers. This is unfortunate because it's businessmen -- not bureaucrats or environmental activists -- who deserve most of the credit for the environmental gains over the past century and who represent the best hope for a Greener tomorrow”.
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”.
Friday, August 7, 2009
U.S. universities are exporting entrepreneurship and innovation know-how to Latin America.
In a world dominated by change, Latin American companies must solve their lack of entrepreneurship culture and innovation strategies, to avoid being left behind by global competition.